RELIANCE, INC. — Director's Dealing 2012

Nov 2, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: RELIANCE STEEL & ALUMINUM CO (RS)
CIK: 0000861884
Period of Report: 2012-10-31

Reporting Person: HOFFMAN JAMES DONALD (Sr. VP, Operations)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-10-31	Common Stock	M	25000	$44.86	Acquired	38811	Direct
2012-10-31	Common Stock	M	18750	$33.70	Acquired	57561	Direct
2012-10-31	Common Stock	S	43750	$54.21	Disposed	13811	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-10-31	Options to Acquire Common Stock	$33.70	M	18750	Disposed	2016-04-27	Common Stock (18750)	Direct
2012-10-31	Options to Acquire Common Stock	$44.86	M	25000	Disposed	2014-03-02	Common Stock (25000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	317	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: The price reported represents the weighted average sale price of the shares disposed of. The actual sale prices ranged from $53.90 to $54.85. The Reporting Person has provided to the Issuer and hereby undertakes to provide upon request by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Staff or a security holder of the Issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.

F2: The options vest and become exercisable in four equal annual installments beginning on April 27, 2010, which is the first anniversary of the date on which the options were granted.

F3: The options vested and became exercisable in four equal annual installments beginning on March 2, 2008, which was the first anniversary of the date on which the options were granted.

F4: In the aggregate, the Reporting Person beneficially owns 63,750 options to acquire common stock (with various exercise prices and expiration dates) as of the date of this report. In addition, the Reporting Person beneficially owns 10,000 restricted stock units subject to performance and service criteria.