RELIANCE, INC. — Director's Dealing 2012

Aug 30, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: RELIANCE STEEL & ALUMINUM CO (RS)
CIK: 0000861884
Period of Report: 2012-08-28

Reporting Person: RUSTAND KAY (VP, General Counsel, Corp Sec)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-08-28	Common Stock	M	5000	$33.70	Acquired	28014	Direct
2012-08-28	Common Stock	M	5000	$42.81	Acquired	33014	Direct
2012-08-28	Common Stock	S	8289	$52.31	Disposed	24725	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-08-28	Options to Acquire Common Stock	$33.70	M	5000	Disposed	2016-04-27	Common Stock (5000)	Direct
2012-08-28	Options to Acquire Common Stock	$42.81	M	5000	Disposed	2017-02-23	Common Stock (5000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	1258	Indirect
Common Stock	624	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: The price reported represents the weighted average sale price of the shares disposed of. The actual sale prices ranged from $52.27 to $52.35. 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 Company received the allocations for the 2010 and 2011 plan years under the Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan ("ESOP") on May 27, 2011 and June 18, 2012, respectively. The Reporting Person acquired 98 ESOP shares for the 2010 plan year and 108 ESOP shares for the 2011 plan year.

F3: The options vest in four equal annual installments beginning on April 27, 2010, which is the first anniversary of the date on which the options were granted.

F4: The options vest in four equal annual installments beginning on February 23, 2011, which is the first anniversary of the date on which the options were granted.

F5: In the aggregate, the Reporting Person beneficially owns a total of 37,500 options (with various exercise prices and expiration dates) as of the date of this report.