RELIANCE, INC. — Director's Dealing 2012

May 3, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: RELIANCE STEEL & ALUMINUM CO (RS)
CIK: 0000861884
Period of Report: 2012-05-01

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

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-05-01	Common Stock	M	2676	$24.92	Acquired	14448	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-05-01	Options to Acquire Common Stock	$24.92	M	2676	Disposed	2015-06-17	Common Stock (2676)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	210	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: In addition, the Reporting Person beneficially owns 107,500 options to acquire common stock (with various exercise prices and expiration dates) as of the date of this report. The Reporting Person also beneficially owns 10,000 restricted stock units subject to performance and service criteria.