C. Lourenço Gonçalves, has been Chairman of the Board of Metals USA Holdings Corporation since May 1, 2006. Mr. Gonçalves has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Metals USA, and a director of the Company, since February 24, 2003. Mr. Gonçalves served as President and Chief Executive Officer of California Steel Industries, Inc. (CSI), from March 1998 to February 2003. From 1981 to 1998, he was employed by Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN), a major steel company headquartered in Brazil, where he held several positions, most recently being Managing Director. Mr. Gonçalves holds a Masters degree from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) in Metallurgical Engineering and a bachelor’s degree from the Military Institute of Engineering (IME) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Joshua J. Harris, became a director on November 30, 2005 and a director of Metals USA Holdings Corp. on May 9, 2005. Mr. Harris is a founding partner of Apollo since 1990. Prior to that time, Mr. Harris was a member of the Mergers and Acquisitions department of Drexel Burnham Lambert, Inc. Mr. Harris is also a director of Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc., Nalco Holding Company, Quality Distribution, Inc., UAP Holding Corp., Covalence Specialty Materials, Inc., Verso Paper Inc.and Momentive Performance Materials Holdings Inc.  Mr. Harris graduated Summa Cum Laude and Beta Gamma Sigma from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business with a BS in Economics, and received his MBA from the Harvard Business School, where he graduated as a Baker and Loeb Scholar.

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M. Ali Rashid, became a director on November 30, 2005 and a director of Metals USA Holdings Corp. on May 9, 2005. He is a principal of Apollo, and has been employed with them since 2000. From 1998 to 2000, Mr. Rashid was employed by the Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. in the Financial Institutions Group of its Investment Banking Division. He is a director of Quality Distribution, Inc. Mr. Rashid received an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Georgetown University with a BS in Business Administration.

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Ric L. Press, became a director on November 30, 2005 and a director of Metals USA Holdings Corp. on May 9, 2005.  Mr. Press is a partner of Apollo. He has been employed with Apollo since 1998 and has served as an officer of certain affiliates of Apollo. From 1992 to 1998, Mr. Press was associated with the law firm of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz specializing in mergers, acquisitions, restructurings and related financing transactions. Mr. Press serves on the boards of directors of Affinion Group Inc. and Quality Distribution. Mr. Press graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard College with an AB in Economics, and from Yale Law School.

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John T. Baldwin, became a director on January 18, 2006 and a director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Metals USA Holdings on May 1, 2006. Mr. Baldwin served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Graphic Packaging Corporation from September 2003 to August 2005, and as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Worthington Industries, Inc. from December 1998 to September 2003. He joined Worthington in 1997 as treasurer. Prior to Worthington, Mr. Baldwin served in various financial capacities at Tenneco Inc. in Greenwich, CT, London, England and Houston, TX. Mr. Baldwin is a graduate of the University of Houston and the University of Texas School of Law. Mr. Baldwin has served on the Board of The Genlyte Group Incorporated, a lighting manufacturer, since March 2003 and has been Chairman of the Audit Committee of The Genlyte Group Incorporated since April 2006.

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