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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
     
þ   ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005
OR
     
o   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from _________ to _________
Commission File Number 000-50300
WHEELING-PITTSBURGH CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
DELAWARE
(State of Incorporation)
1134 Market Street, Wheeling, WV
(Address of principal executive offices)
  55-0309927
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
26003
(Zip code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (304) 234-2400
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
     
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share   Rights to Purchase Series A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock
(Title of class)   (Title of class)
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes o No þ
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes o No þ
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes þ No o
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).
Yes o No þ
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
         
Large accelerated filer o   Accelerated filer þ   Non-accelerated filer o
The aggregate market value of the outstanding common stock held by non-affiliates as of June 30, 2005 (the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter) was approximately $161 million. Shares of common stock held by the Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation Retiree Benefits Plan Trust and by executive officers and directors of the registrant are not included in the computation. However, the registrant has made no determination that such persons are “affiliates” within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933.
Applicable only to registrants involved in bankruptcy proceedings during the preceding five years:
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Section 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court. Yes þ No o
The registrant had 14,690,610 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share, issued and outstanding as of February 28, 2006.
Documents Incorporated by Reference: None
 
 

 


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  Business     1  
  Risk Factors     16  
  Unresolved Staff Comments     21  
  Properties     21  
  Legal Proceedings     22  
  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders     24  
 
           
           
  Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities     25  
  Selected Financial Data     26  
  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations     29  
  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk     44  
  Financial Statements and Supplementary Data     45  
  Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure     89  
  Controls and Procedures     89  
  Other Information     89  
 
           
           
  Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant     90  
  Executive Compensation     95  
  Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters     99  
  Certain Relationships and Related Transactions     102  
  Principal Accounting Fees and Services     103  
 
           
           
  Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules     104  
 
        107  
 EX-10.12(B)
 EX-10.12(C)
 EX-10.12(D)
 EX-10.12(E)
 EX-10.12(F)
 EX-10.12(G)
 EX-10.12(I)
 EX-10.20
 EX-10.21
 EX-10.22
 EX-21.1
 EX-23.1
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PART I
Item 1. BUSINESS
Overview
Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation (WPC) is a Delaware holding company that, together with its several subsidiaries and joint ventures, produces steel and steel products using both integrated and electric arc furnace technology. WPC sold 2,164,404 tons of steel and steel products in 2005. Net sales totaled $1,560.5 million in 2005. Our principal operating subsidiary is Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation, a Delaware corporation (WPSC), whose headquarters is located in Wheeling, West Virginia. WPC was organized as a Delaware corporation on June 27, 1920 under the name Wheeling Steel Corporation.
We produce flat rolled steel products for steel service centers, converters, processors, and the construction, agriculture and container industries. Our product offerings are focused predominantly on higher value-added finished steel products such as cold rolled products, fabricated products and tin and zinc coated products. Higher value-added products comprised 64.4% of our shipments during 2005. In addition, we produce hot rolled steel products, which represent the least processed of our finished goods. We commissioned a new Consteel® electric arc furnace (EAF) on November 28, 2004 that, along with the de-commissioning of one of our two blast furnaces, transformed our operations from an integrated producer of steel to a hybrid producer with characteristics of both an integrated producer and a mini-mill.
Wheeling Corrugating Company (WCC), an operating division of WPSC, manufactures our fabricated steel products for the construction, agricultural and highway industries. WCC products represented 21.6% of our steel tonnage shipped during 2005. WPSC also has ownership interests in three significant joint ventures. Wheeling-Nisshin, Inc. (Wheeling-Nisshin) and Ohio Coatings Company (OCC), which consumed 27.1% of our steel tonnage shipped during 2005, represented 22.0% of our net sales for 2005. Wheeling-Nisshin and OCC produce value-added steel products from materials and products primarily supplied by us. On September 29, 2005, we entered into a third significant joint venture, Mountain State Carbon, LLC (MSC), which owns and is refurbishing the coke plant facility that we contributed to it. MSC sells the coke produced by the coke plant to us and our joint venture partner.
Prior to August 1, 2003, WPC was a wholly-owned subsidiary of WHX Corporation. On November 16, 2000, WPC and eight of our then-existing wholly-owned subsidiaries, which represented substantially all of our business, filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, and emerged from bankruptcy on August 1, 2003. For a detailed discussion of the reorganization, refer to Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 8. “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data”.
Recent Developments
Background
We operate in the highly competitive global steel industry. Our business strategy is focused on making our cost structure more variable, reducing our ongoing maintenance and capital expenditure requirements, providing flexibility to react to changing economic conditions and expanding our participation in markets that allow for a higher margin. As a key strategy, we have transformed our operations from a pure integrated producer to a hybrid producer of steel with characteristics of both an integrated producer and mini-mill. We de-commissioned one of our two blast furnaces and commissioned our new EAF. We have also entered into our MSC coke joint venture and are rehabilitating the coke batteries, and continue to make efficiency and reliability improvements in our facilities. As a result, we believe that our ability to pursue our business strategy and other business opportunities in a changing global steel industry is enhanced.
During 2005, we realized an increase in the average selling price of steel products of $25 per ton as compared to 2004. However the cost to produce steel products sold during 2005 increased by $94 dollars per ton, as compared to 2004, which adversely affected our gross margin for the year. The increase in the cost to produce steel products during 2005 was principally due to significant increases in the cost of raw materials and fuels used in our steelmaking process. The adverse effect on gross margin for 2005 was partially offset by the gross margin realized from the sale of excess raw materials during the year.

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Industry and Production
For over a decade, consolidation in the steel industry has been on-going in Europe, Japan and South America and North America, to a lesser degree. According to industry analysts, the greatest opportunities for consolidation lie in developing countries that dominate steel production, such as China, Brazil, India and Russia. Previously, steel industry consolidation was characterized by intraregional rationalization, such as the acquisitions of primarily bankrupt assets in North America. However, more recent activity has taken on global proportions. If successful, Mittal Steel’s recent hostile takeover bid for Arcelor could spur the emergence of a global steel superpower.
The steel industry is highly cyclical and highly competitive. Demand for our product is directly affected by demand for steel products in the United States and is indirectly affected by global demand for steel products. Our steel shipments for 2005 totaled 2,164,404 tons. Steel prices softened during 2005, with the average per ton selling price of hot-rolled steel decreasing from $599 per ton in December 2004 to $546 per ton in December 2005. Pricing in 2005 was volatile with prices declining to a low point in August 2005, recovering somewhat by year-end.
Our steel production during 2005 totaled 2,452,131 tons of slabs. Both shipments and production during the first quarter of 2005 were adversely affected as a result of the basic oxygen furnace ductwork collapse, which occurred in December 2004.
Our new EAF produced 1,006,868 tons of liquid steel in 2005. The hot metal charging equipment for the EAF became operational during the second quarter of 2005. Throughout 2005, we, outside advisors and key equipment manufacturers, addressed performance issues associated with the EAF start-up. We had resolved most of these issues by late 2005. As a result, significant improvements in the EAF’s recent performance have occurred. Most notably, the number of EAF heats per day, which is a key indicator of the EAF performance, has resulted in an overall average of 15.6 heats per day in January 2006 (87% of capacity), as compared to 13.2 heats per day in the fourth quarter of 2005 (73% of capacity). The EAF principally utilizes scrap as a basic raw material input, the cost of which has historically reflected a strong correlation to the price of steel. Additionally, increased EAF usage will decrease our direct usage of coke and iron ore, two highly volatile raw materials, in terms of cost, and provides us with a more flexible operating strategy.
We completed installation of hot strip mill automatic roll changers at our Mingo Junction facility in February 2006. The automatic roll changers are expected to increase our annual hot rolling capacity by up to 400,000 tons. This allows us to seek slab purchases or tolling arrangements with third parties to roll hot-rolled products.
Potential Insurance Recovery
As a result of the basic oxygen furnace ductwork collapse that occurred in December 2004, we received $9.5 million, net of the deductible, related to a property damage claim. We have also submitted a business interruption claim for an amount in excess of $40 million, based on our assessment of the full impact of the incident, before the deductible. We are currently in discussions with the insurance adjuster. We received an initial payment on the claim of $5.4 million and reached agreement in February for receipt of an additional $7.3 million on the claim, of which $5.8 million had been received through March 10, 2006. Although we received an initial payment, there can be no assurance of the ultimate amount we may receive in our business interruption claim or of the timing of any further recovery. We intend to vigorously pursue all remedies with respect to this claim.
Raw Materials, Coke Production and Coal Supply
Critical raw material inputs, principally iron ore, coal and natural gas, all reflected price increases during 2005. Iron ore was especially volatile, reflecting a price increase of approximately 70% in 2005. MSC supplies us with coke, allowing us to be generally self-sufficient with respect to our coke needs. However, our principal supplier of high volatile metallurgical coal alleged force majeure and failed to deliver metallurgical coal under the terms of our supply contract, which has and continues to adversely impact our cost of coal and operations. Deliveries have increased since the filing of a lawsuit in April 2005, but remain erratic.

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Joint Venture
On September 29, 2005, WPSC and SNA Carbon, LLC (SNA Carbon), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Severstal North America, Inc. (SNA), entered into an Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of MSC, a limited liability company, formed to own and refurbish the coke plant facility contributed to it by WPSC and to produce and sell metallurgical coke to and for the benefit of both parties.
Upon formation of the joint venture, WPSC contributed net assets to the joint venture with an agreed-to fair value of $86.9 million and SNA Carbon contributed $50.0 million in cash to the joint venture. In return, WPSC and SNA Carbon each received a 50% voting interest in the joint venture and WPSC and SNA Carbon received a 72.22% and 27.78% non-voting economic interest in the joint venture, respectively. Through December 31, 2005, WPSC contributed $3.1 million in cash to the joint venture and SNA Carbon contributed $10.0 million in cash to the joint venture. At December 31, 2005, WPSC and SNA Carbon had a 66.67% and 33.33% non-voting economic interest in the joint venture, respectively.
Under terms of coke supply agreements between WPSC, SNA Carbon and the joint venture, all coke produced by the joint venture will be sold to each party at the cost incurred by the joint venture to produce coke, as defined by the joint venture agreement, plus 5%. All coke produced during 2005 was sold to WPSC, which, in turn, sold 155,735 tons of coke to SNA Carbon under a separate coke supply agreement between WPSC and SNA Carbon. Approximately 66% and 34% of all coke produced during 2006 will be sold to WPSC and SNA Carbon, respectively. Approximately 50% of coke produced thereafter will be sold to WPSC and SNA Carbon, respectively. Coke oven gas and steam produced by the joint venture will be sold to WPSC at fair value and coke by-products will be sold to third parties. If the joint venture produces coke in excess of quantities needed by WPSC and SNA Carbon for their steel-making operations, excess coke production will be sold to third parties.
Credit Arrangements and Covenant Compliance
On March 10, 2006, we reached agreement with both the lenders under our term loan agreement and the Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Board (the Loan Board), the Federal loan guarantor, to waive compliance with the leverage, interest coverage and fixed charge coverage ratios under our term loan agreement through the quarter ending June 30, 2007. In addition, our term loan amendment requires us to maintain minimum borrowing availability of at least $50 million under our revolving credit agreement at all times or to comply with a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio, similar to the provision in our revolving credit agreement.
In addition, we agreed to make a prepayment of $6.25 million under our term loan agreement, representing the principal due with respect to the September 30, 2006 quarterly payment, with such payment to be made on the same date on which the June 30, 2006 principal payment is due. We also posted a standby letter of credit in the amount of $12.5 million in favor of the term loan lenders, which will be released upon demonstrated compliance with the financial covenants as of September 30, 2007.
Business Strategy
Our business strategy is focused on making our cost structure more variable, reducing our ongoing maintenance and capital expenditure requirements, providing flexibility to react to changing economic conditions, and expanding our participation in markets for higher value-added products.
Transition to electric arc furnace production
Our new EAF has transformed our operations from a pure integrated producer to those of a hybrid producer of steel with characteristics of both an integrated producer and mini-mill. Our EAF is differentiated from most mini-mills by its ability to use both a continuous scrap feed and liquid iron as an alternative metallic input. We expect that the EAF will have an annual capacity of up to 2.5 million tons of liquid steel and, in conjunction with our basic oxygen furnace (BOF), will enable us to produce 2.8 million tons of slabs annually, which is the limit under our current environmental permits. Construction and installation of the EAF was completed in the fourth quarter of 2004, with the first heat occurring in November 2004. The productive capability of the EAF advanced through 2005, permitting the shutdown of one of our two blast furnaces in May 2005. The EAF’s production levels reached 60% of its cold charge rating of 18 heats per day in the third quarter of 2005, and 73% in the fourth quarter of 2005. Following the correction of a number of equipment issues through December 2005, the EAF achieved 87% of capacity in January 2006. We expect that the EAF will operate above 90% of capacity during the balance of 2006.

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Compared to integrated steel production, the EAF has several advantages, including lower capital expenditures for construction of facilities, a more variable cost structure, lower energy requirements and limited ongoing maintenance and capital expenditure requirements to sustain operations. Further, the construction of the EAF with the simultaneous de-commissioning of one of our two blast furnaces significantly reduced our requirements for coke as described below. The liquid iron that can be used as a metallic input for the EAF will be produced using our remaining blast furnace operation, providing us with additional flexibility relating to raw materials. We believe that the more variable cost structure of the EAF and flexibility in raw material input utilization will enable our costs to more closely track market conditions than those of many integrated producers and will support our margins in market downturns.
Strategic capital projects to improve productivity and cost position
We are planning and implementing a number of strategic capital projects over the next three years that are intended to upgrade and eliminate bottlenecks in our rolling and finishing facilities, and to increase our productivity and improve our cost position. We completed installation of new automatic roll changers on the finishing mills at our hot strip mill in February 2006, which are expected to expand our annual hot rolling capacity by 0.4 million tons to 3.2 million tons and optimize throughput, resulting in lower costs. Supplemental slab sourcing arrangements for 2006 should enable us to utilize of this incremental capacity by rolling purchased slabs and converting slabs for others into hot rolled products. Upgrades of our Yorkville tandem cold rolling mill and continuous anneal line were completed in December 2005 to enable us to gain 70,000 tons per year in production capability of cold rolled products. In addition, we plan to upgrade our temper mill and install a final inspection line at our Allenport facility. These and other improvements are intended to increase our downstream capacity and improve the quality and market penetration of our value-added cold rolled products.
Capitalize on our excess coke capacity
With our new EAF, and the idling of one of our two blast furnaces in May 2005, we had coke production capability in excess of our requirements.
On September 29, 2005, WPSC and SNA Carbon entered into an Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of MSC, a limited liability company formed to own and refurbish the coke plant facility contributed to it by WPSC and to produce and sell metallurgical coke to and for the benefit of both parties. WPSC contributed its existing coke plant facility, including $6.9 million in refurbishment costs incurred prior to the formation of the joint venture, and committed to contribute an additional $33.1 million in cash to MCS. SNA Carbon committed to contribute in the aggregate $120 million in cash to MSC through the end of June 2006. After all contributions are made to MSC, MSC will be owned 50% by WPSC and 50% by SNA Carbon, and both parties will be entitled to 50% of the coke produced by the facility.
The refurbishment project will include a rebuild of the No. 8 coke battery, construction of which began in the fourth quarter of 2005. Refurbishment of the No. 8 coke battery is expected to be completed in 2006 and is expected to require a capital investment of approximately $92.6 million. The rebuild is expected to extend the service life of the battery by 12-15 years. The refurbishment project also includes a potential rebuild of the Nos. 1, 2 and 3 coke batteries at a projected capital investment of approximately $29.3 million. If the Nos. 1, 2 and 3 coke batteries are rebuilt, the rebuild would start in 2008 and would increase annual coke production capacity of these batteries from 380,000 tons per year to approximately 400,000 tons per year. The coke plant refurbishment project also includes an investment of approximately $23.6 million on infrastructure and other capital items during the years 2005 through 2009.
Achieve balanced exposure to spot and contract business
We aim to achieve a balanced mix between spot and contract business. We believe that contract business, which we define as agreements with terms in excess of three months, offers insulation from the volatility of the spot market. However, contract type business also could limit upside potential in a tight market situation. A reasonable balance offers relatively predictable volumes and an opportunity to enhance product mix as well as to take advantage of spot opportunities. Currently, our relatively high exposure to the spot market, comprising 75% of our sales, is enabling us to benefit from increased steel prices. In the long-term, we seek to increase our mix of contract business to 40% by targeting sales to end use customers versus spot sales to service centers and processors. This mix is expected to provide enhanced stability in fluctuating market conditions and, at the same time, should allow us to take advantage

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of positive pricing in tighter markets. We will continue to target customers that purchase our products over prolonged periods of time and value consistency of supply.
Optimize the sale of downstream value-added products
We continue to seek a product mix that offers high returns and increases our stability. Our long-term strategy focuses on higher value-added products with higher engineering content. Although we are seeking to capitalize on current favorable pricing conditions in the commodity and hot-rolled markets to maximize our profitability, we will continue to identify products and markets that offer higher returns and increase stability. We believe that our new operating configuration will allow us to continue to produce a full range of products. We aim to increase our market penetration of cold rolled products through capital expenditures and changes in operating practices at our Allenport and Yorkville cold finishing mills, which are expected to result in higher quality cold rolled products. These initiatives are expected to help to further penetrate the desirable OEM marketplace and reduce reliance on service centers.
Steel Industry
Steel making in the U.S. is a highly competitive and capital-intensive industry with approximately 103 million tons of domestic shipments in 2005. Estimated domestic consumption was approximately 114 million tons in 2005 and is expected to increase to approximately 120 million tons in 2006. Total annual steel consumption in the U.S. has fluctuated between 114 million and 143 million tons since 1994 and was approximately 114 million tons in 2005, 127 million tons in 2004 and 111 million tons in 2003. Imports of finished steel totaled approximately 25 million tons in 2005, 28 million tons in 2004 and 18 million tons in 2003.
In the U.S., flat rolled steel is produced either by integrated steel facilities or mini-mills. Integrated steel makers typically produce flat rolled products by using blast furnaces to combine iron ore, limestone and coke into hot iron. Scrap metal is then added to the hot iron to produce liquid steel through a BOF, which removes impurities. After the liquid steel is metallurgically refined, it is processed through a continuous caster to form slabs. These slabs are further shaped or rolled into flat sheets at a hot strip mill or a plate mill. Various finishing processes may follow whereby the steel is treated through pickling, cold-rolling, annealing, tempering or coating.
The quality of steel products produced through the integrated process is generally more suitable for a wider variety of high quality specialized uses than those produced through the mini-mill process because less scrap, which contains impurities, is used. As a result, integrated steel products are typically used for more value-added applications. Integrated mills are also characterized by more production steps and man-hours and higher costs of productive capacity and ongoing maintenance. Current restructuring efforts by integrated steel mills have focused on reducing these costs through increased labor flexibility and efficiency and using automation to increase labor productivity.
A mini-mill utilizes an EAF to melt scrap and scrap substitutes, eliminating the need for iron ore and coke inputs. The liquid steel can be metallurgically refined before it is cast into thin slabs which are further processed in-line to produce flat sheets similar to those produced by integrated steel makers. Similar finishing processes often follow.
The quality of mini-mill produced steel products is dependent on the quality of the scrap used as a raw material. However, in recent years, domestic mini-mills have increased the quality of their steel products. Typically, mini-mills are more cost efficient than integrated producers because they require less capital to operate and maintain. The correlation of scrap prices with steel selling prices represents the main advantage of the mini-mill and EAF strategy. This correlation has historically provided a relatively constant metal margin, or the difference between the steel selling prices and scrap prices, to the mini-mills over the business cycle. This relatively constant metal margin has typically caused mini-mills to perform better in downturns than integrated producers.
Industry Consolidation
In recent years, the fragmented U.S. steel industry has experienced volatile market conditions, characterized by declining prices, fluctuating capacity, low demand growth and increased foreign imports. These conditions and additional constraints produced by significant underfunded pension and retiree health care obligations have led to widespread bankruptcies in the industry. Including us, over 40 companies have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection since January 1998, including Bethlehem, LTV and National Steel (formerly the second, third and fifth largest U.S. integrated steel producers) in addition to Rouge Steel, Republic Engineered Products and Weirton Steel.

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A number of these steel producers were purchased as a result of bankruptcy, consolidation and rationalization of the industry.
As a result of industry consolidation, the top three steel producers in the U.S. held approximately 46% and 44% of market share in 2004 and 2003, respectively.
Imports
As the single largest steel consuming country in the western hemisphere, the U.S. market has long been a focus of steel producers in Europe and Japan. Steel producers from Korea, Taiwan, Brazil and other large economies such as Russia and China recognized the U.S. as a target market. The domestic steel market is affected by factors influencing worldwide supply and demand, with excess production generally seeking the most lucrative markets. Favorable conditions in the U.S. market have historically resulted in significant imports of steel and substantially reduced sales, margins and profitability of domestic steel producers. Imports surged in 1998 due to severe economic conditions in Southeast Asia, Latin America, Japan and Russia, among others. Steel product prices reached historical cyclical lows in December 2001 as a result of low domestic demand and increased foreign imports.
As a result, the U.S. government took various protective actions during 2001 and 2002, including the enactment of various steel import quotas and tariffs under Section 201 of the U.S. Trade Act of 1974, as amended, which contributed to a decrease of some U.S. steel imports during 2003. However, these protective measures were only temporary, and many foreign steel manufacturers were granted exemptions from applications of these measures. Following a November 2003 decision by the World Trade Organization Appellate Body declaring that the tariffs imposed by the U.S. on steel imports violated global trade rules, the steel import quotas and Section 201 tariffs were lifted in December 2003. The elimination of the protections offered by these trade remedies has lead to increased competition from foreign importers and could continue to have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. Although total and finished imports for 2005 decreased, changes in the U.S. dollar exchange rate, a decrease in demand for foreign steel in China or certain other developing countries, improved domestic steel production in those countries, lower ocean freight costs and other factors could lead to increased imports in the future resulting in excess domestic steel capacity. Steel imports of flat rolled products as a percentage of domestic apparent consumption were approximately 14% in 2005.
Raw Material Pricing
Increased global demand, especially from mills in China, has put upward pressure on raw material prices, including iron ore, scrap, coke and coal. In particular, world iron ore prices increased by approximately 70% during 2005. Shortages of coke put pressure on integrated steel producers with spot prices rising as $400 per ton in late 2004. Faced with higher raw material costs and increasing world demand, domestic steel producers began to both increase base prices and implement raw material surcharges starting in January 2004. This combination of factors has resulted in historically high prices for steel products during 2004.
Steel prices fell from these historically high levels through the first three quarters of 2005. Steel prices began to strengthen during the fourth quarter of 2005.
Segments and Geographic Area
We are engaged in one line of business and operate in one business segment, the making, processing and fabricating of steel and steel products. We have a diverse customer base, substantially all of which is located in the United States. All of the Company’s operating assets are located in the United States.

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Products and product mix
The following table reflects our product mix as a percentage of total tons shipped.
                         
            Year Ended        
            December 31,        
    2005     2004     2003  
Product Category:
                       
Higher value added products as a percentage of total shipments:
                       
Cold rolled products — trade
    6.5 %     8.0 %     11.0 %
Cold rolled products — Wheeling-Nisshin
    17.3 %     19.3 %     19.6 %
Coated products
    7.1 %     8.7 %     4.9 %
Tin mill products
    11.9 %     13.6 %     13.1 %
Fabricated products
    21.6 %     19.7 %     21.8 %
 
                 
Higher value-added products
    64.4 %     69.3 %     70.4 %
Hot rolled products
    35.6 %     30.7 %     29.6 %
 
                 
Total
    100.0 %     100.0 %     100.0 %
 
                 
 
                       
Average net sales per ton of steel products sold
  $ 686     $ 661     $ 435  
Hot Rolled Products
Hot rolled coils represent the least processed of our finished goods. Approximately 70% of our production of hot rolled coils during the year ended December 31, 2005 was further processed into value-added finished products. Hot rolled black or pickled (acid cleaned) coils are sold to a variety of consumers such as converters and processors, steel service centers and the appliance industry.
Cold Rolled Products
Cold rolled coils are manufactured from hot rolled coils by employing a variety of processing techniques, including pickling, cold reduction, annealing and temper rolling. Cold rolled processing is designed to reduce the thickness and improve the shape, surface characteristics and formability of the product.
Coated Products
We manufacture a number of corrosion-resistant, zinc-coated products, including hot-dipped galvanized sheets for resale to trade accounts. The coated products are manufactured from a steel substrate of cold rolled or hot rolled pickled coils by applying zinc to the surface of the material to enhance its corrosion protection. Our trade sales of galvanized products are heavily oriented to unexposed applications, principally in the appliance, construction, service center and automotive markets.
Tin Mill Products
Tin mill products consist of blackplate and tinplate. Blackplate is a cold rolled substrate (uncoated), the thickness of which is less than .0142 inches, and is utilized extensively in the manufacture of pails and shelving and sold to OCC for the manufacture of tinplate products. Tinplate is produced by the electro-deposition of tin to a blackplate substrate and is utilized principally in the manufacture of food, beverage, general line and aerosol containers. We produce all of our tin-coated products through OCC. OCC’s tin coating mill has an annual capacity of over 250,000 tons.
Fabricated Products
Fabricated products consist of cold rolled or coated products further processed mainly via sheeting and roll forming and are sold by the construction, agricultural and specialty products groups.
Construction Products
Construction products consist of roll-formed sheets, which are utilized in sectors of the non-residential building market such as commercial, institutional and manufacturing. They are classified into three basic categories: roof deck, form deck, and composite floor deck.

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Agricultural Products
Agricultural products consist of roll-formed corrugated sheets that are used as roofing and siding in the construction of barns, farm machinery enclosures, light commercial buildings and certain residential roofing applications.
Specialty Products
Specialty products consist of coil and galvanized sheet steel supporting the culvert and heating, ventilation and air conditioning markets. Specialty products are produced by Wheeling-Nisshin and Feralloy-Wheeling Specialty Processing Co., of which we own a 49% equity interest, and by contract service providers.
Revenues from external customers by product line for the periods indicated below were as follows:
                                     
    Reorganized         Predecessor  
    Company         Company  
    (Dollars in thousands)            
                    Five Months         Seven Months  
    Year Ended     Ended         Ended  
    December 31,     December 31,     December 31,       July 31,  
    2005     2004     2003       2003  
Product:
                                 
Hot rolled
  $ 420,745     $ 365,089       85,305       $ 106,545  
Cold rolled
    471,235       514,511       143,925         243,841  
Galvanized
    109,264       132,178       22,575         26,446  
Fabricated products
    466,914       375,090       137,137         179,083  
Ore, coke and coke by products
    85,268       9,074       5,752         9,155  
Conversion and other (1)
    7,087       9,852       2,208         5,369  
 
                         
 
  $ 1,560,513     $ 1,405,794     $ 396,902       $ 570,439  
 
                         
 
(1)   Includes conversion and resale products.
Customers and Markets
We market an extensive mix of products to a wide range of manufacturers, converters and processors. Our 10 largest customers, including our Wheeling-Nisshin and OCC joint ventures, accounted for approximately 40.3%, 43.3%, and 42.5% of our net sales in 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively. Wheeling-Nisshin accounted for approximately 13.9%, 17.5% and 16.3% of our net sales in 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively. OCC accounted for approximately 8.1%, 8.6% and 11.2% of our net sales in 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively. Geographically, the majority of our customers are located within a 350-mile radius of the Ohio Valley. However, we have taken advantage of our river-oriented production facilities to market via barge into more distant locations such as the Houston, Texas and St. Louis, Missouri areas.
Shipments historically have been concentrated within five major market segments: steel service centers, converters and processors, construction, agriculture and containers. Our overall participation in the construction and the converters and processors markets substantially exceeds the industry average and our reliance on automotive shipments, as a percentage of total shipments, is substantially less than the industry average.

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The following table reflects the percentage of total tons shipped to our major market segments:
                         
    Percentage of Total Tons Shipped  
            Year Ended        
            December 31,        
    2005     2004     2003  
Steel service centers
    29 %     28 %     27 %
Converters and processors (1)
    28 %     29 %     28 %
Construction
    21 %     18 %     20 %
Agriculture
    5 %     5 %     3 %
Containers (1)
    13 %     16 %     16 %
Other
    4 %     4 %     6 %
 
                 
Total
    100 %     100 %     100 %
 
                 
 
(1)   Products shipped to Wheeling-Nisshin and OCC are included primarily in the converters and processors and containers markets, respectively.
Set forth below is a description of our major customer categories:
Steel Service Centers
The shipments to steel service centers are heavily concentrated in the areas of hot rolled and hot dipped galvanized coils. Due to increased internal costs to steel companies during the 1980’s for processing services such as slitting, shearing and blanking, steel service centers have become a major factor in the distribution of hot rolled products to ultimate end users. In addition, steel service centers have become a significant factor in the sale of hot dipped galvanized products to a variety of small consumers such as mechanical contractors, who desire not to be burdened with large steel inventories.
Converters and Processors
Shipments to the converters and processors market are principally shipments of cold rolled products to Wheeling-Nisshin, which uses cold rolled coils as a substrate to manufacture a variety of coated products, including hot-dipped galvanized and aluminized coils for the automotive, appliance and construction markets. The converters and processors industry also represents a major outlet for our hot rolled products, which are converted into finished commodities such as pipe, tubing and cold rolled strip.
Construction
The shipments to the construction industry are heavily influenced by fabricated product sales. We service the non-residential and agricultural building and highway industries, principally through shipments of hot-dipped galvanized and painted cold rolled products. We have been able to market our products into broad geographical areas due to our numerous regional facilities.
Agriculture
The shipments to the agricultural market are principally sales of roll-formed, corrugated sheets, which are used as roofing and siding in the construction of barns, farm machinery enclosures and light commercial buildings.
Containers
The vast majority of shipments to the container market are concentrated in tin mill products, which are utilized extensively in the manufacture of food, aerosol, beverage and general line cans. The container industry has represented a stable market. The balance of shipments to this market consists of cold rolled products for pails and drums. As a result of our OCC joint venture, we phased out our existing tin mill production facilities but we continue to supply blackplate to OCC for tin coating.
Joint Ventures
Wheeling-Nisshin
WPSC owns a 35.7% equity interest in Wheeling-Nisshin, which is a joint venture between Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd. and WPSC. Wheeling-Nisshin owns a state-of-the-art processing facility located in Follansbee, West Virginia

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which has capacity to produce over 700,000 tons annually of coated steel and offers some of the lightest-gauge galvanized steel products manufactured in the U.S. for construction, heating, ventilation and air-conditioning and after-market automotive applications. Wheeling-Nisshin products are marketed through trading companies, and its net sales are not consolidated into our net sales.
WPSC is a party to a supply agreement with Wheeling-Nisshin that expires in 2013. Wheeling-Nisshin may terminate this agreement at any time WPSC and its subsidiaries and parent, if any, in the aggregate own less than 20% of the common stock of Wheeling-Nisshin. Pursuant to that agreement, WPSC is required to provide not less than 75% of Wheeling-Nisshin’s steel substrate requirements, up to an aggregate maximum of 9,000 tons per week, subject to product quality requirements and at negotiated prices based on prevailing actual market rates. Shipments of steel by WPSC to Wheeling-Nisshin were approximately 379,000 tons, or 17.5% of our total tons shipped, approximately 413,000 tons, or 19.4% of our total tons shipped and approximately 440,000 tons, or 19.8% of our total tons shipped, for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively. We derived 13.9%, 17.5% and 16.3% of our net sales from sales of steel to Wheeling-Nisshin in 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively. For the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, Wheeling-Nisshin had operating income of $18.3 million, $42.5 million and $6.4 million, respectively, and we received dividends of $5.0 million in 2005, $2.5 million in 2004, and $2.5 million in 2003 from Wheeling-Nisshin. As of December 31, 2005, Wheeling-Nisshin had cash and investment securities totaling $84.5 million and had no outstanding indebtedness.
A shareholders agreement between WPSC and Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd. contains provisions that may directly or indirectly restrict the transfer of the shares of Wheeling-Nisshin owned by WPSC, including the following:
  WPSC may not sell its Wheeling-Nisshin shares at any time that it is in breach of the shareholders agreement or any other agreement with Wheeling-Nisshin, including the supply agreement.
  If WPSC seeks to sell some or all of its Wheeling-Nisshin shares, it must first offer to sell, transfer or assign the offered shares to the other Wheeling-Nisshin shareholder.
In addition, WPSC has pledged its shares in Wheeling-Nisshin to the lenders under our term loan agreement and revolving credit facility, and to the holders of our Series A notes and Series B notes.
Ohio Coatings Company
WPSC owns a 50% voting interest and an approximately 44% equity interest in OCC, which is a joint venture among WPSC, Dong Yang Tinplate America Corp., a leading South Korea-based tin plate producer, and Nippon Steel Trading America, Inc., formerly known as Nittetsu Shoji America, Inc., a U.S.-based tinplate importer. Dong Yang Tinplate America also holds a 50% voting interest and an approximately 44% equity interest in OCC. Additionally, Nippon Steel Trading America holds nonvoting preferred stock in OCC, which represents an approximately 11% equity interest in OCC and is subject to repurchase by OCC. OCC commenced commercial operations in January 1997. The OCC tin-coating facility is the only domestic electro-tin plating facility constructed in the past 30 years.
Pursuant to a raw material supply agreement between WPSC and OCC, WPSC has the right to supply up to 230,000 net tons in any calendar year of the blackplate and cold rolled steel requirements of OCC through 2012, subject to quality requirements and at negotiated prices based on prevailing market rates. OCC may terminate this agreement if at any time WPSC owns less than 33% of the common stock of OCC. Shipments of steel by WPSC to OCC were approximately 207,000 tons, or 9.6% of our total tons shipped, approximately 240,000 tons, or 11.3% of our total tons shipped and approximately 239,000 tons, or 10.8% of our total tons shipped, for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively. We derived approximately 8.1%, 8.6% and 11.2% of our net sales from sales of steel to OCC in 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively. Prior to July 2003, WPSC was the exclusive distributor for all of OCC’s products and marketed approximately 70% of OCC’s products through Nippon Steel Trading America. In July 2003, Nippon Steel Trading America became the exclusive distributor for approximately 70% of OCC’s products and WPSC remained a distributor for the balance. In April 2004, OCC began selling to certain customers directly, which reduced WPSC’s distributorship to approximately 20% of OCC’s products. WPSC ceased distributing any OCC product in 2005. For the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, OCC had operating income of $6.9 million, $8.0 million and $9.6 million, respectively. OCC did not pay any dividends during those periods. At December 31, 2005, OCC had $31.1 million in outstanding indebtedness.

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A shareholders’ agreement among WPSC, Dong Yang Tinplate America, Nippon Steel Trading America and OCC contains certain provisions that may restrict WPSC’s ability to transfer its shares of OCC, including the following:
  Any pledge, transfer or other distribution of shares of OCC must be previously approved by shareholders holding at least 66.67% of the voting power of the common shares of OCC.
  For 45 days after a shareholder receives notice from the other party that a change of control of the other party has occurred, the party receiving notice has the option to purchase all, but not less than all, of the shares owned by the other party at a price equal to $10,000 per share plus 10% interest or fair market value, whichever is higher. For purposes of the shareholders’ agreement, ‘‘change of control’’ for WPSC means, the transfer to persons (other than a holding company) of a majority of the capital stock of WPSC, or any transfer of substantially all of its assets.
WPSC has pledged its shares in OCC to the lenders under our term loan agreement and revolving credit facility, and to the holders of our Series A notes and Series B notes.
Pursuant to a loan agreement dated January 8, 1996, WPC loaned OCC $16.5 million. The loan bears interest at a variable rate that averaged 6.25% during 2005. As of December 31, 2005, OCC owed $7.7 million under the loan.
In April 2003, OCC entered into a three-year credit agreement with Bank of America, N.A., providing for a revolving line of credit for loans and letters of credit in an amount of up to $18.0 million and a term loan in the aggregate principal amount of $4.3 million. OCC is restricted from declaring dividends under the terms of its credit agreement. However, OCC is permitted to make distributions of interest and principal in respect of its indebtedness to WPC, subject to certain limitations set forth in the credit agreement and in the subordination agreement described below. OCC has made principal payments in each of the last three years. In connection with this refinancing, WPC (i) entered into a subordination agreement, acknowledging that amounts owed by OCC to WPC pursuant to the loan agreement described in the previous paragraph are subordinate to any indebtedness owed by OCC to Bank of America under OCC’s term loan agreement; and (ii) WPSC entered into a no-offset agreement, agreeing that it will not offset against accounts payable to OCC any indebtedness of OCC to WPSC.
Mountain State Carbon
In September 2005, WPSC and SNA Carbon, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SNA, entered into an Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of MSC. MSC is a Delaware limited liability company which was formed to own and refurbish coke batteries contributed to it by WPSC and to produce and sell the coke produced by these batteries for the benefit of WPSC and SNA Carbon. WPSC and SNA Carbon concurrently executed various agreements, including management and operating agreements, pursuant to which WPSC will operate and manage MSC’s coke facilities, and various coke supply agreements.
WPSC contributed to MSC its coke-producing batteries and related facilities and assets located in Follansbee, West Virginia, and Steubenville, Ohio, which had a fair value of approximately $86.9 million and SNA Carbon contributed capital of $50.0 million to MSC. In return for these initial contributions, WPSC and SNA Carbon each received 50% of MSC’s voting capital stock interests, which allow WPSC and SNA Carbon each to elect two of the four Managers on MSC’s Board of Managers, and 72.22% and 27.78%, respectively, of the non-voting economic capital stock interests in MSC.
WPSC and SNA Carbon each are obligated to make additional cash contributions to MSC. Pursuant to these obligations, WPSC and SNA Carbon made additional cash contributions in 2005 of $3.1 million and $10.0 million, respectively, in 2005. WPSC is obligated to make additional cash contributions of $5.0 million and $15.0 million in 2006 and 2007, respectively, payable on a monthly basis, and cash contributions of $10.0 million in 2008, payable on a quarterly basis. SNA Carbon is obligated to make monthly cash contributions of $10.0 million in each of the first six months of 2006. Until such time as SNA Carbon owns 50% of the outstanding non-voting economic capital stock interests in MSC, which is expected to occur in March 2006, SNA Carbon’s proportional share of the outstanding non-voting economic capital interests in MSC will increase by 1% for each $1.8 million of additional capital contributed by it to MSC. As of December 31, 2005, WPSC and SNA Carbon had 66.67% and 33.33%, respectively, of the non-voting economic capital stock interests in MSC.

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Subject to certain exceptions, WPSC and SNA Carbon also are obligated to make loans to MSC from time to time, up to $35.0 million in the aggregate for all such loans, to satisfy any deficiency in MSC’s working capital needs. These loans would be made by WPSC and SNA Carbon proportionate to their respective projected coke purchases. Because coke prices charged by MSC will be at its fully absorbed costs (including depreciation, a non-cash expense), plus a stipulated profit, it is projected that MSC will not have significant need for such sources of working capital after 2006. WPSC made a working capital loan of $9.9 million to MSC during 2005. To the extent that capital contributions made by WPSC and SNA Carbon are not sufficient to completely refurbish MSC’s coke-producing batteries to a condition that meets its production goals and complies with applicable legal requirements, WPSC and SNA Carbon each must contribute one-half of the deficiency, up to a maximum of $8.0 million each. If either WPSC and SNA Carbon breaches any of its funding obligations, the defaulting party’s non-voting capital stock interests could be diluted, and the quantity of coke that MSC would be obligated to sell to the defaulting party could be permanently reduced. SNA has guaranteed SNA Carbon’s funding obligations. If SNA Carbon’s non-voting capital stock interests are diluted, WPSC would have the right to dilute SNA Carbon’s voting capital stock interests, in which event WPSC would control MSC’s Board of Managers. WPSC’s voting capital stock interests may not be diluted below 50% under any circumstances.
WPSC and MSC executed a Coke Supply Agreement in September 2005 (the WPSC Coke Supply Agreement). The WPSC Coke Supply Agreement provides that MSC will sell to WPSC all coke produced by MSC in the remainder of 2005 and up to 600,000 tons of coke in 2006. SNA Carbon and MSC separately executed a Coke Supply Agreement in September 2005 (the SNA Carbon Coke Supply Agreement), which provides that MSC will sell to SNA Carbon 355,000 tons of coke in 2006. Beginning in 2007, WPSC and SNA Carbon each will purchase, under their respective coke supply agreements with MSC, 50% of MSC’s total production of coke, allocated on a weekly basis. WPSC and SNA Carbon may cause a reduction of the amount of coke that MSC is required to sell to the other party if the other party defaults in its funding obligations to MSC. All coke sold to WPSC and SNA Carbon is required to meet certain specifications.
Coke prices charged by MSC pursuant to the WPSC Coke Supply Agreement and the SNA Carbon Coke Supply Agreement are designed to cover substantially all of MSC’s fully absorbed administrative and production costs, net of any by-product revenue, plus 5%. Coke prices charged to WPSC and SNA may vary under specified circumstances related to variances in production levels. MSC’s excess operating cash must first be used to repay any outstanding debt to WPSC and SNA Carbon.
WPSC is paid a fee and manages and operates MSC’s coke facilities using its current hourly and salaried workforce, subject to ultimate oversight by MSC’s Board of Managers, under its management and operating agreements. WPSC retained environmental obligations related to the operation and condition of the facilities prior to September 29, 2005. WPSC will indemnify SNA Carbon and MSC against any environmental liabilities related to or arising out of the condition of the real property contributed by WPSC to MSC. MSC will indemnify WPSC and SNA Carbon against liabilities arising in connection with the management or ownership of MSC.
For the period September 29, 2005 through December 31, 2005, MSC has an operating loss of $1.5 million. At December 31, 2005, MSC had operating cash of $3.6 million and had a member loan due to WPSC of $9.9 million, which bears interest at the prime rate plus 1.25%.
Under generally accepted accounting principles, Wheeling-Nisshin and OCC are accounted for using the equity method of accounting. MSC has been consolidated in our financial statements as of December 31, 2005 and for the period then ended.
Competition
We believe that the main competitive factors in our market are:
  quality;
  reliability;
  product market price;
  product offerings;
  location and shipping costs; and
  raw material and operating costs.

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The steel industry is cyclical in nature and has been marked historically by overcapacity, resulting in intense competition, which we expect to continue. Many of our competitors are large, with the top three domestic steel-producers holding approximately 46% of market share in 2004. We believe our major competitors include the following:
  domestic integrated steel producers, such as United States Steel Corporation, Mittal Steel USA, Inc., AK Steel Corporation and SNA;
  mini-mills, such as Nucor Corporation, Steel Dynamics Inc. and Gallatin Steel Company;
  converters and fabricators, such as The Techs, Winner Steel, Inc., United Steel Deck and Metal Sales; and
  steel producers from Europe, Asia and other regions.
Domestic integrated steel producers have lost market share in recent years to domestic mini-mill producers. Mini-mills are generally smaller-volume steel producers that melt ferrous scrap metals, their basic raw material, in electric furnaces. Although mini-mills generally produce a narrower range of steel products than integrated producers, mini-mills, which rely on less capital-intensive steel production methods, typically have certain advantages over integrated producers, such as lower capital expenditures for construction of facilities, a more variable operating cost structure, and limited ongoing capital needs to sustain operations. Additionally, since mini-mills typically are not unionized, they have more flexible work rules that have resulted in lower employment costs per net ton shipped. Since 1989, significant flat rolled mini-mill capacity has been constructed, and these mini-mills now compete with integrated producers in product areas that traditionally have not faced significant competition from mini-mills. These mini-mills compete with us primarily in the commodity flat rolled steel market. In addition, domestic mini-mills have increased the quality of their steel products in recent years, which has provided a competitive alternative to most of the steel products that we produce. In the long-term, mini-mills may also compete with us in producing value-added products.
We also face competition from domestic and foreign integrated producers. The increased competition in commodity product markets influence integrated producers to increase product offerings to compete with our custom products. Additionally, as the single largest steel consuming country in the western world, the U.S. has long been a focus of steel producers in Europe and Japan. Steel producers from Korea, Taiwan, Brazil, and other large economies such as Russia and China have also recognized the U.S. as a target market.
We also compete to some extent with producers of other materials that can be used in place of steel. A number of steel substitutes, including plastics, aluminum, composites and glass, have reduced the growth of domestic steel consumption.
Sales and Marketing
Our sales and marketing functions are principally located in our Wheeling, West Virginia headquarters. Sales are handled by customer service employees and sales personnel. We advertise and promote our products and services at industry conventions and trade shows where we distribute brochures promoting all of our product lines.
Our sales force contacts existing and potential customers directly to promote our products and also collects field intelligence for the marketing group. Our marketing department analyzes the needs of our current customers and our product mix and identifies market opportunities. The marketing department also determines pricing, product mix, lead times and freight equalization, performs order entry and responds to requests for data from various trade organizations and governmental agencies. Our customer service personnel respond to price quotation requests and accept incoming orders from, and perform order entry and provide order status and shipping information to, our customers.
Our sales force consists of two distinct sales groups: our steel division and WCC, our corrugating division. Steel division products include, in ascending value-added order, hot rolled, cold rolled, galvanized steel products and tin mill products. Generally, there are improved margins within each category because selling prices increase and cost absorption is enhanced as steel is processed from hot rolled to cold rolled to galvanized. WCC is divided into three product groups, including construction products, agricultural products and specialty products. WCC’s product groups are generally higher value-added than those of our steel division.

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Manufacturing Process
With the ramp-up of our EAF, along with the idling of one of our two blast furnaces, we have transformed our operations from a pure integrated producer to a hybrid producer of steel with characteristics of both an integrated producer and mini-mill, producing liquid steel with both our EAF and our BOF.
Utilizing both electric energy and oxygen injection, the EAF melts recycled scrap and scrap substitutes to produce liquid steel. In addition, the EAF will be able to use liquid iron as a metallic input, which can be produced using our remaining blast furnace, providing us with additional flexibility relating to raw materials. The continuous process also includes a reliable scrap preheating system to reduce electric power requirements. We believe the higher portion of variable costs of the EAF and flexibility in raw material input utilization will produce a cost structure that more closely tracks market conditions and will support our margin in market downturns.
In our integrated steel making process, iron ore pellets, coke, limestone and other raw materials are consumed in the blast furnace to produce hot metal. Hot metal is further converted into liquid steel through our BOF process where impurities are removed, recycled scrap is added and metallurgical properties for end use are determined on a batch-by-batch (heat) basis.
Heats of liquid steel are sent to the ladle metallurgy facility from both the EAF and BOF, where the temperature and chemistry of the steel are adjusted to precise tolerances. Liquid steel from the ladle metallurgy facility then is formed into slabs through the process of continuous casting. After continuous casting, slabs are reheated, reduced and finished by extensive rolling, shaping, tempering and, in certain cases, by the application of coatings at our downstream operations. Finished products are normally shipped to customers in the form of coils or fabricated products. We have linked our steel making and rolling equipment with a computer based manufacturing control system to coordinate production tracking and status of customer orders.
Raw Materials
In 2004, we entered into a long-term supply agreement for scrap based on prevailing market prices, with an initial term expiring in April 2009. The agreement is designed to provide us with an adequate and reliable source of scrap for our EAF operations. The scrap supply agreement does not require us to make any minimum purchases, and we believe that we have access to alternative supplies of scrap, if necessary. Under the agreement, the supplier has constructed a scrap handling facility to enable it to provide us with the scrap contemplated by the agreement. The introduction of our EAF has increased our dependence on external scrap and scrap alternatives from approximately 25% of our steel melt in 2004 to approximately 62% of our steel melt in 2005.
We have long-term contracts to purchase our iron ore requirements. The iron ore price under our primary contract is based upon prevailing world market prices, which escalated significantly in 2005, less 3%. With our new EAF and a single blast furnace operation, we will consume approximately 1.7 million gross tons of iron ore pellets in our blast furnace annually.
We have long-term supply agreements with third parties to provide us with a substantial portion of the metallurgical coal to meet the requirements of MSC at specified contract prices, which are subject to adjustment at stated times during the term of the contracts. Several of these suppliers have reduced required shipments claiming force majeure prohibited shipments, which led to depleted coal inventory levels, substantially increased costs to purchase metallurgical coal from alternative sources and at times reduced production levels. MSC’s coking operations require a substantial amount of metallurgical coal. Through MSC, we currently produce substantially all of our coke requirements and burn the resultant by-product coke oven gas in downstream operations. In 2005, we and MSC consumed approximately 1.3 million tons of coking coal to produce approximately 850,000 tons of blast furnace coke.
Beginning in 2003 and continuing into 2005, coal, coke and scrap prices increased dramatically for purchases in the spot market. We are passing these costs through to our customers when possible.
Our operations require significant amounts of other raw materials, including limestone and natural gas. These raw materials are readily available and are purchased on the open market. The cost of these materials has been susceptible in the past to price fluctuations, but worldwide competition in the steel industry has frequently limited the ability of steel producers to raise finished product prices to recover higher material costs. However, the rapid

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economic expansion in China, among other factors, has affected the supply of steel in the U.S. and allowed price increases to offset higher raw material costs. Certain of our raw material supply contracts provide for price adjustments in the event of increased commodity or energy prices. Natural gas prices have been volatile in the past, having increased 37% in 2005, 1% in 2004 and 62% in 2003, while declining 25% in 2002.
Energy
Many of our major facilities that use natural gas are equipped to use alternative fuels. During 2005, coal constituted approximately 68% of our total energy consumption, natural gas 24% and electricity 8%. We continually monitor our operations regarding potential equipment conversion and fuel substitution to reduce energy costs.
Backlog
Our backlog was 457,778 tons at December 31, 2005, as compared to 347,211 tons at December 31, 2004. Most orders related to the backlog at December 31, 2005 are expected to be shipped during the first quarter of 2006, subject to delays at customers’ requests. The order backlog represents orders received but not yet completed or shipped. In times of strong demand, a higher order backlog may allow us to increase production runs, thereby enhancing production efficiencies.
Employees
At December 31, 2005, we had 3,257 employees of whom 2,550 were represented by the United Steelworkers of America (USW), 94 were represented by other unions, 585 were salaried employees and the remaining 28 were non-union operating employees. WPC, WPSC and the USW negotiated a new labor agreement, which became effective upon the date of reorganization and which expires on September 1, 2008. The labor agreement includes, among other things, provisions regarding wages, health care and pension benefits, profit sharing and employee security, and a retirement incentive program pursuant to which 650 hourly personnel accepted early retirement incentives in August 2003.
Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
This annual report on Form 10-K contains statements that are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that may be identified by their use of words like “anticipates”, “believes”, “estimates”, “expects”, “intends”, “plans”, “projects”, “targets”, “can”, “could”, “may”, “should”, ‘will”, “would” or similar expressions and the negative, thereof, and may contain projections or other statements regarding future events or our future financial performance that involve risks and uncertainties.
You are cautioned that these forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations and projections about future events, and are subject to various risks and uncertainties, some of which are beyond our control, that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in these forward-looking statements. In light of the risks and uncertainties, there can be no assurance that the forward-looking information will in fact prove to be accurate. We have undertaken no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. See Item 1A. — “Risk Factors”.
Available Information
We maintain an Internet Website http://www.wpsc.com. We make available free of charge under the “Financial Reports” heading on our website, our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act as soon as reasonably practicable after providing such information electronically to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In addition, we also make available free of charge under the “Investor Relations” heading on our website, the Company’s audit committee, compensation committee, nominating/corporate governance committee, executive committee, safety committee and finance committee charters, as well as, the Company’s corporate governance guidelines, code of business conduct, whistleblower policy, and policy on trading of securities. You also may read and copy any materials we file with the SEC at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, District of Columbia 20549. You may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC maintains an Internet site at www.sec.gov, which contains reports, proxy information and information statements and other information regarding issuers like us, which file electronically with the SEC.

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Item 1A. Risk Factors
If any of the following risks actually occurs, our business, financial condition or results of operations could be harmed and the market price of our stock could be adversely affected. See the information under the caption “Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-looking Statements” in Item 1 — “Business”.
We emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in August 2003, incurred a current-period loss and have sustained losses in the past, and may not be able to achieve profitability on a consistent basis.
Because we emerged from bankruptcy on August 1, 2003, incurred a current-period loss and have incurred losses in the past, we cannot assure you that we will be able to achieve profitability on a consistent basis in the future. We have sought protection under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code twice since 1985, most recently in November 2000. We emerged from our more recent Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization as a new reporting entity on August 1, 2003. Prior to and during this reorganization, we incurred substantial net losses.
We reported a net loss of $39.0 million for the five months ended December 31, 2003 following our emergence from bankruptcy and a net loss of $34.0 million in 2005. If we cannot achieve profitability on a consistent basis, our liquidity may be adversely affected and threaten our ability to continue operations.
We may not be able to comply with our financial covenants, which may result in a default under our credit agreements.
We are subject to certain financial covenants contained in our credit agreements. Our term loan agreement requires us to maintain certain leverage, interest coverage and fixed charge coverage ratios. In March 2006, our term loan lenders and the Loan Board agreed to waive compliance with these ratios through the quarter ending June 30, 2007. Our amended and restated revolving credit facility and our recently amended term loan agreement require us to maintain at least $50 million of borrowing availability at all times under our revolving credit facility or to comply with a specified fixed charge coverage ratio if our borrowing availability under our revolving credit facility falls below $50.0 million at any point in time. Our ability to comply with these financial covenants will depend on our future financial performance, which will be subject to prevailing economic conditions and other factors beyond our control. Our failure to comply with these covenants would result in a default or an event of default, permitting the lenders to accelerate the maturity of our indebtedness under the credit agreements and to foreclose upon any collateral securing our indebtedness. Any default, event of default or acceleration of our indebtedness under our term loan would also result in the acceleration of substantially all of our other indebtedness pursuant to cross-default or cross-acceleration provisions.
On March 10, 2006, we reached an agreement with both the lenders under our term loan agreement and the Loan Board, the Federal loan guarantor, to waive compliance with the leverage, interest coverage and fixed charge coverage ratios under our term loan agreement through the quarter ending June 30, 2007.
In the event that additional modifications or waivers are necessary and these additional modifications and waivers are not obtained by us, and if we are unable to refinance our term loan, an event of default under the term loan agreement will occur and subsequently will constitute an event of default under the amended and restated revolving credit agreement. If the event of default results in acceleration of the term loan, we would be in default under substantially all of our other debt instruments. If the indebtedness under our term loan, the revolving credit facility and our other debt instruments were to be accelerated, there can be no assurance that our assets would be sufficient to repay in full such indebtedness.
Restrictive covenants in our debt instruments limit our flexibility and our ability to implement our business plan.
Our credit agreements contain restrictive financial and operating covenants, including, but not limited to, provisions that limit our ability to make capital expenditures, incur additional indebtedness, create liens, make investments, sell assets and enter into transaction with affiliates. In addition, our debt instruments may not provide us with sufficient flexibility to permit us to make all necessary capital expenditures and take other measures that we believe are necessary to run our business effectively and to achieve our business plan. If we are unable to make necessary capital expenditures as a result of these covenants, our competitive position could be adversely affected which could ultimately affect our financial performance.

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Because we are significantly leveraged, we may not be able to implement our business plan, service our debt obligations or refinance our indebtedness.
We are significantly leveraged. Because we are significantly leveraged, it may be difficult for us to successfully implement our business plan and to generate sufficient amounts for necessary capital expenditures. In addition, we may not be able to meet our debt service obligations if we do not generate sufficient operating cash flow. As of December 31, 2005, our current assets totaled $329.8 million, including $166.6 million of inventory, and our current liabilities totaled $259.9 million. As of December 31, 2005, our total indebtedness was $332.8 million and total shareholders’ equity was $265.5 million. Based on our total indebtedness as of December 31, 2005, we expect that our total debt service obligations (including scheduled principal and interest payments) will approximate $54.7 million (assuming a blended interest rate of 6.8% per annum) in 2006 and that our debt service obligations related to variable interest rate debt will increase $1.0 million on an annual basis for each 1.0% increase in interest rates.
Our ability to meet our ongoing debt service obligations will depend on our ability to implement our business plan, including the successful completion of the ramp-up of our EAF, and a number of other factors, including factors beyond our control. We may not be able to generate sufficient operating cash flow to repay, when due or earlier if accelerated due to an event of default, the principal amounts outstanding under our credit facilities which have a final maturity as early as 2008 in the case of our term loan and 2009 in the case of our revolving credit facility. We expect that we will be required to refinance such amounts as they become due and payable; however, we may not be able to consummate such refinancing to repay our obligations or to secure a refinancing on terms satisfactory to us. If we are unable to refinance all or any significant portion of our indebtedness, we may be required to sell assets or equity interests in our company. However, we may not be able to sell assets or equity interests in an amount sufficient to repay our obligations or on terms satisfactory to us. Our leverage, together with the restrictions imposed by our credit agreements, may limit our ability to obtain additional financing and to take advantage of business opportunities that may arise. In addition, this leverage increases our vulnerability to adverse general economic and steel industry conditions.
Intense competition in the steel industry and substitute materials could adversely affect our profitability.
Competition within the steel industry, both domestic and worldwide, is intense and is expected to remain so in the future. We compete with domestic steel producers, steel processors, mini-mills and foreign importers. Mini-mills typically enjoy certain competitive advantages, such as more variable raw material costs that tend to rise and fall in tandem with steel selling prices, non-unionized work forces with lower employment costs and more flexible work rules, and lower ongoing maintenance and capital expenditure needs for construction and operation of their steel-making facilities. Additionally, the domestic mini-mills have increased the quality of their steel products in recent years, which has provided a competitive alternative to most of the steel products that we produce. Furthermore, many of our competitors have superior financial resources or more favorable cost structures, and we may be at a competitive disadvantage. In addition, it is also possible that competitive pressures resulting from the industry trend toward consolidation could adversely affect our growth and profit margins. Moreover, steel products may be replaced to a certain extent by other substitute materials, such as plastic, aluminum, graphite, composites, ceramics, glass, wood and concrete. Our competitors may be successful in capturing our market share, and we may be required to reduce selling prices in order to compete. Reduced selling prices could adversely impact our results of operations and, ultimately, our liquidity.
Increased imports from China or other countries could lower domestic steel prices and adversely affect our profitability.
We sell steel almost exclusively in the U.S. market. The domestic steel market is affected by factors influencing worldwide supply and demand, with excess global production generally seeking the most lucrative markets. In particular, the balance of supply and productive capacity in China may result in increased imports to the U.S. market. During several years prior to 2003, favorable conditions in the U.S. market compared to the global markets resulted in significant imports of steel and substantially reduced sales, margins and profitability of domestic steel producers, leading to imposition of import quotas and tariffs under Section 201 of the U.S. Trade Act of 1974, as amended. In 2004, the convergence of the weakened U.S. dollar, increased demand for steel and raw materials in China and other developing countries, and higher raw material and ocean freight costs, led to substantial increases in steel selling prices, even though the Section 201 tariffs were lifted in December 2003.
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improved domestic steel production in those countries, lower ocean freight costs and other factors could lead to increased imports in the future resulting in excess domestic steel capacity and lower prices for our products and may have an adverse affect on our revenue, profitability and cash flow.
We may be unsuccessful in the final ramp-up to full operation of our electric arc furnace, which would adversely affect our business prospects and competitive position in the industry.
Our business plan depends, in part, upon the successful completion of the ramp-up of our EAF and our transformation from a conventional integrated steel producer to a hybrid steel producer with characteristics of both an integrated producer and a mini-mill. Our inability to successfully manage the operation of our EAF could make it difficult to implement our long-term business strategy and could have an adverse effect on near-term financial performance.
Any decrease in the availability, or increase in the cost, of raw materials and energy could materially increase our costs and adversely affect our profitability.
Our operations depend heavily on various raw materials and energy resources, including iron ore, coal used in our coke plant joint venture, scrap, electricity, natural gas and certain other gases. The availability of raw materials and energy resources could decrease and their prices may be volatile as a result of, among other things, changes in overall supply and demand levels and new laws or regulations. Any disruption in the supply of our raw materials or energy resources may impair, at least temporarily, our ability to manufacture some of our products, or require us to pay higher prices in order to obtain these raw materials from other sources. In the event our raw material and energy costs increase, we may not be able to pass these higher costs on to our customers in full or in part. Any increases in the prices for raw materials or energy resources may materially increase our costs and lower our earnings and adversely impact our cash flow and liquidity.
Additionally, certain of our supply contracts are for fixed prices. Although we currently benefit from some of these supply contracts because spot prices exceed contractually specified prices, if market prices for these raw materials decline, we may not be able to take advantage of decreasing market prices, and our profit margins may be adversely affected.
We also rely on a limited number of suppliers for a substantial portion of our raw material needs, such as iron ore, scrap and metallurgical coal for our coke plant joint venture meeting our technical specifications. Any failure of these suppliers to meet our needs for any reason could have an adverse effect on our financial results and operating performance. During 2003, 2004 and 2005, we have experienced disruptions in the supply of coal from our two largest suppliers. This led to depleted coal inventory levels, which substantially increased costs to purchase metallurgical coal from alternative sources, adversely affecting our operating results. Additional disruptions would cause our coke plant joint venture to purchase additional coal on the spot market, which may increase our coke costs and adversely impact our financial condition, results of operations and liquidity.
We rely on a core group of significant customers for a substantial portion of our net sales, and a reduction in demand, or inability to pay, from this group could adversely affect our total revenue.
Although we have a large number of customers, sales to our two largest customers, our Wheeling-Nisshin and OCC joint ventures, accounted for approximately 22.0% of our sales during 2005. Sales to our 10 largest customers, including to Wheeling-Nisshin and OCC, accounted for 40.3% of our net sales during 2005. We are likely to continue to depend upon a core group of customers for a material percentage of our net sales in the future. Our significant customers may not order steel products from us in the future or may reduce or delay the amount of steel products ordered. Any reduction or delay in orders could negatively impact our revenues. If one or more of our significant customers were to become insolvent or otherwise were unable to pay us for the steel products provided, our results of operations would be adversely affected.
The cyclical nature of the industries we serve may cause significant fluctuations in the demand for our products and lead to periods of decreased demand.
Demand for most of our products is cyclical in nature and sensitive to general economic conditions. Our business supports cyclical industries such as the appliance and construction industries. In addition, approximately 75% of our sales are made at prevailing market prices rather than long-term agreements, which we define as contracts exceeding three months. As a result, downturns in the U.S. or global economies or in any of the industries we

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support could adversely affect the demand for and selling prices of steel, which could have an adverse effect on our results of operations and cash flows.
We may not be able to sustain our level of total revenue or rate of revenue growth, if any, on a quarterly or annual basis. It is likely that, in some future quarters, our operating results may fall below our targets and the expectations of stock market analysts and investors. In such event, the trading price of our common stock could decline significantly.
We may not be able to implement our business plan because we may be unable to fund the substantial ongoing capital and maintenance expenditures that our operations require.
Our operations are capital intensive. We require capital for, among other purposes, acquiring new equipment, maintaining the condition of our existing equipment and maintaining compliance with environmental laws and regulations. Our business plan provides that capital expenditures for the three-year period ending December 31, 2008 will aggregate approximately $211.2 million. This amount includes $77.2 million for the refurbishment of the coke plant facility contributed to MSC ($60.0 million of which will be contributed to MSC by our joint venture partner), $5.7 million for cold mill improvements at our Allenport facility, expected to be completed in 2008 and $1.5 million for installation of hot strip mill automatic roll changers at our Mingo Junction facility, completed in February 2006. We may not be able to fund our capital expenditures from operating cash flow and from the proceeds of borrowings available for capital expenditures under our credit facilities. If we are unable to fund our capital requirements, we may be unable to implement our business plan, and our financial performance may be adversely impacted.
A significant interruption or casualty loss at any of our facilities could increase our production costs and reduce our sales and earnings.
Our steel making facilities may experience interruptions or major accidents and may be subject to unplanned events such as explosions, fires, inclement weather, acts of God, terrorism, accidents and transportation interruptions. Any shutdown or interruption of a facility would reduce the production from that facility, which could substantially impair our business. Interruptions in production capabilities will inevitably increase production costs and reduce our sales and earnings. In addition to the revenue losses, longer-term business disruption could result in a loss of customers. To the extent these events are not covered by insurance, our revenues, margins and cash flows may be adversely impacted by events of this type.
In December 2004, our steelmaking operations were adversely affected by an incident involving the collapse of ductwork at our basic oxygen furnace facility. Production from the basic oxygen furnace was curtailed for 12 days following the incident, resulting in the loss of approximately 10,000 tons of shipments in the fourth quarter of 2004, and approximately 85,000 tons of shipments in the first quarter of 2005, which resulted in a business interruption claim for an amount in excess of $40 million.
Our production costs may increase and we may not be able to sustain our sales and earnings if we fail to maintain satisfactory labor relations.
A majority of our hourly employees are covered by a collective bargaining agreement with the USW that expires on September 1, 2008. Of our total employees, approximately 81.9% are unionized, including 79.5% of which are members of the USW. Any potential strikes or work stoppages in the future, and the resulting adverse impact on our relationships with our customers, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. Additionally, other steel producers may have or may be able to negotiate labor agreements that provide them with a competitive advantage. In addition, many mini-mill producers and certain foreign competitors and producers of comparable products do not have unionized work forces. This may place us at a competitive disadvantage.
Environmental compliance and remediation costs could decrease our net cash flow, reduce our results of operations and impair our financial condition.
Our business and our ownership of real property are subject to numerous Federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of the environment. These laws are constantly evolving and have become increasingly stringent. The ultimate impact of complying with environmental laws and regulations is not always clearly known or determinable because regulations under some of these laws have not yet been promulgated or are undergoing revision. We incur substantial capital expenditures and other costs to comply with these environmental

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laws and regulations, particularly the Federal Clean Air Act and the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, and future developments under these or other laws could result in substantially increased capital, operating and compliance costs. Additionally, future decisions to terminate operations at any of our facilities may result in facility closure and cleanup costs. In addition, if we are unable to comply with environmental regulations, we may incur fines or penalties or may be required to cease some operations.
We incurred $7.4 million for environmental capital expenditures during 2005. Additional operational costs of complying with environmental laws are included in costs of goods sold. In addition, environmental capital expenditures are expected to be approximately $17.5 million in the aggregate for the years 2006 through 2008. If any of these costs exceed our projections, our business, financial condition and results of operations could suffer materially.
We are involved in a number of environmental remediation projects relating to our facilities and operations, and may in the future become involved in more remediation projects. While we reserve for costs relating to such projects when the costs are probable and estimable, those reserves may need to be adjusted as new information becomes available, whether from third parties, new environmental laws or otherwise. Accrued environmental liabilities totaled $9.9 million as of December 31, 2005. In addition, we consider it reasonably possible that we could ultimately incur additional liabilities relative to our environmental exposures of up to $5.0 million.
Increases in our healthcare costs for active employees and future retirees may lower our earnings and negatively affect our competitive position in the industry.
We maintain defined benefit retiree healthcare plans covering all active union represented employees upon their retirement. We also provide medical benefits for qualified retired salaried employees until they reach the age of 65. Healthcare benefits for active employees and future retirees are provided through comprehensive hospital, surgical and major medical benefit provisions or through health maintenance organizations, both the subject of various cost-sharing features. These benefits are provided for the most part based on fixed amounts negotiated in labor contracts with the appropriate unions. Additionally, mini-mills, foreign competitors and many producers of products that compete with steel typically provide lesser benefits to their employees and retirees, and this difference in cost could adversely impact our competitive position. If our costs under our benefit programs for active employees and future retirees exceed our projections, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially adversely affected.
We may be subject to regulatory scrutiny and may sustain a loss of public confidence if we are unable to satisfy regulatory requirements relating to internal controls over financial reporting.
Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 requires us to perform an evaluation of our internal controls over financial reporting and have our auditor attest to such evaluation on an annual basis. Compliance with these requirements has been expensive and time-consuming. While we have complied with the regulatory requirements for the year ended December 31, 2005, no assurance can be given that we will do so in future years. If we fail to satisfactorily conclude this evaluation, or if our auditors cannot attest to our evaluation, we may be subject to regulatory scrutiny and a loss of public confidence in our internal controls, which could adversely affect the trading price of our common stock.
You may not be able to compare our historical financial information to our current financial information, which will make it more difficult to evaluate an investment in our company.
As a result of the completion of our reorganization plan, we are operating our business under a new capital structure. In addition, we adopted fresh-start reporting in accordance with Statement of Position (“SOP”) 90-7, as of July 31, 2003. Because SOP 90-7 required us to account for our assets and liabilities at their then-current fair values, our financial condition and results of operations after our reorganization are not comparable in some material respects to the financial condition or results of operations reflected in our historical financial statements for periods prior to August 1, 2003. This may make it difficult to assess our future prospects based on historical performance.
Certain U.S. federal income tax considerations may increase the amount of taxes we pay which could adversely affect our liquidity and reduce profitability.
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Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). Generally, subject to certain exceptions, Section 382 of the Code does not limit the net operating loss (“NOL”) carryovers of a company that has an ownership change as a result of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization; however, if a company undergoes a subsequent ownership change within two years following the bankruptcy reorganization, the company loses the ability to use any NOL carryovers for all losses generated before the second ownership change. If we have undergone a second ownership change within two years after August 1, 2003, our ability to utilize our NOL carryovers, including losses incurred after August 1, 2003, will be completely eliminated. Based on information available to us, we do not believe that an ownership change occurred during this two-year period. Our NOL carryovers totaled approximately $325 million as of December 31, 2005. The elimination of our ability to use our NOL carryovers may increase the amount of taxes we pay in the future which could adversely affect our liquidity and our cash flow, and reduce profitability.
Further, even if we did not undergo an ownership change during the two-year period following August 1, 2003, any significant sale of securities could result in an ownership change for purposes of Section 382 of the Code, which will impose a limitation on the amount of NOL carryovers that we can use on an annual basis in future years, which may increase the amount of taxes we may pay in the future.
Future sales of our common stock by our existing stockholders could adversely affect the market price of our common stock.
Our common stock has a limited trading market and is held by a concentrated number of investors, including the Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation Retiree Benefits Plan Trust (VEBA trust). As a result, sales of our common stock in the public market could adversely affect the market price of our common stock. Any increase in the selling volume of shares of our common stock, including sales by our significant shareholders, such as the VEBA trust or others, also may adversely affect the trading price of our common stock.
The market price of our common stock could be subject to wide price fluctuations in response to numerous factors, many of which are beyond our control. These factors, include, among other things, low trading volume of our common stock, quarterly variations of our financial results, the nature and content of our earnings releases and our competitors’ earnings releases, developments in the steel industry, including those impacting worldwide supply of, and demand for, steel products, such as governmental regulation and market conditions affecting the demand for steel in China, changes in financial estimates by securities analysts, business conditions in our market and the general state of the securities industry, governmental legislation and regulation, as well as general economic and market conditions. As a result, you could lose all or a part of your investment.
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments
None.
Item 2. PROPERTIES
Primary Steel-producing Facility
We have one steel producing plant and various other finishing and fabricating facilities. Our primary steel-producing facility is an integrated steel producing facility located in Mingo Junction, Ohio. This facility includes one operating blast furnace, one EAF, one BOF with two vessels, a two-strand continuous slab caster with an annual slab production capacity of approximately 3.2 million tons, an 80-inch hot strip mill and pickling and coil finishing facilities. Our MSC joint venture owns coke batteries in Follansbee, West Virginia that produce substantially all of our coke requirements. A railroad bridge over the Ohio River owned by us connects our primary steel-producing facility to the MSC joint venture facility in West Virginia. A pipeline is maintained to transfer coke oven gas and steam from the MSC joint venture facility for use as fuel in our primary steel-making facility. Our primary steel-making facility produces hot rolled products, which are either sold to third parties or shipped to other of our facilities for further processing into value-added products.

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Other Plants
The following table lists our other principal plants and the annual capacity of the major products produced at each facility:
             
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Locations and Operations   Tons/Year   Major Product
Allenport, Pennsylvania: Continuous pickler, tandem mill, temper mill and annealing lines
    1,120,000     Cold rolled sheets
Beech Bottom, West Virginia: Paint lines
    308,000     Painted steel in coil form
Martins Ferry, Ohio: Temper mill, zinc coating lines
    750,000     Hot-dipped galvanized sheets and coils
Yorkville, Ohio: Continuous pickler, tandem mill, temper mills and annealing lines
    660,000     Blackplate and cold rolled sheets
All of the above facilities are currently owned by us and are regularly maintained in good operating condition. However, continuous and substantial capital and maintenance expenditures are required to maintain the operating facilities, to modernize finishing facilities in order to remain competitive and to meet environmental control requirements.
We also own or lease fabricated products facilities at Fort Payne, Alabama; Houston, Texas; Lenexa, Kansas; Louisville, Kentucky; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Warren, Ohio; Gary, Indiana; Emporia, Virginia; Grand Junction, Colorado; Palmetto, Florida; and Fallon, Nevada.
We maintain regional sales offices in Chicago, Illinois and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and our corporate headquarters is located in Wheeling, West Virginia.
All of our property and equipment are subject to liens granted pursuant to our plan of reorganization, as described in Item 7 of this annual report on Form 10-K — “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation”.
Item 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
In addition to the items discussed below, we are defendants from time to time in routine lawsuits incidental to our business. We do not believe that any proceedings, individually or in the aggregate, will have a material adverse effect on us. See Item 7 of this annual report on Form 10-K — “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Reorganization” for a discussion of our reorganization in bankruptcy effective August 1, 2003.
Breach of Contract
On April 27, 2005, the Company filed a lawsuit in the Brooke County, West Virginia Circuit Court against CWVEC, a subsidiary of Massey Energy Company, seeking substantial monetary damages and specific performance. The suit alleges that CWVEC breached its long-term coal supply agreement beginning in 2003 and continuing to the present, causing damage to WPSC, including, but not limited to, the increased cost of purchasing coal on the spot market at significantly higher prices than under its agreement with CWVEC. CWVEC initially objected to venue. In a separate action, on May 4, 2005, the Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Ohio issued a ruling, which interpreted such court’s prior 2002 order in our bankruptcy, which had approved our assumption and modification of the CWVEC coal supply agreement. In its May 4, 2005 ruling, the bankruptcy court held that under the terms of the court’s 2002 order and the contract, as amended, (1) we have the right to assign the coal supply agreement to the coke plant joint venture (described below), subject to finalization of the documentation and review by CWVEC, and (2) that CWVEC has no contractual right to terminate the coal supply agreement upon the transfer of the coke plant to the coke plant joint venture. CWVEC has appealed those rulings. In the Brooke County litigations, CWVEC also filed a counterclaim alleging that it will have the right to reduce shipments after the coke plant joint venture is consummated. On September 8, 2005, the Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Ohio issued an injunction order barring CWVEC from that counterclaim, agreeing with our position that such a claim should have been brought by CWVEC as a compulsory counterclaim in the earlier action

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which resulted in the May 4, 2005 decision, and, therefore, CWVEC was barred from raising it at a later date. CWVEC has appealed that ruling. CWVEC subsequently withdrew its objection to venue in the breach of contract case, and an order was issued returning the case to the state court in Brooke County where we initially filed the case, and where discovery is now underway. A trial date has been set for July 2006.
Environmental Matters
Prior to confirmation of the Company’s plan of reorganization effective August 1, 2003, the Company settled all pre-petition environmental claims made by state (Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania) and Federal (USEPA) environmental regulatory agencies. Consequently, the Company believes that it has settled and/or discharged environmental liability for any known Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund) sites, pre-petition stipulated penalties related to active consent decrees, or other pre-petition regulatory enforcement actions.
The Company estimates that demands for stipulated penalties and fines for post-petition events and activities through December 31, 2005 could total $2.9 million, which has been fully reserved by the Company. These claims arise from instances in which the Company exceeded post-petition consent decree terms, including: (a) $2.3 million related to a January 30, 1996 USEPA consent decree for the Company’s coke oven gas desulfurization facility; (b) $0.4 million related to a July 1991 USEPA consent decree for water discharges to the Ohio River; (c) $0.1 million related to a September 20, 1999 Ohio EPA consent decree for the Company’s coke oven gas desulfurization facility, and (d) $0.1 million related to a 1992 USEPA consent order for other water discharges issues. The Company may have defenses to these apparent exceedances.
In September 2000, the Company entered into a consent order with the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection wherein the Company agreed to remove contaminated sediments from the bed of the Ohio River. Approximately $0.5 million was spent on these activities in 2005, $1.4 million in 2004 and $0.6 million in 2003. During removal activities in 2003, the Company discovered a broader area of contaminated sediments. The Company estimates the cost of removal of the remaining contaminated sediments at $1.7 million, which has been fully reserved by the Company. The Company currently expects this work to be substantially complete by the end of 2007.
The Company is under a final administrative order issued by the USEPA in June 1998 to conduct a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Facility Investigation to determine the nature and extent of soil and groundwater contamination at its coke plant in Follansbee, West Virginia. USEPA approved the Company’s investigation work plan, and field activities were completed in 2004. The Company submitted the results of this investigation to the USEPA in the third quarter of 2005. It is expected that some remediation measures will be necessary and could commence within the next three to five years. Based on a preliminary estimate of the range of the possible cost to remediate, the Company has reserved $4.7 million for such remediation measures.
The Company has also accrued $0.4 million related to a 1989 consent order issued by the USEPA for surface impoundment issues at a coke plant facility owned by MSC.
In July 2005, an additional environmental liability was identified regarding the potential of oil in the subsurface from historical operations to migrate into waters of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Consequently, a remediation plan was developed, and implementation of this plan commenced in fourth quarter of 2005. An estimated expenditure of about $0.2 million is expected to be made in the first quarter of 2006 to address this environmental liability.
Total accrued environmental liabilities amounted to $9.9 million and $13.4 million at December 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively. These accruals were based on all information available to the Company. As new information becomes available, whether from third parties or otherwise, and as environmental regulations change, the liabilities are reviewed on a quarterly basis and the accruals are adjusted accordingly. Unless stated above, the time frame over which these liabilities will be paid is presently unknown. Further, the Company considers it reasonably possible that it could ultimately incur additional liabilities relative to the above exposures of up to $5.0 million.

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Item 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
No matters were submitted to a vote of WPC’s security holders during the fourth quarter of 2005.

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PART II
Item 5.   MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER REPURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Global Market (formerly known as the Nasdaq National Market) under the symbol ‘‘WPSC.’’
The following table presents, for the periods indicated, the high and low closing sales prices of our common stock as reported by the Nasdaq Global Market:
                 
    High     Low  
Year ended December 31, 2005:
               
Fourth quarter
  $ 16.70     $ 8.03  
Third quarter
  $ 20.82     $ 14.62  
Second quarter
  $ 33.10     $ 15.29  
First quarter
  $ 44.82     $ 29.42  
 
               
Year ended December 31, 2004:
               
Fourth quarter
  $ 41.86     $ 26.48  
Third quarter
  $ 31.31     $ 19.75  
Second quarter
  $ 22.85     $ 12.93  
First quarter
  $ 24.82     $ 18.56  
As of February 28, 2006, we had 14,690,610 shares of common stock outstanding and 2,998 stockholders of record.
Dividend policy
We currently intend to retain earnings for the continued development and expansion of our business. In addition, the terms of our credit agreements and indentures impose restrictions and limitations on the payment of dividends and the making of other distributions in respect of WPC’s common stock. Pursuant to the terms of our credit agreements, WPC is prohibited from directly or indirectly declaring or paying any dividend or making any other distribution on its common stock (other than dividends payable solely in its common stock). Similarly, pursuant to the terms of the indentures governing its Series A and Series B notes, WPSC is prohibited from declaring or paying any dividend or making any other distribution on its common stock (other than dividends and distributions payable in its common stock). In the absence of such restrictions or limitations, the payment of any dividends will be at the discretion of our board of directors.
Adoption of Shareholder Rights Plan
On February 14, 2005, we adopted a shareholder rights plan primarily intended to help protect its tax net operating loss carryforwards. As part of the plan, we declared a dividend of one right for each share of common stock held of record as of March 2, 2005, payable on March 2, 2005. The rights may cause substantial dilution to a person or group that attempts to acquire 4.99% or greater of our common stock on terms not approved by our Board of Directors. Acquisitions of our common stock that would otherwise trigger the rights under the terms of the plan are permitted where the entire Board of Directors has determined, prior to consummation, that the transaction is fair to and in the best interests of our stockholders. In addition, the Board of Directors may redeem the rights, at its discretion, at a redemption price of $.01 per right at any time until the close of business on the earlier of (i) the10th day following the first day of any public announcement that a person has become an acquiring person under the terms of the rights plan or any earlier date on which the Board of Directors becomes aware of the existence of an acquiring person, or (ii) on the 10th business day after the date of commencement of a tender offer or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any person or group becoming an acquiring person. The shareholder rights plan will expire on the earlier of the third anniversary date of the plan, or the date, if any, on which we first disclose in any filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that our net operating loss carry forwards no longer exceed $50 million.

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Item 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
The following selected historical consolidated financial data for the years ended December 31, 2005 and
December 31, 2004, the five months ended December 31, 2003 and the seven months ended July 31, 2003 have been derived from our audited consolidated financial statements included in this report. Such financial statements have been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, whose reports are included in this report. The financial data for the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001 have been derived from our audited financial statements that are not included in this report.
We elected to adopt Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (revised 2004) in the first quarter of 2005 and elected to apply this statement using the modified retrospective method. As a result, financial statements and results of operations for all prior periods have been adjusted to give effect to the fair-value-based measurement method of accounting for all share-based payment transactions.
We adopted fresh-start accounting effective as of July 31, 2003, at the time our plan of reorganization became effective. As a result of this change in accounting, our historical financial statements will not be comparable to our future financial statements and therefore have been separated by a black line.

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    Reorganized Company       Predecessor Company  
    (Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)  
                    Five Months       Seven Months        
    Year Ended     Ended       Ended     Year Ended  
    December 31,     December 31,       July 31,     December 31,  
    2005     2004     2003       2003     2002     2001  
Consolidated Statement of Operations Data:
                                                 
Net sales, including sales to affiliates of $343,546, $367,735, $101,501, $164,273, $258,681 and $204,537
  $ 1,560,513     $ 1,405,794     $ 396,902       $ 570,439     $ 979,993     $ 835,640  
Cost of sales, excluding depreciation, including cost of of sales to affiliates of $346,057, $324,813, $91,262, $143,840, $238,937 and $204,107
    1,479,474       1,206,773       395,950         563,832       894,449       866,065  
Depreciation and amoritization expense
    33,984       33,433       10,473         39,889       74,194       72,551  
Selling, general and administrative expense
    71,552       67,620       23,671         29,906       46,993       47,173  
Reorganization and professional fee expense
                (35 )       8,140       11,755       14,200  
 
                                     
Operating income (loss)
    (24,497 )     97,968       (33,157 )       (71,328 )     (47,398 )     (164,349 )
Interest expense and other financing costs
    (21,834 )     (19,778 )     (10,215 )       (9,185 )     (15,987 )     (17,448 )
Other income
    11,843       17,520       4,350         3,228       4,567       351  
Reorganization adjustments
                        400,075       1,262       9,249  
 
                                     
Income (loss) before taxes
    (34,488 )     95,710       (39,022 )       322,790       (57,556 )     (172,197 )
Tax provision (benefit)
    (71 )     33,479       15         (641 )     11       17  
 
                                     
Income (loss) before minoirty interest
    (34,417 )     62,231       (39,037 )       323,431       (57,567 )     (172,214 )
Minority interest in loss of consolidated subsidiary
    583                                  
 
                                     
Net income (loss)
  $ (33,834 )   $ 62,231     $ (39,037 )     $ 323,431     $ (57,567 )   $ (172,214 )
 
                                     
 
                                                 
Earnings (loss) per share:
                                                 
Basic
  $ (2.37 )   $ 5.78     $ (4.11 )       *       *       *  
Fully diluted
  $ (2.37 )   $ 5.66     $ (4.11 )       *       *       *  
 
                                                 
Average basic shares outstanding (in thousands)
    14,302       10,759       9,500         *       *       *  
Average diluted shares outstanding (in thousands)
    14,302       11,002       9,500         *       *       *  
 
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    Reorganized Company       Predecessor Company  
                    (Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)        
                    Five Months       Seven Months        
    Year Ended     Ended       Ended     Year Ended  
    December 31,     December 31,       July 31,     December 31,  
    2005     2004     2003       2003     2002     2001  
Consolidated Operating and Other Data:
                                                 
 
                                                 
Employment:
                                                 
Employment costs
  $ 271,962     $ 239,236     $ 94,651       $ 143,265     $ 248,829     $ 253,529  
Average number of employees
    3,306       3,280       3,299         3,621       3,796       3,701  
Production and Shipments:
                                                 
Production — tons
    2,452,131       2,362,886       958,816         1,399,853       2,527,826       2,266,605  
Shipments — tons
    2,164,404       2,125,434       912,937         1,305,046       2,213,506       2,027,037  
Average sales price per ton of steel shipped
  $ 686     $ 661     $ 435       $ 437     $ 443     $ 412  
Other:
                                                 
Operating income (loss) per ton shipped
  $ (11 )   $ 46     $ (36 )     $ (55 )   $ (21 )   $ (81 )
                                                   
    Reorganized Company       Predecessor Company  
    (Dollars in thousands)                             
                            As of       As of  
    As of December 31,     July 31,       December 31,  
    2005     2004     2003     2003       2002     2001  
Consolidated Balance Sheet
                                                 
Data (end of period)
                                                 
Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments
  $ 8,863     $ 31,198     $ 4,767     $ 7,382       $ 8,543     $ 7,586  
Working capital (deficit)
    69,922       153,190       7,765       47,100         (255 )     (187 )
Property, plant and
    557,500       487,308       387,765       360,213         530,568       593,888  
equipment, net
                                                 
Total assets
    1,020,248       955,486       868,886       878,769         959,116       990,865  
Total debt, including capitalized leases and revolving credit facility
    332,757       333,583       422,645       380,518         56,752       40,344  
Liabilities subject to compromise
                              890,301       915,118  
Stockholders’ equity (deficit)
    265,504       290,605       104,613       142,500         (311,171 )     (253,604 )

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Item 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes that appear in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
This discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve numerous risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including those set forth In Item 1 — Business — “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this report.
OVERVIEW
We produce flat rolled steel products for steel service centers, converters, processors, and the construction, agriculture and container industries. Our product offerings are focused predominantly on higher value-added finished steel products such as cold rolled products, fabricated products and tin and zinc coated products. Higher value-added products comprised 64.4% of our shipments during 2005. In addition, we produce hot rolled steel products, which represent the least processed of our finished goods. We commissioned a new Consteel® electric arc furnace (EAF) on November 28, 2004 that, along with the de-commissioning of one of our two blast furnaces, transformed our operations from an integrated producer of steel to a hybrid producer with characteristics of both an integrated producer and a mini-mill.
Wheeling Corrugating Company (WCC), an operating division of WPSC, manufactures our fabricated steel products for the construction, agricultural and highway industries. WCC products represented 21.6% of our steel tonnage shipped during 2005. WPSC also has ownership interests in three significant joint ventures. Wheeling-Nisshin, Inc. (Wheeling-Nisshin) and Ohio Coatings Company (OCC), which consumed 27.1% of our steel tonnage shipped during 2005, represented 22.0% of our net sales for 2005. Wheeling-Nisshin and OCC produce value-added steel products from materials and products primarily supplied by us. On September 29, 2005, we entered into a third significant joint venture, Mountain State Carbon, LLC (MSC), which owns and is refurbishing the coke plant facility that we contributed to it. MSC sells the coke produced by the coke plant to us and our joint venture partner.
Prior to August 1, 2003, WPC was a wholly-owned subsidiary of WHX Corporation. On November 16, 2000, WPC and eight of our then-existing wholly-owned subsidiaries, which represented substantially all of our business, filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, and emerged from bankruptcy on August 1, 2003. For a detailed discussion of the reorganization, refer to Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 8. “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data”.
Recent Developments
Background
We operate in the highly competitive global steel industry. Our business strategy is focused on making our cost structure more variable, reducing our ongoing maintenance and capital expenditure requirements, providing flexibility to react to changing economic conditions and expanding our participation in markets that allow for a higher margin. As a key strategy, we have transformed our operations from a pure integrated producer to a hybrid producer of steel with characteristics of both an integrated producer and mini-mill. We de-commissioned one of our two blast furnaces and commissioned our new EAF. We have also entered into our MSC coke joint venture and are rehabilitating the coke batteries, and continue to make efficiency and reliability improvements in our facilities. As a result, we believe that our ability to pursue our business strategy and other business opportunities in a changing global steel industry is enhanced.
During 2005, we realized an increase in the average selling price of steel products of $25 per ton as compared to 2004. However the cost to produce steel products sold during 2005 increased by $94 dollars per ton, as compared to 2004, which adversely affected our gross margin for the year. The increase in the cost to produce steel products during 2005 was principally due to significant increases in the cost of raw materials and fuels used in our steelmaking process. The adverse effect on gross margin for 2005 was partially offset by the gross margin realized from the sale of excess raw materials during the year.

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Industry and Production
For over a decade, consolidation in the steel industry has been on-going in Europe, Japan and South America and North America, to a lesser degree. According to industry analysts, the greatest opportunities for consolidation lie in developing countries that dominate steel production, such as China, Brazil, India and Russia. Previously, steel industry consolidation was characterized by intraregional rationalization, such as the acquisitions of primarily bankrupt assets in North America. However, more recent activity has taken on global proportions. If successful, Mittal Steel’s recent hostile takeover bid for Arcelor could spur the emergence of a global steel superpower.
The steel industry is highly cyclical and highly competitive. Demand for our product is directly affected by demand for steel products in the United States and is indirectly affected by global demand for steel products. Our steel shipments for 2005 totaled 2,164,404 tons. Steel prices softened during 2005, with the average per ton selling price of hot-rolled steel decreasing from $599 per ton in December 2004 to $546 per ton in December 2005. Pricing in 2005 was volatile, with prices declining to a low point in August 2005, recovering somewhat by year-end.
Our steel production during 2005 totaled 2,452,131 tons of slabs. Both shipments and production during the first quarter of 2005 were adversely affected as a result of the basic oxygen furnace ductwork collapse, which occurred in December 2004.
Our new EAF produced 1,006,868 tons of liquid steel in 2005. The hot metal charging equipment for the EAF became operational during the second quarter of 2005. Throughout 2005, we, outside advisors and key equipment manufacturers, addressed performance issues associated with the EAF start-up. We had resolved most of these issues by late 2005. As a result, significant improvements in the EAF’s recent performance have occurred. Most notably, the number of EAF heats per day, which is a key indicator of the EAF performance, has resulted in an overall average of 15.6 heats per day in January 2006 (87% of capacity), as compared to 13.2 heats per day in the fourth quarter of 2005 (73% of capacity). The EAF principally utilizes scrap as a basic raw material input, the cost of which has historically reflected a strong correlation to the price of steel. Additionally, increased EAF usage will decrease our direct usage of coke and iron ore, two highly volatile raw materials, in terms of cost, and provides us with a more flexible operating strategy.
We completed installation of hot strip mill automatic roll changers at our Mingo Junction facility in February 2006. The automatic roll changers are expected to increase our annual hot rolling capacity by up to 400,000 tons. This allows us to seek slab purchases or tolling arrangements with third parties to roll hot-rolled products.
Potential Insurance Recovery
As a result of the basic oxygen furnace ductwork collapse that occurred in December 2004, we received $9.5 million, net of the deductible, related to a property damage claim. We have also submitted a business interruption claim for an amount in excess of $40 million, based on our assessment of the full impact of the incident, before the deductible. We are currently in discussions with the insurance adjuster. We received an initial payment on the claim of $5.4 million and reached agreement in February for receipt of an additional $7.3 million on the claim, of which $5.8 million had been received through March 10, 2006. Although we received an initial payment, there can be no assurance of the ultimate amount we may receive in our business interruption claim or of the timing of any further recovery. We intend to vigorously pursue all remedies with respect to this claim.
Raw Materials, Coke Production and Coal Supply
Critical raw material inputs, principally iron ore, coal and natural gas, all reflected price increases during 2005. Iron ore was especially volatile, reflecting a price increase of approximately 70% in 2005. MSC supplies us with coke, allowing us to be generally self-sufficient with respect to our coke needs. However, our principal supplier of high volatile metallurgical coal alleged force majeure and failed to deliver metallurgical coal under the terms of our supply contract, which has and continues to adversely impact our cost of coal and operations. Deliveries have increased since the filing of a lawsuit in April 2005, but remain erratic.
Joint Venture
On September 29, 2005, WPSC and SNA Carbon, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SNA, entered into an Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of MSC, a limited liability company formed to own and refurbish the coke plant facility contributed to it by WPSC and to produce and sell metallurgical coke to and for the benefit of both parties.

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Upon formation of the joint venture, WPSC contributed net assets to the joint venture with an agreed-to fair value of $86.9 million and SNA Carbon contributed $50.0 million in cash to the joint venture. In return, WPSC and SNA Carbon each received a 50% voting interest in the joint venture and WPSC and SNA Carbon received a 72.22% and 27.78% non-voting economic interest in the joint venture, respectively. Through December 31, 2005, WPSC contributed $3.1 million in cash to the joint venture and SNA Carbon contributed $10.0 million in cash to the joint venture. At December 31, 2005, WPSC and SNA Carbon had a 66.67% and 33.33% non-voting economic interest in the joint venture, respectively.
Under terms of coke supply agreements between WPSC, SNA Carbon and the joint venture, all coke produced by the joint venture will be sold to each party at the cost incurred by the joint venture to produce coke, as defined by the joint venture agreement, plus 5%. All coke produced during 2005 was sold to WPSC, which, in turn, sold 155,735 tons of coke to SNA Carbon under a separate coke supply agreement between WPSC and SNA Carbon. Approximately 66% and 34% of all coke produced during 2006 will be sold to WPSC and SNA Carbon, respectively. Approximately 50% of coke produced thereafter will be sold to WPSC and SNA Carbon, respectively. All coke oven gas and steam produced by the joint venture will be sold to WPSC at fair value and coke by-products will be sold to third parties. If the joint venture produces coke in excess of quantities needed by WPSC and SNA Carbon for their steel-making operations, excess coke production will be sold to third parties.
Credit Arrangements and Covenant Compliance
On March 10, 2006, we reached agreement with both the lenders under our term loan agreement and the Loan Board, the Federal loan guarantor, to waive compliance with the leverage, interest coverage and fixed charge coverage ratios under our term loan agreement through the quarter ending June 30, 2007. In addition, our term loan amendment requires us to maintain minimum borrowing availability of at least $50 million under our revolving credit agreement at all times or to comply with a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio, similar to the provision in our revolving credit agreement.
In addition, we agreed to make a prepayment of $6.25 million under our term loan agreement, representing the principal due with respect to the September 30, 2006 quarterly payment, with such payment to be made on the same date on which the June 30, 2006 principal payment is due. We also posted a standby letter of credit in the amount of $12.5 million in favor of the term loan lenders, which will be released upon demonstrated compliance with the financial covenants as of September 30, 2007.
Reorganization
On November 16, 2000, the Company and eight of our then-existing wholly-owned subsidiaries, which represented substantially all of our business, filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. We commenced Chapter 11 proceedings in order to restructure our outstanding debts and to improve our access to additional funding needed to continue operations. Throughout the Chapter 11 proceedings, we remained in possession of our properties and assets and continued to operate and manage our businesses with the then-existing directors and officers as debtors-in-possession subject to the supervision of the Bankruptcy Court.
As part of the Chapter 11 proceedings, the Company filed its original Joint Plan of Reorganization and three amendments reflecting the final negotiations with pre-petition note holders, pre-petition trade creditors and unionized employees. The Company’s plan of reorganization was confirmed on June 18, 2003 and became effective on August 1, 2003. The Company realized $558 million in cancellation of debt income as a result of the reorganization.
The following is a summary of some of the significant transactions consummated on or about the effective date of the plan of reorganization:
  The Company amended and restated its by-laws and filed a second amended and restated certificate of incorporation with the Delaware Secretary of State authorizing the issuance of up to an aggregate of 80 million shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, and 20 million shares of undesignated preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share.
  The Company exchanged, on a pro rata basis, $275 million in senior notes and $75 million in term notes that existed prior to its bankruptcy filing for an aggregate of $20 million in cash, $40 million in new Series A

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    secured notes issued by WPSC, $20 million in new Series B secured notes issued by WPSC and 3,410,000 shares of new common stock of the Company, constituting 34.1% of the total shares of new common stock issued.
 
  The Company cancelled its then-existing senior notes and related indenture and its then-existing term notes and the related term loan agreement.
  The Company cancelled all shares of its common stock that existed prior to the implementation of the plan of reorganization, at which point it ceased to be a subsidiary of WHX Corporation.
  WPSC entered into a new $250 million senior secured term loan facility, which is guaranteed for the most part by the Loan Board, the West Virginia Housing Development Fund, the Company and WP Steel Venture Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. WPSC also entered into a new $225 million senior secured revolving credit facility, which is guaranteed by the Company and WP Steel Venture Corporation.
  All of the obligations under the Company’s $195 million debtor-in-possession credit facility were satisfied in full and discharged.
  The Company and WPSC entered into an agreement with WHX Corporation providing for, among other things, a $10 million capital contribution by WHX Corporation, the capitalization of approximately $40 million in debt owed by the Company to WHX Corporation, a $10 million unsecured loan from WHX Corporation and an agreement with WHX Corporation, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), and the USW, with respect to the Company’s separation from WHX Corporation’s employee pension plan.
  The Company and WPSC entered into an agreement with its unionized employees represented by the USW which modified the existing labor agreement to provide for, among other things, future pension arrangements with the USW and reductions in the Company’s employee-related costs.
  The Company issued 4,000,000 shares of new common stock, constituting 40% of the total shares of new common stock issued, for the benefit of USW retirees in satisfaction of certain claims under its labor agreement and an additional 1,000,000 shares of its new common stock, constituting 10% of the total shares of new common stock issued, to or for the benefit of the Company’s salaried employees.
  The Company issued 1,590,000 shares of new common stock, constituting 15.9% of the total shares of new common stock issued, to certain of its creditors in satisfaction of various unsecured claims, including claims relating to trade debt.
There are still several matters pending in the Bankruptcy Court, including the resolution of disputed unsecured and administrative claims and certain preference actions and other litigation where the Company is seeking to recover monies. As of December 31, 2005, 32,014 shares of common stock issued pursuant to the plan of reorganization were reserved for distribution to creditors pending resolution of certain disputed claims. If those claims are ultimately allowed in whole or in part by the Bankruptcy Court, the appropriate amount of stock will be distributed to those claimants; if the claims are disallowed, the stock will be distributed to other creditors of the same class, pro rata. To the extent that certain administrative and secured claims are allowed by the Bankruptcy Court, those claims will be paid in cash, in an amount the Company expects will not exceed $100 and for which there are sufficient reserves held by the distribution agent. If and to the extent those claims are allowed as pre-petition unsecured claims, then those creditors will receive stock, which has been reserved as described above. In addition, the Company is the plaintiff in a number of preference actions, where it is seeking to recover monies from creditors. The Company does not believe that any of these remaining bankruptcy proceedings, individually or in the aggregate, will have a material adverse effect on the Company.

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CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make judgments, estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the balance sheet date and the reported revenues and expenses for the period. Our judgments and estimates are based on both historical experience and our expectations for the future. As a result, actual results may differ materially from current expectations.
We believe that the following are the more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of the financial statements.
Fresh Start Reporting
In accordance with SOP 90-7, effective as of July 31, 2003, we adopted ‘‘Fresh Start Reporting’’ for our reorganized company and recorded assets and liabilities at their fair values. Enterprise value was estimated using discounted cash flow methodologies and analysis of comparable steel companies.
Pension Benefits
We maintain a supplemental defined benefit pension plan for all salaried employees employed as of January 31, 1998, which provides a guaranteed minimum benefit based on years of service and compensation. Certain hourly employees who elected to retire under a job buyout program are also covered under this plan. Because benefits provided by this plan will be paid in the future over what could be many years, we estimate the accrued liability at each year-end balance sheet date using actuarial methods. The two most significant assumptions used in determining the liability under this plan are the discount rate and the expected return on plan assets.
The discount rate applied to our pension benefit obligation is based on high quality bond rates and the expected payout period of our pension benefit obligation. The discount rate used to measure our benefit obligation at December 31, 2005 was 5.50%. Management believes this rate to be appropriate based on the demographics of the employee group covered under the plan. A 1% increase in the discount rate would decrease the pension benefit obligation by approximately $0.4 million and a 1% decrease in the discount rate would increase the pension benefit obligation by approximately $0.4 million. A 1% increase in the discount rate would increase periodic pension benefit costs by approximately $0.1 million annually and a 1% decrease in the discount rate would decrease periodic pension benefit costs by approximately $0.1 million annually.
We have assumed an expected return on plan assets of 8.5% at December 31, 2005. A 1% increase in the expected return on plan assets would decrease periodic pension benefit costs by approximately $0.1 million annually and a 1% decrease in the expected return on plan assets would increase periodic pension benefit costs by approximately $0.1 million annually.
Other Postretirement Benefits (OPEB)
The traditional medical and life insurance benefits that were provided to past hourly retirees were terminated effective October 1, 2003. Pursuant to our labor agreement, which we entered into in connection with our plan of reorganization, past retirees will receive medical and life insurance benefits under a VEBA trust. Future retirees under the labor agreement will be covered by a medical and life insurance program similar to that of active employees. All retirees and their surviving spouses shall be required to make monthly contributions for medical and prescription drug coverage, which, in the case of those covered under the VEBA trust, are made directly to the trust. Because these benefits provided by us will be paid in the future over what could be many years, we estimate the accrued liability at each year-end balance sheet date using actuarial methods. The two most significant assumptions used in determining the liability are the projected medical cost trend rate and the discount rate.
We estimate the escalation trend in medical costs based on historical rate experience in our plans and through consultation with health care specialists. We have assumed an initial escalation rate of 10.0% in 2006. This rate is assumed to decrease gradually to an ultimate rate of 5.0% in 2012 and remain at that level for all future years. The health care cost trend rate assumption has a significant effect on the costs and obligation reported. A 1% increase in the health care cost trend rate would increase the postretirement benefit obligation by approximately $1.8 million and a 1% decrease in the health care cost trend rate would decrease the postretirement benefit obligation by approximately $2.0 million. A 1% increase in the health care cost trend rate would increase periodic post-retirement

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benefit costs by approximately $0.2 million annually and a 1% decrease in the health care cost trend rate would decrease periodic post-retirement benefit costs by approximately $0.2 million annually.
The discount rate applied to our OPEB obligations is based on high quality bond rates and the expected payout period of our OPEB obligations. The discount rate used to measure our OPEB obligation at December 31, 2005 was 5.75%. Management believes this rate to be appropriate based on the demographics of the employee group covered under the plan, which does not include hourly employees who retired prior to October 1, 2003. A 1% increase in the discount rate would decrease the postretirement benefit obligation by approximately $10.3 million and a 1% decrease in the discount rate would increase the postretirement benefit obligation by approximately $8.8 million. A 1% increase in the discount rate would increase periodic post-retirement benefit costs by approximately $.5 million annually and a 1% decrease in the discount rate would decrease periodic post-retirement benefit costs by approximately $.5 million annually.
Asset impairments
We periodically evaluate property, plant and equipment for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. Asset impairments are recognized when the carrying value of productive assets exceeds the net projected undiscounted cash flows from those assets. Given our integrated operations, asset impairment evaluations are generally done on a group basis. Undiscounted cash flows are based on longer-term projections that consider projected market conditions and the performance and ultimate use of the assets. If future demand and market conditions are less favorable than those projected by management, or if the probability of disposition of the assets differs from that previously estimated by management, asset impairments may be required.
Deferred taxes
Full realization of net deferred tax assets is largely dependent on our ability to generate future taxable income and to substantially maintain our existing ownership. An ownership change, as defined in Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, occurring prior to August 1, 2005 could completely eliminate our ability to utilize net operating loss carryovers and an ownership change occurring after August 1, 2005 could impose annual limitations on utilization of our net operating loss carryovers. We record a valuation allowance to reduce deferred tax assets to an amount that is more likely than not to be realized. During 2000, our company recorded a full valuation allowance against our net deferred tax assets due to the uncertainties surrounding realization as a result of the bankruptcy proceedings. Deferred tax assets that have arisen since that time, which principally consist of net operating losses, have also been fully reserved. However, as our operations continue, we will be required to periodically reevaluate the tax treatment of these deferred tax assets in light of actual operating results.
Environmental and legal contingencies
We provide for remediation costs, environmental penalties and legal contingencies when the liability is probable and the amount of the associated costs is reasonably determinable. We regularly monitor the progress of environmental remediation and legal contingencies, and revise the amounts recorded in the period in which changes in estimate occur.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
We elected to adopt Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (revised 2004) in the first quarter of 2005 and elected to apply this statement using the modified retrospective method. As a result, financial statements and results of operations for all prior periods have been adjusted to give effect to the fair-value-based measurement method of accounting for all share-based payment transactions.
The consolidated financial statements from and after the effective date of our plan of reorganization August 1, 2003, are those of a new reporting entity (the Reorganized Company) and are not comparable to the pre-confirmation periods of the old reporting entity (the Predecessor Company).
Year ended December 31, 2005 versus year ended December 31, 2004 — Reorganized Company
Net sales for 2005 totaled $1,560.5 million as compared to net sales of $1,405.8 million for 2004. Net sales for 2005 included $75.8 million from the sale of excess raw materials. Net sales of steel products for 2005 totaled

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$1,484.7 million on steel shipments of 2,164,404 tons, or $686 per ton. Net sales of steel products for 2004 totaled $1,405.8 million on steel shipments of 2,125,434 tons, or $661 per ton The increase in net sales resulted from an increase in the average selling price of steel products of $25 per ton, an increase in the volume of steel products sold and $75.8 million from the sale of excess raw materials.
Cost of sales for 2005 totaled $1,479.5 million as compared to cost of sales of $1,206.8 million for 2004. Cost of sales for 2005 included the cost of excess raw materials sold of $49.6 million and was reduced by a $4.4 million insurance settlement related to prior periods. Cost of sales for 2004 was reduced by a $2.8 million environmental settlement related to prior periods.
Cost of sales for steel products sold in 2005 totaled $1,434.3 million, or $663 per ton. Cost of sales for steel products sold in 2004 totaled $1,209.6 million, or $569 per ton. The increase in the cost of steel products sold of $224.7 million, or $94 per ton, resulted principally from an increase in the cost of raw materials and fuels used in our steelmaking process. The cost of iron ore, coal, scrap and natural gas all increased during 2005, with the price of iron ore, specifically, increasing 70% in 2005. In addition, during 2005 and 2004, we experienced disruptions in the supply of coal from our two largest suppliers. This led to depleted coal inventory levels, which substantially increased the cost of purchasing metallurgical coal from alternative sources and increased maintenance costs at MSC’s coke plant facility. The volume of scrap and electricity consumed during 2005 increased significantly due to our new electric arc furnace, which was placed in service late in 2004. Wage and salary costs increased during 2005 principally due to an 8% hourly wage increase in May 2005, a 3% hourly wage increase in September 2005 and a 6% salaried wage increase in July 2005. VEBA and profit sharing expense for 2005 decreased by $21.8 million as compared to 2004.
Depreciation expense for 2005 totaled $34.0 million as compared to $33.4 million for 2004. Depreciation expense increased in 2005 principally as a result of depreciation expense on the electric arc furnace, which was placed in service late in 2004. Depreciation expense for 2004 also included a one-time adjustment of $2.6 million to reduce the carrying value of the blast furnace that was de-commissioned in 2005.
Selling, general and administrative expense for 2005 totaled $71.6 million as compared to $67.6 million for 2004. Selling, general and administrative expense increased in 2005 principally due to a 6% salaried wage increase in July 2005, offset by a $1.4 million decrease in profit sharing expense for 2005 as compared to 2004.
Interest expense for 2005 totaled $21.8 million as compared to $19.8 million for 2004. Average indebtedness outstanding during 2005 approximated $356.1 million as compared to $399.0 million for 2004 and the average rate of interest on all debt outstanding approximated 5.6% in 2005 as compared to 4.7% in 2004. Interest expense increased during 2005 principally as a result of an increase in the average rate of interest on debt outstanding during 2005 and a $1.1 million decrease in the amount of interest capitalized during 2005 as compared to 2004, offset by a decrease in the average debt outstanding during 2005 as compared to 2004.
Other income for 2005 totaled $11.8 million as compared to $17.5 million for 2004. Other income consists principally of equity earnings from affiliates, which decreased $5.3 million during 2005 as compared to 2004.
A benefit for income taxes of $0.1 million was provided during 2005 as compared to a provision for income taxes of $33.5 million for 2004. It is not more likely than not that the tax benefits associated with losses incurred during 2005 will result in a reduction of future income taxes payable. As a result, no income tax benefit was provided during 2005, other than $0.1 million resulting from the refund of income taxes applicable to prior years.
The minority interest in the loss of a consolidated subsidiary for 2005 totaled $0.6 million. This amount related to the MSC joint venture that was formed in September 2005.
A net loss of $33.8 million was incurred in 2005 as compared to net income of $62.2 million for 2004. Basic and diluted loss per share were $2.37 in 2005 as compared to basic earnings per share of $5.78 and diluted earnings per share of $5.66 in 2004.

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Five months ended December 31, 2003 — Reorganized Company
Net sales for the five months ended December 31, 2003 totaled $396.9 million on shipments of steel products totaling 912,937 tons, or $435 per ton.
Cost of goods sold for the five months ended December 31, 2003 totaled $396.0 million, or $434 per. Cost of sales for the five months ended December 31, 2003 was impacted by increased raw material costs and fuel costs.
Depreciation expense totaled $10.5 million for the five-month period on average fixed assets of $379.5 million, after revaluation. Fixed assets were recorded at fair value as part of the plan of reorganization and the application of fresh start reporting.
Selling, administrative and general expense totaled $23.7 million for the five-month period.
Interest expense totaled $10.2 million for the five-month period. Long-term debt totaled $340.7 million and the revolving credit facility ranged from $36.9 million to $79.3 million. Interest expense also included amortization of capitalized finance costs.
Other income totaled $4.4 million for the five-month period and primarily reflected equity earnings of our joint ventures.
The net loss for the five-month period ended December 31, 2003 totaled $39.0 million, or a $4.11 loss per basic and diluted share.
Seven months ended July 31, 2003 — Predecessor Company
Net sales for the seven-month pre-reorganization period ended July 31, 2003 totaled $570.4 million on shipments of steel products totaling 1,305,046 tons, or $437 per ton.
Cost of sales for the seven months ended July 31, 2003 totaled $563.8 million, or $432 per ton.
Depreciation expense for the seven months ended July 31, 2003 totaled $39.9 million on average fixed assets, before revaluation, of $1,248.6 million.
Selling, administrative and general expense for the seven months ended July 31, 2003 totaled $29.9 million.
Reorganization and professional fee expense totaled $8.1 million for the seven months ended July 31, 2003. Non-recurring gains totaled $400.1 million for the period as a result of our emergence from bankruptcy as of August 1, 2003. The $557.5 million gain on discharge of debt reflected pre-petition liabilities in excess of distributions made pursuant to our plan of reorganization. The $152.7 million fair value adjustment primarily reflected the revaluation of fixed assets. Other reorganization entries amounted to a loss of $4.7 million.
Interest expense for the seven months ended July 31, 2003 totaled $9.2 million, which primarily reflected interest on the revolving credit facility.
Other income totaled $3.2 million for the seven months ended July 31, 2003 and primarily reflected equity earnings of our joint ventures.
The net income for the seven months ended July 31, 2003 totaled $323.4 million.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Cash Flow from Operating Activities
During 2005, we generated $11.6 million of cash flow from operating activities, consisting of $4.0 million from the net loss, adjusted for non-cash items, and $25.8 million from changes in working capital, offset by an $18.2 million change in non-current items. Working capital decreased principally due to an increase in accounts payable at December 31, 2005 as compared to 2004 and a decrease in accounts receivable at December 31, 2005 as compared

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to December 31, 2004 due to a lower level of shipments, resulting from planned production outages, and lower average selling prices in the month of December 2005. Non-current items decreased principally due to the payment in 2005 of certain employee benefit and other obligations that arose out of our bankruptcy proceedings.
During 2004, we generated $72.0 million in cash flow from operating activities, consisting of $148.2 million from net income, adjusted for non-cash items, offset by a $68.0 million increase in working capital and an $8.2 million change in non-current items.
During the five-months ended December 31, 2003, we used $35.3 million in cash flow from operating activities, consisting of $33.7 from the net loss, adjusted for non-cash items, and $7.8 million from changes in working capital, offset by a $6.2 million change in non-current items.
During the seven-months ended July 31, 2003, we generated $0.2 million in cash flow from operating activities, consisting of $48.2 million from changes in working capital, offset by $38.1 million from net income, adjusted for non-cash items and a $9.9 million change in non-current items.
Cash Flow from Investing Activities
During 2005, capital expenditures and changes in restricted cash used to fund capital expenditures, used $104.9 million in cash flow, offset by cash flow from other investing activities of $2.7 million.
During 2004, capital expenditures, net of changes in restricted cash used to fund capital expenditures, used $57.8 million in cash flow, offset by cash flow from other investing activities of $1.7 million.
During the five months ended December 31, 2003, capital expenditures, net of changes in restricted cash used to fund capital expenditures, used $12.9 million in cash flow, offset by cash flow from other investing activities of $0.3 million.
During the seven months ended July 31, 2003, capital expenditures used $2.9 million in cash flow, offset by cash flow from other investing activities of $0.8 million.
Cash Flow from Financing Activities
During 2005, the minority interest investment in our consolidated subsidiary provided $60.0 million in cash flow and net borrowings, including book overdrafts, provided $8.4 million in cash flow.
During 2004, net proceeds from the issuance of common stock provided $99.7 million in cash flow, offset a decrease in net borrowing, including book overdrafts, of $89.2 million.
During the five months ended December 31, 2003, net borrowing, including book overdrafts, provided $45.3 million in cash flow.
During the seven months ended July 31, 2003, net borrowing, including book overdrafts, provided $0.7 million in cash flow.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Liquidity is provided under our amended and restated $225 million revolving credit facility. At December 31, 2005, we had liquidity and capital resources of $146.5 million, consisting of cash and cash equivalents of $5.2 million (excluding joint venture cash of $3.6 million) and $141.3 million of availability under our revolving credit facility. As of December 31, 2005, the fixed charge coverage ratio was below the minimum required under the amended and restated revolving credit facility. As a result, we were required to maintain minimum borrowing availability of $50 million. Accordingly, net borrowing availability noted above, reflects the $50 million borrowing availability reserve. At December 31, 2005, $17.3 million was outstanding under our revolving credit agreement and we had outstanding letters of credit of $16.4 million.
The amount outstanding under our revolving credit agreement increased significantly subsequent to December 31, 2005, primarily due to an estimated increase in working capital of approximately $83 million. Working capital, excluding revolver borrowings, increased as the result of an estimated increase in accounts receivable of $17 million, an estimated increase in

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inventory of $52 million, including $11 million in opportunistic raw material purchases, a $6 million mark-to-market adjustment related to our natural gas contracts, and an estimated decrease in accounts payable of $8 million. As a result, $113.1 million was outstanding under the revolving credit agreement and we had outstanding letters of credit of $16.5 million at February 28, 2006.
The terms of our revolving credit facility and other significant debt obligations are discussed more fully below.
$250 Million Term Loan Agreement
In August 2003, WPSC entered into a $250 million senior secured term loan agreement due August 1, 2014 with a bank group led by Royal Bank of Canada as administrative agent, which is guaranteed in part by the Loan Board and the West Virginia Housing Development Fund as described below. However, if the agent for the term loan lenders is unable or unwilling, in its sole discretion, to re-offer certain tranches of the term loan as of November 1, 2008, the maturity date for each tranche of the term loan will be November 1, 2008. The agent is required to provide us notice on or before May 1, 2008 as to whether it will undertake to re-offer certain tranches of the term loan. If the agent does not re-offer such tranches, we must pay the agent an amount equal to all outstanding amounts under the term loan agreement on August 1, 2008.
In June 2004, WPSC entered into an amendment and waiver to our term loan agreement. The amendment and waiver provided for a 75 basis point reduction in the interest rate spread for the loans in which the interest rate is based upon the prime rate and a 120 basis point reduction in the interest rate spread for the loans in which the interest rate is based upon the LIBOR rate with respect to tranche B of the term loan, under which $183 million in principal amount was outstanding as of December 31, 2005.
On September 29, 2005, we amended the existing term loan agreement. The amendment allows, among other things, for (i) the contribution by WPSC of its coke producing and related assets to MSC, as described above, and the removal of the term loan lenders’ lien on such assets; (ii) a liquidity enhancement of up to $75 million through an increase in borrowing availability under our revolving credit facility from $150 million to $225 million and the elimination of the requirement to maintain minimum availability of at least $25 million; and (iii) financial covenant relief for the third and fourth quarters of 2005.
On March 10, 2006, we reached agreement with both the lenders under our term loan agreement and the Loan Board, the Federal loan guarantor, to waive compliance with the leverage, interest coverage and fixed charge coverage ratios under our term loan agreement through the quarter ending June 30, 2007. In addition, our term loan amendment requires us to maintain minimum borrowing availability of at least $50 million under our revolving credit agreement at all times or to comply with a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio, similar to the provision in our revolving credit agreement.
In addition, we agreed to make a prepayment of $6.25 million under our term loan agreement, representing the principal due with respect to the September 30, 2006 quarterly payment, with such payment to be made on the same date on which the June 30, 2006 principal payment is due. We also posted a standby letter of credit in the amount of $12.5 million in favor of the term loan lenders, which will be released upon demonstrated compliance with the financial covenants as of September 30, 2007.
Interest on borrowings is calculated based on either LIBOR or the prime rate using varying spreads as defined for each of the three tranches in the agreement. The blended rate of interest was approximately 5.7% at December 31, 2005. The term loan is to be repaid in quarterly installments of $6.25 million, which began in the fourth quarter of 2004, with a final payment to the agent of the remaining $149.9 million due on August 1, 2008 if such loan is not re-offered. At December 31, 2005, the term loan balance was $218.6 million.
Pursuant to the provisions of our term loan agreement, we are subject to, and are currently in compliance with, various covenants, including compliance with the terms and conditions of the guarantee of the ESLGB and the related guarantee of the West Virginia Housing Development Fund, limitations on indebtedness, guarantee obligations, liens, sale of subsidiary stock, dividends, distributions and investments.

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The amended term loan agreement also limits our ability to incur certain capital expenditures, including obligations under capital leases and capitalized repairs and replacements, not to exceed in the aggregate specified maximums for each calendar year.
$225 Million Revolving Credit Facility
On July 8, 2005, the Company entered into an amended and restated revolving credit facility with a bank group arranged by Royal Bank of Canada and General Electric Capital Corporation. The new credit facility amended and restated the Company’s $225 million revolving credit facility entered into in August 2003, which was scheduled to mature on August 1, 2006. The amended and restated revolving credit facility (i) extends the maturity date to July 8, 2009; (ii) provides for higher borrowing availability on certain collateral; and (iii) provides for lower borrowing rates and unused line fees, among other improvements.
Interest on borrowings is calculated based on either LIBOR or the prime rate using spreads based on facility borrowing availability as defined in the agreement. The blended rate of interest was approximately 6.1% at December 31, 2005.
At December 31, 2005, $17.3 million was outstanding under the revolving credit facility, and we had $141.3 million of availability under the facility. As of December 31, 2005, the fixed charge coverage ratio was below the minimum required under the amended and restated revolving credit facility. As a result, we were required to maintain minimum borrowing availability of $50 million under the facility.
$40 Million Series A Notes
On August 1, 2003, WPSC issued Series A secured notes in the aggregate principal amount of $40 million in settlement of claims under our bankruptcy proceedings. The Series A notes were issued under an indenture among WPSC, WPC, WP Steel Venture Corporation and J. P. Morgan Trust Company, National Association, the successor trustee to Bank One, N.A. The Series A notes mature on August 1, 2011 and have no fixed amortization, meaning that except for mandatory prepayments, based on excess cash flow or proceeds from the sale of certain joint venture interests, no payment of principal shall be required until such notes become due. The Series A notes bear interest at a rate of 5% per annum until August 1, 2008. Thereafter, such notes bear interest at a rate of 8% per annum. In the event that at any time the distributions from Wheeling-Nisshin and OCC to WPSC are not adequate to pay all the interest then due under the Series A notes or WPSC is not in compliance with the terms of the term loan agreement or revolving credit facility, WPSC must pay both cash interest and payment-in-kind interest at rates set forth in the Series A notes. OCC is restricted from declaring dividends under the terms of its credit agreement with Bank of America, N.A. However, OCC is permitted to make distributions of interest and principal in respect of its indebtedness to WPC, subject to certain limitations set forth in its credit agreement and its subordination agreement. We are subject to, and are currently in compliance with, various covenants set forth in the Series A note indenture, including payment of principal and interest on the Series A notes, and limitations on additional indebtedness, creation of liens, disposition of interests in Wheeling-Nisshin or OCC, and payments of dividends and distributions.
$20 Million Series B Notes
On August 1, 2003, WPSC issued Series B secured notes in the aggregate principal amount of $20 million in settlement of claims under our bankruptcy proceedings. The Series B notes were issued under an indenture among WPSC, WPC, WP Steel Venture Corporation and J. P. Morgan Trust Company, National Association, the successor trustee to Bank One, N.A. The Series B notes mature on August 1, 2010 and have no fixed amortization, meaning that no payment of principal shall be required until such notes become due. The Series B notes bear interest at a rate of 6% per annum to the extent interest is paid in cash. In the event that WPSC is not in compliance with the terms of the term loan agreement, the revolving credit facility or the Series A notes or WPSC’s excess cash flow (as defined in the Series B indenture) is insufficient to cover any or all interest payments then due under the Series B notes, WPSC must pay both cash interest and payment-in-kind interest at rates set forth in the Series B notes. We are subject to, and are currently in compliance with, various covenants under the Series B note indenture, which are substantially similar to many of those contained in the Series A note indenture.
$10 Million Unsecured Note
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6% per annum, matures in 2011 and has no fixed amortization, meaning that no payment of principal shall be required until such note becomes due. If cash interest is not paid, WPSC must pay payment-in-kind interest. Such note is subordinated in right of payment to our credit agreements, the Series A notes and the Series B notes.
The following table summarizes the categories of collateral that we have pledged to secure our current debt obligations and the ranking of our debt obligations with respect to all of the security interests that we have granted to date:
         
    Collateral Type
    Tangible and Intangible Assets    
    and Joint Venture Equity Interest   Accounts Receivable and Inventory
Debt obligation secured by first security interest
  $250 Million Term Loan   $225 Million Revolving Credit Facility
 
       
Debt obligation secured by second security interest
  $40 Million Series A Notes   $250 Million Term Loan
 
       
Debt obligation secured by third security interest
  $225 Million Revolving Credit Facility   $40 Million Series A Notes
 
       
Debt obligation secured by fourth security interest
  $20 Million Series B Notes   $20 Million Series B Notes
In the event that we are unable to satisfy our payment and other obligations under our secured debt, the lenders under our secured debt obligations have various rights and remedies, including the right to force the sale of our assets and to apply the proceeds thereof to repay amounts owed by us. If such a foreclosure were to occur, then we may be unable to maintain our operations, and our business, financial condition and results of operations could materially suffer and our shareholders may lose all or part of their investment.
OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS
As of December 31, 2005, we had no off-balance sheet transactions, arrangements, or other relationships with unconsolidated entities or persons that are reasonably likely to adversely affect liquidity, availability of capital resources, financial position or results of operations. We have investments in three joint ventures, Wheeling-Nisshin, OCC and Feralloy-Wheeling Specialty Processing Co., which are each accounted for under the equity method of accounting. Pursuant to agreements with Wheeling-Nisshin and OCC, we have an obligation to support their working capital requirements. However, we believe it is unlikely that those joint ventures will require our working capital support in the foreseeable future based upon the present financial condition, capital resource needs and/or operations of these entities.
CERTAIN OTHER OBLIGATIONS
In August 2003, we reached agreements with various parties to defer payments of indebtedness and reduce costs in order to preserve liquidity upon emergence from bankruptcy. These agreements include:
  Modification and assumption agreement between WPSC and Danieli Corporation. Pursuant to the modified agreement, WPSC paid Danieli Corporation approximately $2.36 million. Approximately $3.8 million of the balance of the amount owed to Danieli Corporation was converted into a portion of the secured term loans under our term loan agreement that is not guaranteed by the Loan Board. The balance of the amount owed to Danieli Corporation was converted into a promissory note.
  Loan modification agreement between WPSC and the Ohio Department of Development. Under this agreement, we made a $2.0 million partial prepayment of the $6.985 million owed by WPSC to the Ohio Department of Development pursuant to a loan, dated as of January 18, 2002, from the Ohio Department of Development and we were granted a two-year deferral from the effective date of the plan of reorganization of

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    $4.985 million of such loan at an interest rate of 3% per annum, which was originally due in August 2005. In August 2005, WPSC and the Ohio Department of Development agreed to modify the repayment terms of the loan, providing for a $1.0 million payment in October 2005, a $1.5 million payment in July 2006, and a $2.485 million payment in December 2006.
  Loan agreement between WPSC and the State of West Virginia. In connection with WPSC’s repayment of a $5 million loan from the West Virginia Development Office, WPSC entered into a $6.5 million loan agreement with the State of West Virginia. The loan has a five-year term expiring on August 1, 2008 and bears interest at a variable rate, which is reset annually and currently is approximately 7.3% per annum.
CONTRACTUAL COMMITMENTS
As of December 31, 2005, the total of our future contractual obligations, including the repayment of debt obligations, is summarized below.
                                         
    Contractual Payments Due  
    (Dollars in millions)  
                    2007 to     2009 to        
    Total     2006     2008     2010     Thereafter  
Long-term debt (1)
  $ 308.4     $ 30.4     $ 205.2     $ 23.9     $ 48.9  
Capital leases (1)
    7.1       1.0       1.5       1.5       3.1  
Long-term operating leases (2)
    22.1       3.4       6.4       5.0       7.3  
Other long term liabilities:
                                       
Steelworker Pension Trust
    28.7 (3)     11.1       17.6              
OPEB
    28.1 (4)     4.5       10.4       13.2        
Coal miner retiree medical
    3.8       0.2       0.3       0.3       3.0  
Worker’s compensation
    31.3 (5)     6.3       12.5       12.5        
Special bonus payment
    5.0 (6)     5.0                    
Purchase commitments:
                                       
Oxygen supply
    99.5 (7)     8.2       18.4       21.6       51.3  
Electricity
    88.9 (8)     6.8       15.0       14.0       53.1  
Coal
    17.3 (9)     8.3       9.0              
Coal
    18.9 (10)     9.4       9.5              
Capital commitments
    49.8 (11)     49.8                    
 
                             
Total
  $ 708.8     $ 144.4     $ 305.7     $ 92.0     $ 166.7  
 
                             
 
1.   See Note 17 to Consolidated Financial Statement in Item 8 — Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
 
2.   See Note 18 to Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 — Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
 
3.   Amount represents estimated payments to the Steelworkers Pension Trust, pursuant to our labor agreement with the USW, through the end of the labor contract, which expires on September 1, 2008.
 
4.   Amounts reflect our current estimate of corporate cash outflows for other post employment benefits and include the impact of assumed mortality, medical inflation and the aging of the population. No estimate has been made beyond 2010.
 
5.   Amounts reflect our current estimate of corporate cash outflows and exclude the impact of interest and mortality. The forecast of cash outflows is estimated based on historical cash payment information for the period 2002 through 2005 and anticipates payment of approximately $6.25 million per year. No estimate has been made beyond 2010.
 
6.   Special Bonus Program was established in the 2003 Modified Labor Agreement to recognize the unique contributions and sacrifices made by the hourly workforce and their Union in helping to keep the Company operating during the Bankruptcy.
 
7.   We entered into a 15-year take-or-pay contract in 1999 that was amended in 2003. The contract requires us to purchase oxygen, nitrogen and argon each month with a minimum monthly charge of approximately $0.7 million, subject to escalation clauses.
 
8.   We entered into a 20-year take-or-pay contract in 1999, which was amended in 2003. The contract requires us to purchase steam and electricity each month or pay a minimum monthly charge of approximately $0.5 million, subject to increases for inflation, and a variable charge calculated at a minimum of $3.75 times the number of tons of iron produced each month

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    with an agreed-to minimum of 3,000 tons per day, regardless of whether any tons are produced. At December 31, 2005, a maximum termination payment of $30.7 million would have been required to terminate the contract.
9.   In 2004, we amended our take-or-pay contract to purchase coal each month to a minimum monthly charge of approximately $1.6 million. The term of the contract expires on December 31, 2007.
 
10.   In 2005, we entered into contracts to purchase 20,000 tons of coal each month from August 2006 through May 2007 at a price approximating $94.50 per ton.
 
11.   Amounts reflect contractual commitments for capital expenditure as of December 31, 2005.
Planned Capital Expenditures
Our planned capital expenditures for the three-year period 2006 through 2008 total approximately $211.2 million, and include, but are not limited to, the following capital expenditure projects:
  $77.2 million toward completion of the refurbishment of the coke plant facility contributed to our new joint venture ($60 million of which will be contributed to the joint venture by our joint venture partner);
  $5.7 million for cold mill improvements at our Allenport facility; and
  $1.5 million for completion of the installation of hot strip mill automatic roll changers at our Mingo Junction facility.
For the year ended December 31, 2005, we spent $103.7 million on capital expenditures, of which $12.5 million was offset with withdrawals from existing restricted cash balances. Additionally, the minority interest investment in our consolidated subsidiary provided $60.0 million to offset capital expenditures made during year ended December 31, 2005.
VEBA TRUST AND PROFIT SHARING PLANS
Below are summaries of our contribution obligations to the VEBA trust and our two profit sharing plans, one for our USW-represented employees and the other for our salaried employees, excluding our officers. Our future obligations, if any, to the VEBA trust and these plans are subject to and based on the level of our profitability (as described below) for each completed quarter. In addition, we have discretion, to the extent provided by the terms of the agreement establishing the VEBA trust and the terms of the profit sharing plans, to satisfy some or all of our funding obligations with shares of our common stock or cash.
For the year ended December 31, 2005, we incurred an aggregate obligation to the VEBA trust and the profit sharing plans of $4.9 million. Of this amount $3.4 million was settled in WPC common stock in the second and third quarter of 2005 and $1.5 million was settled with pre-funded amounts.
VEBA Trust
In connection with our plan of reorganization and our collective bargaining agreement with the USW, we established a plan to provide health care and life insurance benefits to certain retirees and their dependents. The collective bargaining agreement also required us to create and make contributions to a trust to fund the payment of these retiree benefits. The VEBA trust is designed to constitute a tax-exempt voluntary employee beneficiary association under Section 501(c)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code. The agreement provides for contributions based on our profitability, payable within 45 days of the end of each fiscal quarter, under the following formula (collectively, the “Variable Contributions”):
(i)      40% of operating cash flow, between $16 and $24 of operating cash flow per ton of steel products sold to third parties, payable in cash;
(ii)   12% of operating cash flow, between $24 and $65 of operating cash flow per ton of steel products sold to third parties, payable at our discretion in cash or common stock of WPC;
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(iv)   15% of operating cash flow below $30 of operating cash flow per ton of steel products sold to third parties, payable at our discretion in cash or common stock of WPC, subject to compliance with dilution limitations.
Upon establishment of the plan, we contributed 4,000,000 shares of common stock to the VEBA trust (Initial Shares). Of these shares, 2,000,000 shares of common stock were designated as being creditable against any future contributions due under (ii) of the Variable Contribution formula described above to the extent that we elect to make the variable contribution in common stock of WPC. The number of “creditable” shares of common stock was subsequently reduced from 2,000,000 shares to 1,600,000 shares as the result of the sale by the VEBA trust of an aggregate of 400,000 shares in 2004. As of December 31, 2005, 1,414,546 shares of common stock remain creditable to reduce future contributions of common stock due under (ii) of the Variable Contributions formula described above and $0.9 million in pre-funded cash is available to reduce future contributions due under (i) and (iii) of the Variable Contributions described above. The number of shares of WPC common stock creditable against contributions due under (ii) of the Variable Contribution formula is determined by dividing the amount of the contribution due by the average closing price of WPC common stock for the 10 trading days immediately preceding the date the contribution is due.
In the event that we do not contribute a total of 400,000 shares of common stock to the VEBA trust under (ii) of the Variable Contribution formula described above by February 14, 2008, we are required to contribute 400,000 shares of our common stock to the VEBA trust, minus any shares of our common stock contributed prior to that date, no later than February 14, 2008.
“Operating cash flow,” for purposes of determining Variable Contributions, is defined as our earnings before interest and taxes, adjusted for certain amounts as set forth in the agreement with the USW (primarily unusual, extraordinary or non-recurring items).
During the year ended December 31, 2005, variable contributions of $4.7 million were incurred. Of this amount, $3.2 million was settled in WPC common stock in the second and third quarter of 2005 and $1.5 million was settled with pre-funded amounts.
Pursuant to a Stock Transfer Restriction and Voting Agreement, the trustee of the VEBA trust has agreed to limit the number of shares of WPC common stock that it may sell during the four years following the effective date of our plan of reorganization. During each of the two years following August 1, 2005, the VEBA trust has agreed not to sell more than 50% of the remaining Initial Shares within any consecutive 12-month period. These restrictions will not apply to any additional shares that we may contribute to the VEBA trust in satisfaction of our Variable Contribution obligation, if any. In connection with the stock transfer restrictions, the VEBA trust has also agreed that it will abstain from voting 1.3 million shares of common stock, or such lesser number of shares as it may hold from time to time, for the election of directors of WPC.
Pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement we entered into with the VEBA trust in 2003, the VEBA trust has the right to request that we register with the SEC for sale on a delayed or continuous basis certain shares of WPC common stock held by the VEBA trust. We will cooperate with the VEBA trustee to register shares eligible for sale, and possibly assist in the orderly marketing of such shares. Alternatively, without registration the VEBA trustee could sell a portion of such shares pursuant to SEC Rule 144.
Profit Sharing Plans
Pursuant to the collective bargaining agreement with the USW, and in addition to our obligations to make contributions to the VEBA trust based on our profitability as described under VEBA Trust above, we have an obligation to make quarterly profit sharing payments to or for the benefit of our active USW employees in an amount equal to 15% of our profits for the quarter, if any, in excess of $30 profit per ton of steel shipped to third parties. For this purpose, profits are defined as earnings before interest and taxes, calculated on a consolidated basis, excluding effects of certain amounts as set forth in the collective bargaining agreement. We have the discretion to make future payments, if any, in cash or in WPC common stock. Under the terms of the plan, we must satisfy any profit sharing obligation with respect to the first, second and third fiscal quarters within 45 days after the end of the quarter, while any obligation with respect to the fourth fiscal quarter must be satisfied within 15 days after the date of the opinion of our independent registered public accounting firm with respect to our annual audited financial statements. All payments in stock will be contributed to the participant’s 401(k) account, while payments in cash, if

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any, will be made directly to plan participants. To the extent that contributions of stock under this plan in any fiscal year, together with stock contributions to the VEBA trust under (iv) of the Variable Contribution formula described under “VEBA trust” above, exceed 10% of our common stock, on a fully diluted basis, we may satisfy our contribution obligation in the form of profit sharing notes. All profit sharing payments that become due are considered 100% vested when made.
For the year ended December 31, 2005, a profit sharing obligation of $0.2 million was incurred, which was settled in WPC common stock in the second quarter of 2005.
In addition, we have adopted a profit sharing plan for salaried employees under which we have an obligation to make quarterly profit sharing payments to or for the benefit of our salaried employees in an amount equal to 5.0% of our profits for the quarter, if any, in excess of $30 profit per ton of steel shipped to third parties. For this purpose, profits are defined as earnings before interest and taxes, calculated on a consolidated basis, excluding effects of certain amounts as set forth in the plan. The profit sharing pool will be divided among all salaried employees, excluding officers. Under the terms of the plan, we must satisfy any profit sharing obligations with respect to the first, second and third fiscal quarters within 45 days after the end of the quarter, while any obligation with respect to the fourth quarter must be satisfied within 15 days after the date of the opinion of our independent registered public accounting firm with respect to our annual audited financial statements. If profit sharing payments are made in company stock instead of cash, the shares of company stock will be contributed to the company stock fund under our salaried 401(k) savings plan. All profit sharing payments that become due are considered 100% vested when made.
For the year ended December 31, 2005, no profit sharing obligation was incurred.
RECENT ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 154, “Accounting Changes and Error Corrections”, in May 2005. SFAS No. 154 requires retrospective application to prior periods’ financial statements of voluntary changes in accounting principles, unless it is impracticable to determine either the period-specific effects or the cumulative effect of the change. This statement also applies to changes required by accounting pronouncements if the pronouncement does not provide for specific transition provisions. SFAS No. 154 is effective for accounting changes made in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2005. The Company does not expect this statement to have a material impact on its financial statements.
The FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 47 (FIN 47), “Accounting for Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations”, in March 2005. FIN 47 clarifies the term “conditional asset retirement obligation” as used in SFAS No. 143, “Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations”. FIN 47 is effective for fiscal years ending after December 31, 2005. The Company does not expect this interpretation to have a material impact on its financial statements.
The FASB issued SFAS No. 151, “Inventory Costs, an amendment of ARB No. 43, Chapter 4”, in December 2004. SFAS No. 151 requires that abnormal amounts of idle facility expense, freight, handling costs and wasted materials be recognized as current-period costs and not as inventoriable costs. SFAS No. 151 is effective for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2005. The Company does not expect this statement to have a material impact on its financial statements.
Item 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Our quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk include forward-looking statements with respect to management’s opinion about the risk associated with our financial instruments. These statements are based on certain assumptions with respect to market prices, interest rates and other industry-specific risk factors. To the extent these assumptions prove to be inaccurate, future outcomes may differ materially from those discussed herein.

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Commodity Price Risk and Related Risks
We are exposed to market risk or price fluctuation related to the sale of steel products. Approximately 25% of our sales are made as contract business (agreements in excess of three months), with approximately 75% of sales being made at spot prices. We do not use derivative instruments to hedge market risk relative to changing steel prices.
Prices for raw materials, natural gas and electricity are subject to frequent market fluctuations. Our market risk strategy generally has been to obtain competitive prices for our products and services and to allow operating results to reflect market price movements dictated by supply and demand. We periodically enter into physical contracts for the advance purchase and delivery of natural gas in an effort to hedge against market fluctuations. Due to “mark to market” provisions in these contracts, as our market exposure decreases, we can be required to make advance payments that ultimately are recovered upon delivery of the commodity, but which can temporarily reduce our liquidity until that time. We do not use derivative instruments to hedge market risk relative to changing prices for raw materials.
Interest Rate Risk
The fair value of cash and cash equivalents, receivables and accounts payable approximate their carrying values and are relatively insensitive to changes in interest rates due to their short-term maturity.
We manage interest rate risk relative to our debt portfolio by using a combination of fixed-rate and variable-rate debt. At December 31, 2005, approximately 69% of the aggregate principal amount of our debt outstanding was at fixed rates with the balance outstanding under variable rates. Since our portfolio of debt is comprised of well more than 50% of fixed-rate instruments, the fair value of debt is only moderately sensitive to the effects of interest rate fluctuations. However, our sensitivity to decreases in interest rates and any corresponding increases in the fair value of the fixed-rate portion of our debt portfolio would only unfavorably affect our earnings and cash flows to the extent that we would choose to repurchase all or a portion of our fixed-rate debt at prices above carrying value. Additionally, our interest expense is somewhat sensitive to changes in the general level of interest rates. A 100 basis point increase in the average rate for the variable interest rate debt would increase our annual interest expense by approximately $1.0 million.
Credit Risk
Counterparties expose our company to credit risk in the event of non-performance. We continually review the creditworthiness of our counterparties.
Foreign Currency Exchange Risk
Our company has limited exposure to foreign currency exchange risk as almost all of our transactions are denominated in U.S. dollars.
Item 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
The Company’s financial statements from and after the effective date of the plan of reorganization August 1, 2003, are those of a new reporting entity (Reorganized Company) and are not comparable to the pre-confirmation periods of the old reporting entity (Predecessor Company). As a result, the independent registered public accounting firm prepared two reports, one for the financial statements of the Reorganized Company and one for the financial statements of the Predecessor Company.

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Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting.
Management of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation (the Company) is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting includes policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect transactions and dispositions of assets; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and the directors of the Company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on our financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Management assessed the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005. In making these assessments, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control — Integrated Framework. Based on our assessment and those criteria, management has concluded that the Company maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005.
The Company’s independent registered public accounting firm has audited and issued their report on management’s assessment of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting, and the report is set forth in the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm which is included below.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of
Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation:
We have completed integrated audits of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation’s 2005 and 2004 consolidated financial statements and of its internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005, and an audit of its consolidated financial statements for the period from August 1, 2003 to December 31, 2003 in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Our opinions, based on our audits, are presented below.
Consolidated financial statements
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements listed in the accompanying index present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation and its subsidiaries (Reorganized Company) at December 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, and the results of their operations and their cash flows and changes in stockholders’ equity for the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004 and for the period from August 1, 2003 to December 31, 2003 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Reorganized Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit of financial statements includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
As discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, the United States Bankruptcy court for the Northern District of Ohio confirmed the Reorganized Company’s Third Amended joint Plan of reorganization (the Plan) on June 18, 2003. Confirmation of the Plan resulted in the discharge of all claims against the Reorganized Company that arose before November 16, 2000 and substantially altered or terminated all rights and interest of equity security holders as provided for in the Plan. The Plan was substantially consummated on August 1, 2003 and the Reorganized Company emerged from bankruptcy. In connection with its emergence from bankruptcy, the Reorganized Company adopted fresh start accounting as of August 1, 2003.
Internal control over financial reporting
Also, in our opinion, management’s assessment, included in Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting appearing under Item 9A, that the Reorganized Company maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005 based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO), is fairly stated, in all material respects, based on those criteria. Furthermore, in our opinion, the Reorganized Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the COSO. The Reorganized Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. Our responsibility is to express opinions on management’s assessment and on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We conducted our audit of internal control over financial reporting in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. An audit of internal control over financial reporting includes obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, evaluating management’s assessment, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control, and performing such

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other procedures as we consider necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinions.
A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Pittsburgh, PA
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of
Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation:
In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated statements of operations, cash flows, and changes in stockholders’ equity present fairly, in all material respects, the results of operations and cash flows of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation and its subsidiaries (Predecessor Company) and their cash flows for the period from January 1, 2003 to July 31, 2003 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Predecessor Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit of these statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
As discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company filed a petition on November 16, 2000 with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Ohio for reorganization under the provisions of Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. The Company’s Third Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization was substantially consummated on August 1, 2003 and the Company emerged from bankruptcy. In connection with its emergence from bankruptcy, the Company adopted fresh start accounting.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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WHEELING-PITTSBURGH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
                                   
    Reorganized       Predecessor  
    Company       Company  
                    Five Months       Seven Months  
    Year Ended     Ended       Ended  
    December 31,     December 31,       July 31,  
    2005     2004     2003       2003  
Revenues
                                 
Net sales, including sales to affiliates of $343,546, $367,735, $101,501 and $164,273
  $ 1,560,513     $ 1,405,794     $ 396,902       $ 570,439  
 
                         
 
                                 
Cost and expenses
                                 
Cost of sales, including cost of sales to affiliates of $346,057, $324,813, $91,262 and $143,840, excluding depreciation and amortization expense
    1,479,474       1,206,773       395,950         563,832  
Depreciation and amortization expense
    33,984       33,433       10,473         39,889  
Selling, general and administrative expense
    71,552       67,620       23,671         29,906  
Reorganization and professional fee expense
                (35 )       8,140  
 
                         
Total costs and expenses
    1,585,010       1,307,826       430,059         641,767  
 
                         
 
                                 
Operating income (loss)
    (24,497 )     97,968       (33,157 )       (71,328 )
 
                                 
Interest expense and other financing costs
    (21,834 )     (19,778 )     (10,215 )       (9,185 )
Other income
    11,843       17,520       4,350         3,228  
Reorganization income (expense):
                                 
Fair value adjustments
                        (152,708 )
Gain on discharge of indebtedness
                        557,541  
Other
                        (4,758 )
 
                                 
 
                         
Income (loss) before income taxes
    (34,488 )     95,710       (39,022 )       322,790  
Income tax provision (benefit)
    (71 )     33,479       15         (641 )
 
                         
 
                                 
Income (loss) before minority interest
    (34,417 )     62,231       (39,037 )       323,431  
Minority interest in loss of consolidated subsidiary
    583                      
 
                         
 
                                 
Net income (loss)
  $ (33,834 )   $ 62,231     $ (39,037 )     $ 323,431  
 
                         
 
                                 
Earnings (loss) per share:
                                 
Basic
  $ (2.37 )   $ 5.78     $ (4.11 )       *  
Diluted
  $ (2.37 )   $ 5.66     $ (4.11 )       *  
 
                                 
Weighted average shares (in thousands):
                                 
Basic
    14,302       10,759       9,500         *  
Diluted
    14,302       11,002       9,500         *  
 
*   Prior to reorganization, the Company was a wholly-owned subsidiary of WHX Corporation (see Note 2)
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WHEELING-PITTSBURGH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Dollars in thousands)
                 
    December 31,  
    2005     2004  
Assets
               
Current assets:
               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 8,863     $ 31,198  
Accounts receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $2,594 and $2,697
    132,643       144,509  
Inventories
    166,566       156,669  
Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
    21,732       29,953  
 
           
Total current assets
    329,804       362,329  
Investment in and advances to affiliated companies
    55,100       53,016  
Property, plant and equipment, less accumulated depreciation of $75,977 and $42,536
    557,500       487,308  
Deferred income tax benefits
    26,264       18,751  
Restricted cash
    13,691       12,502  
Intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of $1,795 and $1,346
    4,725       5,174  
Deferred charges and other assets
    33,164       16,406  
 
           
Total assets
  $ 1,020,248     $ 955,486  
 
           
 
               
Liabilities
               
Current liabilities:
               
Accounts payable, including book overdrafts of $21,020 and $8,894
  $ 117,821     $ 92,434  
Short-term debt
    17,300        
Payroll and employee benefits payable
    41,125       48,611  
Accrued income and other taxes
    11,735       10,073  
Deferred income taxes payable
    26,264       18,751  
Accrued interest and other liabilities
    5,757       7,843  
Deferred revenue
    8,523        
Long-term debt due in one year
    31,357       31,427  
 
           
Total current liabilities
    259,882       209,139  
Long-term debt
    284,100       302,156  
Employee benefits
    123,498       135,608  
Other liabilities
    13,030       17,978  
 
           
Total liabilities
    680,510       664,881  
 
           
 
               
Minority interest in consolidated subsidiary
    74,234        
 
           
 
               
Stockholders’ equity
               
Preferred stock — $.001 par value; 20,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding
           
Common stock — $.01 par value; 80,000,000 shares authorized; 14,686,354 and 14,437,223 shares issued; 14,679,688 and 14,433,223 shares outstanding
    147       144  
Additional paid-in capital
    276,097       267,327  
Accumulated (deficit) earnings
    (10,640 )     23,194  
Treasury stock, 6,666 and 4,000 shares, at cost
    (100 )     (60 )
 
           
Total stockholders’ equity
    265,504       290,605  
 
           
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 1,020,248     $ 955,486  
 
           
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Dollars in thousands)
                                   
    Reorganized       Predecessor  
    Company       Company  
                    Five Months       Seven Months  
    Year Ended     Ended       Ended  
    December 31,     December 31,       July 31,  
    2005     2004     2003       2003  
Cash flows from operating activities
                                 
Net income (loss)
  $ (33,834 )   $ 62,231     $ (39,037 )     $ 323,431  
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
                                 
Depreciation and amortization expense
    33,984       33,433       10,473         39,889  
VEBA, profit sharing and other stock transactions
    3,961       22,981                
Other postretirement benefits
    (786 )     3,359       (4,608 )       (1,565 )
Deferred compensation and stock options
    3,018       2,837       1,148          
Interest paid-in-kind
    1,803       2,384                
Equity income of affiliated companies, net of dividends
    (4,109 )     (11,884 )     (1,708 )       184  
Loss on disposition of assets
    450       361                  
Deferred income taxes
          32,505                
Minority interest
    (583 )                    
Reorganization income and other
    48                     (400,075 )
Changes in current assets and current liabilities:
                                 
Accounts receivable
    11,866       (40,484 )     8,391         17,944  
Inventories
    (9,897 )     (9,774 )     7,769         19,769  
Other current assets
    8,221       (18,370 )     (5,012 )       918  
Accounts payable
    13,261       14,118       (6,990 )       9,900  
Other current liabilities
    2,367       (13,505 )     (11,874 )       (306 )
Other assets and other liabilities, net
    (18,213 )     (8,167 )     6,190         (9,902 )
 
                         
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
    11,557       72,025       (35,258 )       187  
 
                         
 
                                 
Cash flows from investing activities
                                 
Payments from affiliates
    2,025       1,725       325         600  
Capital expenditures
    (103,710 )     (132,442 )     (37,828 )       (2,866 )
Restricted cash used to fund capital expenditures
    (1,189 )     74,636       24,862          
Proceeds from sale of assets
    625       28               201  
 
                         
Net cash used in investing activities
    (102,249 )     (56,053 )     (12,641 )       (2,065 )
 
                         
 
                                 
Cash flows from financing activities
                                 
Book overdraft
    12,126       2,208       3,157         327  
Net change in short-term debt
    17,300       (79,251 )     42,336          
Short term debt (DIP facility) borrowings
                        1,724  
Borrowing of long-term debt
          3,000       (209 )       (1,334 )
Repayment of long-term debt
    (21,069 )     (15,195 )              
Minority interest investment in subsidiary
    60,000                      
Issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs
          99,697                
 
                         
Net cash provided by financing activities
    68,357       10,459       45,284         717  
 
                         
 
                                 
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
    (22,335 )     26,431       (2,615 )       (1,161 )
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
    31,198       4,767       7,382         8,543  
 
                         
 
                                 
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
  $ 8,863     $ 31,198     $ 4,767       $ 7,382  
 
                         
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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WHEELING-PITTSBURGH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity
(Dollars in thousands)
                                                 
                    Additional     Accumulated              
    Preferred     Common     Paid-in     Earnings     Treasury        
    Stock     Stock     Capital     (Deficit)     Stock     Total  
Predecessor Company
                                               
Balance, December 31, 2002
  $     $     $ 335,138     $ (646,309 )   $     $ (311,171 )
Net income
                      323,431             323,431  
Fresh start adjustment
                (335,138 )     322,878             (12,260 )
 
                                   
Balance, July 31, 2003
                                               
(prior to issuance of stock at reorganization)
  $     $     $     $     $     $  
 
                                   
 
                                               
Reorganized Company
                                               
Issuance of stock upon reorganization, July 31, 2003 (prior to restricted stock award)
  $     $ 95     $ 142,405     $     $     $ 142,500  
Shares issued for restricted stock award plan
          5       (5 )                  
Compensation expense recognized
                1,042                   1,042  
Stock option grants
                108                   108  
Net loss
                      (39,037 )           (39,037 )
 
                                   
 
                                               
Balance, December 31, 2003
          100       143,550       (39,037 )           104,613  
Shares issued:
                                               
Public stock offering
          37       99,660                   99,697  
Employee benefit plans
          7       21,220                   21,227  
Restricted stock forfeiture
                60             (60 )      
Compensation expense recognized
                2,471                   2,471  
Stock option grants
                366                   366  
Net income
                      62,231             62,231  
 
                                   
 
                                               
Balance, December 31, 2004
          144       267,327       23,194       (60 )     290,605  
Shares issued:
                                               
Employee benefit plans
          3       5,712                   5,715  
Restricted stock
                                   
Restricted stock forfeiture
                40             (40 )      
Compensation expense recognized
                2,687                   2,687  
Stock option grants
                331                   331  
Net loss
                      (33,834 )           (33,834 )
 
                                   
 
                                               
Balance, December 31, 2005
  $     $ 147     $ 276,097     $ (10,640 )   $ (100 )   $ 265,504  
 
                                   
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Dollars in thousands, except per share and per ton amounts)
1.   Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Nature of Business
Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation (the Company) manufactures and sells hot rolled, cold rolled, galvanized, pre-painted and tin mill sheet products. The Company also manufactures fabricated steel products, including roll-formed corrugating roofing, roof deck, form deck, floor deck, bridgeform and other products used primarily in construction, highway and agricultural markets.
Basis of Presentation
The Company emerged from bankruptcy effective August 1, 2003 (see Note 2), and applied fresh start reporting as of July 31, 2003 (see Note 3). As a result, amounts reported in the financial statements for the seven months ended July 31, 2003 relate to the Company prior to its reorganization and the application of fresh start reporting. Amounts for these periods are referred to as being applicable to the “Predecessor Company”. Amounts for periods subsequent to the reorganization of the Company are referred to as being applicable to the “Reorganized Company”. Due to the application of fresh start reporting as of July 31, 2003, amounts reported for the predecessor company and the reorganized company are not comparable and have been separated by a black line in the financial statements.
Principles of Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and all companies more than 50% owned. The Company also evaluates the consolidation of entities under Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 46 (revised December 2003), “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities” (FIN 46(R)) which requires the Company to evaluate whether an entity is a variable interest entity and whether the Company is the primary beneficiary of the variable interest entity. Pursuant to FIN 46(R), the consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Mountain State Carbon, LLC, an entity in which the Company has a 50% voting interest.
All material inter-company accounts, balances and transactions have been eliminated. The Company uses the equity method of accounting to account for investments in unconsolidated companies more than 20% owned. Unrealized profits or losses on sales to unconsolidated companies accounted for using the equity method of accounting have been eliminated.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand and on deposit and highly liquid debt instruments with maturities of three months or less. Cash that is restricted for use to fund capital expenditures is reflected as a non-current asset.
Accounts Receivable
Accounts receivable are stated at net invoice amounts less an allowance for doubtful accounts. The Company provides a specific allowance for doubtful accounts for certain amounts remaining unpaid beyond normal customer payment periods and provides a general allowance for doubtful accounts based on historical loss experience. All amounts deemed to be uncollectible are charged against the allowance for doubtful accounts in the period in which the determination is made.
Inventory
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market. Cost is determined using the last-in, first-out (LIFO) method for substantially all inventories. At December 31, 2005 and 2004, approximately 94% and 99%, respectively, of all inventories were valued using the LIFO method.
Property, Plant and Equipment
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application of fresh start reporting. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method based on estimated useful lives of 40 years for real property and estimated useful lives ranging from 3 to 30 years for machinery and equipment. Betterments and improvements are capitalized. Repairs and maintenance are expensed as incurred. Gains and losses from the sale of property, plant and equipment are recorded as cost of goods sold. Interest costs incurred to construct property, plant and equipment are capitalized.
Prior to August 1, 2003, depreciation was computed using the straight-line or modified units of production method. Under the modified units of production method, the straight-line method was adjusted based on an activity factor for operating assets. Adjusted annual depreciation was not less than 60% or more than 110% of straight-line depreciation. Accumulated depreciation, after adjustment, was not less than 75% or more than 110% of straight-line depreciation.
The Company periodically evaluates property, plant and equipment for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of an asset may not be recoverable. Assets deemed to be impaired are written down to their fair market value using discounted future cash flows and, if available, comparable market values. Considering the Company’s integrated operations, asset impairment evaluations are generally performed on a group basis, which represents the lowest level of independent cash flows.
Software Costs
Costs incurred for the development or purchase of internal-use software are capitalized and amortized over the useful life of the software, which is generally five years or less.
Income Taxes
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amount of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets, including tax loss and tax credit carryforwards, and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect of a change in tax rates is recognized in the period in which enactment occurs. Deferred income tax expense represents the change during the period in deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities. The components of deferred tax assets and liabilities are individually classified as current and non-current based on their characteristics. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized
Goodwill
Goodwill was recorded as the result of the application of fresh start reporting upon the Company’s emergence from bankruptcy. Under provisions of Statement of Position (SOP) 90-7, “Financial Reporting by Entities in Reorganization Under the Bankruptcy Code”, pre-confirmation net operating loss carryforwards or any benefit resulting from the reversal of a valuation allowance applicable to other deferred tax assets are used first to reduce recorded goodwill and then to reduce other intangible assets (see Note 15).
Intangible Assets
The carrying value of intangible assets with a finite useful life is reviewed for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of the intangible assets may not be fully recoverable. Recoverability is determined based on an estimate of the expected future undiscounted cash flows of the intangible assets. If the carrying value of the intangible assets exceeds the undiscounted cash flows of the intangible assets, an impairment loss is recognized. The impairment loss is measured as the excess of the carrying value of the intangible assets over the fair value of the intangible assets. Fair value is estimated using a discounted cash flow model. The Company has no intangible assets with an indefinite useful life.
Deferred Financing Costs
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Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits
The Company maintains a defined benefit pension plan for all salaried employees employed as of January 31, 1998. The Company also maintains defined benefit retiree health care and life insurance plans that provide benefits for substantially all salaried employees and for hourly employees retiring after October 1, 2003. The net pension and other postretirement benefits obligations recorded and the related periodic benefit costs are based on, among other things, assumptions of discount rates, estimated returns on plan assets, salary increases, mortality rates and future health care medical trend rates. Actuarial techniques and assumptions are used to estimate these obligations and the related periodic benefit costs.
Asset Retirement Obligations
An asset retirement obligation associated with the retirement of long-lived assets is recognized when a liability is incurred and the fair value of the liability can be reasonably estimated. If fair value cannot be determined in the period in which the liability is incurred, a liability is recognized when a reasonable estimation of fair value can be made. Fair value is based on quoted market prices or the best information available in the circumstances. The Company may incur asset retirement obligations in the event of a permanent plant shutdown. However, as of December 31, 2005, the Company’s plant assets had indeterminate lives and a reasonable estimate of the fair value of associated asset retirement obligations could not be made.
Revenue Recognition
Revenue from the sale of products is recognized when title, ownership and risk of loss is transferred to the customer, which coincides with the time such products are shipped. Prepayments for products to be delivered in future periods are recorded as deferred revenue until shipment occurs and title, ownership and risk of loss passes to the customer. Shipping costs billed to customers are recorded as revenues.
Environmental Expenditures
Environmental expenditures relating to existing conditions caused by past operations that do not contribute to future revenues are expensed. Environmental expenditures that extend the life of related property, increase the value of related property or mitigate or prevent future contamination are capitalized. Liabilities are recorded on an undiscounted basis when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the liability can be reasonably estimated. Accruals for environmental obligations are not reduced by claims, if any, for recoveries from insurance carriers or other third parties until it is probable that such recoveries will be realized.
Stock-based Payments
The Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (revised 2004) (SFAS No. 123(R)) in the first quarter of 2005 and accounts for all share-based payment transactions using a fair-value-based measurement method. The Company elected to apply this statement using the modified retrospective method (see Note 4). The Company previously accounted for stock-based compensation in accordance with the provisions of Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees” and related interpretations using the intrinsic method.
Earnings (loss) per Share
Basic earnings (loss) per share is computed by dividing net earnings (loss) applicable to common shareholders by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings (loss) per share is computed by dividing net earnings (loss) attributable to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding, adjusted for the dilutive effect of common stock equivalents. In periods where losses are reported, the weighted average number of common shares outstanding excludes common stock equivalents, as their inclusion would be anti-dilutive.
Use of Estimates
The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America which requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

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Concentrations of Credit and Business Risk
The Company is exposed to credit risk in the event of nonpayment by customers, principally steel service centers, converters and processors and customers in the construction and container industries, substantially all of which are located in the United States. The Company mitigates its exposure to credit risk by performing on-going credit evaluations and obtaining security as appropriate.
During 2005, 2004, the five months ended December 31, 2003 and the seven months ended July 31, 2003, the Company had sales to two customers, both affiliates, comprising 22.0%, 26.2%, 25.6% and 28.8 of total sales, respectively.
New Accounting Standards
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 154, “Accounting Changes and Error Corrections”, in May 2005. SFAS No. 154 requires retrospective application to prior periods’ financial statements of voluntary changes in accounting principles, unless it is impracticable to determine either the period-specific effects or the cumulative effect of the change. This statement also applies to changes required by accounting pronouncements if the pronouncement does not provide for specific transition provisions. SFAS No. 154 is effective for accounting changes made in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2005. The Company does not expect this statement to have a material impact on its financial statements.
The FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 47 (FIN 47), “Accounting for Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations”, in March 2005. FIN 47 clarifies the term “conditional asset retirement obligation” as used in SFAS No. 143, “Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations”. FIN 47 is effective for fiscal years ending after December 31, 2005. The Company does not expect this interpretation to have a material impact on its financial statements.
The FASB issued SFAS No. 151, “Inventory Costs, an amendment of ARB No. 43, Chapter 4”, in December 2004. SFAS No. 151 requires that abnormal amounts of idle facility expense, freight, handling costs and wasted materials be recognized as current-period costs and not as inventoriable costs. SFAS No. 151 is effective for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2005. The Company does not expect this statement to have a material impact on its financial statements.
2.   Bankruptcy and Reorganization
On November 16, 2000, the Company and eight of its then-existing wholly-owned subsidiaries, which represented substantially all of the Company’s business, filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. The Company commenced Chapter 11 proceedings in order to restructure its outstanding debts and to improve its access to additional funding needed to continue operations. Throughout the Chapter 11 proceedings, the Company remained in possession of its properties and assets and continued to operate and manage its businesses with the then-existing directors and officers as debtors-in-possession subject to the supervision of the Bankruptcy Court.
As part of the Chapter 11 proceedings, the Company filed its original Joint Plan of Reorganization and three amendments, reflecting the final negotiations with pre-petition note holders, pre-petition trade creditors and unionized employees. The Company’s plan of reorganization was confirmed on June 18, 2003 and became effective on August 1, 2003. The Company realized $557,541 in cancellation of debt income as a result of the reorganization.
The following is a summary of some of the significant transactions consummated on or about the effective date of the plan of reorganization:
    The Company amended and restated its by-laws and filed a second amended and restated certificate of incorporation with the Delaware Secretary of State authorizing the issuance of up to an aggregate of 80 million shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, and 20 million shares of undesignated preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share.

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    The Company exchanged, on a pro rata basis, $275,000 in senior notes and $75,000 in term notes that existed prior to its bankruptcy filing for an aggregate of $20,000 in cash, $40,000 in new Series A secured notes issued by Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation (WPSC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, $20,000 in new Series B secured notes issued by WPSC and 3,410,000 shares of new common stock of the Company, constituting 34.1% of the total shares of new common stock issued.
 
    The Company cancelled its then-existing senior notes and related indenture and its then-existing term notes and the related term loan agreement.
 
    The Company cancelled all shares of its common stock that existed prior to the implementation of the plan of reorganization, at which point it ceased to be a subsidiary of WHX Corporation.
 
    WPSC entered into a new $250,000 senior secured term loan facility, which is guaranteed for the most part by the Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Board, the West Virginia Housing Development Fund, the Company and WP Steel Venture Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. WPSC also entered into a new $225,000 senior secured revolving credit facility, which is guaranteed by the Company and WP Steel Venture Corporation.
 
    All of the obligations under the Company’s $195,000 debtor-in-possession credit facility were satisfied in full and discharged.
 
    The Company and WPSC entered into an agreement with WHX Corporation providing for, among other things, a $10,000 capital contribution by WHX Corporation, the capitalization of approximately $40,000 in debt owed by the Company to WHX Corporation, a $10,000 unsecured loan from WHX Corporation and an agreement with WHX Corporation, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), and the United Steelworkers of America (USW), with respect to the Company’s separation from WHX Corporation’s employee pension plan.
 
    The Company and WPSC entered into an agreement with its unionized employees represented by the USW which modified the existing labor agreement to provide for, among other things, future pension arrangements with the USW and reductions in the Company’s employee-related costs.
 
    The Company issued 4,000,000 shares of new common stock, constituting 40% of the total shares of new common stock issued, for the benefit of USW retirees in satisfaction of certain claims under its labor agreement and an additional 1,000,000 shares of its new common stock, constituting 10% of the total shares of new common stock issued, to or for the benefit of the Company’s salaried employees.
 
    The Company issued 1,590,000 shares of new common stock, constituting 15.9% of the total shares of new common stock issued, to certain of its creditors in satisfaction of various unsecured claims, including claims relating to trade debt.
There are still several matters pending in the Bankruptcy Court, including the resolution of disputed unsecured and administrative claims and certain preference actions and other litigation where the Company is seeking to recover monies. As of December 31, 2005, 32,014 shares of common stock issued pursuant to the plan of reorganization were reserved for distribution to creditors pending resolution of certain disputed claims. If those claims are ultimately allowed in whole or in part by the Bankruptcy Court, the appropriate amount of stock will be distributed to those claimants; if the claims are disallowed, the stock will be distributed to other creditors of the same class, pro rata. To the extent that certain administrative and secured claims are allowed by the Bankruptcy Court, those claims will be paid in cash, in an amount the Company expects will not exceed $100 and for which there are sufficient reserves held by the distribution agent. If and to the extent those claims are allowed as pre-petition unsecured claims, then those creditors will receive stock, which has been reserved as described above. In addition, the Company is the plaintiff in a number of preference actions, where it is seeking to recover monies from creditors. The Company does not believe that any of these remaining bankruptcy proceedings, individually or in the aggregate, will have a material adverse effect on the Company.

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3.   Fresh Start Reporting
In accordance with SOP 90-7, the Company adopted the provisions of fresh start reporting as of July 31, 2003. In adopting the requirements of fresh start reporting, the Company made a determination of the enterprise value of the entity based upon various valuation methods, including discounted cash flow methodologies, analysis of comparable steel companies, and other applicable ratios and economic industry information relevant to the operations of the Company. The estimated total equity value of the reorganized company aggregating $150,000 was determined after taking into account the values of the obligations assumed in connection with the Joint Plan of Reorganization.
The following reconciliation of the Predecessor Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of July 31, 2003 to that of the Reorganized Company as of July 31, 2003 was prepared with the adjustments that give effect to the reorganization and fresh start reporting.
The adjustments entitled “Reorganization Adjustments” reflect the consummation of the Joint Plan of Reorganization, including the elimination of existing liabilities subject to compromise, and consolidated shareholders’ deficit, and to reflect the aforementioned $150,000 equity value.
The adjustments entitled “Fresh Start Adjustments” reflect the adoption of fresh start reporting, including the adjustments to record property and equipment at its fair value.
                                         
    Pre-                             Post-  
    Reorganization     Reorganization             Fresh Start     Reorganization  
    July 31, 2003     Adjustments             Adjustments     July 31, 2003  
Assets
                                       
Current assets:
                                       
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 7,382     $             $     $ 7,382  
Accounts receivable,less allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,916
    112,649       (233 )                   112,416  
Inventories
    164,322                     (9,658 )     154,664  
Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
    6,559       12                     6,571  
 
                               
Total current assets
    290,912       (221 )             (9,658 )     281,033  
Investment in affiliated companies
    59,982                       (19,505 )     40,477  
Property, plant and equipment, less accumulated depreciation
    493,514                       (133,301 )     360,213  
Deferred income tax benefits
    27,342       (3,860 )     [b]             23,482  
Restricted cash
          112,000       [a]             112,000  
Goodwill
          30,000       [g]             30,000  
Deferred charges and other assets
    8,964       12,844       [g]       9,756       31,564  
 
                               
Total assets
  $ 880,714     $ 150,763             $ (152,708 )   $ 878,769  
 
                               

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    Pre-                                     Post-  
    Reorganization     Reorganization             Fresh Start             Reorganization  
    July 31, 2003     Adjustments             Adjustments             July 31, 2003  
Liabilities
                                               
Current liabilities:
                                               
Accounts payable
  $ 81,275     $ (1,334 )     [a]     $             $ 79,941  
Short-term debt
    137,214       (100,299 )     [a]                     36,915  
Payroll and employee benefits
    35,118       32,795       [c]                     67,913  
Accrued income and other taxes
    10,054       1,200       [a],[c]                     11,254  
Deferred income taxes
    27,342       (3,860 )     [a],[c]                     23,482  
Accrued interest and other
    8,026       2,647       [a],[c]                     10,673  
Long-term debt due in one year
    43,433       (39,678 )     [a],[c],[f]                     3,755  
 
                                       
Total current liabilities
    342,462       (108,529 )                           233,933  
Long-term debt
    11,985       327,863       [a],[c]                     339,848  
Other employee benefits
    17,317       124,981       [c]                     142,298  
Other liabilities
    17,150       3,040       [a],[c]                     20,190  
Liabilities subject to compromise
    879,455       (879,455 )     [c]                      
 
                                       
Total liabilities
    1,268,369       (532,100 )                           736,269  
 
                                       
 
                                               
Stockholders’ equity (deficit)
                                               
Common stock — $.01 par value; 10 million shares issued and outstanding
          100       [c]                     100  
Additional paid-in capital
    335,138       149,900       [c],[g]       (335,138 )     [d]       149,900  
Deferred compensation
          (7,500 )     [e]                     (7,500 )
Accumulated earnings (deficit)
    (722,793 )     540,363       [b],[c],[f]       182,430       [d]        
 
                                       
Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)
    (387,655 )     682,863               (152,708 )             142,500  
 
                                       
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 880,714     $ 150,763             $ (152,708 )           $ 878,769  
 
                                       
     Footnotes:
 
[a]   Reflects the borrowing of the $250,000 term loan proceeds and amounts under the post-petition revolver and the payments necessary to effect the Plan of Reorganization, such as the repayment of DIP facilities, cash distributions to creditors and the payment of fees and expenses associated with the exit financing.
 
[b]   Reflects the impact on retained earnings of reorganization expenses net of tax benefit.
 
[c]   Reflects the settlement of liabilities subject to compromise, including the distribution of cash, notes and equity to the pre-petition creditors, the assumption of OPEB and other pre-petition liabilities (capital leases, employee benefits, taxes) and the cancellation of debt income.
 
[d]   Reflects the adjustments to reflect “Fresh Start” reporting. These entries include the write-down of inventories, property, plant and equipment and joint venture interests to their appraised values, elimination of accumulated deficits and additional paid-in capital.
 
[e]   Reflects restricted stock awards for the distribution of employee equity into trust.
 
[f]   Reflects the cancellation of debt as a result of WHX Corporation forgiving its portion of the DIP term loan.
 
[g]   Reflects the pre-funding of VEBA obligations with 4,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, an intangible asset related to joint venture supply agreements and goodwill.
4.   Change in Accounting Method
The Company elected to adopt Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (revised 2004) (SFAS No. 123(R)) in the first quarter of 2005 and elected to apply this statement using the modified retrospective method. As a result, financial statements for all prior periods have been adjusted to give effect to the fair-value-based measurement method of accounting for all share-based payment transactions. Amounts previously disclosed as pro forma adjustments have been reflected in earnings for all prior periods.

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The effect of adopting this statement and applying this statement using the modified retrospective method is as follows:
                                 
    Reorganized     Predecessor  
    Company     Company  
                    Five Months     Seven Months  
    Year Ended     Ended     Ended  
    December 31,     December 31,     July 31,  
    2005     2004     2003     2003  
Income (loss) from continuing operations, before adjustment
  $ (33,503 )   $ 62,467     $ (38,930 )   $ 323,431  
Effect of adopting fair-value method of accounting for share-based payments
    (331 )     (363 )     (107 )      
 
                       
Income (loss) from continuing operations, as adjusted
    (33,834 )     62,104       (39,037 )     323,431  
Effect of adoption on benefit for income taxes
          127              
 
                       
Net income (loss), as adjusted
  $ (33,834 )   $ 62,231     $ (39,037 )   $ 323,431  
 
                       
 
                               
Earnings (loss) per share:
                               
Basic, before adjustment
  $ (2.34 )   $ 5.81     $ (4.10 )       *
Effect of adoption
  $ (0.03 )   $ (0.03 )   $ (0.01 )       *
Basic, as adjusted
  $ (2.37 )   $ 5.78     $ (4.11 )       *
 
                               
Diluted, before adjustment
  $ (2.34 )   $ 5.68     $ (4.10 )       *
Effect of adoption
  $ (0.03 )   $ (0.02 )   $ (0.01 )       *
Diluted, as adjusted
  $ (2.37 )   $ 5.66     $ (4.11 )       *
 
*   Prior to reorganization, the Company was a wholly-owned subsidiary of WHX Corporation (see Note 2)
Amounts previously reported as deferred compensation in stockholders’ equity were reclassified to additional paid-in capital. The retrospective application of SFAS No. 123(R) had no effect on cash flow from operating, investing or financing activities. See Note 8 for additional disclosure regarding share-based payments.
5.   Segments, Geographic Area and Major Customers
The Company is engaged in one line of business and operates in one business segment, the production, processing, fabrication and sale of steel and steel products. The Company has a diverse customer base, substantially all of which is located in the United States. All of the Company’s operating assets are located in the United States.
During 2005 and 2004, the Company had sales to one customer, an affiliate, that approximated 13.9% and 17.5% of revenue, respectively. For the five months ended December 31, 2003 and the seven months ended July 31, 2003, the Company had sales to one customer, an affiliate, that approximated 15.5% and 16.8% of revenue, respectively, and had sales to another customer, an affiliate, that approximated 10.0% and 12.0% of revenue, respectively
6.   Transactions with Affiliates and Related Parties
The Company owns 35.7% of the outstanding common stock of Wheeling-Nisshin, Inc. (Wheeling-Nisshin), which is accounted for using the equity method of accounting. The Company had sales to Wheeling-Nisshin of $216,697, $246,679, $61,684 and $96,036 during 2005, 2004, the five months ended December 31, 2003 and the seven months ended July 31, 2003, respectively. Sales to Wheeling-Nisshin are made at prevailing market prices. The Company received dividends from Wheeling-Nisshin of $5,000, $2,500 and $2,500 during 2005, 2004 and the seven months ended July 31, 2003, respectively. At December 31, 2005 and 2004, the Company

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had accounts receivable due from Wheeling-Nisshin, Inc. of $3,439 and $1,618, respectively, and had accounts payable to Wheeling-Nisshin of $726 and $2,500, respectively.
The Company owns 50% of the outstanding common stock of Ohio Coatings Corporation (OCC), which is accounted for using the equity method of accounting. The Company had sales to OCC of $126,849, $121,056, $39,817 and $68,237 during 2005, 2004, the five months ended December 31, 2003 and the seven months ended July 31, 2003, respectively. Sales to OCC are made at prevailing market prices. At December 31, 2005 and 2004, the Company had accounts receivable due from OCC of $8,852 and $9,734, respectively and had accounts payable to OCC of $896 at December 31, 2004. At December 31, 2005 and 2004, the Company has a loan receivable due from OCC of $7,700 and $9,725, respectively, which bears interest at a variable rate, which averaged 6.25% during 2005. The Company recorded interest income on the loan receivable of $539, $546, $253 and $354 during 2005, 2004, the five months ended December 31, 2003 and the seven months ended July 31, 2003, respectively, and received payments on the loan of $2,025, $1,725, $325 and $600 during 2005, 2004, the five months ended December 31, 2003 and the seven months ended July 31, 2003, respectively.
The Company owns 49% of the outstanding common stock of Feralloy-Wheeling Specialty Processing, Co. (Feralloy), which is accounted for using the equity method of accounting. During 2005, 2004 and the seven months ended July 31, 2003, the Company received dividends from Feralloy of $294, $293 and $228, respectively.
The Company sells steel products to Pittsburgh Canfield Corporation (PCC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of WHX at prevailing market prices. The Company was a wholly-owned subsidiary of WHX through July 31, 2003 and had sales of $8,853 to PCC during the seven months ended July 31, 2003.
7.   Insurance Recovery
On December 20, 2005, the Company received a sworn statement in proof of loss from its insurance carriers agreeing to pay the Company $5,360 in partial settlement of a business interruption insurance claim relating to insurable event that occurred in December 2004. The Company received $4,556 and $804 of this amount in January and February of 2006, respectively. The insurance recovery was reflected as a reduction of cost of goods sold in the statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2005.
8.   Share-Based Payments
The Company maintains a non-vested restricted stock plan pursuant to which it granted 500,000 shares of its common stock to selected key employees on July 31, 2003. All of these grants vest in increments of one-third of the total grant to each individual pro rata over three years, two-thirds of which have vested and one-third of which will vest two business days after the earnings release for the second quarter of 2006. In March 2005, the Company granted an additional 10,500 restricted shares of its common stock under a management incentive plan to selected employees, all of which vest two business days after the earnings release for the second quarter of 2006. A summary of activity under these plans as of December 31, 2005 and changes during the year then ended is as follows:
                 
            Weighted  
            Average  
            Grant Date  
    Shares     Fair Value  
Balance, December 31, 2004
    330,667     $ 15.00  
Restricted stock granted
    10,500     $ 39.01  
Restricted stock forfeited
    (2,666 )   $ 15.00  
Restricted stock vested
    (164,001 )   $ 15.00  
 
           
Balance, December 31, 2005
    174,500     $ 16.44  
 
           
Compensation expense under these plans is measured as being equal to the fair value of the common stock issued on the grant date, amortized over the vesting period for each grant. Compensation expense related to these plans amounted to $2,687, $2,471 and $1,042 for 2005, 2004 and the five months ended December 31, 2003, respectively. At December 31, 2005, deferred compensation expense relative to non-vested restricted

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stock amounted to $1,609. This amount will be amortized to expense ratably through August 2006. The total fair value of shares vested during 2005 and 2004 was $3,088 and $4,943, respectively. No shares vested under this plan prior to 2004. No shares granted under the plan are subject to retirement eligible provisions.
The Company maintains a stock option plan for non-employee directors of the Company pursuant to which it granted stock options for 25,389, 19,215 and 17,793 shares of its common stock of the Company during 2005, 2004 and the five months ended December 31, 2003, respectively, at a weighted average price of $16.65, $21.99 and $6.95 per share, respectively. The options are granted at a price equal to the average stock price for a five-day period ending on the date of grant, vest upon receipt, are exercisable at the option of the holder and lapse ten years from the date of grant. A summary of activity under this plan as of December 31, 2005 and changes during the year then ended is as follows:
                         
            Weighted-        
            Average     Aggregate  
            Exercise     Intrinsic  
    Shares     Price     Value  
Outstanding, December 31, 2004
    37,008     $ 14.76     $ 37  
Granted
    25,389       16.65        
Exercised
                 
Expired
                 
 
                 
Outstanding, December 31, 2005
    62,397     $ 15.53     $ 37  
 
                 
 
                       
Exercisable, December 31, 2005
    62,397     $ 15.53     $ 37  
 
                 
Compensation expense under this plan is measured based on the estimated fair value of the stock options granted on the grant date. The fair value of each option was estimated on the grant date using the Black-Scholes pricing model using the following assumptions:
                                   
            Reorganized           Predecessor  
           Company       Company  
                    Five Months       Seven Months  
    Year Ended     Ended       Ended  
    December 31,     December 31,       July 31,  
    2005     2004     2003       2003  
Average risk-free interest rate
    4.38 %     3.41 %     4.22 %        
Expected dividend yield
    0 %     0 %     0 %        
Expected volatility
    83.32 %     88.27 %     85.07 %        
Expected life (years)
    10       10       10          
The weighted average fair value per option granted was $13.04, $19.05 and $6.07 for 2005, 2004 and the five months ended December 31, 2003, respectively. No stock options were exercised during 2005, 2004 and the five months ended December 31, 2003. The Company recorded compensation expense relative to stock options of $331, $366 and $108 during 2005, 2004 and the five months ended December 31, 2003, respectively.
The Company issued 500,000 shares of restricted stock under its non-vested restricted stock plan. No further shares are available for issuance under this plan. The Company has authorized 1,000,000 shares of common stock for issuance under its management incentive plan and its stock option plan. At December 31, 2005, 10,500 shares of common stock have been issued under the management incentive plan and options to acquire 62,397 shares of common stock were outstanding.

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9. Interest Expense and Other Financing Costs
                                   
            Reorganized           Predecessor  
           Company       Company  
                    Five Months       Seven Months  
    Year Ended     Ended       Ended  
    December 31,     December 31,       July 31,  
    2005     2004     2003       2003  
Interest incurred
  $ 19,729     $ 18,933     $ 8,744       $ 7,660  
Less interest capitalized
    (2,946 )     (4,050 )     (243 )       (838 )
 
                         
Net interest
    16,783       14,883       8,501         6,822  
Amortization of deferred financing costs
    5,051       4,895       1,714         2,363  
 
                         
Interest expense and other financing costs
  $ 21,834     $ 19,778     $ 10,215       $ 9,185  
 
                         
10. Other Income
                                   
            Reorganized           Predecessor  
           Company       Company  
                    Five Months       Seven Months  
    Year Ended     Ended       Ended  
    December 31,     December 31,       July 31,  
    2005     2004     2003       2003  
Equity income in affiliates
  $ 9,403     $ 14,677     $ 2,705       $ 2,544  
Interest and investment income
    914       1,226       638         360  
Other
    1,526       1,617       1,007         324  
 
                         
Total
  $ 11,843     $ 17,520     $ 4,350       $ 3,228  
 
                         
11.   Earnings (Loss) Per Share
 
    For the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004 and for the five months ended December 31, 2003, a reconciliation of the numerator and denominator for the calculation of basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share is as follows:

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            Reorganized           Predecessor  
           Company       Company  
                    Five Months       Seven Months  
    Year Ended     Ended       Ended  
    December 31,     December 31,       July 31,  
    2005     2004     2003       2003  
Income (loss) available to common shareholders
  $ (33,834 )   $ 62,231     $ (39,037 )     $ 323,431  
 
                         
Weighed-average basic shares outstanding
    14,302       10,759       9,500         *  
Dilutive effect of:
                                 
Stock options
          15               *  
Non-vested restricted common stock
          228               *  
 
                           
Weighed-average diluted shares outstanding
    14,302       11,002       9,500         *  
 
                           
 
                                 
Basic earnings (loss) per share
  $ (2.37 )   $ 5.78     $ (4.11 )       *  
Diluted earnings (loss) per share
  $ (2.37 )   $ 5.66     $ (4.11 )       *  
 
*   Prior to reorganization, the Company was a wholly-owned subsidiary of WHX Corporation (see Note 2)
For the year ended December 31, 2005 and for the five months ended December 31, 2003, stock options for 62,397 and 17,793 shares of common stock at a weighted average price of $15.53 and $6.95, respectively, were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share as their effect was anti-dilutive. For the year ended December 31, 2005 and for the five months ended December 31, 2003, 341,167 and 500,000 shares of non-vested restricted common stock, respectively, were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share as their effect was anti-dilutive.
12. Inventories
                 
    December 31,  
    2005     2004  
Raw materials
  $ 49,193     $ 46,070  
In-process
    155,860       128,114  
Finished products
    28,870       23,662  
Other materials and supplies
    152       307  
 
           
Total current cost
    234,075       198,153  
Excess of current cost over carrying value
    (67,509 )     (41,484 )
 
           
Total carrying value
  $ 166,566     $ 156,669  
 
           
During 2005, 2004, the five months ended December 31, 2003 and the seven months ended July 31, 2003, certain inventory quantities were reduced, resulting in liquidations of LIFO inventories carried at costs prevailing in prior periods. The effect was to increase income by $5,170, $2,139 and $2,437 in 2005, 2004 and for the seven months ended July 31, 2003, respectively, and to decrease income by $237 for the five months ended December 31, 2003.

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13.   Investment in and Advances to Affiliates
 
    The Company owns 35.7% of the outstanding common stock of Wheeling-Nisshin, 50% of the outstanding common stock of OCC and 49% of the outstanding common stock of Feralloy-Wheeling Specialty Processing, Co., all of which are accounted for using the equity method of accounting. The carrying value of the Company’s investment in affiliates was $47,400 and $43,291at December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively.
 
    As a result of the application of fresh start reporting, the Company restated its investment in affiliates to fair value as July 31, 2003. At December 31, 2005, the Company’s interest in the net assets of its affiliates accounted for using the equity method of accounting amounted to $62,862, which exceeded the carrying value of the Company’s investment in affiliates by $15,462. This amount is being amortized to income over a 10-year period, which represents the estimated remaining useful life of the long-lived assets of the affiliates as of July 31, 2003.
 
    The Company has a loan receivable due from OCC, which bears interest at a variable rate, which averaged 6.25% during 2005. The loan receivable due from OCC was $7,700 and $9,725 at December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively.
14. Property, Plant and Equipment
                 
    December 31,  
    2005     2004  
Land and mineral properties
  $ 8,608     $ 8,640  
Buildings
    21,717       21,627  
Machinery and equipment
    458,158       438,201  
Construction in progress
    144,994       61,376  
 
           
Total
    633,477       529,844  
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization
    (75,977 )     (42,536 )
 
           
Net
  $ 557,500     $ 487,308  
 
           
Property, plant and equipment includes gross assets acquired under capital leases of $2,920 and $1,828 at December 31, 2005 and 2004. Related amortization included in accumulated depreciation and amortization was $158 and $122 at December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. Amortization of assets under capital leases is included in depreciation expense.
At December 31, 2005, the net book value of idle equipment included in property, plant and equipment was
$2,000, representing the net book value of a blast furnace that was permanently idled in May 2005.
15.   Intangible Assets and Goodwill
 
    Intangible assets represents the estimated fair value of steel supply contracts with Wheeling-Nisshin and OCC, which were recorded as a result of the application of fresh start reporting as of July 31, 2003. These intangible assets are being amortized over the term of the steel supply contracts, one of which expires in 2012 and the other in 2013, using the straight-line method. No residual value has been assigned to these contracts. The Company recorded amortization expense of $449, $923 and $423 in 2005, 2004 and for the five months ended December 31, 2003, respectively. Amortization expense of approximately $624 will be recorded in each of the next five years unless the intangible asset is reduced as the result of the recognition of pre-confirmation tax benefits realized before that time. Changes in the intangible asset as a result of pre-confirmation tax benefits affect amortization expense on a prospective basis.
 
    The application of fresh start reporting resulted in an amount being allocated to reorganization value in excess of amounts allocated to identifiable assets, which was reflected in the financial statements as goodwill. Under the provisions of SOP 90-7 and FASB 109, either pre-confirmation net operating loss carryforwards or benefits resulting from the reversal of a valuation allowance applicable to other deferred tax assets are used first to reduce goodwill and then to reduce other intangible assets, and finally as a credit to equity. During 2004, goodwill was reduced by $30,000 and other intangible assets were reduced by $2,979, representing the tax

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benefit from the utilization of pre-confirmation net operating loss carryforwards and deferred tax assets for which there had been a full valuation allowance.
16.   Short-Term Debt
 
    On July 8, 2005, the Company entered into an amended and restated $225,000 revolving credit agreement, which matures on July 8, 2009. The new credit agreement amended and restated the Company’s $225,000 revolving credit agreement entered into in August 2003, which was scheduled to mature on August 1, 2006. At December 31, 2005, $17,300 was outstanding under the agreement. No amounts were outstanding under the agreement at December 31, 2004.
 
    The amended and restated revolving credit agreement requires the Company to maintain minimum borrowing availability of $50,000 at all times or to comply with a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio if borrowing availability under the agreement falls below $50,000 at any point in time. The Company is restricted from paying any cash dividends under the terms of the agreement.
 
    Borrowing availability under the agreement is based on eligible accounts receivable and inventory amounts, as defined by the agreement. Borrowing availability is reduced by amounts outstanding under the agreement and by outstanding letters of credit. At December 31, 2005, net borrowing availability under the agreement amounted to $141,263, net of the $50 million minimum borrowing availability requirement. Interest on borrowings under the agreement is payable monthly and is calculated based on LIBOR or the prime rate using spreads based on borrowing availability, as defined by the agreement. The average rate of interest on amounts outstanding under the agreement during 2005, 2004 and the five months ended December 31, 2003 approximated 6.3%, 4.9% and 5.0%, respectively. Amounts outstanding under the agreement are collateralized by a first lien on accounts receivable and inventory and a third lien on other tangible and intangible assets and investments in affiliates.
 
    Due to certain mandatory lock-box requirements and other provisions under the facility, the revolving credit facility has been classified as a short-term obligation in accordance with the provisions of EITF 95-22.
 
17.   Long-Term Debt
                 
    December 31,  
    2005     2004  
Senior secured term loan
  $ 218,650     $ 237,500  
Series A secured notes
    41,681       41,681  
Series B secured notes
    22,661       21,499  
Unsecured 6% note
    11,171       10,530  
West Virginia Department of Development
    6,539       6,539  
Ohio Department of Development
    3,985       4,985  
Industrial revenue bonds (capital leases)
    6,190       6,910  
Other, including a capital lease
    4,580       3,939  
 
           
Total
    315,457       333,583  
Less amount due in one year
    31,357       31,427  
 
           
Long-term debt due after one year
  $ 284,100     $ 302,156  
 
           

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Assuming repayment of the senior secured term loan in 2008 and without consideration of future prepayments that may be required based on excess cash flow calculations under certain debt obligations, long-term debt matures as follows:
         
2006
  $ 31,357  
2007
    30,119  
2008
    176,577  
2009
    1,501  
2010
    23,906  
After 2010
    51,997  
 
     
Total
  $ 315,457  
 
     
$250,000 term loan agreement
On August 1, 2003, WPSC entered into a $250,000 senior secured term loan agreement. The term loan matures on August 1, 2014. However, if the administrative agent under the loan is unable or unwilling to re-offer certain tranches of the term loan as of November 1, 2008, the maturity date for each tranche of the term loan will be November 1, 2008. The term loan is collateralized by a first lien on tangible and intangible assets and investments in affiliates and a second lien on accounts receivable and inventory.
The term loan is payable in quarterly installments of $6,250, which began in the fourth quarter of 2004. Additional prepayments are due under the loan on a quarterly basis equal to 50% of excess cash flow, as defined under the term loan agreement. Interest on borrowings under the term loan agreement is payable monthly and is calculated based on LIBOR or the prime rate using spreads defined by the term loan agreement. The average rate of interest on amounts outstanding under the term loan during 2005, 2004 and during the five months ended December 31, 2003 approximated 4.5%, 3.5% and 3.9%, respectively.
On September 29, 2005, the term loan agreement was amended to provide, among other things, for an increase in borrowing availability under the Company’s revolving credit agreement from $150,000 to $225,000, for the elimination of the requirement to maintain minimum availability of $25,000 under the revolving credit agreement and for financial covenant relief for the third and fourth quarters of 2005. The term loan is subject to various financial covenants, including fixed charge, leverage and interest coverage ratios.
On March 10, 2006, the Company reached agreement with both the lenders under its term loan agreement and the Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Board (the Loan Board), the Federal loan guarantor, to waive compliance with the leverage, interest coverage and fixed charge coverage ratios under its term loan agreement through the quarter ending June 30, 2007. In addition, the Company’s term loan amendment requires it to maintain minimum borrowing availability of at least $50,000 under its revolving credit agreement at all times or to comply with a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio, similar to the provision in its revolving credit agreement.
$40,000 Series A secured notes
On August 1, 2003, the Company issued Series A secured notes in the aggregate amount of $40,000. The Series A secured notes mature on August 1, 2011. The Series A secured notes are collateralized by a second lien on tangible and intangible assets and investments in affiliates and a third lien on accounts receivable and inventory.
The Series A secured notes have no fixed repayment schedule. Mandatory redemptions are required based on excess cash flow, as defined under the terms of the notes. The Series A notes bear interest at a rate of 5% per annum until July 31, 2008 and 8% per annum thereafter. Interest is payable in June and December of each year. In the event that distributions from Wheeling-Nisshin, Inc. and Ohio Coatings Company (affiliates of the Company) are not adequate to pay interest under the Series A secured notes when due, the Company is required to pay both cash interest and payment-in-kind interest at rates set forth in the Series A secured notes.

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$20,000 Series B secured notes
On August 1, 2003, WPSC issued Series B secured notes in the aggregate amount of $20,000. The Series B secured notes mature on August 1, 2010. The Series B secured notes are collateralized by a fourth lien on tangible and intangible assets and investments in affiliates and a fourth lien on accounts receivable and inventory.
The Series B secured notes have no fixed repayment schedule. Prepayments are required based on excess cash flow, as defined under the terms of the notes. The Series B secured notes bear interest at a rate of 6% per annum. Interests is payable in June and December of each year. In the event that excess cash flow, as defined by the secured notes, is insufficient to pay interest due under the secured notes, the Company is required to pay both cash interest and payment-in-kind interest at rates set forth in the Series B secured notes.
$10,000 unsecured note
On August 1, 2003, the Company issued an unsecured note in the aggregate principal amount of $10,000 to WHX Corporation. In July 2004, the note was sold by WHX Corporation to a third party. The unsecured note matures in 2011. The unsecured note is subordinated in right of payment to the revolving credit agreements, the term loan agreement and the Series A and B secured notes.
The unsecured note has no fixed repayment schedule. The unsecured note bears interest at 6% per annum. Interest is payable in June and December of each year. If cash interest is not paid, the Company is required to pay payment-in-kind interest.
West Virginia and Ohio Departments of Development
The Company has a five-year term loan agreement with the West Virginia Department of Development that matures August 1, 2008. The term loan bears interest at LIBOR plus 3.125%, with such rate being reset annually. Interest is payable quarterly.
The Company has a loan agreement with the Ohio Department of Development that was scheduled to mature on August 1, 2005. During 2005, the loan agreement was amended to require payments of $1,000 in September 2005, $1,500 in July 2006 and $2,485 in December 2006. The loan bears interest at a rate of 3%. Interest is payable monthly.
Industrial revenue bonds — capital leases
Amounts due under industrial revenue bonds issued by the State of Virginia are payable in annual installments ranging from $275 in 2006 to $480 in 2014. The bonds bear interest at a rate of 7%, payable semi-annually. Amounts due under the obligations are collateralized by certain real property.
Amounts due under industrial revenue bonds issued by the State of Nevada are payable in annual installments ranging from $205 in 2006 to $380 in 2014. The bonds bear interest at a rate of 8%, payable semi-annually. Amounts due under the obligations are collateralized by certain real property.
Other, including a capital lease
The Company has certain other obligations outstanding that are payable in various installments ranging from $21 per month to $300 semi-annually, with interest rates ranging from 6.1% to 9.0% and maturities ranging from June 2007 through January 2011.
18.   Leases
 
    The Company leases certain equipment under operating lease agreements. Lease expense for 2005, 2004, the five months ended December 31, 2003 and the seven months ended July 31, 2003 amounted to $10,271, $10,596, $3,921 and $5,772, respectively. Under long-term operating leases, minimum lease payments are $3,389 for 2006, $3,389 for 2007, $2,971 for 2008, $2,718 for 2009, $2,348 for 2010 and $7,290 thereafter.

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19.   Variable Interest Entity
 
    On September 29, 2005, the Company and SNA Carbon, LLC (SNA Carbon) entered into an Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Mountain State Carbon, LLC, a limited liability company (a joint venture) formed to own and refurbish the coke plant facility contributed to it by the Company and to produce and sell metallurgical coke to and for the benefit of both parties. Upon formation of the joint venture, each party received a 50% voting interest in the joint venture.
 
    In general, all coke produced by the joint venture will be sold to each party at the cost incurred by the joint venture to produce coke, plus 5%. Pursuant to coke supply agreements between the parties and the joint venture, the Company will acquire approximately 60% of all of the coke produced by the joint venture from inception through December 31, 2006. Each party will acquire 50% of all coke produced by the joint venture for all periods thereafter. Due to the disproportionate sale of coke by the joint venture from inception through December 31, 2006, the Company has been identified as the primary beneficiary of the joint venture in accordance with the provisions of FASB Interpretation No. 46 (revised December 2003), “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities, an Interpretation of ARB No. 51”.
 
    At December 31, 2005, the net assets of the joint venture included in the consolidated balance sheet of the Company were as follows:
         
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 3,629  
Accounts receivable
    962  
Inventory
    10,120  
Other current assets
    2,282  
 
     
Total current assets
    16,993  
Restricted cash
    13,691  
Property, plant and equipment, net
    99,595  
Other assets
    15,617  
 
     
Total
    145,896  
 
     
 
Accounts payable
    21,986  
Other current liabilities
    119  
Other liabilities
    86  
Minority interest
    74,234  
 
     
Total
    96,425  
 
     
Net assets
  $ 49,471  
 
     
Results of operations of the joint venture included in the consolidated results of operations of the Company from inception of the joint venture through December 31, 2005 were as follows:
         
Net sales
  $ 1,032  
Cost of goods sold
    (471 )
Depreciation and amortization expense
    (588 )
Selling, general and administrative expense
    (839 )
 
     
Operating loss
    (866 )
Interest income, net
    224  
 
     
Loss before minority interest
  $ (642 )
 
     
All intercompany accounts, balances and transactions have been eliminated. The minority interest in the consolidated subsidiary reflected in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet reflects SNA Carbon’s share of the estimated fair value of the net assets of the joint venture, based on voting interest. This amount exceeded the carrying cost of their investment by $14,817 at December 31, 2005.

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At December 31, 2005, the joint venture had no third party debt outstanding. No consolidated assets of the Company were pledged as collateral for any joint venture obligations. The general creditors of the joint venture had no recourse to the general credit of the Company.
20.   Pension and Other Postretirement and Postemployment Benefits
 
    All of the Company’s defined benefit pension plans were merged into plans maintained by a subsidiary of WHX Corporation in 1998. Pension costs were allocated from WHX Corporation to the Company with respect to these plans. No costs were allocated to the Company by WHX Corporation for the seven months ended July 31, 2003. As a result of the Company’s reorganization, effective August 1, 2003, all of these defined benefit pension plans were “frozen”. The Company has no remaining obligation under any of these plans.
 
    Effective August 1, 2003, the Company’s USWA-represented employees became participants in the Steelworkers Pension Trust (SPT), a multi-employer pension plan. The Company is obligated to make monthly contributions to the SPT based on hours worked by USWA-represented employees. During 2005, 2004 and the five months ended December 31, 2003, the Company accrued $10,037, $3,883 and $2,316, respectively, under the plan. During 2005 and 2004, the Company contributed $9,700 and $13,991 to the SPT, respectively, with $8,400 of the amount contributed during 2004 extinguishing an obligation to the SPT recognized as of July 31, 2003 in connection with the application of fresh start reporting.
 
    Effective August 1, 2003, the Company adopted a supplemental defined benefit pension plan for all salaried employees employed as of January 31, 1998, which provides a guaranteed minimum benefit based on years of service and compensation. The total benefit payable under this plan is offset by the employee’s account balance in a salaried defined contribution pension plan, the employee’s accrued benefit payable by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation related to a defined pension benefit plan terminated in 1985 and the employee’s accrued benefit payable as of July 31, 2003 under a plan sponsored by WHX Corporation.
 
    Upon emergence from bankruptcy and pursuant to the collective bargaining agreement with the USW, the Company agreed to provide enhanced benefits to up to 650 union employees who were retirement eligible, and who elected to retire under a job buyout program offered by the Company. Under terms of the plan, individuals electing to retire under the job buyout program were entitled to receive a benefit of $40 payable in equal installments until the individual reached the age of 62 or for a period of two years, whichever was longer. Benefits under the job buyout program have been paid by the Company through its defined benefit pension plan since inception of the program. As a result, it has been determined that obligations under this plan should be included in and disclosed as a part of the defined benefit pension plan as of December 31, 2005. Previously, the Company reported all obligations owing under this plan in the balance sheet as employee benefits payable as of December 31, 2004 and 2003.
 
    The Company maintains health care and life insurance benefit plans for retired salaried employees and for hourly employees retiring after October 1, 2003. Hourly employees who retired prior to October 1, 2003 are provided similar benefits under a Voluntary Employee Benefits Association (VEBA) trust (See Note 21). In general, these plans pay a percentage of medical costs, reduced by deductibles and other coverages. The Company has an agreement with the USWA to limit or cap the per capita cost of benefits to be paid for periods subsequent to February 1, 2009 at the per capita cost incurred during the preceding twelve-month period ending January 1, 2009.
 
    The Company’s health care and life insurance benefit plans for retired employees provides prescription drug benefits. At December 31, 2004, a determination as to whether the Company’s prescription drug benefit plan was actuarially equivalent of benefits provided under Medicare part D could not be made, pending issuance of final guidance on making such a determination. During 2005, based on final guidance, a determination was made that the Company’s prescription drug benefit plan is actuarially equivalent to the prescription drug benefits under Medicare Part D. As a result, the Company will qualify for a Federal subsidy relative to its prescription drug benefit plan. The effect of this subsidy was to reduce the accumulated postretirement benefit obligation by $12,778 at December 31, 2005 and to reduce the net periodic benefit cost for postretirement benefits by $1,910 for the year ended December 31, 2005.
 
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The benefit obligation, change in plan assets, funded status and the amounts recognized in the consolidated balance sheet with respect to the plans were as follows:
                                   
    Pension Benefits       Postretirement Benefits  
    December 31,       December 31,  
    2005     2004       2005     2004  
Change in benefit obligation:
                                 
Benefit obligation, beginning of year
  $ 4,187     $ 1,854       $ 91,568     $ 125,205  
Service cost
    157       78         1,458       2,232  
Interest cost
    246       116         5,041       6,642  
Job buyout program
    4,616                      
Plan amendments
          930               (34,309 )
Actuarial (gain) loss
    168       1,308         833       (2,495 )
Benefits paid
    (72 )     (99 )       (3,312 )     (5,707 )
 
                         
Benefit obligation, end of year
  $ 9,302     $ 4,187       $ 95,588     $ 91,568  
 
                         
                                   
    Pension Benefits       Postretirement Benefits  
    December 31,       December 31,  
    2005     2004       2005     2004  
Change in plan assets:
                                 
Fair value of plan assets beginning of year
  $     $       $     $  
Actual return on plan assets
    52                      
Company contributions
    2,069       99         3,312       5,706  
Job buyout program assets
    4,584                      
Benefits paid
    (72 )     (99 )       (3,312 )     (5,706 )
 
                         
Fair value of plan assets end of year
  $ 6,633     $       $     $  
 
                         
 
                                 
Funded status of plans:
                                 
Fair value of plan assets
  $ (2,669 )   $ (4,187 )     $ (95,588 )   $ (91,568 )
Unrecognized actuarial loss
    1,502       1,462         21,879       21,974  
Unrecognized prior service cost (benefit)
    2,147       2,371         (29,000 )     (33,901 )
 
                         
Net amount recognized
  $ 980     $ (354 )     $ (102,709 )   $ (103,495 )
 
                         
 
                                 
Amount recognized in consolidated balance sheet:
                                 
Intangible pension asset, included in deferred charges and other assets
  $ 1,434     $ 1,001       $     $  
Payroll and employee benefits payable
                  (6,000 )     (6,000 )
Other employee benefits liabilities
    (454 )     (1,355 )       (96,709 )     (97,495 )
 
                         
Net amount recognized
  $ 980     $ (354 )     $ (102,709 )   $ (103,495 )
 
                         
At December 31, 2005, plan assets in the Company’s defined benefit pension plan were invested in money market funds. The Company is currently developing an investment strategy for these plan assets, substantially all of which were contributed to the plan in the fourth quarter of 2005.
The accumulated benefit obligation for the defined benefit pension plan was $7,087 and $1,354 at December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively.

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     Components of net periodic benefit costs were as follows:
                                   
            Reorganized           Predecessor  
           Company       Company  
                    Five Months       Seven Months  
    Year Ended     Ended       Ended  
    December 31,     December 31,       July 31,  
    2005     2004     2003       2003  
Pension benefits
                                 
Net periodic benefit cost:
                                 
Service cost
  $ 157     $ 78     $ 29       $  
Interest cost
    246       116       48          
Amoritization of prior service cost
    224       129       53          
Recognized actuarial loss
    108                      
 
                         
Net periodic benefit cost
  $ 735     $ 323     $ 130       $  
 
                         
                                   
            Reorganized           Predecessor  
           Company       Company  
                    Five Months       Seven Months  
    Year Ended     Ended       Ended  
    December 31,     December 31,       July 31,  
    2005     2004     2003       2003  
Postretirement benefits
                                 
Net periodic benefit cost:
                                 
Service cost
  $ 1,458     $ 2,232     $ 1,042       $ 1,701  
Interest cost
    5,041       6,642       2,965         11,586  
Amoritization of prior service cost
    (4,901 )     (408 )             (1,582 )
Recognized actuarial (gain) loss
    928       408               (1,770 )
 
                         
Net periodic benefit cost
  $ 2,526     $ 8,874     $ 4,007       $ 9,935  
 
                         
Assumptions used to determine benefit obligations and net periodic benefit costs were as follows:
                 
    At December 31,  
    2005     2004  
Expected long-term rate of return
    8.50 %     0.00 %
Discount rate — pension benefit obligation
    5.50 %     5.75 %
Discount rate — postretirement benefit obligation
    5.75 %     5.75 %
Rate of compensation increase
    4.00 %     4.00 %
                         
    Years Ended
    December 31,   December 31,   December 31,
    2005   2004   2003
Expected long-term rate of return
    8.50 %     0.00 %     0.00 %
Discount rate — pension benefit obligation
    5.75 %     6.00 %     6.50 %
Discount rate — postretirement benefit obligation
    5.75 %     6.00 %     6.50 %
Rate of compensation increase
    4.00 %     0.00 %      
The expected long-term rate of return on plan assets is based on expected future rates of return on plan assets considering the current and future investment portfolio. At December 31, 2005, a discount rate of 5.5% was assumed to determine the pension benefit obligation. This rate was based on the yield curve for high-quality

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    corporate bonds as matched to the projected plan payments, a substantial portion of which will be made over a period of time not exceeding ten years.
 
    At December 31, 2005, a discount rate of 5.75% was assumed to determine the postretirement benefit obligation. The plan provides benefits to hourly employees retiring after October 1, 2003 and to salaried employees. For hourly employees who retired prior to October 1, 2003, similar benefits are provided through a VEBA trust, as discussed in Note 21. As a result, the benefit obligation is expected to be satisfied over an extended period of time. For this reason, a discount rate associated with high quality, long-term corporate bonds was used.
 
    Assumed health care cost trend rates were as follows:
                 
    At December 31,  
    2005     2004  
Health care cost trend rate assumed for next year
    10.00 %     11.00 %
Rate to which the cost trend rate gradually declines
    5.00 %     5.00 %
Year that the rate reaches the rate at which it is assumed to remain
    2012       2011  
    Assumed health care cost trend rates have a significant effect on the amounts reported for the health care plan. A one-percentage point change in these assumed rates would have the following effects:
                 
    1%     1%  
    Increase     Decrease  
Effect on service and interest costs
  $ 159     $ (166 )
Effect on accumulated benefit obligation
  $ 1,835     $ (1,988 )
    The Company expects to make the following contributions and make the following benefit payments with respect to its benefit plans:
                 
    Pension     Postretirement  
    Benefits     Benefits  
Employer contributions — 2006
  $          
 
               
Expected benefit payments:
               
2006
    2,397     $ 4,482  
2007
    1,649       4,862  
2008
    1,194       5,514  
2009
    921       6,230  
2010
    683       6,963  
2011 - 2015
    3,393       43,711  
    The Company maintains defined contribution pension plans for both salaried and hourly employees. In general, contributions are made to hourly defined contribution plans based on age and hours worked. In general, contributions are made to salaried defined contribution plans based on age and compensation levels. Contributions to these plans for 2005, 2004, the five months ended December 31, 2003 and the seven months ended July 31, 2003 amounted to $3,010, $2,647, $1,137 and $1,591, respectively.
 
    The Company maintains savings plans (401k plans) for both salaried and hourly employees. Employees may contribute up to 50% of their annual compensation to these plans, subject to statutory limitations. During 2005, the Company made matching contributions to the salaried savings plan of $618, all of which was made in the form of 34,665 shares of common stock of the Company. The Company did not make matching contributions to these savings plans during 2004, the five months ended December 31, 2003 and the seven months ended
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    The Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Act of 1992 (“the Act”) created a new United Mine Workers of America postretirement medical and death benefit plan to replace two existing plans that had developed significant deficits. The Act assigns companies the remaining benefit obligations for former employees and beneficiaries, and a pro rata allocation of benefits related to unassigned beneficiaries (orphans). The Company’s obligation under the Act relates to its previous ownership of coal mining operations. Amounts accrued for these obligations were $1,987 at December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. In 2003 the courts determined that certain retirees and dependents were not the responsibility of the Company. During the fourth quarter of 2003, the Company received net cash proceeds of $7,167 for premiums previously paid which was recorded as income upon receipt.
 
    The Company provides benefits to former or inactive employees after employment but before retirement. Those benefits include, among others, disability, severance and workers’ compensation. Amounts accrued for these obligations at December 31, 2005 and 2004 were $23,215 and $29,200, respectively. These amounts were determined using a discount rate of 5.75% at December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively, and are included in other employee benefit liabilities.
 
21.   VEBA and Profit Sharing Plans
    Hourly employees who retired prior to October 1, 2003, are provided medical and life insurance benefits through a VEBA trust. The VEBA trust was established on October 1, 2003 and was pre-funded with 4 million shares of common stock of the Company. The Company is required to make quarterly contributions to the VEBA trust based on varying levels of operating cash flow, as defined by the plan, ranging from 12% to 40%, in addition to 15% of operating cash flow up to $30 per ton. Quarterly contributions are payable in cash or, at the discretion of the Company, in common stock of the Company.
 
    During 2005, the Company incurred VEBA expense of $4,725 under the plan. Of this amount, $1,500 was satisfied with pre-funded amounts. The Company satisfied $3,200 of the obligation by issuing 151,929 shares of common stock to the plan during 2005. The remaining portion of the obligation was settled in cash. During 2004, the Company incurred an obligation under the plan of $22,949. Of this amount, $11,287 was satisfied with pre-funded amounts, resulting in net VEBA expense of $11,662 for the year. The Company satisfied $6,527 of the obligation by issuing 44,069 and 169,622 shares of common stock to the plan during 2005 and 2004, respectively. The remaining portion of the obligation was settled in cash. At December 31, 2005, the VEBA trust held 3,965,620 shares of common stock of the Company in trust.
 
    Effective October 1, 2003, the Company established a profit sharing plan for hourly and salaried employees. The Company is required to make quarterly contributions to the plan ranging from 4% to 15% of operating cash flow, as defined by the plan, in excess of $30 per ton. Quarterly contributions are payable in cash or, at the discretion of the Company, in common stock of the Company. During 2005, the Company incurred profit sharing expense of $143. The Company satisfied this obligation by issuing 7,968 shares of common stock to the plan during 2005. During 2004, the Company incurred profit sharing expense of $16,454. The Company satisfied this obligation by issuing 547,703 shares of common stock to the plan during the year.

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22.   Income Taxes
 
    The provision for income taxes consisted of the following:
                                   
    Reorganized       Predecessor  
    Company       Company  
                    Five Months       Seven Months  
    Year Ended     Ended       Ended  
    December 31,     December 31,       July 31,  
    2005     2004     2003       2003  
Current
                                 
Federal tax provision (benefit)
  $ (50 )   $ 841     $ 9       $ (659 )
State tax provision
    (21 )     133       6         18  
 
                         
Total
    (71 )     974       15         (641 )
 
                         
Deferred
                                 
Federal tax provision
          28,715                
State tax provision
          3,790                
 
                         
Total
          32,505                
 
                         
Income tax provision (benefit)
  $ (71 )   $ 33,479     $ 15       $ (641 )
 
                         
    The provision for income taxes differs from the amount of income tax determined by applying the applicable U.S. statutory federal income tax rate to pretax income as follows:
                                   
    Reorganized       Predecessor  
    Company       Company  
                    Five Months       Seven Months  
    Year Ended     Ended       Ended  
    December 31,     December 31,       July 31,  
    2005     2004     2003       2003  
Income (loss) before taxes
  $ (34,488 )   $ 95,710     $ (39,022 )     $ 322,790  
 
                         
 
                                 
Tax provision (benefit at statutory rate
  $ (12,071 )   $ 33,499     $ (13,658 )     $ 112,977  
Increase (decrease) in tax due to:
                                 
Equity income in affiliates
    (2,558 )     (4,110 )     (757 )       (712 )
State income tax, net
          3,836       4         12  
Change in valuation allowance
    13,736       279       14,364         27,941  
Fresh start adjustments
                        (140,205 )
Other
    822       (25 )     62         (654 )
 
                         
Income tax provision (benefit)
  $ (71 )   $ 33,479     $ 15       $ (641 )
 
                         

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    The components of deferred tax assets and liabilities were as follows:
                 
    December 31,  
    2005     2004  
Assets:
               
Postretirement and postemployment benefits
  $ 36,152     $ 36,362  
Operating loss carryforwards (expiring 2011 - 2025)
    113,883       83,311  
Minimum tax credit carryforwards
    797       845  
Pension and other employee benefits
    9,609       17,091  
Provision for expenses and losses
    19,115       20,889  
Leases
    1,933       5,389  
State income taxes, net
    11,052       11,489  
Other
    11,055       9,788  
 
           
 
    203,596       185,164  
 
           
 
               
Liabilities:
               
Property, plant and equipment
    (56,636 )     (58,178 )
Inventory
    (32,699 )     (25,900 )
State income taxes, net
    (11,052 )     (11,489 )
Other
    (321 )     (445 )
 
           
 
    (100,708 )     (96,012 )
 
           
 
               
Net
    102,888       89,152  
Valuation allowance
    (102,888 )     (89,152 )
 
           
Net deferred tax asset (liability)
  $     $  
 
           
    Subject to certain rules relating to the use of tax attributes upon emergence from bankruptcy, the Company has the ability to use such attributes, principally net operating losses, without restriction. However, due to uncertainties surrounding future realization of these benefits, a full valuation allowance has been maintained by the Company against the net deferred tax asset. To the extent that tax benefits are realized from the release of this valuation allowance, the recognition of the tax benefit is first used to reduce goodwill, then other intangible assets and finally as an addition to paid in capital. During 2004, tax benefits were recognized to the extent of $32,979.
 
    The statute of limitations has expired for years through 2001. Federal income tax returns have been examined through 1997. Additionally, while the Company is no longer affiliated with WHX, the Company’s former parent, the Company’s tax attributes could be impacted by an audit of WHX for those years in which the Company was a subsidiary of WHX. Management believes it has adequately provided for all taxes on income.

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23.   Common Stock
 
    Common stock share activity was as follows:
                         
    Issued     Treasury     Outstanding  
Balance, December 31, 2002
    100             100  
Fresh start adjustment
    (100 )           (100 )
 
                 
Balance, July 31, 2003
                 
Stock issued — reorganization
    9,500,000             9,500,000  
Stock issued — restricted stock award plan
    500,000             500,000  
 
                 
Balance, December 31, 2003
    10,000,000             10,000,000  
Stock issued — public offering
    3,719,898               3,719,898  
Stock issued — employee benefit plans
    717,325               717,325  
Restricted stock forfeiture
          4,000       (4,000 )
 
                 
Balance, December 31, 2004
    14,437,223       4,000       14,433,223  
Stock issued — employee benefit plans
    238,631               238,631  
Stock issued — restricted stock award plan
    10,500               10,500  
Restricted stock forfeiture
          2,666       (2,666 )
 
                 
Balance, December 31, 2005
    14,686,354       6,666       14,679,688  
 
                 
24.   Supplemental Cash Flow Information
 
    Cash payments for interest and taxes were as follows:
                                   
    Reorganized       Predecessor  
    Company       Company  
                    Five Months       Seven Months  
    Year Ended     Ended       Ended  
    December 31,     December 31,       July 31,  
    2005     2004     2003       2003  
Interest, net of capitalized amounts
  $ 14,247     $ 12,509     $ 6,267       $ 7,827  
Income taxes (refund)
    181       1,600               (600 )
    The Company acquired equipment for $1,092 under a capital lease obligation during 2005.
 
 
 
25.   Financial Instruments
 
    The carrying value and the estimated fair value of the Company’s financial instruments were as follows:
                                 
    December 31, 2005     December 31, 2004  
    Fair Value     Carrying Value     Fair Value     Carrying Value  
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 8,863     $ 8,863     $ 31,198     $ 31,198  
Revolving credit agreement
    17,300       17,300              
Long-term debt:
                               
Senior secured term loan
    218,650       218,650       237,500       237,500  
Other (see discussion below)
    96,807       96,807       96,083       96,083  
    Cash and cash equivalents and short-term debt:
 
    The carrying amount of cash and cash equivalents and short-term debt approximates fair value due to the short maturity of the instruments.
 
    Revolving credit agreement:
 
    Short-term debt carries a fair value rate of interest. The fair value of this instrument is estimated to reasonably approximate its carrying value.

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    Senior secured term loan:
 
    The senior secured term loan is a guaranteed loan and, as such, carries a fair value rate of interest. The fair value of this instrument is estimated to reasonably approximate its carrying value.
 
    Other long-term debt:
 
    Other long-term debt is not publicly traded and carries rates of interest that may or may not reflect a fair value rate of interest. The fair value of these instruments cannot be determined with reasonable accuracy and may or may not approximate carrying value. For this reason, fair value has been presented as being equal to carrying value in the table above. Management understands that certain of these obligations have traded at an amount below carrying value.
 
 
26.   Commitments and Contingencies
 
    Environmental Matters
 
    Prior to confirmation of the Company’s plan of reorganization effective August 1, 2003, the Company settled all pre-petition environmental claims made by state (Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania) and Federal (USEPA) environmental regulatory agencies. Consequently, the Company believes that it has settled and/or discharged environmental liability for any known Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund) sites, pre-petition stipulated penalties related to active consent decrees, or other pre-petition regulatory enforcement actions.
 
    The Company estimates that demands for stipulated penalties and fines for post-petition events and activities through December 31, 2005 could total $2,865, which has been fully reserved by the Company. These claims arise from instances in which the Company exceeded post-petition consent decree terms, including: (a) $2,331 related to a January 30, 1996 USEPA consent decree for the Company’s coke oven gas desulfurization facility; (b) $411 related to a July 1991 USEPA consent decree for water discharges to the Ohio River; (c) $101 related to a September 20, 1999 Ohio EPA consent decree for the Company’s coke oven gas desulfurization facility, and (d) $22 related to a 1992 USEPA consent order for other water discharges issues. The Company may have defenses to these apparent exceedances.
 
    In September 2000, the Company entered into a consent order with the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection wherein the Company agreed to remove contaminated sediments from the bed of the Ohio River. Approximately $489 was spent on these activities in 2005, $1,131 in 2004 and $629 in 2003. During removal activities in 2003, the Company discovered a broader area of contaminated sediments. The Company estimates the cost of removal of the remaining contaminated sediments at $1,700, which has been fully reserved by the Company. The Company currently expects this work to be substantially complete by the end of 2007.
 
    The Company is under a final administrative order issued by the USEPA in June 1998 to conduct a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Facility Investigation to determine the nature and extent of soil and groundwater contamination at its coke plant in Follansbee, West Virginia. USEPA approved the Company’s investigation work plan, and field activities were completed in 2004. The Company submitted the results of this investigation to the USEPA in the third quarter of 2005. It is expected that some remediation measures will be necessary and could commence within the next three to five years. Based on a preliminary estimate of the range of the possible cost to remediate, the Company has reserved $4,674 for such remediation measures.
 
    The Company has also accrued $400 related to a 1989 consent order issued by the USEPA for surface impoundment issues at a coke plant facility owned by the Company’s joint venture.
 
    In July 2005, an additional environmental liability was identified regarding the potential of oil in the subsurface from historical operations to migrate into waters of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Consequently, a remediation plan was developed and implementation of this plan commenced in the fourth quarter of 2005. An estimated expenditure of about $181 is expected to be made in the first quarter of 2006 to address this environmental liability.
 
    Total accrued environmental liabilities amounted to $9,872 and $13,433 at December 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively. These accruals were based on all information available to the Company. As new

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    information becomes available, whether from third parties or otherwise, and as environmental regulations change, the liabilities are reviewed on a quarterly basis and the accruals are adjusted accordingly. Unless stated above, the time frame over which these liabilities will be paid is presently unknown. Further, the Company considers it reasonably possible that it could ultimately incur additional liabilities relative to the above exposures of up to $5,000.
    Capital expenditures for environmental projects totaled $7,410 for the year ended December 31, 2005. The Company estimates capital expenditures for environmental projects to be $5,830 for 2006, $6,150 for 2007 and $5,500 for 2008. However, due to the possibility of unanticipated factual or regulatory developments, the amount and timing of future capital expenditures may vary substantially from such estimates.
 
    Commitments
 
    In June 2005, the Company entered into a contract to purchase up to 20,000 tons of metallurgical coal each month for the period August 2006 through May 2007 at a price of $94.50 per ton. The contract requires the Company to pay an average buy-out cost of $7.50 per ton for each ton of coal that is not taken under the contract. In addition, the Company made a prepayment of $5,100 under the terms of the contract, which will be applied ratably to reduce the cash cost of each ton of coal delivered under the contract. This prepayment will be forfeited if coal is not taken under the contract.
 
    In 2004, the Company entered into a take-or-pay contract to purchase coal each month with a minimum monthly charge of approximately $600. In January 2006, the Company extended this contract to purchase up to 11,500 tons of coal each month through December 31, 2007 at a price ranging from $60 to $65 per ton. Payments for delivery of coal totaled $8,271 in 2005, $ 9,530 in 2004 and $11,760 in 2003 under this contract.
 
    The Company entered into a 15-year take-or-pay contract in 1999 that was amended in 2003 that requires the Company to purchase oxygen, nitrogen and argon each month with a minimum monthly charge of approximately $600, subject to escalation clauses. Payments for delivery of oxygen totaled $10,621 in 2005, $14,200 in 2004 and $9,300 in 2003 under this contract.
 
    The Company entered into a 20-year contract in 1999, which was amended in 2003 that requires the Company to purchase steam and electricity each month or pay a minimum monthly charge of approximately $500, subject to increases for inflation, and a variable charge calculated at a minimum of $3.75 times the number of tons of iron produced each month with an agreed-to minimum of 3,000 tons per day, regardless of whether any tons are produced. Payments for delivery of steam and electricity totaled $9,652 in 2005, $9,150 in 2004 and $8,819 in 2003 under this contract. At December 31, 2005, a maximum termination payment of $30,700 would have been required to terminate the contract to terminate the contract.
 
    Under terms of a joint venture agreement, the Company and its joint venture partner have committed to spend approximately $63,900, $12,100, $9,000 and $9,000 in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, respectively, to refurbish a coke plant facility owned by the joint venture. The Company’s joint venture partner is committed to provide $60,000 in 2006 to fund these expenditures.
 
    Guarantees
 
    In January 2005, the Company entered into an operating lease for certain mobile equipment, which contains a residual lease guarantee approximating $357. This residual lease guarantee has been reflected in the financial statements as an obligation and is included in other current liabilities.
 
    Other
 
    The Company is the subject of, or party to, a number of other pending or threatened legal actions involving a variety of matters. However, based on information currently available, management believes that the disposition of these matters will not have a material adverse effect on the business, results of operations or the financial position of the Company.

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27.   Subsequent Event
 
    On March 10, 2006, the Company reached agreement with both the lenders under its term loan agreement and the Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Board (the Loan Board), the Federal loan guarantor, to waive compliance with the leverage, interest coverage and fixed charge coverage ratios under its term loan agreement through the quarter ending June 30, 2007. In addition, the Company’s term loan amendment requires it to maintain minimum borrowing availability of at least $50,000 under its revolving credit agreement at all times or to comply with a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio, similar to the provision in its revolving credit agreement.
 
 
28.   Summarized Financial Information of Affiliates — Unaudited
 
    The Company owns 35.7% of the outstanding common stock of Wheeling-Nisshin, Inc. and 50% of the outstanding common stock of Ohio Coatings Company, both of which are accounted for using the equity method of accounting. Summarized financial information for these affiliates is as follows:
                 
    December 31,  
    2005     2004  
Current assets
  $ 171,745     $ 151,131  
Noncurrent assets
    92,828       103,132  
 
           
Total assets
  $ 264,573     $ 254,263  
 
           
 
               
Current liabilities
  $ 60,005     $ 48,287  
Noncurrent liabilities
    33,390       37,673  
 
           
Total liabilities
    93,395       85,960  
Total equity
    171,178       168,303  
 
           
Total liabilities and equity
  $ 264,573     $ 254,263  
 
           
                                   
    Reorganized       Predecessor  
    Company       Company  
                    Five Months       Seven Months  
    Year Ended     Ended       Ended  
    December 31,     December 31,       July 31,  
    2005     2004     2003       2003  
Net sales
  $ 605,739     $ 708,423     $ 215,031       $ 302,293  
Cost of goods sold
    550,703       631,001       199,429         276,641  
Other operating costs
    29,882       25,306       7,942         17,336  
 
                         
Operating income
    25,154       52,116       7,660         8,316  
Non-operating income (loss)
    (104 )     (1,623 )     (971 )       (1,502 )
Provision for income taxes
    (8,175 )     (16,617 )     (1,452 )       (1,302 )
 
                         
Net income
  $ 16,875     $ 33,876     $ 5,237       $ 5,512  
 
                         
    Amounts previously reported as of December 31, 2004 and for the year then ended have been adjusted to reflect actual amounts, after all audit adjustments.
 
 
29.   Summarized Combined Financial Information
 
    WPSC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (WPC), is the issuer of the outstanding $40 million Series A notes and $20 million Series B notes. The Series A and Series B notes were not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Act of 1934. The Series A notes and Series B notes are each fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, by WPC and its present and future subsidiaries. WPSC and

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    each subsidiary guarantor of the Series A and Series B notes are 100%-owned by the parent guarantor, WPC. Because the subsidiary guarantors are minor, individually and in the aggregate, the combined consolidating financial information for WPC and the subsidiary guarantors has been combined below in the column entitled “WPC and Subsidiary Guarantors.”
 
    Prior to the Company’s reorganization in bankruptcy, WPC, then a wholly-owned subsidiary of WHX Corporation, a public company, had issued $275,000 principal amount 9 1/4% senior notes in a registered exchange offer under the Securities Act of 1933. These notes were fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, by WPC’s then-existing and future operating subsidiaries. As discussed more fully in Note 2 above, the WPC 9 1/4% senior notes were extinguished pursuant to the Company’s plan of reorganization on or about August 1, 2003.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET
December 31, 2005
Reorganized Company
                                 
                    Consolidating        
    WPC and             and        
    Subsidiary             Eliminating     WPC  
    Guarantors     WPSC     Entries     Consolidated  
Assets
                               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $     $ 8,863     $     $ 8,863  
Trade accounts receivables
          132,643             132,643  
Inventories
          166,566             166,566  
Other current assets
    122       21,610             21,732  
 
                       
Total current assets
    122       329,682             329,804  
Intercompany receivables
          4,940       (4,940 )      
Investments and advances in affiliates
    267,569       55,100       (267,569 )     55,100  
Property, plant and equipment — net
    2,255       555,245             557,500  
Restricted cash
          13,691             13,691  
Other non-current assets
    896       63,257             64,153  
 
                       
Total assets
  $ 270,842     $ 1,021,915     $ (272,509 )   $ 1,020,248  
 
                       
 
                               
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                               
Accounts payable
  $     $ 117,821     $     $ 117,821  
Other current liabilities
    276       141,785             142,061  
 
                       
Total current liabilities
    276       259,606             259,882  
Intercompany payable
    4,940             (4,940 )      
Long-term debt
          284,100             284,100  
Other non-current liabilities
    122       136,406             136,528  
Minority interest
            74,234               74,234  
Stockholders’ equity
    265,504       267,569       (267,569 )     265,504  
 
                       
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 270,842     $ 1,021,915     $ (272,509 )   $ 1,020,248  
 
                       

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET
December 31, 2004
Reorganized Company
                                 
                    Consolidating        
    WPC and             and        
    Subsidiary             Eliminating     WPC  
    Guarantors     WPSC     Entries     Consolidated  
Assets
                               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $     $ 31,198     $     $ 31,198  
Trade accounts receivables
          144,509             144,509  
Inventories
          156,669             156,669  
Other current assets
    16       29,937             29,953  
 
                       
Total current assets
    16       362,313             362,329  
Intercompany receivables
          4,075       (4,075 )      
Investments and advances in affiliates
    291,625       53,016       (291,625 )     53,016  
Property, plant and equipment — net
    2,306       485,002             487,308  
Restricted cash
          12,502             12,502  
Other non-current assets
    1,023       39,308             40,331  
 
                       
Total assets
  $ 294,970     $ 956,216     $ (295,700 )   $ 955,486  
 
                       
 
                               
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                               
Accounts payable
  $     $ 92,434     $     $ 92,434  
Other current liabilities
    276       116,429             116,705  
 
                       
Total current liabilities
    276       208,863             209,139  
Intercompany payable
    4,075             (4,075 )      
Long-term debt
          302,156             302,156  
Other non-current liabilities
    14       153,572             153,586  
Stockholders’ equity
    290,605       291,625       (291,625 )     290,605  
 
                       
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 294,970     $ 956,216     $ (295,700 )   $ 955,486  
 
                       

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
Year Ended December 31, 2005
Reorganized Company
                                 
                    Consolidating        
    WPC and             and        
    Subsidiary             Eliminating     WPC  
    Guarantors     WPSC     Entries     Consolidated  
Income Data
                               
Net sales
  $     $ 1,560,513     $     $ 1,560,513  
Cost of products sold
          1,479,474             1,479,474  
Depreciation and amortizaton expense
          33,984             33,984  
Selling, administrative and general expense
    1,397       70,155             71,552  
 
                       
Operating loss
    (1,397 )     (23,100 )           (24,497 )
Interest expense
          (21,834 )           (21,834 )
Other income including equity earnings of affiliates
    (32,437 )     11,620       32,660       11,843  
 
                       
Loss before income taxes
    (33,834 )     (33,314 )     32,660       (34,488 )
Income tax provision (benefit)
          (71 )           (71 )
 
                       
Loss before minority interest
    (33,834 )     (33,243 )     32,660       (34,417 )
Minority interest
          583             583  
 
                       
Net loss
  $ (33,834 )   $ (32,660 )   $ 32,660     $ (33,834 )
 
                       
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
Year Ended December 31, 2004
Reorganized Company
                                 
                    Consolidating        
    WPC and             and        
    Subsidiary             Eliminating     WPC  
    Guarantors     WPSC     Entries     Consolidated  
Income Data
                               
Net sales
  $     $ 1,405,794     $     $ 1,405,794  
Cost of products sold
          1,206,773             1,206,773  
Depreciation and amortizaton expense
          33,433             33,433  
Selling, administrative and general expense
    1,503       66,117             67,620  
 
                       
Operating income (loss)
    (1,503 )     99,471             97,968  
Interest expense
          (19,778 )           (19,778 )
Other income including equity earnings of affiliates
    63,260       17,520       (63,260 )     17,520  
 
                       
Income before income taxes
    61,757       97,213       (63,260 )     95,710  
Income tax provision (benefit)
    (474 )     33,953             33,479  
 
                       
Net income
  $ 62,231     $ 63,260     $ (63,260 )   $ 62,231  
 
                       

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
Five Months Ended December 31, 2003
Reorganized Company
                                 
                    Consolidating        
    WPC and             and        
    Subsidiary             Eliminating     WPC  
    Guarantors     WPSC     Entries     Consolidated  
Income Data
                               
Net sales
  $     $ 396,902     $     $ 396,902  
Cost of products sold
          395,950             395,950  
Depreciation and amortization expense
          10,473             10,473  
Selling, administrative and general expense
    496       23,175               23,671  
Reorganization and professional fee expense
    (35 )                 (35 )
 
                       
Operating loss
    (461 )     (32,696 )           (33,157 )
Interest expense
          (10,215 )           (10,215 )
Other income including equity earnings of affiliates
    (38,576 )     4,350       38,576       4,350  
 
                       
Loss before income taxes
    (39,037 )     (38,561 )     38,576       (39,022 )
Income tax provision
          15             15  
 
                       
Net loss
  $ (39,037 )   $ (38,576 )   $ 38,576     $ (39,037 )
 
                       
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
Seven Months Ended July 31, 2003
Predecessor Company
                                 
                    Consolidating        
                    and        
            Subsidiary     Eliminating     WPC  
    WPC     Guarantors     Entries     Consolidated  
Income Data
                               
Net sales
  $     $ 570,439     $     $ 570,439  
Cost of products sold
    (7,982 )     571,814             563,832  
Depreciation and amortization expense
          39,889             39,889  
Selling, administrative and general expense
    242       29,664             29,906  
Reorganization and professional fee expense
          8,140             8,140  
 
                       
Operating income (loss)
    7,740       (79,068 )           (71,328 )
Interest expense
          (12,677 )     3,492       (9,185 )
Other income including equity earnings of affiliates
    319,540       1,705       (318,017 )     3,228  
Reorganization income
          400,075             400,075  
 
                       
Income before income taxes
    327,280       310,035       (314,525 )     322,790  
Income tax provision (benefit)
    3,638       (4,279 )           (641 )
 
                       
Net income
  $ 323,642     $ 314,314     $ (314,525 )   $ 323,431  
 
                       

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
Year Ended December 31, 2005
Reorganized Company
                                 
                    Consolidating        
    WPC and             and        
    Subsidiary             Eliminating     WPC  
    Guarantors     WPSC     Entries     Consolidated  
Net cash provided by operating activities
  $     $ 11,557     $     $ 11,557  
 
                       
Investing activities:
                               
Capital expenditures
          (103,710 )           (103,710 )
Restricted cash used to fund capital expenditures
          (1,189 )             (1,189 )
Other
          2,650             2,650  
 
                       
Net cash used in investing activities
          (102,249 )           (102,249 )
 
                       
Financing activities:
                               
Net borrowings
          (3,769 )           (3,769 )
Book overdraft
          12,126             12,126  
Minority interest in consoldiated subsidiary
          60,000             60,000  
 
                       
Net cash provided by financing activities
          68,357             68,357  
 
                       
Net change in cash and cash equivalents
          (22,335 )           (22,335 )
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
          31,198             31,198  
 
                       
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
  $     $ 8,863     $     $ 8,863  
 
                       
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
Year Ended December 31, 2004
Reorganized Company
                                 
                    Consolidating        
    WPC and             and        
    Subsidiary             Eliminating     WPC  
    Guarantors     WPSC     Entries     Consolidated  
Net cash provided by operating activities
  $     $ 72,025     $     $ 72,025  
 
                       
Investing activities:
                               
Capital expenditures
          (132,442 )           (132,442 )
Restricted cash used to fund capital expenditures
          74,636               74,636  
Other
    (99,967 )     1,753       99,967       1,753  
 
                       
Net cash used in investing activities
    (99,967 )     (56,053 )     99,967       (56,053 )
 
                       
Financing activities:
                               
Net borrowings
          (91,446 )           (91,446 )
Book overdraft
          2,208             2,208  
Issuance of common stock and paid in capital
    99,967       99,697       (99,967 )     99,697  
 
                       
Net cash provided by financing activities
    99,967       10,459       (99,967 )     10,459  
 
                       
Net change in cash and cash equivalents
          26,431             26,431  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
          4,767             4,767  
 
                       
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
  $     $ 31,198     $     $ 31,198  
 
                       

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
Five Months Ended December 31, 2003
Reorganized Company
                                 
                    Consolidating        
    WPC and             and        
    Subsidiary             Eliminating     WPC  
    Guarantors     WPSC     Entries     Consolidated  
Net cash used in operating activities
  $ (52 )   $ (35,206 )   $     $ (35,258 )
 
                       
Investing activities:
                               
Capital expenditures
          (37,828 )           (37,828 )
Restricted cash used to fund capital expenditures
          24,862               24,862  
Other
          325             325  
 
                       
Net cash used in investing activities
          (12,641 )           (12,641 )
 
                       
Financing activities:
                               
Net borrowings
          42,127             42,127  
Book overdraft
          3,157             3,157  
 
                       
Net cash provided by financing activities
          45,284             45,284  
 
                       
Net change in cash and cash equivalents
    (52 )     (2,563 )           (2,615 )
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
    52       7,330             7,382  
 
                       
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
  $     $ 4,767     $     $ 4,767  
 
                       
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
Seven Months Ended July 31, 2003
Predecessor Company
                                 
                    Consolidating        
                    and        
            Subsidiary     Eliminating     WPC  
    WPC     Guarantors     Entries     Consolidated  
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
  $ (115,882 )   $ 116,069     $     $ 187  
 
                       
Investing activities:
                               
Capital expenditures
          (2,866 )           (2,866 )
Other
    (102,485 )     103,286             801  
 
                       
Net cash provided by (used in) used in investing activities
    (102,485 )     100,420             (2,065 )
 
                       
Financing activities:
                               
Net borrowings
          390             390  
Book overdraft
          327             327  
Other
    218,382       (218,382 )            
 
                       
Net cash provided by (used in) used in financing activities
    218,382       (217,665 )           717  
 
                       
Net change in cash and cash equivalents
    15       (1,176 )           (1,161 )
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
    37       8,506             8,543  
 
                       
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
  $ 52     $ 7,330     $     $ 7,382  
 
                       

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30.   Revenues by Product
 
    Revenues from external customers by product line were as follows:
                                   
    Reorganized       Predecessor  
    Company       Company  
                    Five Months       Seven Months  
    Year Ended     Ended       Ended  
    December 31,     December 31,       July 31,  
    2005     2004     2003       2003  
Product:
                                 
Hot Rolled
  $ 420,745     $ 365,089     $ 85,305       $ 106,545  
Cold Rolled
    471,235       514,511       143,925         243,841  
Galvanized
    109,264       132,178       22,575         26,446  
Fabricated products
    466,914       375,090       137,137         179,083  
Ore, coke and coke by products
    85,268       9,074       5,752         9,155  
Conversion and other*
    7,087       9,852       2,208         5,369  
 
                         
Total
  $ 1,560,513     $ 1,405,794     $ 396,902       $ 570,439  
 
                         
 
*   Includes conversion and resale products.
31.   Selected Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited) Financial results by quarter were as follows:
 
    Financial results by quarter were as follows:
                                         
            Income (loss)           Basic   Fully Diluted
            from   Net   Earnings   Earnings
            Continuing   Income   (loss)   (loss)
    Net Sales   Operations   (loss)   Per Share   Per Share
Predecessor Company
                                       
2003
                                       
1st Quarter
  $ 238,672     $ (45,625 )   $ (45,625 )     *       *  
2nd Quarter
    250,469       (21,474 )     (21,474 )     *       *  
July
    81,298       390,530 **     390,530       *       *  
 
                                       
Reorganized Company
                                       
2003
                                       
August and September
  $ 159,789     $ (15,237 )   $ (15,237 )   $ (1.60 )   $ (1.60 )
4th Quarter
    237,113       (23,693 )     (23,693 )   $ (2.49 )   $ (2.49 )
 
                                       
2004
                                       
1st Quarter
  $ 274,206     $ (6,718 )   $ (6,718 )   $ (0.71 )   $ (0.71 )
2nd Quarter
    356,121       26,997       26,997     $ 2.84     $ 2.79  
3rd Quarter
    401,800       35,534       35,534     $ 3.52     $ 3.42  
4th Quarter
    373,667       6,418       6,418     $ 0.46     $ 0.45  

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          Income (loss)         Basic     Fully Diluted  
            from     Net     Earnings     Earnings  
            Continuing     Income     (loss)     (loss)  
    Net Sales     Operations     (loss)     Per Share     Per Share  
Reorganized Company
                                       
2005
                                       
1st Quarter
  $ 399,508     $ 8,100     $ 8,100     $ 0.57     $ 0.56  
2nd Quarter
    415,237       2,627       2,627     $ 0.18     $ 0.18  
3rd Quarter
    374,891       (21,147 )     (21,147 )   $ (1.47 )   $ (1.47 )
4th Quarter
    370,877       (23,414 )     (23,414 )   $ (1.61 )   $ (1.61 )
   
 
 
*   Prior to July 31, 2003, earnings per share are not meaningful because the Company was a wholly-owned subsidiary of WHX.  
 
**   Includes reorganization income of $400,075.  
     
Item 9.
  CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
None.
Item 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Conclusions Regarding the Effectiveness of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this annual report pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-15. Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to ensure that material information relating to us (including our subsidiaries) required to be included in our reports we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission is processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms.
Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting is included in this report in Item 8 – “Financial Statements and Supplemental Data—Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting.”
Attestation Report of Registered Public Accounting Firm
Management’s assessment of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005 and 2004 has been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm. Their report is included in Item 8 – “Financial Statements and Supplemental Data—Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.”
Change in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There have been no significant changes in internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fourth fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
Item 9B. OTHER INFORMATION
None.

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PART III
Item 10. DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY
The following table sets forth certain information with respect to directors and executive officers of WPC and WPSC as of February 28, 2006:
         
Name   Age   Position
James G. Bradley
  60   Chairman of the Board and Class 3 Director of WPC,
 
      President and Chief Executive Officer of WPC,
 
      Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
 
      of WPSC and Director of WPSC
Paul J. Mooney
  54   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
      of WPC and WPSC, Class 1 Director of WPC and
 
      Director of WPSC
Harry L. Page
  59   President and Chief Operating Officer of WPSC
John W. Testa
  69   Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer of WPC,
 
      Senior Vice President, Chief Restructuring Officer
 
      and Secretary of WPSC and Director of WPSC
Daniel C. Keaton
  55   Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Public
 
      Relations of WPSC
Donald E. Keaton
  47   Vice President, Steel Manufacturing and
 
      Procurement of WPSC
James E. Muldoon
  62   Vice President, Business Development, of WPSC
Steven W. Sorvold
  51   Vice President, Commercial, of WPSC and Chief
 
      Operating Officer of Wheeling Corrugating Company
Michael P. DiClemente
  52   Treasurer of WPSC
James L. Bowen
  70   Class 2 Director of WPC
Edward J. Curry, Jr.
  59   Class 3 Director of WPC
Michael D. Dingman, Jr.
  52   Class 2 Director of WPC
Robert E. Heaton
  75   Class 3 Director of WPC
Roland L. Hobbs
  73   Class 2 Director of WPC and Director of WPSC
Alicia H. Munnell
  63   Class 1 Director of WPC
D. Clark Ogle
  59   Class 2 Director of WPC
James B. Riley
  54   Class 3 Director of WPC
Lynn R. Williams
  81   Class 1 Director of WPC
JAMES G. BRADLEY became a member of the Board of WPC in August 2003 and has been Chairman of the Board since September 2003 and the President and Chief Executive Officer of WPC since April 1998. Mr. Bradley has been Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of WPSC since April 1998 and served as the President of WPSC from April 1998 to March 2005. Mr. Bradley was an Executive Vice President of WHX Corporation from April 1998 to August 2003. Previously, he was the President and Chief Operating Officer of Koppel Steel Company from October 1997 to April 1998. From October 1995 to October 1997, Mr. Bradley served as Executive Vice President — Operations of WPSC and as Vice President of WHX Corporation. Mr. Bradley has been a director of WPSC since November 2000.
PAUL J. MOONEY has been a director of WPC since August 2003 and an Executive Vice President and the Chief Financial Officer of WPC and WPSC since October 1997. Previously, he served as the Vice President of WHX Corporation from October 1997 to December 2001. From 1985 to November 1997, Mr. Mooney was a Client Service and Engagement Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. He also served, from July 1996 to November 1997, as the National Director of Cross Border Filing Services with the Accounting, Auditing and SEC Services Department of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, and from 1988 to June 1996, as the Pittsburgh Site Leader of

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PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP’s Accounting and Business Advisory Services Department. Mr. Mooney has been a director of WPSC since July 2003.
HARRY L. PAGE has been the President and Chief Operating Officer of WPSC since April 2005. Previously, he served as the Vice President, Engineering, Technology & Metallurgy of WPSC from January 1999 to April 2005. From March 1998 to January 1999, he served as Vice President, Engineering and Environmental Control of WPSC. Prior to joining WPSC, Mr. Page was the Senior Director, Engineering, Cleveland works of LTV Steel Company, Inc. from December 1997 to March 1998 and the General Manager of Engineering and Asset Management of LTV Steel from June 1993 to December 1997. Mr. Page held various engineering positions of increasing responsibility at LTV Steel from 1968 to 1998.
JOHN W. TESTA has been a Vice President and the Secretary and Treasurer of WPC since July 2001. Additionally, since July 2001, Mr. Testa has been a Senior Vice President and the Chief Restructuring Officer and Corporate Secretary of WPSC. He served as a consultant from November 2000 to July 2001 and as Vice President — Office of the Chairman of WPC from February 1999 to November 2000. Additionally, Mr. Testa served as Vice President, Secretary & Treasurer of WPSC from February 1994 to February 1999 and as Vice President and Treasurer of WPSC from May 1980 to February 1994. Mr. Testa has been a director of WPSC since July 2003.
DANIEL C. KEATON has been the Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Public Relations of WPSC since 1999, and he served as Vice President, Human Resources of WPSC from 1992 to 1999. Previously, Mr. Keaton held various labor relations and human resources positions at WPSC from 1981 to 1992.
DONALD E. KEATON has been the Vice President, Steel Manufacturing and Procurement of WPSC since February 2001. Previously, he served as the Vice President, Primary Operations of WPSC from October 1998 to February 2001, and as Division Manager — Iron making of WPSC from September 1997 to October 1998. Prior to joining WPSC, Mr. Keaton was employed at AK Steel from June 1981 until September 1997. Messrs. Daniel C. Keaton and Donald E. Keaton are not related.
JAMES E. MULDOON has been the Vice President, Business Development since October 2003, Vice President of WPSC since October 1997 and Division President of Wheeling Corrugating Company, a division of WPSC, from August 2000 to October 2003. Mr. Muldoon served as Vice President (and General Manager) of Wheeling Corrugating Company from October 1998 to August 2000 and as Vice President of Purchasing, Traffic and Raw Materials of WPSC from October 1997 to October 1998. Prior to joining WPSC, Muldoon worked as the General Manager of Purchasing for the former steel business (now known as United States Steel Corporation) of USX Corporation (now known as Marathon Oil Corporation) from 1987 to 1997.
STEVEN W. SORVOLD has been the Vice President, Commercial of WPSC since June 2003 and Chief Operating Officer of Wheeling Corrugating Company, a division of WPSC, since November 2003. From January 2002 to May 2003, he served as the General Manager, Commercial, Steel Division of WPSC, with responsibility for all of WPSC’s commercial operations. From March 2000 to January 2002, he was General Manager of Custom and Specialty Products for Wheeling Corrugating Company. Previously, he worked with Armco Steel Co. (now known as AK Steel Corporation) as General Manager, Sales and Marketing, Coated Products from January 1995 to January 2000. In addition, Mr. Sorvold was employed by National Steel Service Center and by United States Steel Corporation.
MICHAEL P. DiCLEMENTE has been the Treasurer of WPSC since February 2004. Mr. DiClemente was previously employed as an Investment Advisor by Yanni Partners, a national investment consulting firm from 2002 to 2004. Previously, from 2001 to 2002, Mr. DiClemente served as Executive Financial Consultant of Mitsubishi Corporation, a global trading company. Prior to that he served Aristech Chemical Corporation for 14 years in a variety of finance positions, including most recently, as Treasurer. Mr. DiClemente also served for nine years in a number of accounting and finance positions at USX Corporation (now know as United States Steel Corporation).
JAMES L. BOWEN became a director of WPC in August 2003. Mr. Bowen served as the President of the West Virginia AFL-CIO from November 1997 through August 2004. Previously, Mr. Bowen served as Vice President for both the West Virginia and the Ohio AFL-CIO. Mr. Bowen was an active member of the United Steelworkers of America for forty-two years, and an International Representative for thirty-two years. He has been involved with

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the West Virginia AFL-CIO since 1965. Mr. Bowen served as a director of WPSC from July 1998 to August 2003. Mr. Bowen is a designee of the United Steelworkers of America to the WPC board of directors pursuant to the terms of the collective bargaining agreement among the USWA, WPSC and WPC.
EDWARD J. CURRY, JR. became a director of WPC in August 2003. Mr. Curry has worked as a management consultant with Curry & Hurd LLC providing merger and acquisition, strategic planning and operations consulting since October 2000. From September 1995 to September 2000, Mr. Curry served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Moore Products Co. (acquired by Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc. in February 2000), an international developer and manufacturer of process measurement and control instrumentation, systems and dimensional measurement solutions. Mr. Curry formerly was a certified public accountant in the State of Pennsylvania.
MICHAEL D. DINGMAN, JR. became a director of WPC in August 2003. Since September 2000, Mr. Dingman has served as the Chief Financial Officer of Intrado, Inc., a provider of 9-1-1 information services and systems to telecommunications companies. Prior to joining Intrado, from March 1999 to August 2000, Mr. Dingman had been the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Internet Commerce and Communication (formerly RMI NET, Inc.), which entered Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in July 2001 and was purchased by ICC Speed Cell, LLC in October 2001 pursuant to a bankruptcy court-approved asset purchase agreement. Mr. Dingman’s prior work experience includes five years of banking in merger and acquisitions with Lazard Freres in New York during the late 1980’s, three years as an independent consultant specializing in debt restructuring and workouts during the early 1990’s and five years as an investment advisor specializing in corporate retirement plans and high-net-worth accounts.
ROBERT E. HEATON became a director of WPC in August 2003. Mr. Heaton has been a director of Blonder Tongue Laboratories, Inc. since March 1998 and he also presently serves on the board of Calstrip Steel Corp. In addition, Mr. Heaton has served on the board of directors of Bayou Steel Corporation since 2002, and he was appointed as its chairman of the board of directors in July 2004. Bayou Steel Corporation filed a petition for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in January 2003 and emerged from Chapter 11 in February 2004. Mr. Heaton also became a director of Pittsburgh Alliance Co. in 2004. From April 1993 through April 1995, Mr. Heaton served as Vice Chairman of the Stainless Steel Group of Lukens, Inc. From April 1981 through April 1993, Mr. Heaton was President and Chief Executive Officer of Washington Steel Corporation until it was acquired by Lukens, Inc. Mr. Heaton is a past Chairman of the Specialty Steel Industry of North America.
ROLAND L. HOBBS has been a director of WPC since 1998, and from 2000 to August 2003, he was a director of WPSC. He was a director of WesBanco Inc., a multi-state bank holding company, from 1976 to April 2004 and Chairman of Oglebay Foundation, Inc. Mr. Hobbs is a member of the Wheeling Park Commission. Mr. Hobbs has been a director of WPSC since July 2003 and had been a director of WPSC for several years prior to our reorganization.
ALICIA H. MUNNELL became a director of WPC in August 2003. Since 1997, Ms. Munnell has served as the Peter F. Drucker Professor in Management Sciences at Boston College’s Carroll School of Management. Previously, Ms. Munnell was a member or the President’s Council of Economic Advisers and Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury For Economic Policy. Ms. Munnell spent most of her career at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston where she became Senior Vice President and Director of Research in 1984. Ms. Munnell’s husband is a partner at Bingham McCutchen LLP, a law firm retained by us during the current and immediately prior fiscal year.
D. CLARK OGLE became a director of WPC in August 2003. Since May 2004, Mr. Ogle has served as Trustee of the Agway Liquidating Trust. Mr. Ogle served from August 2002 to June 2003 as the Chief Executive Officer of Nationsrent, Inc., a $500 million publicly traded company, which emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy in June 2003. Previously, Mr. Ogle served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Samsonite Commercial Furniture, Inc. from February 2002 to August 2002; as President and Chief Executive Officer of Johnston Industries, a textile company, from March 1998 to July 2001; and as Managing Director of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, leading the Recovery Practice of the retail and wholesale food industry, from October 1996 to March 1998. Prior to joining KPMG, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Teamsports, Inc., a sportswear distributor. In addition, Mr. Ogle has held several other senior executive positions in the food and food distribution industry.

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JAMES B. RILEY became a director of WPC in August 2003. Since October 2005, Mr. Riley has served as a Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of CSK Auto, Inc. From January 2001 through August 2004, Mr. Riley served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Chiquita Brands International, Inc., which entered Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in November 2001 and completed financial restructuring on March 19, 2002, when its pre-arranged plan of reorganization under Chapter 11 became effective. Previously, Mr. Riley served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Elliott Company from May 1999 to January 2001; as Principal of James Burns Riley & Associates from September 1998 to May 1999; and as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Republic Engineered Steels, Inc. from November 1989 to September 1998. Mr. Riley has also held various positions with LTV Steel Company, including Manager of Financial Analysis and Planning, Controller Coal Division, Manager of Seamless Pipe Operations, Assistant to the President and Assistant Controller Raw Materials and Assistant Controller of the Bar Division.
LYNN R. WILLIAMS became a director of WPC in August 2003. From 1997 to 2003, Mr. Williams served as President of the Steelworkers Organization of Active Retirees. Previously, Mr. Williams was the President Emeritus of the United Steelworkers of America, serving from November 1983 to March 1994. Additionally, since March 1994, Mr. Williams has served as an arbitrator for the AFL-CIO under Article XXI of its constitution. Mr. Williams has served on various boards of directors, including the board of WPSC from January 2001 to August 2003 and from July 1998 to November 2000, the board of WHX Corporation from December 1995 to December 1997, the board of Republic Engineered Products LLC since August 2002, and the board of Republic Technologies International from August 1999 to August 2002. Mr. Williams is a designee of the United Steelworkers of America to the WPC Board of Directors pursuant to the terms of the collective bargaining agreement among the USWA, WPSC and WPC.
COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Our board of directors consists of eleven members, initially with staggered initial terms of office as follows: Paul J. Mooney, Alicia H. Munnell and Lynn R. Williams initially served as Class 1 directors; James L. Bowen, Michael D. Dingman, Jr., Roland L. Hobbs and D. Clark Ogle initially served as Class 2 directors; and James G. Bradley, Edward J. Curry, Jr., Robert E. Heaton and James B. Riley initially served as Class 3 directors. Beginning with the 2006 annual meeting of stockholders, all directors will be elected annually to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders.
Until the 2006 annual meeting of stockholders, any director or the entire board may be removed only for cause and only by the holders of at least a majority of the shares of common stock. Thereafter, any director or the entire board may be removed with or without cause by the holders of at least a majority of the shares of common stock.
Pursuant to the collective bargaining agreement among the USWA, WPSC and WPC, the USWA has the right to designate two individuals to serve on our board. The individuals identified to serve on our board by the International President of the USWA must be acceptable to the chairman of the board, whose acceptance must not be unreasonably withheld, and upon such acceptance, recommended by the chairman to our board’s nominating committee which, absent compelling reasons, must promptly recommend such individual(s) to the full board for nomination to serve as a director. Once elected, a USWA nominee serves a regular term as director. Messrs. Bowen and Williams currently serve as the USWA designees to our board of directors.
COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Our board of directors has established an audit committee, a compensation committee, a nominating/governance committee, an executive committee, a safety committee and a finance committee.
Audit committee
Our audit committee currently consists of Edward J. Curry, Jr., Michael D. Dingman, Jr., Robert E. Heaton, Roland L. Hobbs and James B. Riley, each of whom is an independent director. The Company’s Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Riley is an “audit committee financial expert,” as defined under SEC rules, and that he is “independent,” as determined under applicable NASD listing standards. The audit committee is responsible for

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selecting our independent registered public accounting firm and approving the scope, fees and terms of all audit engagements and permissible non-audit services performed by the independent registered public accounting firm, as well as assessing the independence of our independent registered public accounting firm from management. The audit committee also assists the board in oversight of our financial reporting process and integrity of its financial statements, and also reviews other matters with respect to our accounting, auditing and financial reporting practices as it may find appropriate or may be brought to our attention.
Compensation committee
Our compensation committee currently consists of James L. Bowen, Edward J. Curry, Jr., Alicia H. Munnell and D. Clark Ogle, each of whom is an independent director. The compensation committee has authority over all compensation matters for senior executives. It reviews executive salaries, administers bonuses, incentive compensation and stock plans and approves the salaries and other benefits of our executive officers. In addition, the compensation committee consults with our management regarding our benefit plans and compensation policies and practices.
Nominating/governance committee
Our nominating/governance committee currently consists of Edward J. Curry, Jr., Michael D. Dingman, Jr., Roland L. Hobbs and D. Clark Ogle, each of whom is an independent director and is responsible for recommending to the board proposed nominees for election to the board of directors. Additionally, this committee conducts annual evaluations of our board of directors and its committees, and performs an annual review of our corporate governance guidelines and code of business conduct and ethics, and recommends changes as considered necessary and appropriate.
Executive committee
Our executive committee currently consists of James G. Bradley, Robert E. Heaton, Roland L. Hobbs and James B. Riley and is authorized to act on behalf of the full board of directors between regularly scheduled board meetings, with certain limitations.
Safety committee
Our safety committee currently consists of James L. Bowen, James G. Bradley and Lynn R. Williams. Such committee assists the board of directors in promoting the safety of our employees and assuring compliance with applicable safety laws and regulations. In addition, the safety committee develops, recommends to our board of directors, and oversees the implementation of such safety guidelines, policies and procedures as it deems necessary.
Finance committee
Our finance committee currently consists of Michael D. Dingman, Jr., Robert E. Heaton, Paul J. Mooney, Alicia H. Munnell and Lynn R. Williams. It oversees our financial objectives, policies, procedures and activities, and advises our board of directors and management with respect to all activities, plans and policies affecting our financial affairs.
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPANTS
Our Compensation Committee reviews and acts on matters relating to compensation levels and benefit plans for our key executives. The Compensation Committee during fiscal 2004 consisted of James L. Bowen, Edward J. Curry, Jr., Alicia H. Munnell and D. Clark Ogle. No member of the compensation committee has ever been an officer or employee of ours, or any of our subsidiaries. We do not have any compensation committee interlocks.
Code of Ethics
We have adopted a code of business conduct and ethics (the “Company Code”) that applies to all of our directors, executive officers and employees, and which meets the definition of a “code of ethics” under applicable SEC rules. The Company Code is available free of charge under the “Investors Relations” heading on the Company’s Website at http://www.wpsc.com. We intend to post on its Website any amendment to the Company Code, or any waiver from a provision of the Company Code relating to the elements of a “code of ethics” under SEC rules, where such

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waiver is to our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller (or persons performing similar functions).
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
Pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, the directors and executive officers and beneficial owners of greater than 10% of our Common Stock are required to file reports with the SEC in respect of their ownership of our securities. We believe that during fiscal year 2005 all such required reports were filed on a timely basis.
Item 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The following table sets forth information concerning the annual and long-term compensation in each of the last three fiscal years for our Chief Executive Officer and our four other most highly compensated executive officers.
Summary Compensation Table
                                                 
                                    Long-term        
            Annual Compensation     Compensation        
                                    Restricted        
                            Other Annual     Stock     All Other  
Name and Principal Position   Year     Salary     Bonus     Compensation (1)     Awards (2)     Compensation (3)  
James G. Bradley (9)
    2005     $ 520,000     $ 300,000 (4)   $     $     $ 35,325 (5)(6)
President and Chief Executive
    2004       404,000                         35,025 (5)(6)
Officer of WPC and Chief
    2003       371,088                 $ 900,000       34,500 (5)(6)
Executive Officer of WPSC
                                               
 
                                               
Paul J. Mooney
    2005       275,000       250,250 (4)(7)                 20,902 (5)
Executive Vice President and
    2004       264,000       44,000 (7)                 20,477 (5)
Chief Financial Officer of
    2003       255,120       44,000 (7)           642,855       45,052 (5)(8)
WPC and WPSC
                                               
 
                                               
Harry L. Page
    2005       237,503       169,100 (4)                 31,775 (6)
President and Chief
    2004       163,200       27,200 (7)                 29,850 (6)
Operating Officer of WPSC
    2003       157,657       27,200 (7)           642,855       29,850 (6)
 
                                               
Donald E. Keaton
    2005       196,803       135,000 (4)(7)                 21,157 (5)
Vice President of WPSC
    2004       179,723       28,800 (7)                 17,150 (5)
 
    2003       171,808       28,800 (7)           642,855       14,900 (5)
 
                                               
Daniel C. Keaton
    2005       175,000       150,150 (4)(7)                 14,575  
Senior Vice President
    2004       158,400       26,400 (7)                 18,025  
of WPSC
    2003       147,641       26,400 (7)           642,855       14,025  
 
(1)   Excludes perquisites and other personal benefits unless the aggregate amount of such compensation exceeds the lesser of either $50,000 or 10% of the total annual salary and bonus reported for such named executive officer.
 
(2)   Represents the dollar value of stock awards issued August 1, 2003, based on the stock price at that time, pursuant to our restricted stock plan upon emergence from bankruptcy as an incentive to remain with the Company. James G. Bradley was awarded 60,000 shares. Paul J. Mooney, Harry L. Page, Donald E. Keaton and Daniel C. Keaton each received 42,857 shares. One-third of such shares vested upon the closing of our underwritten public offering of common stock in September 2004, one-third will vest two business days after the date on which we released earnings for the second quarter of 2005and one-third will vest two business days after the date on which we release earnings for the second quarter of 2006. Based on the closing price of WPC common stock at December 31, 2005, the dollar value of restricted stock holdings for each named executive officer was as follows: $288,640 with respect to 32,000 restricted shares held by Mr. Bradley, $161,205 with respect to 17,872 restricted shares held by Mr. Mooney, $184,486 with respect to 20,453

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    restricted shares held by Mr. Donald Keaton, $128,860 with respect to 14,286 restricted shares held by Mr. Page, and $184,486 with respect to 20,453 restricted shares held by Mr. Daniel Keaton. Shares of restricted stock awarded under the restricted stock plan are entitled to receive dividends, if any, declared on the common stock, except where such restricted shares have been forfeited.
 
(3)   Amounts shown, unless otherwise noted, reflect company contributions to qualified pension plans.
 
(4)   Includes a 2004 performance bonus awarded by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors in February 2005 as follows: Mr. Bradley — $100,000, Mr. Mooney — $68,750, Mr. Donald Keaton — $45,000, Mr. Page — $42,500 and Mr. Daniel Keaton — $41,250. Also includes a discretionary EAF bonus awarded by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors in February 2005 as follows: Mr. Bradley — $200,000, Mr. Mooney — $137,500, Mr. Donald Keaton - $90,000, Mr. Page — $85,000 and Mr. Daniel Keaton — $82,500.
 
(5)   Includes a payment from OCC of $5,000 paid as a Board Member Special Bonus.
 
(6)   Includes a payment of $12,000 as a member of the Board of Directors of Wheeling-Nisshin.
 
(7)   Includes payments under terms of each executive’s employment agreement for supplemental pension or life insurance coverage approved for payment by the Board of Directors, in cash, in March, 2004, January, 2005 and January 2006.
 
(8)   Includes a payment of $25,000 in lieu of insurance premium in 2003 and 2002.
 
(9)   Mr. Bradley’s salary was increased to $520,000 per annum effective November 1, 2004.
PENSION PLAN
All salaried employees are covered by a defined contribution pension plan with contributions based on age and salary. In 1998, we established a tax-qualified defined benefit plan (the ‘‘Salaried Pension Plan’’) covering salaried employees employed as of January 31, 1998, which provides a guaranteed minimum benefit based on years of service and compensation. The total retirement benefit payable from the Salaried Pension Plan is offset by (i) the annuitized value of the employee’s defined contribution plan account balance, (ii) the employee’s accrued benefit payable by the PBGC relating to a defined benefit pension plan terminated in 1985, and (iii) the employee’s accrued benefit, as of July 31, 2003, under a WHX-sponsored pension plan (collectively the ‘‘Offset Amounts’’).
The following table shows (without giving effect to the Offset Amounts) the estimated annual retirement benefits in straight life annuity amounts payable to our salaried employees covered by the Salaried Pension Plan upon normal retirement at age 62.
                                         
    Annual Estimated Benefits Years of Credited Service at Age 62
Final Average Compensation   15   20   25   30   35
125,000
    24,375       32,500       40,625       48,750       56,875  
150,000
    29,250       39,000       48,750       58,500       68,250  
175,000
    34,125       45,500       56,875       68,250       79,625  
200,000
    39,000       52,000       65,000       78,000       91,000  
225,000
    39,000       52,000       65,000       78,000       91,000  
250,000
    39,000       52,000       65,000       78,000       91,000  
300,000
    39,000       52,000       65,000       78,000       91,000  
400,000
    39,000       52,000       65,000       78,000       91,000  
500,000
    39,000       52,000       65,000       78,000       91,000  
Compensation for pension calculation purposes includes base salary and periodic bonuses. Items such as relocation allowance and leased automobile allowances are excluded. Compensation for all of the named executive officers does not substantially differ from that set forth above in the Summary Compensation Table except for the restrictions required by Internal Revenue Service statutory limits.
The years of credited service as of December 31, 2005 for each of the named executive officers were as follows: James G. Bradley — 10 years; Paul J. Mooney — 8 years; Donald E. Keaton — 8 years; and Daniel C. Keaton — 24 years.
Benefits for the Salaried Pension Plan are computed by multiplying the employee’s final average compensation by 1.3% multiplied by the number of years of continuous service at termination. This amount is actuarially reduced for retirement prior to age 62 and is reduced by the Offset Amounts. For purposes of computing benefits under the Salaried Pension Plan, the term ‘‘final average compensation’’ means the highest consecutive 36 months of compensation in the final 120 months of employment.

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CERTAIN BENEFIT PLANS
We currently provide certain benefits to our eligible employees (including executive officers) through the benefit plans described below.
2003 Management Stock Incentive Plan
Our management stock incentive plan provides for the grant of incentive stock options, within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code, to employees of WPC and its affiliates, including officers and employee directors. Non-qualified stock options and stock purchase rights, including restricted stock and stock grants, may also be granted to employees, including officers and directors and to non-employee directors and consultants. In addition, the plan was amended, effective March 10, 2006, to permit the grant of stock unit awards. A stock unit award is similar to a restricted stock award, except that no shares of stock are actually issued until the award vests. The board of directors or a designated committee administers our management stock incentive plan and determines the terms of the awards granted under the plan, including the number of shares subject to each award, the applicable vesting and forfeiture terms and, with respect to option awards, the exercise price and the form of consideration payable upon such exercise. The plan, as amended effective March 10, 2006, also (i) expresses WPC’s intent that all awards under the plan will either comply with, or be exempt from, the new nonqualified deferred compensation provisions of Section 409A of the Code and the regulations thereunder, and (ii) clarifies the use by the board of directors or the designated committee of performance-based targets, goals or criteria with respect to vesting, payment or any other term or condition of an award, including the adjustment of any such targets, goals or criteria. The plan, as amended, further gives discretion to the board of directors or the designated committee to determine the effect, if any, of a Change of Control (as defined by the plan) of WPC for each award granted after March 10, 2006. Prior to the amendment, the plan provided that, upon a Change of Control, any outstanding award would automatically become fully vested and, in the case of an option, exercisable.
2003 Restricted Stock Plan
In accordance with our plan of reorganization, we established a restricted stock plan pursuant to which we have granted to selected key employees a total of 500,000 shares of our common stock. No additional shares are authorized for issuance under the restricted stock plan. All of the grants made under the plan will vest in increments of one-third of the total grant to each individual pro rata over three years; two thirds of which has vested and one-third of which will vest two business days after the date on which we release earnings for the second quarter of 2006. The shares granted will not be transferable until they vest, and to the extent not vested at termination of employment will be forfeited and returned to us. Until vested or forfeited, the recipient of each grant under our restricted stock plan will be the owner of the shares granted, with the right to vote and receive any dividends paid in respect of the shares.
Employment Contracts, Termination of Employment and Change-in-Control Arrangements
On February 16, 2005, an Amended and Restated Retention Agreement (each, an “Agreement,” and collectively, the “Agreements”) was entered into with each of James G. Bradley, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and Chief Executive Officer of WPSC; Paul J. Mooney, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and WPSC; John W. Testa, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer of the Company and Senior Vice President, Chief Restructuring Officer and Corporate Secretary of WPSC; Donald E. Keaton, Vice President, Steel Manufacturing and Procurement of WPSC; Harry L. Page, President and Chief Operating Officer of WPSC; Steven W. Sorvold, Vice President, Commercial of WPSC and Daniel C. Keaton, Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Public Relations of WPSC (each an “Executive”). The Agreements supersede, in their entirety, the Post-Bankruptcy Retention Agreements, effective August 1, 2003, entered into with the Executives pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization of the Company and its subsidiaries under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.
The Agreements provide for a minimum annual base salary beginning on August 1, 2003 (subject to subsequent increases by the Board of Directors) of $400,000 for Mr. Bradley; $275,000 for Mr. Mooney; $156,000 for Mr. Testa; $180,000 for Mr. Donald Keaton; $170,000 for Mr. Page; $165,000 for Mr. Daniel Keaton; and $140,000 for Mr. Steven Sorvold, subject to annual review and upward adjustment at the determination of the Board of Directors. Each Agreement has a stated term until August 31, 2006, with an earlier termination in the event that the executive’s employment has been terminated in accordance with the terms of the Agreement. Each Executive will be eligible to receive annual bonuses and customary fringe benefits. In addition to annual bonuses, the Agreements provide for a

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special one-time bonus equal to one-half of the Executive’s then annual salary payable at the performance acceptance date (as defined) of WPSC’s electric arc furnace (which bonuses were paid in the first quarter of 2005, at the discretion of the Compensation Committee). Further, in addition to customary fringe benefits, the Agreements, with the exception of Mr. Bradley’s, provide for an annual contribution of not less than $25,000 for nonqualified supplemental pension or life insurance benefits for the benefit of each Executive.
The Agreements provide for non-compete, non-solicitation and confidentiality provisions to protect us. Each Agreement, with the exception of Mr. Bradley’s, provides that immediately prior to the expiration of the term, if the Executive is still employed and has not entered into a new employment agreement or an extension of the existing agreement, the Executive will receive a payment equal to his monthly salary multiplied by the Executive’s number of years of service and fractional year of service, up to a maximum of one times annual salary. This payment will be reduced by any other cash severance payable to the Executive.
The Executive’s employment may be terminated prior to the end of the term with or without “cause,” as defined in each Agreement, and each Executive may resign with or without “good reason,” as defined. No severance or other special termination payments will be made under the Agreements if the Executive is terminated with cause or the Executive resigns without good reason. Pursuant to the Agreements, with the exception of Mr. Bradley’s, if the Executive is terminated without cause or resigns for good reason, the Executive will receive a payment in an amount equal to his highest annualized salary in effect during the one year period immediately preceding the termination date, and will be entitled to receive payment of a pro rata bonus amount determined in accordance with the applicable bonus plan. If the termination without cause or resignation for good reason occurs within one year following a change of control (as defined in the Agreements) of the Company or WPSC, the Executive will receive a payment equal to two times his highest annual salary in effect during the one year immediately preceding the date of the change of control and will also be entitled to a pro rata bonus amount. The Agreement provides for an equivalent change in control severance benefit if the Executive resigns for any reason within the period of 30 days beginning six months immediately following a change of control of the Company or WPSC. The Agreement also entitles each Executive to the change of control severance payments described above even if the termination occurs prior to the date of a change of control, in circumstances constituting good reason, where it is reasonably demonstrated that such circumstances (i) occurred at the request of a third party who has taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a change of control, or (ii) otherwise arose in connection with or anticipation of a change of control. Under Mr. Bradley’s Agreement, upon any termination without cause or resignation for good reason, he will receive a payment equal to three times his highest annualized salary in effect during the one year period immediately preceding the termination date, and will be entitled to receive payment of a pro rata bonus amount determined in accordance with the applicable bonus plan. Mr. Bradley also is entitled to payment equal to three times his highest annualized salary in effect during the one year immediately preceding the date of termination and a pro rata bonus amount upon any resignation (whether with good reason or not) within six months following a change of control of the Company or WPSC.
In addition, the Agreements will terminate prior to their scheduled expiration date in the event of an Executive’s death or disability. Upon a termination of the Executive’s employment due to his disability, he will continue to receive his base salary and fringe benefits through the earlier of his death or the date that the Executive becomes eligible for disability income under our existing long-term disability plan or workers’ compensation plan. Mr. Bradley’s Agreement also provides for a supplemental pension benefit. Pursuant to his Agreement, Mr. Bradley is entitled to receive a supplemental pension benefit upon his retirement or other termination of his employment on or after the expiration date (August 31, 2006) in an annual amount equal to 25% of his then-current salary. That amount will be payable annually for the remainder of Mr. Bradley’s life or ten years, whichever is longer. If Mr. Bradley retires or otherwise terminates employment prior to the expiration date of his Agreement, his annual supplemental pension payment will be reduced by two percentage points for each full or partial year by which his service from August 1, 2003 through his termination is less than three years. Mr. Bradley may elect to have his supplemental pension benefit paid in either a single lump sum (based on reasonable actuarial assumptions) or in a series of equal monthly installments.
Effective February 15, 2006, six of the Agreements were amended to provide that if a change of control of WPC or WPSC occurs within the seven months prior to August 31, 2006, the expiration date of the Agreements, the Agreements are automatically extended for a period of seven months from the date of the change of control. The provision of the Agreements under which a change of control severance benefit is payable if the executive resigns

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for any reason within the period of 30 days beginning six months immediately following a change of control of WPC or WPSC will continue to be applicable for the seven months following such change of control. The Agreements for the following executive officers were amended: Messrs. Daniel C. Keaton, Donald E. Keaton, Mooney, Page Sorvold and Testa. In addition, the Agreements of all such executives other than Messrs. Donald E. Keaton and Sorvold were amended to provide that, as of the executive’s date of termination of employment following a change of control for other than cause, for the purposes of the calculation of the executive’s change of control severance benefit, the executive’s salary shall be deemed automatically increased by 16%, representing the annual supplemental pension benefit provided for in the original Agreement, approved by the Bankruptcy Court of the Northern District of Ohio effective August 31, 2003, which has been paid annually in lump sum cash.
On February 16, 2005, the Company entered into an agreement with James E. Muldoon, Vice President, Business Development, of WPSC, providing for certain severance payments upon the occurrence of specified events following, or in connection with, a change of control of the Company or WPSC. The term of the agreement is until August 31, 2006, except as otherwise extended by agreement of the parties, or in accordance with its terms in the event of a change of control. The terms and conditions of the agreement are substantially similar to those governing change of control severance payments payable to the Executives under the Agreements.
On February 15, 2006, WPC entered into an agreement with Michael P. DiClemente, Treasurer of WPSC, providing for certain severance payments upon occurrence of specified events following, or in connection with, a change of control of WPC or WPSC, upon the same terms and conditions as in the Agreements, as amended and described above. The term of the agreement with Mr. DiClemente is until August 31, 2006, provided that if a change of control of WPC or WPSC occurs within the seven months prior to the expiration date of such agreement, the agreement is automatically extended for a period of seven months from the date of any such change in control.
DIRECTOR COMPENSATION
Our employees that serve on our board of directors do not receive any additional compensation for serving on our board or on any board committees. Non-employee directors receive an annual retainer in the amount of $25,000, of which one-half is payable in cash and one-half is payable in stock options. In addition, we pay annual retainers to committee chairpersons ranging in amount from $2,500 to $5,000, also payable one-half in cash and one-half in stock options. Each director is also compensated in the amount of $2,000, payable in cash, for attendance at each board and committee meeting. Each member of our board of directors also receives an initial stock option award valued at $1,000 upon becoming a director and an annual stock option award valued at $10,000. The actual number of shares underlying the stock options issued to a director is determined by dividing the dollar value of each award by one-half of the stock’s market value for the five trading days immediately prior to the grant date. The exercise price of such options is equal to the average closing sales price of our common stock for the five trading days immediately prior to the date of grant. We also reimburse directors for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in attending meetings of our board of directors. Directors are also eligible to receive grants of stock options and awards under our management stock incentive plan.
Item 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED
              STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
Principal Stockholders
The following table sets forth, as of February 28, 2006, certain information regarding beneficial ownership of our common stock by:
  each person known by us to beneficially own more than 5% of the outstanding shares of common stock;
 
  each member of our board of directors;
 
  each of the executive officers listed in the Summary Compensation Table in Item 10 above; and
 
  all of our directors and executive officers as a group.
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disposition of the securities. A person is also considered to beneficially own shares that such person has the right to acquire within 60 days after February 28, 2006. Unless otherwise indicated in a footnote, each individual or a group possesses sole voting and investment power with respect to the shares indicated as beneficially owned.
                 
    Common Shares
    Beneficially Owned
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner   Number   Percentage (1)
Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation Retiree Benefits Plan Trust (2)
    3,465,620       23.49 %
Wellington Management Company, LLP (3)
    2,042,122       13.84 %
Jeffery L. Gendell (4)
    1,422,778       9.64 %
Spears Grisanti & Brown LLC (5)
    1,229,571       8.33 %
FMR Corp. (6)
    841,516       5.70 %
Jim Bowen (7)
    7,011         *
Edward J. Curry, Jr. (7)
    7,011         *
Michael Dingman (7)
    6,659         *
Robert E. Heaton (7)
    7,011         *
Roland L. Hobbs (7)
    7,011         *
Alicia H. Munnell (7)
    7,011         *
D. Clark Ogle (7)
    6,659         *
James B. Riley (7)
    7,365         *
Lynn R. Williams (7)
    6,659         *
James G. Bradley (8)
    32,000         *
Paul J. Mooney (8)
    17,872         *
Harry L. Page (8)
    14,286         *
Daniel C. Keaton (8)
    20,453         *
Donald E. Keaton (8)
    20,453         *
All executive officers and directors as a group (18 persons) (9)
    237,127       1.61 %
 
*   Less than 1%.
 
(1)   As December 31, 2005, 32,014 shares of our common stock have been reserved for issuance upon the resolution of certain disputed claims filed by our creditors. Shares of common stock reserved for this purpose that are not ultimately required to be issued to satisfy disputed claims will be distributed on a pro rata basis to the other members of that class of creditors. Accordingly, as we settle disputed claims, the number of shares and the corresponding percentage of common stock beneficially owned by certain persons listed in the table may increase slightly over time without further action on the part of such persons.
 
(2)   Represents shares issued to the VEBA trust. These shares are held of record by WesBanco Bank, Inc., as trustee of the VEBA trust, which is subject to the direction of U.S. Trust Company, N.A. in its capacity as independent fiduciary for the VEBA trust, with respect to the disposition and voting of the shares. The address of U.S. Trust Company, N.A. is 600 14th Street, N.W. Washington, District of Columbia. 20005-3314. The address of the VEBA trust is c/o WesBanco Bank, Inc., as trustee, One Bank Plaza, Wheeling, West Virginia 26003. Amendment No. 3 to Schedule 13G filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by U.S. Trust Corporation, U.S. Trust Company of New York and U.S. Trust Company, N.A. on February 14. 2006 reports shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of 412,980 additional shares (or approximately 2.7% of the outstanding common stock) held by U.S. Trust Company, N.A. in its capacity as trustee of our salaried 401K plan.
 
(3)   The number of shares beneficially owned is based solely on information reported in Amendment No. 2 to Schedule 13G filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Wellington Management Company, LLP on February 14, 2006 with respect to its holdings as of December 31, 2005. The address of Wellington Management Company, LLP is 75 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.
 
(4)   Represents 768,523 shares held by Tontine Partners, L.P., 458,821 shares held by Tontine Overseas Fund, Ltd., 119,010 shares held by Tontine Capital Partners, L.P. and 76,424 shares held by Tontine Capital Management, L.L.C. Tontine Management, L.L.C., the general partner of Tontine Partners, L.P., has the power to direct the affairs of Tontine Partners, L.P., including decisions with respect to the disposition of the proceeds from the sale of the shares. Tontine Oversees Associates, L.L.C. serves as investment manager to Tontine Overseas Fund, Ltd. with respect to the shares directly owned

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    by Tontine Overseas Fund Ltd. Tontine Capital Management, L.L.C., the general partner of Tontine Capital Partners, L.P., has the power to direct the affairs of Tontine Capital Partners, L.P., including decisions with respect to the disposition of proceeds from the sale of the shares. Jeffrey L. Gendell is the managing member of Tontine Management, L.L.C., Tontine Capital Management, L.L.C. and Tontine Overseas Associates, L.L.C. and in that capacity directs their operations. The foregoing management information and number of shares beneficially owned is based solely on information reported in Amendment No.3 to Schedule 13G filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Tontine Partners, L.P., Tontine Management, L.L.C., Tontine Overseas Associates, L.L.C., Tontine Capital Partners, L.P., Tontine Capital Management, L.L.C. and Mr. Gendell on February 14, 2006 with respect to their holdings as of December 31, 2005. The address of Tontine Partners, L.P., Tontine Management, L.L.C., Tontine Overseas Associates, L.L.C., Tontine Capital Partners, L.P., Tontine Capital Management, L.L.C. and Jeffrey L. Gendell is 55 Railroad Avenue, 3rd Floor, Greenwich, Connecticut 06830.
 
(5)   Includes 56,300 shares held by SGB Simurgh Master Fund Ltd. Spears Grisanti & Brown LLC is the Investment Manager for Simurgh Master Fund Ltd. William G. Spears, Vance C. Brown and Christopher C. Grisanti are the Managers of Spears Grisanti & Brown LLC. The foregoing management information and number of shares beneficially owned is based solely on information reported in Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13G filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Spears Grisanti & Brown LLC and Messrs. Spears, Brown and Grisanti on February 23, 2006 with respect to their holdings as of December 31, 2005. The address of Spears Grisanti & Brown LLC and Messrs. Spears, Brown and Grisanti is c/o Spears Grisanti & Brown LLC, 45 Rockefeller Plaza, New York 10111.
 
(6)   The number of shares beneficially owned is based solely on information reported in Schedule 13G filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by FMR Corp. on February 14, 2006 with respect to its holdings as of December 31, 2005. Fidelity Management & Research Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of FMR Corp. and a registered investment advisor, is the beneficial owner of the shares as a result of acting as investment advisor to Fidelity Low Priced Stock Fund. Edward C. Johnson 3rd and FRM Corp., through its control of Fidelity Management & Research Company and Fidelity Low Priced Stock Fund, each has the sole power to dispose of the shares. Members of the family of Edward C. Johnson 3rd, chairman of FMR Corp., through their ownership of voting common stock of FMR Corp. and the execution of a shareholders’ voting agreement, may be deemed to form a controlling group with respect to FMR Corp. The address of FMR Corp., Fidelity Management & Research Company, Fidelity Low Priced Stock Fund and Edward C. Johnson 3rd is 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.
 
(7)   Represents shares issuable upon exercise of currently exercisable options to purchase shares of WPC common stock.
 
(8)   Represents shares originally issued under our 2003 Restricted Stock Plan.
 
(9)   Includes shares held by Messrs. Bowen, Curry, Dingman, Heaton, Hobbs, Ogle, Riley, Williams, Bradley, Mooney, Daniel C. Keaton, Donald E. Keaton and Page and Ms. Munnell reported as being beneficially owned by each such person in the beneficial ownership table. The address of all such executive officers and directors is c/o Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation, 1134 Market Street, Wheeling, West Virginia 26003.
Equity Compensation Plan Information
The following table sets forth information regarding shares issued under equity compensation plans as of December 31, 2005.
                         
                    Number of  
                    Securities  
                    Remaining Available  
    (a) Number of     (b) Weighted     for Future Issuance  
    Securities to be     Average Exercise     Under Equity  
    Upon Exercise of     Price of     Compensation  
    Outstanding     Outstanding     Plans (excluding  
    Options, Warrants     Options, Warrants     Securities Reflected  
Equity Compensation Plans   and Rights     and Rights     in Column (a)  
Not approved by stockholders
    62,397     $ 15.53       927,103  
Approved by stockholders
                 
 
                 
 
    62,397     $ 15.53       927,103  
 
                 
 
1.   Under the terms of the 2003 Management Stock Incentive Plan, the Company reserved 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock for issuance. Additionally, the Company reserved 500,000 shares of Common Stock for issuance under the 2003 Restricted

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    Stock Plan. However, all 500,000 reserved shares were awarded, effective August 1, 2003, pursuant to our approved Plan of Reorganization and no shares remain available for issuance under the Restricted Stock Plan. See Item 11 — Executive Compensation — “2003 Management Stock Incentive Plan” and — “2003 Restricted Stock Plan” for further information regarding these equity compensation plans.
Item 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
The Company owns 35.7% of the outstanding common stock of Wheeling-Nisshin, which is accounted for using the equity method of accounting. The Company had sales to Wheeling-Nisshin of $216,697, $246,679, $61,684 and $96,036 during 2005, 2004, the five months ended December 31, 2003 and the seven months ended July 31, 2003, respectively. Sales to Wheeling-Nisshin are made at prevailing market prices. The Company received dividends from Wheeling-Nisshin of $5,000, $2,500 and $2,500 during 2005, 2004 and the seven months ended July 31, 2003, respectively. At December 31, 2005 and 2004, the Company had accounts receivable due from Wheeling-Nisshin of $3,439 and $1,618, respectively, and had accounts payable to Wheeling-Nisshin of $725 and $2,500, respectively.
The Company owns 50% of the outstanding common stock of OCC, which is accounted for using the equity method of accounting. The Company had sales to OCC of $126,849, $121,056, $39,817 and $68,237 during 2005, 2004, the five months ended December 31, 2003 and the seven months ended July 31, 2003, respectively. Sales to OCC are made at prevailing market prices. At December 31, 2005 and 2004, the Company had accounts receivable due from OCC of $8,852 and $9,734, respectively and had accounts payable to OCC of $896 at December 31, 2004. At December 31, 2005 and 2004, the Company has a loan receivable due from OCC of $7,700 and $9,725, respectively, which bears interest at a variable rate, which averaged 6.25% during 2005. The Company recorded interest income on the loan receivable of $539, $546, $253 and $354 during 2005, 2004, the five months ended December 31, 2003 and the seven months ended July 31, 2003, respectively, and received payments on the loan of $2,025, $1,725, $325 and $600 during 2005, 2004, the five months ended December 31, 2003 and the seven months ended July 31, 2003, respectively.
In September 2005, WPSC contributed to MSC its coke-producing batteries and related facilities and assets located in Follansbee, West Virginia and Steubenville, Ohio, which had a fair value of approximately $86.9 million. In return, WPSC received a 50% voting interest in MSC and 72.22% of the non-voting economic capital stock interests in MSC. Through December 31, 2005, WPSC contributed an additional $3.1 million in cash to MSC. WPSC is obligated to make additional cash contributions of $5.0 million and $15.0 million in 2006 and 2007, respectively, payable on a monthly basis, and cash contributions of $10.0 million in 2008, payable on a quarterly basis. Subject to certain exceptions, WPSC and SNA Carbon are obligated to make loans to MSC from time to time, up to $35.0 million in the aggregate for all such loans, to satisfy any deficiency in MSC’s working capital needs. These loans would be made by WPSC and SNA Carbon proportionate to their respective projected coke-purchases. WPSC made a working capital loan of $9.9 million to MSC during 2005. To the extent capital contributions made by WPSC and SNA Carbon are not sufficient to refurbish completely MSC’s coke-producing batteries to a condition that meets its production goals and complies with applicable legal requirements, WPSC and SNA Carbon each must contribute one-half of the deficiency, up to a maximum of $8.0 million each. Pursuant to a Coke Supply Agreement entered into between WPSC and MSC in September 2005, MSC sold 174,986 tons of coke to WPSC in 2005 for a total consideration of $41.8 million. MSC is required to sell up to 600,000 tons of coke to WPSC in 2006. WPSC is paid a fee to manage and operate MSC’s coke facilities using its current hourly and salaried workforce. As of December 31, 2005, WPSC owned 50% of the voting interest and 66.67% of the non-voting economic capital stock interests in MSC. MSC has been consolidated in our financial statements as of December 31, 2005 and for the year then ended.
James G. Bradley serves on the board of directors of Wheeling-Nisshin and OCC. Harry L. Page, President and Chief Operating Officer of WPSC, serves on the board of directors of Wheeling-Nisshin. Paul J. Mooney, our Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and Donald E. Keaton, Vice President of Steel Manufacturing and Procurement for WPSC, serves on the board of directors of OCC and Mr. Keaton is Chairman of the Board of Managers of MSC.
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financial statements in Item 8 of this annual report Form 10-K for further information concerning these contributions.
Item 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES
The following fees were billed by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to the Company for services performed on behalf of the Company, as described below:
Audit Fees: The aggregate fees, including expenses, for professional services rendered by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for the audit of the Company’s annual financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2005 and of its internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005 were $1,033,847; of which $528,856 was billed in 2005. The aggregate fees for professional services rendered by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for the audit of the Company’s annual financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2004 and of its internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2004 were $1,140,918 of which $798,798 was billed in 2004.
Audit-Related Fees: The aggregate fees, including expenses, for professional services rendered by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for audit-related services for the year ended December 31, 2004 were $105,000. These fees were for the audits of employee benefit plans.
Tax Fees: The aggregate fees, including expenses, for professional services rendered by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning for the year ended December 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004 were $9,000 and $52,610, respectively.
All Other Fees: The aggregate fees, including expenses, for professional services rendered by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, other than for services referred to above, for the year December 31, 2005 and 2004 were $1,500 and $10,500, respectively.
PRE-APPROVAL OF AUDIT AND NON-AUDIT SERVICES
The Company’s Audit Committee has the sole authority to approve the scope, fees and terms of all audit and permissible non-audit services provided by the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, subject to the “de minimus” exception under the Exchange Act permitting waiver of such pre-approval requirements for non-audit services in certain limited instances. All of the non-audit services described above were approved by the Audit Committee. Pursuant to the Company’s audit committee charter, the Audit Committee considers whether the provision of non-audit services by the independent registered public accounting firm, on an overall basis, is compatible with maintaining the independent registered public accounting firm’s independence from management.

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PART IV
Item 15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
The financial statements, financial statement schedules and exhibits listed below are filed as part of this annual report:
(a)(1) Financial Statements
Financial Statements filed as part of this report are included in Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data beginning on page 43.
(a)(3) Exhibits
Exhibits 10.6 and 10.7 and Exhibits 10.12(a) through 10.12(i) are management contracts or compensatory plans or arrangements.
     
EXHIBIT    
NUMBER   DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT
2.1*
  Third Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization, dated May 19,2003.
 
3.1(a)****
  Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.
 
3.1(b)****
  Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation.
 
3.2*
  Amended and Restated By-laws.
 
4.1*
  Indenture, dated August 1, 2003, between Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation and Bank One, N.A., as trustee.
 
4.2*
  Indenture, dated August 1, 2003, between Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation and Bank One, N.A., as trustee.
 
4.3*
  Form of Common Stock Certificate of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation.
 
4.4***
  Rights Agreement, dated as of February 14, 2005, by and between Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation and Equiserve Trust Company, N.A., as Rights Agent.
 
10.1*
  Close Corporation and Shareholders’ Agreement, dated as of March 24, 1994 (as amended), by and among Dong Yang Tinplate America Corp., Nippon Steel Trading America, Inc. (f/k/a Nittetsu Shoji America), Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation and Ohio Coatings Company.
 
10.2*
  Raw Material Supply Agreement, dated as of March 25, 1994, by and between Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation and Ohio Coatings Company.
 
10.3*
  Distribution Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2003 (as amended), by and among Nippon Steel Trading America, Inc. (f/k/a Nittetsu Shoji America), Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation and Ohio Coatings Company.
 
10.4*
  Second Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement, dated as of November 12, 1990, by and between Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation and Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd.
 
10.5*
  Amended and Restated Supply Agreement, dated as of March 29, 1993, by and between Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation and Wheeling-Nisshin, Inc.
 
10.6*
  2003 Management Stock Incentive Plan.
 
10.7*
  2003 Management Restricted Stock Plan.
 
10.8*
  Term Loan Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2003, by and among Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation, Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation, the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time party thereto, Lloyds TSB Bank PLC, as documentation agent, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, as syndication agent, Royal Bank of Canada, as administrative agent, Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Board, as federal guarantor, and West Virginia Housing Development Group, as state guarantor.
 

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EXHIBIT    
NUMBER   DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT
10.9*
  Modification and Assumption Agreement, dated as of June 12, 2003, between Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation and Danieli Corporation.
 
10.10*
  Agreement for Supply of Equipment and Services, dated as of June 12, 2003, between Junction Industries, Inc. and Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation.
 
10.11(a)*
  Lease for 201 Mississippi Street, Gary, IN, dated as of November 13, 1995, between Great Lakes Industrial Partners, L.P. and Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation, as amended.
 
10.11(b)*
  Lease for 9801 Alden Avenue, Lenexa, KS, dated as of March 27, 2000, between Lenexa Alden, LLC and Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation.
 
10.11(c)*
  Lease for 8090 Woolery Way, Fallon, NV, dated as of August 1, 1999, between FBW Leasecorp, Inc. and Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation.
 
10.11(d)*
  Leases for 4204 Fidelity Road, Fidelity Industrial Park, Houston, TX, dated January 16, 1986, and 4206-B Fidelity Road, Jacinto City, Harris County, TX, dated September 21, 1988, between The Texas Development Company and Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation, as amended.
 
10.11(e)*
  Lease for 20 Three Creek Road, Emporia, VA, dated August 17, 1998, between the Industrial Development Authority of Greensville County, Virginia and Wheeling Corrugating Company.
 
10.11(f)*
  Lease for 2001 Highway 301, Palmetto, FL, dated April 27, 2000, between Palmetto Business Park, LP and Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation.
 
10.12(a)****
  Amended and Restated Retention Agreement, effective as of February 16, 2005, between James G. Bradley and Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation.
 
10.12(b)
  Amended and Restated Retention Agreement, effective as of February 15, 2006, between Paul J. Mooney and Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation (filed herewith).
 
10.12(c)
  Amended and Restated Retention Agreement, effective as of February 15, 2006, between Daniel C. Keaton and Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation (filed herewith).
 
10.12(d)
  Amended and Restated Retention Agreement, effective as of February 15 2006, between Donald E. Keaton and Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation (filed herewith).
 
10.12(e)
  Amended and Restated Retention Agreement, effective as of February 15, 2006, between Harry L. Page and Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation (filed herewith).
 
10.12(f)
  Amended and Restated Retention Agreement, effective as of February 15, 2006, between John W. Testa and Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation (filed herewith).
 
10.12(g)
  Amended and Restated Retention Agreement, effective as of February 16, 2005, between Steven W. Sorvold and Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation (filed herewith).
 
10.12(h)****
  Agreement, effective as of February 16, 2005, between James E. Muldoon and Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation.
 
10.12(i)
  Agreement, effective as of February 15, 2006, between Michael P. DiClemente and Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation (filed herewith).
 
10.13(a)*
  Registration Rights Agreement, dated August 1, 2003 between Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation and WesBanco Bank, Inc., solely in its capacity as trustee under the VEBA trust.
 
10.13(b)*
  Stock Transfer Restriction and Voting Agreement, dated August 1, 2003, by and among Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation and WesBanco Bank, Inc., solely in its capacity as trustee under the VEBA trust.
 
10.14**
  First Amendment and Waiver, dated June 25, 2004, to the Term Loan Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2003, among Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation, Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation, the Lenders party thereto, the Documentation Agent and Syndication Agent named therein, Royal Bank of Canada, as administrative agent, the Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Board and the West Virginia Housing Development Fund.
 
10.15****
  Second Amendment, effective as of December 30, 2004, to the Term Loan Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2003 (as amended), among Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation, Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation, Royal Bank of Canada, as administrative agent, the Lenders party thereto, the Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Board and the West Virginia Housing Development Fund.

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EXHIBIT    
NUMBER   DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT
10.16+
  Amended and Restated Revolving Loan Agreement, dated as of July 8, 2005, by and between Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation, Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation, the banks and other financial institutions from time to time party thereto, Royal Bank of Canada, as administrative agent, General Electric Capital Corporation, as inventory and receivables security agent and documentation agent, and The CIT Group/Business Credit, Inc., Wachovia Bank, National Association and Fleet Capital Corp., as syndication agents.
 
10.17†
  Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Mountain State Carbon, LLC, dated September 29, 2005, by and between Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation and SNA Carbon, LLC.
 
10.18†
  Coke Supply Agreement, dated September 29, 2005, by and between Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation and Mountain State Carbon, LLC.
 
10.19†
  Third Amendment, effective as of September 29, 2005, to the Term Loan Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2003 (as amended), among Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation, Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation, Royal Bank of Canada, as administrative agent, the Lenders party thereto, the Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Board and the West Virginia Housing Development Fund.
 
10.20
  Fourth Amendment and Waiver, dated as of March 10, 2006, to the Term Loan Agreement, Dated as of July 31, 2003, among Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation, Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation, the Lenders party thereto, the Documentation Agent and Syndication Agent named therein, the Administrative Agent named therein, the Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Board, and the West Virginia Housing Development Fund (filed herewith).
 
10.21
  Amendment to 2003 Management Stock Incentive Plan (filed herewith).
 
10.22
  Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (filed herewith).
 
21.1
  Subsidiaries of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation (filed herewith).
 
23.1
  Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm (filed herewith).
 
31.1
  Certification of James G. Bradley, Chief Executive Officer of the Registrant, required by Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith).
 
31.2
  Certification of Paul J. Mooney, Chief Financial Officer of the Registrant, required by Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith).
 
32.1
  Certification of James G. Bradley, Chief Executive Officer of the Registrant, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith).
 
32.2
  Certification of Paul J. Mooney, Chief Financial Officer of the Registrant, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith).
 
*   Incorporated by reference to the Form 10 Registration Statement (File No. 0-50300) of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation, filed with the SEC on August 8, 2003, as amended.
 
**   Incorporated by reference to the Form S-1 Registration Statement (File No. 333-116990) of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation, filed with the SEC on June 30, 2004, as amended.
 
***   Incorporated by reference to the Form 8-A Registration Statement (File No. 0-50300) of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation, filed with the SEC on February 18, 2005.
 
****   Incorporated by reference to the Annual Statement on Form 10-K (File No. 0-50300) of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation, filed with the SEC on March 14, 2005.
 
+   Incorporated by reference to the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 0-50300) of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation, filed with the SEC on July 14, 2005.
 
  Incorporated by reference to the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 0-50300) of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation, filed with the SEC on October 5, 2005.

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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this annual report on Form 10-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
           
   WHEELING-PITTSBURGH CORPORATION    
           
 
By:
  /s/ James G. Bradley    
 
 
       
 
 
  Name: James G. Bradley    
 
 
  Title: President, Chief Executive Officer and Director    
 
 
       
 
Date:
  March 14, 2006    
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
         
Signature   Title   Date
/s/ James G. Bradley
  President, Chief Executive Officer   March 14, 2006
         
James G. Bradley
  and Director    
 
       
/s/ Paul J. Mooney
  Executive Vice President, Chief Financial   March 14, 2006
         
Paul J. Mooney
  Officer (and Principal Accounting Officer)    
 
  and Director    
 
       
/s/ Jim Bowen
  Director   March 14, 2006
         
Jim Bowen
       
 
       
/s/ Edward J. Curry, Jr.
  Director   March 14, 2006
         
Edward J. Curry, Jr.
       
 
       
/s/ Michael Dingman
  Director   March 14, 2006
         
Michael Dingman
       
 
       
/s/ Robert E. Heaton
  Director   March 14, 2006
         
Robert E. Heaton
       
 
       
/s/ Roland L. Hobbs
  Director   March 14, 2006
         
Roland L. Hobbs
       
 
       
/s/ Alicia H. Munnell
  Director   March 14, 2006
         
Alicia H. Munnell
       
 
       
/s/ D. Clark Ogle
  Director   March 14, 2006
         
D. Clark Ogle
       
 
       
/s/ James B. Riley
  Director   March 14, 2006
         
James B. Riley
       
 
       
/s/ Lynn R. Williams
  Director   March 14, 2006
         
Lynn R. Williams
       

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EX-10.12.B 2 j1823501exv10w12wb.txt EX-10.12(B) Exhibit 10.12(b) WHEELING-PITTSBURGH STEEL CORPORATION AMENDED AND RESTATED RETENTION AGREEMENT This Agreement, effective as of February 15, 2006, is an amendment and restatement of, and replaces in its entirety, the Post-Bankruptcy Retention Agreement entered into effective as of August 1, 2003 (the "Effective Date"), and the amendment and restatement of the Post-Bankruptcy Retention Agreement, entered into effective as of February 16, 2005, by and between the Paul J. Mooney, currently residing at 323 Parkway Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15228, and WHEELING-PITTSBURGH STEEL CORPORATION, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Company") and a wholly-owned subsidiary of WHEELING-PITTSBURGH CORPORATION, a corporation also organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Parent"). In consideration of the covenants and conditions herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged by each party, the parties hereby agree as follows: 1. EMPLOYMENT. The Company shall employ the Executive commencing on the Effective Date, and the Executive hereby accepts such employment, all upon the terms and conditions set forth herein. 2. DUTIES AND AUTHORITY. Executive shall serve as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, with those authorities, duties and responsibilities customary to that position and such other authorities, duties and responsibilities as the Board of Directors of Parent (the "Board") or the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer may reasonably assign the Executive from time to time. The Executive shall use his best efforts, including the highest standards of professional competence and integrity, and shall devote substantially all his business time and effort, in and to his employment hereunder, and shall not engage in any other business activity which would conflict with the rendition of his services hereunder, except that the Executive may hold directorships or related positions in charitable, educational or not-for-profit organizations, or directorships in business organizations if approved by the President and Chief Executive Officer, and make passive investments, which do not interfere with the Executive's day-to-day acquittal of his responsibilities to the Company. 3. TERM. (a) GENERAL. This Agreement shall have effect as of the Effective Date, and shall remain in effect until August 31, 2006 (the "Expiration Date") or, if earlier, the date this Agreement and the Executive's employment hereunder shall have been terminated in accordance with the provisions of Section 5. The period from the Effective Date until this Agreement shall have expired in accordance with this Section or been terminated in accordance with Section 5 is hereafter referred to as "the term hereof" or "the term of this Agreement." (b) SURVIVAL OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS. Notwithstanding anything else herein contained, the provisions of Sections 4 through 7 hereof shall survive the termination of this Agreement and of the Executive's employment hereunder and the provisions of Section 5(a)(vi)(B) and the other provisions referenced therein shall extend beyond the Expiration Date to the extent described therein. 4. COMPENSATION. In return for his services hereunder, the Executive shall be entitled to (i) the Salary as specified below, (ii) bonuses, to the extent provided below, and (iii) certain fringe benefits, to the extent provided below. (a) SALARY. Starting with the Effective Date, the Company shall pay the Executive, in accordance with the Company's customary payroll practices for executives, salary at an annual rate of $275,000 provided, such salary rate shall be reduced by 15% through May 1, 2004, subject to annual review and upward adjustment at the determination of the Board (as so adjusted, the Executive's "Salary"). (b) BONUS. In addition to the Salary, the Executive shall be to entitled to participate in the Company's existing short-term incentive plan for executives, as the same may be amended from time to time by the Board, and shall also be entitled to receive a bonus of one-half of his then Salary at the "Performance Acceptance Date" with respect to the Company's electric arc furnace as that term is defined under the Company's Term Loan Agreement as of the Effective Date. The Board may also award other bonuses from time to time in its discretion. (c) LONG-TERM INCENTIVES. As of the Effective Date, the Executive shall be granted 42,857 shares of Restricted Stock under and in accordance with the terms of the Parent's 2003 Management Restricted Stock Plan. (d) FRINGE BENEFITS. The Executive will be eligible for and entitled to participate in other benefits maintained by the Company for its senior executive officers, as such benefits may be modified from time to time for all such employees, such as its medical, dental, 401(k), accident, disability, and life insurance benefits, on a basis not less favorable than that applicable to other executives of the Company. Any such participation shall be subject to (i) the terms of the applicable plan documents, (ii) generally applicable policies of the Company and (iii) the discretion of the Board or any administrative or other committee provided for in or contemplated by such plan, exercised in accordance with applicable law. The Executive will also be entitled to the following: 2 (i) Subject to the Company's standard policies, four (4) weeks of vacation per calendar year (or any longer period as shall be provided under the Company's general vacation policies), without reduction in Salary, to be taken at such times and intervals as shall be determined by the Executive subject to the reasonable business needs of the Company and to Company policies as in effect from time. (ii) Appropriate office space, administrative support, e.g., secretarial assistance, and such other facilities and services as are suitable to the Executive's position and adequate for the performance of the Executive's duties. (iii) The use of a company car. The Company shall be responsible for the purchase price or lease payment and shall pay or reimburse all of the Executive's expenses for gasoline for use of the Company car, and maintenance and insurance of his Company car, subject to such reasonable reporting requirements as may be specified by the Company and/or the Internal Revenue Service. The Executive shall keep and submit records of his business and personal use of the automobile. The Executive acknowledges that his personal use of the automobile will result in additional taxable income to him. (iv) Up to $10,000 per annum in reimbursement of legal and personal tax preparation and planning assistance. (v) Payment or reimbursement of the cost of membership for himself and his immediate family in one country club and business-related use thereof. (vi) Payment or reimbursement of the cost, not covered by health insurance, of one comprehensive physical examination during each year during the term of this Agreement. (vii) An annual contribution for each calendar year (or pro rata portion thereof in the event of termination), to be made no later than March 15 of the following calendar year, of not less than $25,000 to a program of insurance or similar arrangement intended to provide supplemental pension and death benefits to or for the benefit of the Executive. Executive acknowledges that he will have no right to cash compensation in lieu of any of the specific foregoing fringe benefits except with respect to vacation pay, and then only to the extent, if any, allowed by the Company's vacation pay policies as in effect from time to time. (e) EXPENSES. The Executive will be entitled to reimbursement of all reasonable expenses, in accordance with the Company's policy as in effect from time to time and on a basis not less favorable than that applicable to other executives of the Company, including, without limitation, telephone, travel and entertainment expenses incurred by the Executive in connection with the business of the Company, subject to such reasonable substantiation and documentation as may be specified by the Company. 3 (f) INDEMNIFICATION. The Company shall, and the Company shall use its best efforts to cause the Parent and any subsidiaries or affiliates it may now or hereafter have to, indemnify the Executive to the maximum extent permitted by law and regulation in connection with any liability, expense or damage which the Executive incurs as a result of the Executive's employment and positions with the Company and its current or future subsidiaries as contemplated by this Agreement, provided that the Executive shall not be indemnified with respect to any matter as to which he shall have been adjudicated in any proceeding not to have acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that his action was in the best interest of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Company, on behalf of itself and its current and future subsidiaries, hereby confirms that the occupancy of all offices and positions which in the future are or were occupied or held by the Executive in connection with his employment under this Agreement have been so occupied or held at the request of and for the benefit of the Company and its subsidiaries for purposes of the Executive's entitlement to indemnification under applicable provisions of the respective articles of organization and/or other similar documents of the Company and its subsidiaries. Expenses incurred by the Executive in defending a claim, action, suit, investigation or proceeding shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition thereof upon the receipt by the Company of an undertaking by the Executive to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified hereunder. The foregoing rights are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights accruing to the Executive under any other agreement or contract or under applicable law. (g) PARACHUTE PAYMENT TAXES. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, in the event that any payment or benefit under this Agreement or any other agreement or arrangement of the Company received or to be received by the Executive in connection with a Change in Control or the termination of the Executive's employment (all such payments and benefits, the "Total Payments") is determined to be subject (in whole or part) to the tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (the "Excise Tax"), then the Executive shall be entitled to receive an additional payment (a "Gross-Up Payment") in an amount such that after payment by the Executive of all taxes (including any interest or penalties imposed with respect to such taxes), including without limitation any income taxes and Excise Tax imposed upon the Gross-Up Payment, the Executive retains an amount equal to the Total Payments. All determinations required to be made under this Section 4(g), including whether and when a Gross-Up Payment is required and the amount of such Gross-Up Payment and the assumptions to be utilized in arriving at such determination, shall be made by the Company's accountants or such other certified public accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the Company as may be designated by the Executive which shall provide detailed supporting calculations both to the Company and the Executive. 5. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT AND EFFECTS THEREOF. (a) TERMINATION. This Agreement and the Executive's employment under this Agreement may be terminated prior to its expiration under Section 3 in the following circumstances. On any termination (including expiration of the term hereof), the Executive (or in the event of his death, his estate) shall be entitled to his then Salary 4 and supplemental pension contribution (as described in Section 4(d)(vii)) earned or accrued but unpaid through the end of the month in which termination (including death) occurred but the Company shall have only such further obligations to the Executive, if any, as are specified below under the applicable termination provisions. (i) UPON DEATH. In the event of the Executive's death during the term hereof, the Executive's employment hereunder shall immediately and automatically terminate. (ii) AS A RESULT OF DISABILITY. In the event that the Executive becomes disabled during the term hereof within the meaning of the Company's then applicable long-term disability plan, the Company may terminate the Executive's employment without further obligation upon notice to the Executive. In the event of such disability, the Executive will continue to receive his base salary and benefits under Section 4 hereof until the earlier of his death or the date the Executive becomes eligible for disability income under the Company's then applicable long-term disability plan or workers' compensation insurance plan. (iii) BY THE COMPANY FOR CAUSE. The Company may terminate the Executive's employment for Cause (as defined in subsection (b) below) at any time upon notice to the Executive setting forth in reasonable detail the nature of such Cause. (iv) BY THE COMPANY OTHER THAN FOR CAUSE. The Company may terminate Executive's employment other than for Cause upon thirty (30) days notice to the Executive (or at its option immediately with thirty (30) days continued compensation, including then Salary and benefits, in lieu of such notice). In the event of such termination, Executive (or in the event of his death following termination, his estate) shall be entitled only to the additional amounts described in subparagraphs (A) and (C) below and the continuation of health insurance benefits described in subparagraph (B) below, subject to (D) below: (A) Salary Payment. Under this subparagraph, the Executive shall be entitled to receive one-time payment in an amount equal to one (1) times his then Salary payable in a single lump sum within thirty (30) days of termination. (B) Health Care Continuation. If at his termination of employment by the Company without Cause the Executive is eligible to and timely elects continued health coverage under Sections 601-607 of ERISA ("COBRA Continuation") then, for the period of such COBRA Continuation (or for twelve (12) months, if less), the Company shall also pay that share of the premium cost of Executive's COBRA Continuation (and that of his eligible dependents also electing COBRA Continuation) in the Company's group health plan as it pays for active employees of the Company and their dependents generally. (C) Pro Rata Bonus. The Executive shall be entitled to a pro rata bonus in an amount determined under the terms of the applicable Company 5 bonus plan, payable at the same time as executive bonuses are paid generally under the applicable Company bonus plan, but in no event later than March 15 of the year following the year in which the termination occurs. (D) Effect of Change of Control. In the event the Company terminates the Executive's employment other than for Cause within one (1) year following a Change of Control, the Executive shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to two (2) times his annual Salary at the highest annualized rate in effect during the one year immediately preceding the date of the Change of Control, payable in a single lump sum within thirty (30) days of termination, in lieu of the amount described in subparagraph (A) above, COBRA Continuation under subparagraph (B) above (but in this event, for a maximum of eighteen (18) months) and a pro rata bonus as determined under subparagraph (C) above. Notwithstanding the above, if, as of the date of the change of control, the $25,000 annual payment referred to in Section 4(d)(vii) has not been substituted with a sixteen percent (16%) increase in base salary ( which increase would be included in the calculation of Salary for purposes of the above payment upon change of control), then for purposes of calculating the Executive's payment under this subparagraph (D), the Executive's Salary at the highest annualized rate shall be increased by 16%. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if the Executive's employment with the Company is terminated other than for Cause prior to the date on which a Change of Control occurs, and it is reasonably demonstrated that such termination (i) was at the request of a third party who has taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change in Control or (ii) otherwise arose in connection with or anticipation of a Change in Control then for all purposes of this Agreement the date of the Change in Control shall mean the date immediately prior to the date of such termination. (v) BY THE EXECUTIVE. Executive may terminate his employment and this Agreement for any or no reason whatsoever at any time upon sixty (60) days' notice. (A) Good Reason. In the event the Executive gives such notice for and within sixty (60) days of having Good Reason, on the effective date of his resignation he shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to one (1) times his annual Salary at the highest annualized rate in effect during the one year immediately preceding the date of the date of termination, payable in a single lump sum within thirty (30) days of termination, COBRA Continuation under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (iv) above and a pro rata bonus under subparagraph (C) of paragraph (iv) above. (B) Effect of Change of Control. In the event the Executive gives such notice within the period of thirty (30) days beginning six (6) months immediately following a Change of Control, regardless of whether the Executive has Good Reason to terminate his employment, he shall receive the identical benefits as if the termination had occurred under Section 5(a)(iv)(D) above. In the event that at any time within one (1) year following a Change of Control the Executive gives such notice for and within 6 sixty (60) days of having Good Reason, he shall receive the identical benefits as if the termination had occurred under Section 5(a)(iv)(D) above. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if the circumstances constituting Good Reason occur prior to the date on which a Change of Control occurs, and it is reasonably demonstrated that such circumstances (i) occurred at the request of a third party who has taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change in Control or (ii) otherwise arose in connection with or anticipation of a Change in Control then for all purposes of this Agreement the date of the Change in Control shall mean the date immediately prior to the occurrence of such circumstances. (C) Resignation Without Good Reason. In the event the Executive resigns other than in the circumstances described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) above, he shall not be entitled to any additional Salary or COBRA Continuation or pro rata bonus. The Company may at its sole option waive the requirement of advance notice and decline to accept the Executive's service for any period following its receipt of notice, but in that event, Executive shall be entitled to continued compensation in accordance with Section 4 for the entirety of the otherwise applicable notice period as well as Salary and COBRA Continuation and pro rata bonus in accordance with this paragraph if applicable. (vi) EXPIRATION. (A Immediately prior to the Expiration Date, if the Executive is then employed, the Executive shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to the monthly equivalent of his then Salary multiplied by his full years and fraction of year of service with the Company, its affiliates and their predecessors (but not more than one (1) times his then Salary) payable in a single lump sum within thirty (30) days of such Expiration Date, COBRA Continuation under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (iv) above and a pro rata bonus under subparagraph (C) of paragraph (iv) above. The Salary benefit provided by this paragraph (vi) shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the amount of any other cash severance benefit to which the Executive may then be entitled under any general severance plan or policy of the Company. If the Company and the Executive extend this Agreement, or enter into a new employment agreement, providing for the Executive's continued employment after the Expiration Date, the Executive shall not be entitled to the benefits in this subparagraph and such benefits shall not necessarily be required to become a part of such extended or new agreement. (B) In the event that a Change of Control occurs within seven (7) months prior to the Expiration Date, then the severance provisions of subparagraphs (iv)(D) and (v)(B) above shall continue to apply for a period of seven (7) months following such Change of Control notwithstanding the occurrence of the Expiration Date prior to the end of such period; provided, however, that such severance provisions shall not be applicable following the Expiration Date in the event that upon his termination of employment the Executive is covered by severance provisions contained in any new written agreement entered into by the Executive and the Company for the period after the Expiration Date. 7 (b) DEFINITIONS. For these purposes: (i) "Cause" means the Executive has: (A) been convicted of, or has pled guilty or nolo contendere to, or been indicted for any felony, or any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude under the laws of the United States or any state or political subdivisions thereof; (B) committed a breach of duty of loyalty which is detrimental to the Company; (C) materially violated any provision of Section 6 of this Agreement; (D) failed to perform or adhere to explicitly stated duties or guidelines of employment or to follow the directives of the Board (which are not unlawful to perform or to adhere to or follow and which are within the scope of Executive's duties) following a written warning that if such failure continues it will be deemed a basis for a "For Cause" dismissal; or (E) acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of the Executive's duties. No act, or failure to act, on the Executive's part shall be deemed "willful" unless done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive not in good faith and without reasonable belief that the Executive's act, or failure to act, was in the best interest of the Company. Following a Change of Control, subsection (D) above shall be deleted from this definition of "Cause." (ii) "Change of Control" means the occurrence of any of the following: (A) a merger or consolidation of Parent or the Company with or into another person or the sale, transfer, or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Parent's or Company's assets to one or more other persons in a single transaction or series of related transactions, unless securities possessing more than 50% of the total combined voting power of the survivor's or acquirer's outstanding securities (or the securities of any parent thereof) are held by a person or persons who held securities possessing more than 50% of the total combined voting power of Parent immediately prior to that transaction; (B) any person or group of persons (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and in effect from time to time), other than the Parent, the Company or an affiliate, directly or indirectly acquires beneficial ownership (determined pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the said Exchange Act) of securities possessing more than 50% of the total combined voting power of the Parent's outstanding securities pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made directly to the Parent's stockholders; or (C) over a period of 36 consecutive months or less, there is a change in the composition of the Board such that a majority of the members of the Board (rounded up to the next whole number, if a fraction) ceases to be composed of individuals who either (1) have been members of the Board continuously since the beginning of the 36-month period referred to above or (2) have been elected or nominated for election as Board members during such period by at least a majority of the members Board described in the preceding clause (1) who were still in office at the time that election or nomination was approved by the Board, provided, however, that a Change of Control shall be deemed to have occurred in any event if, by reason of one or more actual or threatened proxy contests for the election of directors or otherwise, a majority of the Board shall consist of individuals, other than directors referred to in clause (1) above, whose election as members of the Board occur within such 36-month period at the request or on behalf of the same person or group of persons (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and in effect from time to time). 8 (iii) "Good Reason" means (A) the assignment to the Executive of any duties inconsistent with the Executive's status as a senior executive officer of the Company or a meaningful alteration, adverse to the Executive, in the nature or status of the Executive's responsibilities (other than reporting responsibilities); (B) permanent relocation of his principal place of employment to a location more than seventy-five miles distant from his principal place of employment as of the Effective Date; (C) a reduction by the Company in the Executive's annual base salary as in effect on the date hereof or as the same may be increased from time to time except for across-the-board salary reductions similarly affecting all senior executives of the Company and all senior executives of any person in control of the Company; (D) the failure by the Company to continue in effect any compensation plan in which the Executive participates which is material to the Executive's total compensation, or the failure by the Company to continue the Executive's participation therein on a basis not materially less favorable, both in terms of the amount of benefits provided and the level of the Executive's participation relative to other participants; or (E) the failure by the Company to continue to provide the Executive with benefits substantially similar to those enjoyed by the Executive under any of the Company's pension, life insurance, medical, health and accident, or disability plans at any time subsequent to the Effective Date, or the taking of any action by the Company which would directly or indirectly materially reduce any of such benefits or deprive the Executive of any material fringe benefit enjoyed by the Executive at any time subsequent to the Effective Date. The events described in (D) and (E) above shall not constitute "Good Reason" where they are the direct result of the elimination or modification of benefit plans or arrangements by the Company with respect to employees generally, however. (c) CESSATION OF AUTHORITY ON TERMINATION. Immediately upon the Executive terminating or being terminated from his position with the Company for any reason or no reason, the Executive will stop serving the functions of the terminated or expired position or any other positions with any affiliate, and shall be without any of the authority of or responsible for any such position. On request of the Board, at any time following his termination of employment for any reason or no reason, the Executive shall resign from the Board if then a member and the board of directors of the Company or any other subsidiary of Parent or which he is then a member. (d) NO OBLIGATION TO MITIGATE. Executive shall not be required to seek other employment or income to reduce any amounts payable to the Executive by the Company under this Section. Further, except as otherwise provided in subsection (a)(vi) the amount of any payment or benefit provided for by this Section shall not be reduced by any compensation earned by the Executive as the result of employment by another employer, retirement benefits, by offset against any amount claimed to be owed by the Executive to the Company, or otherwise. (e) RELEASE OF CLAIMS. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive shall not be entitled to any additional amounts under this Section unless within twenty-one (21) days following his termination he shall have executed and delivered to the Company a general release of claims in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. 9 6. PROVISIONS RELATING TO EXECUTIVE CONDUCT AND TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. (a) CONFIDENTIALITY. The Executive recognizes and acknowledges that certain assets of the Company constitute Confidential Information. The term "Confidential Information" as used in this Agreement shall mean all information which is known only to the Executive or the Company, other employees or others in a confidential relationship with the Company and any persons controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Company (each, an "Affiliate") and their respective employees, officers and partners), and relating to the Company' or any Affiliate's business (including, without limitation, information regarding clients, customers, pricing policies, methods of operation, proprietary computer programs, sales, products, profits, costs, markets, key personnel, formulae, product applications, technical processes, and trade secrets), as such information may exist from time to time, which the Executive acquired or obtained by virtue of work performed for the Company, or which the Executive may acquire or may have acquired knowledge of during the performance of said work. The Executive agrees that at all times during his employment and thereafter (including periods after the term of this Agreement), he will keep and maintain all Confidential Information and all of the affairs of the Company and its Affiliates confidential, and will not, except (1) as necessary for the performance of his responsibilities hereunder or (2) as required by judicial process and after three days prior notice to the Company unless required earlier by a court order or a legal requirement, disclose to any person for any reason or purpose whatsoever, directly or indirectly, all or any part of the Confidential Information of the Company and its Affiliates. The Executive is not bound by the restrictions in this paragraph with respect to any information that becomes public other than as a consequence of the breach by the Executive of his confidentiality obligations hereunder or is disclosed without an obligation of confidentiality. The Executive can disclose all information to his personal advisors subject to becoming liable for any violation by them of Executive's confidentiality obligations. (b) RETURN OF MATERIALS. The Executive agrees that on the termination of his employment, however such termination may occur, the Executive will promptly return to the Company all materials and other property from time to time held by the Executive and proprietary to the Company including without limitation any documents incorporating, reflecting or reproducing in whole or in part any Confidential Information, credit cards, and the like. (c) NON-SOLICITATION AND NON-COMPETE. The Executive agrees that, (i) during the term hereof, he will not, directly or indirectly, either as a principal, agent, employee, employer, stockholder, co-partner or in any other capacity whatsoever, engage in any outside activity, whether or not competitive with the business of the Company, that could foreseeably give rise to a conflict of interest or otherwise interfere with his duties and obligations to the Company; (ii) during the term hereof and for twenty-four (24) months after 10 the term, he will not, directly or indirectly, either as a principal, agent, employee, employer, stockholder, co-partner or in any other capacity whatsoever, solicit, hire or attempt to hire, or assist others in soliciting, hiring or attempting to hire, any individual employed by the Company at any time while the Executive was also so employed, or encourage any such individual to terminate his or her relationship with the Company; and (iii) during the term hereof, he will not, directly or indirectly, either as a principal, agent, employee, employer, stockholder, co-partner or in any other capacity whatsoever, engage in or undertake any planning for any activity which is competitive with the business of the Company, as conducted or under consideration at any time during his employment by the Company. (d) REASONABLENESS OF RESTRICTIONS. The restrictions against activities set forth in subsection (c) above are considered by the parties to be reasonable for the purposes of protecting the business of the Company. If any restriction is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable because it extends for too long a period of time, over too broad a range of activities or in too large a geographic area, that restriction shall be interpreted to extend only over the maximum period of time, range of activities or geographic area as to which it may be enforceable. (e) NONINTERFERENCE. In the event of any dispute under this Agreement or otherwise relating to the Executive's relationship with the Company, any Affiliate of the Company, or their respective principals or management, whether or not during the term of this Agreement, the Executive agrees not to bring any legal proceeding or take any legal action to seek to enjoin or otherwise impede the purchase, sale, financing, refinancing, development, establishment or operation of any business venture or entity in which any of such persons or entities has any interest. 7. MISCELLANEOUS. (a) FREEDOM TO CONTRACT. The Executive represents that he is free to enter into this Agreement and carry out his obligations hereunder without any conflict with any prior agreements, and that he has not made and will not make any agreement in conflict with this Agreement. (b) ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement represents the entire and only understanding between the parties on the subject matter hereof and supersedes any other agreements or understandings between them on such subject matter. (c) SPECIFIC ENFORCEMENT. The parties acknowledge and agree that the Executive's breach of the provisions of Sections 6 and 7 of this Agreement may cause irreparable harm to the Company, that the remedy of damages will not be adequate for the enforcement of such provisions, and that such provisions may be enforced by equitable relief, including injunctive relief, which relief shall be cumulative and in addition to any other relief to which the Company may be entitled. 11 (d) BINDING EFFECT; SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns of the respective parties. Without the express written consent of the other party, neither the Company nor the Executive may assign any duties or right or interest hereunder or right to receive any money hereunder and any such assignment shall be void; provided, however, that without the Executive's consent the Company may assign its rights and obligations hereunder in their entirety to any successor to all or substantially all of its business, whether affected by merger or otherwise. The preceding sentence, however, shall not prevent the transfer of any right or interest to receive any money hereunder by the Executive by way of testamentary disposition or intestate succession. The Company shall require any successor or assign (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, reorganization, consolidation, acquisition or property or stock, liquidation or otherwise) to all or a significant portion of the assets of the Company, by agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Executive, to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place. Regardless of whether such agreement is executed by a successor, this Agreement shall continue to be binding upon the Company and any successor and assign shall be deemed the "Company" for purposes of this Agreement. (e) SEVERABILITY. In the event any provision of this Agreement shall be determined in any circumstances to be invalid or unenforceable, such determination shall not affect or impair any other provision of this Agreement or the enforcement of such provision in other appropriate circumstances. (f) NOTICES. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing or by written telecommunication, and shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered personally or if sent by overnight courier or by certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid or sent by written telecommunication or telecopy, to the relevant address set forth below, or to such other address as the recipient of such notice or communication shall have specified to the other party hereto in accordance with this Section 7(f): If to the Company, to: Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation 1134 Market Street Wheeling, WV 26003 Attention: Chief Executive Officer Telecopy: 304-234-2690 with a copy to the Company's Chief Financial Officer at the same address. If to the Executive, at his last residence shown on the records of the Company. 12 Any such notice shall be deemed to have been received (i) if delivered personally, when received, (ii) if sent by overnight courier, when sent, (iii) if mailed, two (2) days after being mailed as described above and (iv) in the case of facsimile transmission, when confirmed by facsimile machine report. (g) ARBITRATION OF CLAIMS. The parties hereto agree that except as provided in Section 7(c) above any dispute hereunder, or otherwise relating to the Executive's relationship with the Company, whether or not arising during the term of this Agreement, shall be resolved by submission to final and binding arbitration held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania or as otherwise mutually agreed under the National Rules for the Resolution of Employment Disputes of the American Arbitration Association then existing, and judgment on any arbitration award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. Any cause of action or matter in dispute is hereby waived unless arbitration proceedings are initiated by the complaining party within one (1) year from the later of the accrual of the cause of action or the date on which the cause of action should reasonably have been discovered. The Executive and the Company agree any such arbitrator shall not be empowered to amend or modify this Agreement or any other relevant agreement in any respect and further agree that the arbitrator shall not have the jurisdiction to award punitive damages and shall be without the authority to award relief other than monetary damages. Executive and the Company understand and agree that the Company shall bear the arbitrator's fee and any other type of expense or cost that Executive would not be required to bear if Executive were free to bring the dispute or claim in court as well as any other expense or cost that is unique to arbitration. Executive and the Company shall each pay their own attorneys' fees incurred in connection with an arbitration, and the arbitrator will not have authority to award attorneys' fees unless a statute or contract at issue in the dispute authorizes the award of attorneys' fees to the prevailing party, in which case the arbitrator shall have the authority to make an award of attorneys' fees as required or permitted by applicable law. If there is a dispute as to whether Executive or the Company is the prevailing party, the arbitrator will decide this issue. Any cause of action or matter in dispute is hereby waived unless arbitration proceedings are initiated by the complaining party within one (1) year from the later of the accrual of the cause of action or the date on which the cause of action should reasonably have been discovered. (h) JURY & PUNITIVE DAMAGES WAIVER. EACH PARTY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHTS THAT HE OR IT MAY HAVE TO HAVE ANY DISPUTE (WHETHER OR NOT ARISING DURING THE TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT) HEREUNDER OR OTHERWISE RELATING TO THE EXECUTIVE'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE EMPLOYER OR ANY AFFILIATE TRIED BEFORE OR DETERMINED BY A JURY OR TO CLAIM OR RECOVER PUNITIVE DAMAGES. (i) REIMBURSEMENT OF LEGAL FEES. In the event that it shall be necessary or desirable for the Executive to retain legal counsel or incur other costs and expenses in connection with the enforcement of any or all of his rights under Agreement, and provided that the Executive substantially prevails in the enforcement of such rights, the Company shall pay (or the Executive shall be entitled to recover from the Company, as the case may be) the Executive's reasonable attorneys' fees and 13 costs and expenses in connection with the enforcement of his rights, including the enforcement of any arbitration award, up to $50,000 in the aggregate. (j) AMENDMENT. This Agreement may be modified only by an instrument in writing executed by the parties hereto. (k) INTERPRETATIVE MATTERS; COUNTERPARTS. The headings of sections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect its meaning or construction. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction will be applied against any party. No delay or omission by either party hereto in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall impair such right, power or privilege, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or privilege preclude any further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. In making proof of this Agreement it shall not be necessary to produce or account for more than one such counterpart. (l) GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement is to be governed and construed according to the internal substantive laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. (m) CONFLICTS. To the extent that this Agreement conflicts with any provision, in any handbook, policy manual, rule or regulation, the provisions of this Agreement shall take precedent. (n) CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL. The Executive acknowledges that he has had a full and complete opportunity to consult with counsel or other advisers of his own choosing concerning the terms, enforceability and implications of this Agreement, and that the Company has made any representations or warranties to the Executive concerning the terms, enforceability and implications of this Agreement other than as are reflected in this Agreement. (o) WITHHOLDING. Any payments provided for in this Agreement shall be paid net of any applicable tax withholding required under federal, state or local law. 14 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Agreement as of the date and year first above written. WHEELING-PITTSBURGH STEEL CORPORATION /s/ James G. Bradley ---------------------------------------- EXECUTIVE /s/ Paul J. Mooney -------------------------------------- Paul J. Mooney 15 EXHIBIT A RELEASE OF CLAIMS In exchange for the severance pay and other benefits set forth in my amended and restated employment agreement with Wheeling-Pittsburgh (the "Company") dated February 15, 2006 (as amended through the date hereof, the "Employment Agreement"), I forever give up, waive and release any and all claims, charges, complaints, grievances or promises of any and every kind I may have up to the date of this Release against the Company, its parent, Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation, and other affiliates and its and their directors, officers and employees, and related persons, including, without limitation, my rights under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA"), the Equal Pay Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act ("ADEA") and other federal and state statutes prohibiting discrimination on the basis of age, sex, race, color, handicap, religion and national origin and any common law claims, including without limitation, claims for defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, intentional interference with contract, negligent infliction of emotional distress, personal injury, breach of contract, unpaid wages or compensation, or claims for unreimbursed expenses. This release shall not extend to any claim to amounts due me in accordance with the terms of my Employment Agreement after termination of my employment or to claims to indemnity I may have under the terms of my Employment Agreement, applicable law, or the Company's or its parent's articles of organization or bylaws for having served as a director, officer or employee of the Company, its parent or any affiliate. I acknowledge that I have been advised of my right to consult an attorney before I sign this Release and that I have twenty-one (21) days to consider whether to sign this Release. If the Release is not received by the Company at the end of the twenty-one (21) day period, it will be considered expired and withdrawn and the Company's severance obligations under my Employment Agreement void. If I execute this Release prior to the end of the twenty-one (21) day period that has been provided for me to consider it, I agree and acknowledge that the prior execution was a knowing and voluntary waiver of my right to consider this Release for a full twenty-one (21) days, and was due to my conclusion that I had ample time in which to consider and understand this Release, and in which to review this Release with my counsel. Nothing in this Release shall be construed to affect the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's ("Commission") independent right and responsibility to enforce the law. I understand, however, that, while this Release does not affect my right to file a charge or participate in an investigation or proceeding conducted by the Commission, it does bar any claim I might have to receive monetary damages in connection with any Commission proceeding concerning matters covered by this Release. I understand I have the right to revoke this Release within seven (7) days of signing it. I understand that to revoke this Release, I must notice the Company in writing in accordance with the notice procedures set forth in my Employment Agreement. /s/ Paul J. Mooney ---------------------------------------- Executive Dated: February 15, 2006 -17- EX-10.12.C 3 j1823501exv10w12wc.txt EX-10.12(C) Exhibit 10.12(c) WHEELING-PITTSBURGH STEEL CORPORATION AMENDED AND RESTATED RETENTION AGREEMENT This Agreement, effective as of February 15, 2006, is an amendment and restatement of, and replaces in its entirety, the Post-Bankruptcy Retention Agreement entered into effective as of August 1, 2003 (the "Effective Date"), and the amendment and restatement of the Post-Bankruptcy Retention Agreement, entered into effective as of February 16, 2005, by and between the Daniel C. Keaton, currently residing at 119 N. Sugar Street Apt. B, St. Clairsville, OH 43950, and WHEELING-PITTSBURGH STEEL CORPORATION, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Company") and a wholly-owned subsidiary of WHEELING-PITTSBURGH CORPORATION, a corporation also organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Parent"). In consideration of the covenants and conditions herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged by each party, the parties hereby agree as follows: 1. EMPLOYMENT. The Company shall employ the Executive commencing on the Effective Date, and the Executive hereby accepts such employment, all upon the terms and conditions set forth herein. 2. DUTIES AND AUTHORITY. Executive shall serve as the Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Public Relations of the Company, with those authorities, duties and responsibilities customary to that position and such other authorities, duties and responsibilities as the Board of Directors of Parent (the "Board") or the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer may reasonably assign the Executive from time to time. The Executive shall use his best efforts, including the highest standards of professional competence and integrity, and shall devote substantially all his business time and effort, in and to his employment hereunder, and shall not engage in any other business activity which would conflict with the rendition of his services hereunder, except that the Executive may hold directorships or related positions in charitable, educational or not-for-profit organizations, or directorships in business organizations if approved by the President and Chief Executive Officer, and make passive investments, which do not interfere with the Executive's day-to-day acquittal of his responsibilities to the Company. 3. TERM. (a) GENERAL. This Agreement shall have effect as of the Effective Date, and shall remain in effect until August 31, 2006 (the "Expiration Date") or, if earlier, the date this Agreement and the Executive's employment hereunder shall have been terminated in accordance with the provisions of Section 5. The period from the Effective Date until this Agreement shall have expired in accordance with this Section or been terminated in accordance with Section 5 is hereafter referred to as "the term hereof" or "the term of this Agreement." (b) SURVIVAL OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS. Notwithstanding anything else herein contained, the provisions of Sections 4 through 7 hereof shall survive the termination of this Agreement and of the Executive's employment hereunder and the provisions of Section 5(a)(vi)(B) and the other provisions referenced therein shall extend beyond the Expiration Date to the extent described therein. 4. COMPENSATION. In return for his services hereunder, the Executive shall be entitled to (i) the Salary as specified below, (ii) bonuses, to the extent provided below, and (iii) certain fringe benefits, to the extent provided below. (a) SALARY. Starting with the Effective Date, the Company shall pay the Executive, in accordance with the Company's customary payroll practices for executives, salary at an annual rate of $165,000, provided, such salary rate shall be reduced by 15% through May 1, 2004, subject to annual review and upward adjustment at the determination of the Board (as so adjusted, the Executive's "Salary"). (b) BONUS. In addition to the Salary, the Executive shall be to entitled to participate in the Company's existing short-term incentive plan for executives, as the same may be amended from time to time by the Board, and shall also be entitled to receive a bonus of one-half of his then Salary at the "Performance Acceptance Date" with respect to the Company's electric arc furnace as that term is defined under the Company's Term Loan Agreement as of the Effective Date. The Board may also award other bonuses from time to time in its discretion. (c) LONG-TERM INCENTIVES. As of the Effective Date, the Executive shall be granted 42,857 shares of Restricted Stock under and in accordance with the terms of the Parent's 2003 Management Restricted Stock Plan. (d) FRINGE BENEFITS. The Executive will be eligible for and entitled to participate in other benefits maintained by the Company for its senior executive officers, as such benefits may be modified from time to time for all such employees, such as its medical, dental, 401(k), accident, disability, and life insurance benefits, on a basis not less favorable than that applicable to other executives of the Company. Any such participation shall be subject to (i) the terms of the applicable plan documents, (ii) generally applicable policies of the Company and (iii) the discretion of the Board or any administrative or other committee provided for in or contemplated by such plan, exercised in accordance with applicable law. The Executive will also be entitled to the following: 2 (i) Subject to the Company's standard policies, four (4) weeks of vacation per calendar year (or any longer period as shall be provided under the Company's general vacation policies), without reduction in Salary, to be taken at such times and intervals as shall be determined by the Executive subject to the reasonable business needs of the Company and to Company policies as in effect from time. (ii) Appropriate office space, administrative support, e.g., secretarial assistance, and such other facilities and services as are suitable to the Executive's position and adequate for the performance of the Executive's duties. (iii) The use of a company car. The Company shall be responsible for the purchase price or lease payment and shall pay or reimburse all of the Executive's expenses for gasoline for use of the Company car, and maintenance and insurance of his Company car, subject to such reasonable reporting requirements as may be specified by the Company and/or the Internal Revenue Service. The Executive shall keep and submit records of his business and personal use of the automobile. The Executive acknowledges that his personal use of the automobile will result in additional taxable income to him. (iv) Up to $10,000 per annum in reimbursement of legal and personal tax preparation and planning assistance. (v) Payment or reimbursement of the cost of membership for himself and his immediate family in one country club and business-related use thereof. (vi) Payment or reimbursement of the cost, not covered by health insurance, of one comprehensive physical examination during each year during the term of this Agreement. (vii) An annual contribution for each calendar year (or pro rata portion thereof in the event of termination), to be made no later than March 15 of the following calendar year, of not less than $25,000 to a program of insurance or similar arrangement intended to provide supplemental pension and death benefits to or for the benefit of the Executive. Executive acknowledges that he will have no right to cash compensation in lieu of any of the specific foregoing fringe benefits except with respect to vacation pay, and then only to the extent, if any, allowed by the Company's vacation pay policies as in effect from time to time. (e) EXPENSES. The Executive will be entitled to reimbursement of all reasonable expenses, in accordance with the Company's policy as in effect from time to time and on a basis not less favorable than that applicable to other executives of the Company, including, without limitation, telephone, travel and entertainment expenses incurred by the Executive in connection with the business of the Company, subject to such reasonable substantiation and documentation as may be specified by the Company. 3 (f) INDEMNIFICATION. The Company shall, and the Company shall use its best efforts to cause the Parent and any subsidiaries or affiliates it may now or hereafter have to, indemnify the Executive to the maximum extent permitted by law and regulation in connection with any liability, expense or damage which the Executive incurs as a result of the Executive's employment and positions with the Company and its current or future subsidiaries as contemplated by this Agreement, provided that the Executive shall not be indemnified with respect to any matter as to which he shall have been adjudicated in any proceeding not to have acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that his action was in the best interest of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Company, on behalf of itself and its current and future subsidiaries, hereby confirms that the occupancy of all offices and positions which in the future are or were occupied or held by the Executive in connection with his employment under this Agreement have been so occupied or held at the request of and for the benefit of the Company and its subsidiaries for purposes of the Executive's entitlement to indemnification under applicable provisions of the respective articles of organization and/or other similar documents of the Company and its subsidiaries. Expenses incurred by the Executive in defending a claim, action, suit, investigation or proceeding shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition thereof upon the receipt by the Company of an undertaking by the Executive to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified hereunder. The foregoing rights are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights accruing to the Executive under any other agreement or contract or under applicable law. (g) PARACHUTE PAYMENT TAXES. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, in the event that any payment or benefit under this Agreement or any other agreement or arrangement of the Company received or to be received by the Executive in connection with a Change in Control or the termination of the Executive's employment (all such payments and benefits, the "Total Payments") is determined to be subject (in whole or part) to the tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (the "Excise Tax"), then the Executive shall be entitled to receive an additional payment (a "Gross-Up Payment") in an amount such that after payment by the Executive of all taxes (including any interest or penalties imposed with respect to such taxes), including without limitation any income taxes and Excise Tax imposed upon the Gross-Up Payment, the Executive retains an amount equal to the Total Payments. All determinations required to be made under this Section 4(g), including whether and when a Gross-Up Payment is required and the amount of such Gross-Up Payment and the assumptions to be utilized in arriving at such determination, shall be made by the Company's accountants or such other certified public accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the Company as may be designated by the Executive which shall provide detailed supporting calculations both to the Company and the Executive. 5. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT AND EFFECTS THEREOF. (a) TERMINATION. This Agreement and the Executive's employment under this Agreement may be terminated prior to its expiration under Section 3 in the following circumstances. On any termination (including expiration of the term hereof), the Executive (or in the event of his death, his estate) shall be entitled to his then Salary 4 and supplemental pension contribution (as described in Section 4(d)(vii)) earned or accrued but unpaid through the end of the month in which termination (including death) occurred but the Company shall have only such further obligations to the Executive, if any, as are specified below under the applicable termination provisions. (i) UPON DEATH. In the event of the Executive's death during the term hereof, the Executive's employment hereunder shall immediately and automatically terminate. (ii) AS A RESULT OF DISABILITY. In the event that the Executive becomes disabled during the term hereof within the meaning of the Company's then applicable long-term disability plan, the Company may terminate the Executive's employment without further obligation upon notice to the Executive. In the event of such disability, the Executive will continue to receive his base salary and benefits under Section 4 hereof until the earlier of his death or the date the Executive becomes eligible for disability income under the Company's then applicable long-term disability plan or workers' compensation insurance plan. (iii) BY THE COMPANY FOR CAUSE. The Company may terminate the Executive's employment for Cause (as defined in subsection (b) below) at any time upon notice to the Executive setting forth in reasonable detail the nature of such Cause. (iv) BY THE COMPANY OTHER THAN FOR CAUSE. The Company may terminate Executive's employment other than for Cause upon thirty (30) days notice to the Executive (or at its option immediately with thirty (30) days continued compensation, including then Salary and benefits, in lieu of such notice). In the event of such termination, Executive (or in the event of his death following termination, his estate) shall be entitled only to the additional amounts described in subparagraphs (A) and (C) below and the continuation of health insurance benefits described in subparagraph (B) below, subject to (D) below: (A) Salary Payment. Under this subparagraph, the Executive shall be entitled to receive one-time payment in an amount equal to one (1) times his then Salary payable in a single lump sum within thirty (30) days of termination. (B) Health Care Continuation. If at his termination of employment by the Company without Cause the Executive is eligible to and timely elects continued health coverage under Sections 601-607 of ERISA ("COBRA Continuation") then, for the period of such COBRA Continuation (or for twelve (12) months, if less), the Company shall also pay that share of the premium cost of Executive's COBRA Continuation (and that of his eligible dependents also electing COBRA Continuation) in the Company's group health plan as it pays for active employees of the Company and their dependents generally. (C) Pro Rata Bonus. The Executive shall be entitled to a pro rata bonus in an amount determined under the terms of the applicable Company 5 bonus plan, payable at the same time as executive bonuses are paid generally under the applicable Company bonus plan, but in no event later than March 15 of the year following the year in which the termination occurs. (D) Effect of Change of Control. In the event the Company terminates the Executive's employment other than for Cause within one (1) year following a Change of Control, the Executive shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to two (2) times his annual Salary at the highest annualized rate in effect during the one year immediately preceding the date of the Change of Control, payable in a single lump sum within thirty (30) days of termination, in lieu of the amount described in subparagraph (A) above, COBRA Continuation under subparagraph (B) above (but in this event, for a maximum of eighteen (18) months) and a pro rata bonus as determined under subparagraph (C) above. Notwithstanding the above, if, as of the date of the change of control, the $25,000 annual payment referred to in Section 4(d)(vii) has not been substituted with a sixteen percent (16%) increase in base salary ( which increase would be included in the calculation of Salary for purposes of the above payment upon change of control), , then for purposes of calculating the Executive's payment under this subparagraph (D), the Executive's Salary at the highest annualized rate shall be increased by 16%. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if the Executive's employment with the Company is terminated other than for Cause prior to the date on which a Change of Control occurs, and it is reasonably demonstrated that such termination (i) was at the request of a third party who has taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change in Control or (ii) otherwise arose in connection with or anticipation of a Change in Control then for all purposes of this Agreement the date of the Change in Control shall mean the date immediately prior to the date of such termination. (v) BY THE EXECUTIVE. Executive may terminate his employment and this Agreement for any or no reason whatsoever at any time upon sixty (60) days' notice. (A) Good Reason. In the event the Executive gives such notice for and within sixty (60) days of having Good Reason, on the effective date of his resignation he shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to one (1) times his annual Salary at the highest annualized rate in effect during the one year immediately preceding the date of the date of termination, payable in a single lump sum within thirty (30) days of termination, COBRA Continuation under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (iv) above and a pro rata bonus under subparagraph (C) of paragraph (iv) above. (B) Effect of Change of Control. In the event the Executive gives such notice within the period of thirty (30) days beginning six (6) months immediately following a Change of Control, regardless of whether the Executive has Good Reason to terminate his employment, he shall receive the identical benefits as if the termination had occurred under Section 5(a)(iv)(D) above. In the event that at any time within one (1) year following a Change of Control the Executive gives such notice for and within 6 sixty (60) days of having Good Reason, he shall receive the identical benefits as if the termination had occurred under Section 5(a)(iv)(D) above. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if the circumstances constituting Good Reason occur prior to the date on which a Change of Control occurs, and it is reasonably demonstrated that such circumstances (i) occurred at the request of a third party who has taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change in Control or (ii) otherwise arose in connection with or anticipation of a Change in Control then for all purposes of this Agreement the date of the Change in Control shall mean the date immediately prior to the occurrence of such circumstances. (C) Resignation Without Good Reason. In the event the Executive resigns other than in the circumstances described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) above, he shall not be entitled to any additional Salary or COBRA Continuation or pro rata bonus. The Company may at its sole option waive the requirement of advance notice and decline to accept the Executive's service for any period following its receipt of notice, but in that event, Executive shall be entitled to continued compensation in accordance with Section 4 for the entirety of the otherwise applicable notice period as well as Salary and COBRA Continuation and pro rata bonus in accordance with this paragraph if applicable. (vi) EXPIRATION. (A Immediately prior to the Expiration Date, if the Executive is then employed, the Executive shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to the monthly equivalent of his then Salary multiplied by his full years and fraction of year of service with the Company, its affiliates and their predecessors (but not more than one (1) times his then Salary) payable in a single lump sum within thirty (30) days of such Expiration Date, COBRA Continuation under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (iv) above and a pro rata bonus under subparagraph (C) of paragraph (iv) above. The Salary benefit provided by this paragraph (vi) shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the amount of any other cash severance benefit to which the Executive may then be entitled under any general severance plan or policy of the Company. If the Company and the Executive extend this Agreement, or enter into a new employment agreement, providing for the Executive's continued employment after the Expiration Date, the Executive shall not be entitled to the benefits in this subparagraph and such benefits shall not necessarily be required to become a part of such extended or new agreement. (B) In the event that a Change of Control occurs within seven (7) months prior to the Expiration Date, then the severance provisions of subparagraphs (iv)(D) and (v)(B) above shall continue to apply for a period of seven (7) months following such Change of Control notwithstanding the occurrence of the Expiration Date prior to the end of such period; provided, however, that such severance provisions shall not be applicable following the Expiration Date in the event that upon his termination of employment the Executive is covered by severance provisions contained in any new written agreement entered into by the Executive and the Company for the period after the Expiration Date. 7 (b) DEFINITIONS. For these purposes: (i) "Cause" means the Executive has: (A) been convicted of, or has pled guilty or nolo contendere to, or been indicted for any felony, or any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude under the laws of the United States or any state or political subdivisions thereof; (B) committed a breach of duty of loyalty which is detrimental to the Company; (C) materially violated any provision of Section 6 of this Agreement; (D) failed to perform or adhere to explicitly stated duties or guidelines of employment or to follow the directives of the Board (which are not unlawful to perform or to adhere to or follow and which are within the scope of Executive's duties) following a written warning that if such failure continues it will be deemed a basis for a "For Cause" dismissal; or (E) acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of the Executive's duties. No act, or failure to act, on the Executive's part shall be deemed "willful" unless done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive not in good faith and without reasonable belief that the Executive's act, or failure to act, was in the best interest of the Company. Following a Change of Control, subsection (D) above shall be deleted from this definition of "Cause." (ii) "Change of Control" means the occurrence of any of the following: (A) a merger or consolidation of Parent or the Company with or into another person or the sale, transfer, or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Parent's or Company's assets to one or more other persons in a single transaction or series of related transactions, unless securities possessing more than 50% of the total combined voting power of the survivor's or acquirer's outstanding securities (or the securities of any parent thereof) are held by a person or persons who held securities possessing more than 50% of the total combined voting power of Parent immediately prior to that transaction; (B) any person or group of persons (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and in effect from time to time), other than the Parent, the Company or an affiliate, directly or indirectly acquires beneficial ownership (determined pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the said Exchange Act) of securities possessing more than 50% of the total combined voting power of the Parent's outstanding securities pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made directly to the Parent's stockholders; or (C) over a period of 36 consecutive months or less, there is a change in the composition of the Board such that a majority of the members of the Board (rounded up to the next whole number, if a fraction) ceases to be composed of individuals who either (1) have been members of the Board continuously since the beginning of the 36-month period referred to above or (2) have been elected or nominated for election as Board members during such period by at least a majority of the members Board described in the preceding clause (1) who were still in office at the time that election or nomination was approved by the Board, provided, however, that a Change of Control shall be deemed to have occurred in any event if, by reason of one or more actual or threatened proxy contests for the election of directors or otherwise, a majority of the Board shall consist of individuals, other than directors referred to in clause (1) above, whose election as members of the Board occur within such 36-month period at the request or on behalf of the same person or group of persons (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and in effect from time to time). 8 (iii) "Good Reason" means (A) the assignment to the Executive of any duties inconsistent with the Executive's status as a senior executive officer of the Company or a meaningful alteration, adverse to the Executive, in the nature or status of the Executive's responsibilities (other than reporting responsibilities); (B) permanent relocation of his principal place of employment to a location more than seventy-five miles distant from his principal place of employment as of the Effective Date; (C) a reduction by the Company in the Executive's annual base salary as in effect on the date hereof or as the same may be increased from time to time except for across-the-board salary reductions similarly affecting all senior executives of the Company and all senior executives of any person in control of the Company; (D) the failure by the Company to continue in effect any compensation plan in which the Executive participates which is material to the Executive's total compensation, or the failure by the Company to continue the Executive's participation therein on a basis not materially less favorable, both in terms of the amount of benefits provided and the level of the Executive's participation relative to other participants; or (E) the failure by the Company to continue to provide the Executive with benefits substantially similar to those enjoyed by the Executive under any of the Company's pension, life insurance, medical, health and accident, or disability plans at any time subsequent to the Effective Date, or the taking of any action by the Company which would directly or indirectly materially reduce any of such benefits or deprive the Executive of any material fringe benefit enjoyed by the Executive at any time subsequent to the Effective Date. The events described in (D) and (E) above shall not constitute "Good Reason" where they are the direct result of the elimination or modification of benefit plans or arrangements by the Company with respect to employees generally, however. (c) CESSATION OF AUTHORITY ON TERMINATION. Immediately upon the Executive terminating or being terminated from his position with the Company for any reason or no reason, the Executive will stop serving the functions of the terminated or expired position or any other positions with any affiliate, and shall be without any of the authority of or responsible for any such position. On request of the Board, at any time following his termination of employment for any reason or no reason, the Executive shall resign from the Board if then a member and the board of directors of the Company or any other subsidiary of Parent or which he is then a member. (d) NO OBLIGATION TO MITIGATE. Executive shall not be required to seek other employment or income to reduce any amounts payable to the Executive by the Company under this Section. Further, except as otherwise provided in subsection (a)(vi) the amount of any payment or benefit provided for by this Section shall not be reduced by any compensation earned by the Executive as the result of employment by another employer, retirement benefits, by offset against any amount claimed to be owed by the Executive to the Company, or otherwise. (e) RELEASE OF CLAIMS. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive shall not be entitled to any additional amounts under this Section unless within twenty-one (21) days following his termination he shall have executed and delivered to the Company a general release of claims in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. 9 6. PROVISIONS RELATING TO EXECUTIVE CONDUCT AND TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. (a) CONFIDENTIALITY. The Executive recognizes and acknowledges that certain assets of the Company constitute Confidential Information. The term "Confidential Information" as used in this Agreement shall mean all information which is known only to the Executive or the Company, other employees or others in a confidential relationship with the Company and any persons controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Company (each, an "Affiliate") and their respective employees, officers and partners), and relating to the Company' or any Affiliate's business (including, without limitation, information regarding clients, customers, pricing policies, methods of operation, proprietary computer programs, sales, products, profits, costs, markets, key personnel, formulae, product applications, technical processes, and trade secrets), as such information may exist from time to time, which the Executive acquired or obtained by virtue of work performed for the Company, or which the Executive may acquire or may have acquired knowledge of during the performance of said work. The Executive agrees that at all times during his employment and thereafter (including periods after the term of this Agreement), he will keep and maintain all Confidential Information and all of the affairs of the Company and its Affiliates confidential, and will not, except (1) as necessary for the performance of his responsibilities hereunder or (2) as required by judicial process and after three days prior notice to the Company unless required earlier by a court order or a legal requirement, disclose to any person for any reason or purpose whatsoever, directly or indirectly, all or any part of the Confidential Information of the Company and its Affiliates. The Executive is not bound by the restrictions in this paragraph with respect to any information that becomes public other than as a consequence of the breach by the Executive of his confidentiality obligations hereunder or is disclosed without an obligation of confidentiality. The Executive can disclose all information to his personal advisors subject to becoming liable for any violation by them of Executive's confidentiality obligations. (b) RETURN OF MATERIALS. The Executive agrees that on the termination of his employment, however such termination may occur, the Executive will promptly return to the Company all materials and other property from time to time held by the Executive and proprietary to the Company including without limitation any documents incorporating, reflecting or reproducing in whole or in part any Confidential Information, credit cards, and the like. (c) NON-SOLICITATION AND NON-COMPETE. The Executive agrees that, (i) during the term hereof, he will not, directly or indirectly, either as a principal, agent, employee, employer, stockholder, co-partner or in any other capacity whatsoever, engage in any outside activity, whether or not competitive with the business of the Company, that could foreseeably give rise to a conflict of interest or otherwise interfere with his duties and obligations to the Company; (ii) during the term hereof and for twenty-four (24) months after 10 the term, he will not, directly or indirectly, either as a principal, agent, employee, employer, stockholder, co-partner or in any other capacity whatsoever, solicit, hire or attempt to hire, or assist others in soliciting, hiring or attempting to hire, any individual employed by the Company at any time while the Executive was also so employed, or encourage any such individual to terminate his or her relationship with the Company; and (iii) during the term hereof, he will not, directly or indirectly, either as a principal, agent, employee, employer, stockholder, co-partner or in any other capacity whatsoever, engage in or undertake any planning for any activity which is competitive with the business of the Company, as conducted or under consideration at any time during his employment by the Company. (d) REASONABLENESS OF RESTRICTIONS. The restrictions against activities set forth in subsection (c) above are considered by the parties to be reasonable for the purposes of protecting the business of the Company. If any restriction is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable because it extends for too long a period of time, over too broad a range of activities or in too large a geographic area, that restriction shall be interpreted to extend only over the maximum period of time, range of activities or geographic area as to which it may be enforceable. (e) NONINTERFERENCE. In the event of any dispute under this Agreement or otherwise relating to the Executive's relationship with the Company, any Affiliate of the Company, or their respective principals or management, whether or not during the term of this Agreement, the Executive agrees not to bring any legal proceeding or take any legal action to seek to enjoin or otherwise impede the purchase, sale, financing, refinancing, development, establishment or operation of any business venture or entity in which any of such persons or entities has any interest. 7. MISCELLANEOUS. (a) FREEDOM TO CONTRACT. The Executive represents that he is free to enter into this Agreement and carry out his obligations hereunder without any conflict with any prior agreements, and that he has not made and will not make any agreement in conflict with this Agreement. (b) ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement represents the entire and only understanding between the parties on the subject matter hereof and supersedes any other agreements or understandings between them on such subject matter. (c) SPECIFIC ENFORCEMENT. The parties acknowledge and agree that the Executive's breach of the provisions of Sections 6 and 7 of this Agreement may cause irreparable harm to the Company, that the remedy of damages will not be adequate for the enforcement of such provisions, and that such provisions may be enforced by equitable relief, including injunctive relief, which relief shall be cumulative and in addition to any other relief to which the Company may be entitled. 11 (d) BINDING EFFECT; SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns of the respective parties. Without the express written consent of the other party, neither the Company nor the Executive may assign any duties or right or interest hereunder or right to receive any money hereunder and any such assignment shall be void; provided, however, that without the Executive's consent the Company may assign its rights and obligations hereunder in their entirety to any successor to all or substantially all of its business, whether affected by merger or otherwise. The preceding sentence, however, shall not prevent the transfer of any right or interest to receive any money hereunder by the Executive by way of testamentary disposition or intestate succession. The Company shall require any successor or assign (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, reorganization, consolidation, acquisition or property or stock, liquidation or otherwise) to all or a significant portion of the assets of the Company, by agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Executive, to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place. Regardless of whether such agreement is executed by a successor, this Agreement shall continue to be binding upon the Company and any successor and assign shall be deemed the "Company" for purposes of this Agreement. (e) SEVERABILITY. In the event any provision of this Agreement shall be determined in any circumstances to be invalid or unenforceable, such determination shall not affect or impair any other provision of this Agreement or the enforcement of such provision in other appropriate circumstances. (f) NOTICES. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing or by written telecommunication, and shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered personally or if sent by overnight courier or by certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid or sent by written telecommunication or telecopy, to the relevant address set forth below, or to such other address as the recipient of such notice or communication shall have specified to the other party hereto in accordance with this Section 7(f): If to the Company, to: Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation 1134 Market Street Wheeling, WV 26003 Attention: Chief Executive Officer Telecopy: 304-234-2690 with a copy to the Company's Chief Financial Officer at the same address. If to the Executive, at his last residence shown on the records of the Company. 12 Any such notice shall be deemed to have been received (i) if delivered personally, when received, (ii) if sent by overnight courier, when sent, (iii) if mailed, two (2) days after being mailed as described above and (iv) in the case of facsimile transmission, when confirmed by facsimile machine report. (g) ARBITRATION OF CLAIMS. The parties hereto agree that except as provided in Section 7(c) above any dispute hereunder, or otherwise relating to the Executive's relationship with the Company, whether or not arising during the term of this Agreement, shall be resolved by submission to final and binding arbitration held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania or as otherwise mutually agreed under the National Rules for the Resolution of Employment Disputes of the American Arbitration Association then existing, and judgment on any arbitration award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. Any cause of action or matter in dispute is hereby waived unless arbitration proceedings are initiated by the complaining party within one (1) year from the later of the accrual of the cause of action or the date on which the cause of action should reasonably have been discovered. The Executive and the Company agree any such arbitrator shall not be empowered to amend or modify this Agreement or any other relevant agreement in any respect and further agree that the arbitrator shall not have the jurisdiction to award punitive damages and shall be without the authority to award relief other than monetary damages. Executive and the Company understand and agree that the Company shall bear the arbitrator's fee and any other type of expense or cost that Executive would not be required to bear if Executive were free to bring the dispute or claim in court as well as any other expense or cost that is unique to arbitration. Executive and the Company shall each pay their own attorneys' fees incurred in connection with an arbitration, and the arbitrator will not have authority to award attorneys' fees unless a statute or contract at issue in the dispute authorizes the award of attorneys' fees to the prevailing party, in which case the arbitrator shall have the authority to make an award of attorneys' fees as required or permitted by applicable law. If there is a dispute as to whether Executive or the Company is the prevailing party, the arbitrator will decide this issue. Any cause of action or matter in dispute is hereby waived unless arbitration proceedings are initiated by the complaining party within one (1) year from the later of the accrual of the cause of action or the date on which the cause of action should reasonably have been discovered. (h) JURY & PUNITIVE DAMAGES WAIVER. EACH PARTY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHTS THAT HE OR IT MAY HAVE TO HAVE ANY DISPUTE (WHETHER OR NOT ARISING DURING THE TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT) HEREUNDER OR OTHERWISE RELATING TO THE EXECUTIVE'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE EMPLOYER OR ANY AFFILIATE TRIED BEFORE OR DETERMINED BY A JURY OR TO CLAIM OR RECOVER PUNITIVE DAMAGES. (i) REIMBURSEMENT OF LEGAL FEES. In the event that it shall be necessary or desirable for the Executive to retain legal counsel or incur other costs and expenses in connection with the enforcement of any or all of his rights under Agreement, and provided that the Executive substantially prevails in the enforcement of such rights, the Company shall pay (or the Executive shall be entitled to recover from the Company, as the case may be) the Executive's reasonable attorneys' fees and 13 costs and expenses in connection with the enforcement of his rights, including the enforcement of any arbitration award, up to $50,000 in the aggregate. (j) AMENDMENT. This Agreement may be modified only by an instrument in writing executed by the parties hereto. (k) INTERPRETATIVE MATTERS; COUNTERPARTS. The headings of sections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect its meaning or construction. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction will be applied against any party. No delay or omission by either party hereto in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall impair such right, power or privilege, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or privilege preclude any further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. In making proof of this Agreement it shall not be necessary to produce or account for more than one such counterpart. (l) GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement is to be governed and construed according to the internal substantive laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. (m) CONFLICTS. To the extent that this Agreement conflicts with any provision, in any handbook, policy manual, rule or regulation, the provisions of this Agreement shall take precedent. (n) CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL. The Executive acknowledges that he has had a full and complete opportunity to consult with counsel or other advisers of his own choosing concerning the terms, enforceability and implications of this Agreement, and that the Company has made any representations or warranties to the Executive concerning the terms, enforceability and implications of this Agreement other than as are reflected in this Agreement. (o) WITHHOLDING. Any payments provided for in this Agreement shall be paid net of any applicable tax withholding required under federal, state or local law. 14 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Agreement as of the date and year first above written. WHEELING-PITTSBURGH STEEL CORPORATION /s/ James G. Bradley ---------------------------------------- EXECUTIVE /s/ Daniel C. Keaton ---------------------------------------- Daniel C. Keaton 15 EXHIBIT A RELEASE OF CLAIMS In exchange for the severance pay and other benefits set forth in my amended and restated employment agreement with Wheeling-Pittsburgh (the "Company") dated February 15, 2006 (as amended through the date hereof, the "Employment Agreement"), I forever give up, waive and release any and all claims, charges, complaints, grievances or promises of any and every kind I may have up to the date of this Release against the Company, its parent, Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation, and other affiliates and its and their directors, officers and employees, and related persons, including, without limitation, my rights under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA"), the Equal Pay Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act ("ADEA") and other federal and state statutes prohibiting discrimination on the basis of age, sex, race, color, handicap, religion and national origin and any common law claims, including without limitation, claims for defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, intentional interference with contract, negligent infliction of emotional distress, personal injury, breach of contract, unpaid wages or compensation, or claims for unreimbursed expenses. This release shall not extend to any claim to amounts due me in accordance with the terms of my Employment Agreement after termination of my employment or to claims to indemnity I may have under the terms of my Employment Agreement, applicable law, or the Company's or its parent's articles of organization or bylaws for having served as a director, officer or employee of the Company, its parent or any affiliate. I acknowledge that I have been advised of my right to consult an attorney before I sign this Release and that I have twenty-one (21) days to consider whether to sign this Release. If the Release is not received by the Company at the end of the twenty-one (21) day period, it will be considered expired and withdrawn and the Company's severance obligations under my Employment Agreement void. If I execute this Release prior to the end of the twenty-one (21) day period that has been provided for me to consider it, I agree and acknowledge that the prior execution was a knowing and voluntary waiver of my right to consider this Release for a full twenty-one (21) days, and was due to my conclusion that I had ample time in which to consider and understand this Release, and in which to review this Release with my counsel. Nothing in this Release shall be construed to affect the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's ("Commission") independent right and responsibility to enforce the law. I understand, however, that, while this Release does not affect my right to file a charge or participate in an investigation or proceeding conducted by the Commission, it does bar any claim I might have to receive monetary damages in connection with any Commission proceeding concerning matters covered by this Release. I understand I have the right to revoke this Release within seven (7) days of signing it. I understand that to revoke this Release, I must notice the Company in writing in accordance with the notice procedures set forth in my Employment Agreement. /s/ Daniel C. Keaton ---------------------------------------- Executive Dated: February 15, 2006 -17- EX-10.12.D 4 j1823501exv10w12wd.txt EX-10.12(D) Exhibit 10.12(d) WHEELING-PITTSBURGH STEEL CORPORATION AMENDED AND RESTATED RETENTION AGREEMENT This Agreement, effective as of February 15, 2006, is an amendment and restatement of, and replaces in its entirety, the Post-Bankruptcy Retention Agreement entered into effective as of August 1, 2003 (the "Effective Date"), and the amendment and restatement of the Post-Bankruptcy Retention Agreement, entered into effective as of February 16, 2005, by and between the Donald E. Keaton, currently residing at 44943 Split Oaks Drive, St. Clairsville, OH 43950 and WHEELING-PITTSBURGH STEEL CORPORATION, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Company") and a wholly-owned subsidiary of WHEELING-PITTSBURGH CORPORATION, a corporation also organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Parent"). In consideration of the covenants and conditions herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged by each party, the parties hereby agree as follows: 1. EMPLOYMENT. The Company shall employ the Executive commencing on the Effective Date, and the Executive hereby accepts such employment, all upon the terms and conditions set forth herein. 2. DUTIES AND AUTHORITY. Executive shall serve as the Vice President, Steel Manufacturing and Procurement of the Company, with those authorities, duties and responsibilities customary to that position and such other authorities, duties and responsibilities as the Board of Directors of Parent (the "Board") or the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer may reasonably assign the Executive from time to time. The Executive shall use his best efforts, including the highest standards of professional competence and integrity, and shall devote substantially all his business time and effort, in and to his employment hereunder, and shall not engage in any other business activity which would conflict with the rendition of his services hereunder, except that the Executive may hold directorships or related positions in charitable, educational or not-for-profit organizations, or directorships in business organizations if approved by the President and Chief Executive Officer, and make passive investments, which do not interfere with the Executive's day-to-day acquittal of his responsibilities to the Company. 3. TERM. (a) GENERAL. This Agreement shall have effect as of the Effective Date, and shall remain in effect until August 31, 2006 (the "Expiration Date") or, if earlier, the date this Agreement and the Executive's employment hereunder shall have been terminated in accordance with the provisions of Section 5. The period from the Effective Date until this Agreement shall have expired in accordance with this Section or been terminated in accordance with Section 5 is hereafter referred to as "the term hereof" or "the term of this Agreement." (b) SURVIVAL OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS. Notwithstanding anything else herein contained, the provisions of Sections 4 through 7 hereof shall survive the termination of this Agreement and of the Executive's employment hereunder and the provisions of Section 5(a)(vi)(B) and the other provisions referenced therein shall extend beyond the Expiration Date to the extent described therein. 4. COMPENSATION. In return for his services hereunder, the Executive shall be entitled to (i) the Salary as specified below, (ii) bonuses, to the extent provided below, and (iii) certain fringe benefits, to the extent provided below. (a) SALARY. Starting with the Effective Date, the Company shall pay the Executive, in accordance with the Company's customary payroll practices for executives, salary at an annual rate of $180,000, provided, such salary rate shall be reduced by 15% through May 1, 2004, subject to annual review and upward adjustment at the determination of the Board (as so adjusted, the Executive's "Salary"). (b) BONUS. In addition to the Salary, the Executive shall be to entitled to participate in the Company's existing short-term incentive plan for executives, as the same may be amended from time to time by the Board, and shall also be entitled to receive a bonus of one-half of his then Salary at the "Performance Acceptance Date" with respect to the Company's electric arc furnace as that term is defined under the Company's Term Loan Agreement as of the Effective Date. The Board may also award other bonuses from time to time in its discretion. (c) LONG-TERM INCENTIVES. As of the Effective Date, the Executive shall be granted 42,857 shares of Restricted Stock under and in accordance with the terms of the Parent's 2003 Management Restricted Stock Plan. (d) FRINGE BENEFITS. The Executive will be eligible for and entitled to participate in other benefits maintained by the Company for its senior executive officers, as such benefits may be modified from time to time for all such employees, such as its medical, dental, 401(k), accident, disability, and life insurance benefits, on a basis not less favorable than that applicable to other executives of the Company. Any such participation shall be subject to (i) the terms of the applicable plan documents, (ii) generally applicable policies of the Company and (iii) the discretion of the Board or any administrative or other committee provided for in or contemplated by such plan, exercised in accordance with applicable law. The Executive will also be entitled to the following: 2 (i) Subject to the Company's standard policies, four (4) weeks of vacation per calendar year (or any longer period as shall be provided under the Company's general vacation policies), without reduction in Salary, to be taken at such times and intervals as shall be determined by the Executive subject to the reasonable business needs of the Company and to Company policies as in effect from time. (ii) Appropriate office space, administrative support, e.g., secretarial assistance, and such other facilities and services as are suitable to the Executive's position and adequate for the performance of the Executive's duties. (iii) The use of a company car. The Company shall be responsible for the purchase price or lease payment and shall pay or reimburse all of the Executive's expenses for gasoline for use of the Company car, and maintenance and insurance of his Company car, subject to such reasonable reporting requirements as may be specified by the Company and/or the Internal Revenue Service. The Executive shall keep and submit records of his business and personal use of the automobile. The Executive acknowledges that his personal use of the automobile will result in additional taxable income to him. (iv) Up to $10,000 per annum in reimbursement of legal and personal tax preparation and planning assistance. (v) Payment or reimbursement of the cost of membership for himself and his immediate family in one country club and business-related use thereof. (vi) Payment or reimbursement of the cost, not covered by health insurance, of one comprehensive physical examination during each year during the term of this Agreement. Executive acknowledges that he will have no right to cash compensation in lieu of any of the specific foregoing fringe benefits except with respect to vacation pay, and then only to the extent, if any, allowed by the Company's vacation pay policies as in effect from time to time. (e) EXPENSES. The Executive will be entitled to reimbursement of all reasonable expenses, in accordance with the Company's policy as in effect from time to time and on a basis not less favorable than that applicable to other executives of the Company, including, without limitation, telephone, travel and entertainment expenses incurred by the Executive in connection with the business of the Company, subject to such reasonable substantiation and documentation as may be specified by the Company. (f) INDEMNIFICATION. The Company shall, and the Company shall use its best efforts to cause the Parent and any subsidiaries or affiliates it may now or hereafter have to, indemnify the Executive to the maximum extent permitted by law and regulation in connection with any liability, expense or damage which the Executive incurs as a result of the Executive's employment and positions with the Company and its current or future subsidiaries as contemplated by this Agreement, provided that the Executive 3 shall not be indemnified with respect to any matter as to which he shall have been adjudicated in any proceeding not to have acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that his action was in the best interest of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Company, on behalf of itself and its current and future subsidiaries, hereby confirms that the occupancy of all offices and positions which in the future are or were occupied or held by the Executive in connection with his employment under this Agreement have been so occupied or held at the request of and for the benefit of the Company and its subsidiaries for purposes of the Executive's entitlement to indemnification under applicable provisions of the respective articles of organization and/or other similar documents of the Company and its subsidiaries. Expenses incurred by the Executive in defending a claim, action, suit, investigation or proceeding shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition thereof upon the receipt by the Company of an undertaking by the Executive to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified hereunder. The foregoing rights are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights accruing to the Executive under any other agreement or contract or under applicable law. (g) PARACHUTE PAYMENT TAXES. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, in the event that any payment or benefit under this Agreement or any other agreement or arrangement of the Company received or to be received by the Executive in connection with a Change in Control or the termination of the Executive's employment (all such payments and benefits, the "Total Payments") is determined to be subject (in whole or part) to the tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (the "Excise Tax"), then the Executive shall be entitled to receive an additional payment (a "Gross-Up Payment") in an amount such that after payment by the Executive of all taxes (including any interest or penalties imposed with respect to such taxes), including without limitation any income taxes and Excise Tax imposed upon the Gross-Up Payment, the Executive retains an amount equal to the Total Payments. All determinations required to be made under this Section 4(g), including whether and when a Gross-Up Payment is required and the amount of such Gross-Up Payment and the assumptions to be utilized in arriving at such determination, shall be made by the Company's accountants or such other certified public accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the Company as may be designated by the Executive which shall provide detailed supporting calculations both to the Company and the Executive. 5. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT AND EFFECTS THEREOF. (a) TERMINATION. This Agreement and the Executive's employment under this Agreement may be terminated prior to its expiration under Section 3 in the following circumstances. On any termination (including expiration of the term hereof), the Executive (or in the event of his death, his estate) shall be entitled to his then Salary and supplemental pension contribution (as described in Section 4(d)(vii)) earned or accrued but unpaid through the end of the month in which termination (including death) occurred but the Company shall have only such further obligations to the Executive, if any, as are specified below under the applicable termination provisions. 4 (i) UPON DEATH. In the event of the Executive's death during the term hereof, the Executive's employment hereunder shall immediately and automatically terminate. (ii) AS A RESULT OF DISABILITY. In the event that the Executive becomes disabled during the term hereof within the meaning of the Company's then applicable long-term disability plan, the Company may terminate the Executive's employment without further obligation upon notice to the Executive. In the event of such disability, the Executive will continue to receive his base salary and benefits under Section 4 hereof until the earlier of his death or the date the Executive becomes eligible for disability income under the Company's then applicable long-term disability plan or workers' compensation insurance plan. (iii) BY THE COMPANY FOR CAUSE. The Company may terminate the Executive's employment for Cause (as defined in subsection (b) below) at any time upon notice to the Executive setting forth in reasonable detail the nature of such Cause. (iv) BY THE COMPANY OTHER THAN FOR CAUSE. The Company may terminate Executive's employment other than for Cause upon thirty (30) days notice to the Executive (or at its option immediately with thirty (30) days continued compensation, including then Salary and benefits, in lieu of such notice). In the event of such termination, Executive (or in the event of his death following termination, his estate) shall be entitled only to the additional amounts described in subparagraphs (A) and (C) below and the continuation of health insurance benefits described in subparagraph (B) below, subject to (D) below: (A) Salary Payment. Under this subparagraph, the Executive shall be entitled to receive one-time payment in an amount equal to one (1) times his then Salary payable in a single lump sum within thirty (30) days of termination. (B) Health Care Continuation. If at his termination of employment by the Company without Cause the Executive is eligible to and timely elects continued health coverage under Sections 601-607 of ERISA ("COBRA Continuation") then, for the period of such COBRA Continuation (or for twelve (12) months, if less), the Company shall also pay that share of the premium cost of Executive's COBRA Continuation (and that of his eligible dependents also electing COBRA Continuation) in the Company's group health plan as it pays for active employees of the Company and their dependents generally. (C) Pro Rata Bonus. The Executive shall be entitled to a pro rata bonus in an amount determined under the terms of the applicable Company bonus plan, payable at the same time as executive bonuses are paid generally under the applicable Company bonus plan, but in no event later than March 15 of the year following the year in which the termination occurs. 5 (D) Effect of Change of Control. In the event the Company terminates the Executive's employment other than for Cause within one (1) year following a Change of Control, the Executive shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to two (2) times his annual Salary at the highest annualized rate in effect during the one year immediately preceding the date of the Change of Control, payable in a single lump sum within thirty (30) days of termination, in lieu of the amount described in subparagraph (A) above, COBRA Continuation under subparagraph (B) above (but in this event, for a maximum of eighteen (18) months) and a pro rata bonus as determined under subparagraph (C) above. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if the Executive's employment with the Company is terminated other than for Cause prior to the date on which a Change of Control occurs, and it is reasonably demonstrated that such termination (i) was at the request of a third party who has taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change in Control or (ii) otherwise arose in connection with or anticipation of a Change in Control then for all purposes of this Agreement the date of the Change in Control shall mean the date immediately prior to the date of such termination. (v) BY THE EXECUTIVE. Executive may terminate his employment and this Agreement for any or no reason whatsoever at any time upon sixty (60) days' notice. (A) Good Reason. In the event the Executive gives such notice for and within sixty (60) days of having Good Reason, on the effective date of his resignation he shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to one (1) times his annual Salary at the highest annualized rate in effect during the one year immediately preceding the date of the date of termination, payable in a single lump sum within thirty (30) days of termination, COBRA Continuation under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (iv) above and a pro rata bonus under subparagraph (C) of paragraph (iv) above. (B) Effect of Change of Control. In the event the Executive gives such notice within the period of thirty (30) days beginning six (6) months immediately following a Change of Control, regardless of whether the Executive has Good Reason to terminate his employment, he shall receive the identical benefits as if the termination had occurred under Section 5(a)(iv)(D) above. In the event that at any time within one (1) year following a Change of Control the Executive gives such notice for and within sixty (60) days of having Good Reason, he shall receive the identical benefits as if the termination had occurred under Section 5(a)(iv)(D) above. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if the circumstances constituting Good Reason occur prior to the date on which a Change of Control occurs, and it is reasonably demonstrated that such circumstances (i) occurred at the request of a third party who has taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change in Control or (ii) otherwise arose in connection with or anticipation of a Change in Control then for all purposes of this Agreement the date of the Change in Control shall mean the date immediately prior to the occurrence of such circumstances. 6 (C) Resignation Without Good Reason. In the event the Executive resigns other than in the circumstances described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) above, he shall not be entitled to any additional Salary or COBRA Continuation or pro rata bonus. The Company may at its sole option waive the requirement of advance notice and decline to accept the Executive's service for any period following its receipt of notice, but in that event, Executive shall be entitled to continued compensation in accordance with Section 4 for the entirety of the otherwise applicable notice period as well as Salary and COBRA Continuation and pro rata bonus in accordance with this paragraph if applicable. (vi) EXPIRATION. (A Immediately prior to the Expiration Date, if the Executive is then employed, the Executive shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to the monthly equivalent of his then Salary multiplied by his full years and fraction of year of service with the Company, its affiliates and their predecessors (but not more than one (1) times his then Salary) payable in a single lump sum within thirty (30) days of such Expiration Date, COBRA Continuation under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (iv) above and a pro rata bonus under subparagraph (C) of paragraph (iv) above. The Salary benefit provided by this paragraph (vi) shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the amount of any other cash severance benefit to which the Executive may then be entitled under any general severance plan or policy of the Company. If the Company and the Executive extend this Agreement, or enter into a new employment agreement, providing for the Executive's continued employment after the Expiration Date, the Executive shall not be entitled to the benefits in this subparagraph and such benefits shall not necessarily be required to become a part of such extended or new agreement. (B) In the event that a Change of Control occurs within seven (7) months prior to the Expiration Date, then the severance provisions of subparagraphs (iv)(D) and (v)(B) above shall continue to apply for a period of seven (7) months following such Change of Control notwithstanding the occurrence of the Expiration Date prior to the end of such period; provided, however, that such severance provisions shall not be applicable following the Expiration Date in the event that upon his termination of employment the Executive is covered by severance provisions contained in any new written agreement entered into by the Executive and the Company for the period after the Expiration Date. (b) DEFINITIONS. For these purposes: (i) "Cause" means the Executive has: (A) been convicted of, or has pled guilty or nolo contendere to, or been indicted for any felony, or any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude under the laws of the United States or any state or political subdivisions thereof; (B) committed a breach of duty of loyalty which is detrimental to the Company; (C) materially violated any provision of Section 6 of this Agreement; (D) failed to perform or adhere to explicitly stated duties or guidelines of employment or to follow the directives of the Board (which are not unlawful to perform or to adhere to or follow and which are within the scope of Executive's duties) following a written warning 7 that if such failure continues it will be deemed a basis for a "For Cause" dismissal; or (E) acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of the Executive's duties. No act, or failure to act, on the Executive's part shall be deemed "willful" unless done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive not in good faith and without reasonable belief that the Executive's act, or failure to act, was in the best interest of the Company. Following a Change of Control, subsection (D) above shall be deleted from this definition of "Cause." (ii) "Change of Control" means the occurrence of any of the following: (A) a merger or consolidation of Parent or the Company with or into another person or the sale, transfer, or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Parent's or Company's assets to one or more other persons in a single transaction or series of related transactions, unless securities possessing more than 50% of the total combined voting power of the survivor's or acquirer's outstanding securities (or the securities of any parent thereof) are held by a person or persons who held securities possessing more than 50% of the total combined voting power of Parent immediately prior to that transaction; (B) any person or group of persons (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and in effect from time to time), other than the Parent, the Company or an affiliate, directly or indirectly acquires beneficial ownership (determined pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the said Exchange Act) of securities possessing more than 50% of the total combined voting power of the Parent's outstanding securities pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made directly to the Parent's stockholders; or (C) over a period of 36 consecutive months or less, there is a change in the composition of the Board such that a majority of the members of the Board (rounded up to the next whole number, if a fraction) ceases to be composed of individuals who either (1) have been members of the Board continuously since the beginning of the 36-month period referred to above or (2) have been elected or nominated for election as Board members during such period by at least a majority of the members Board described in the preceding clause (1) who were still in office at the time that election or nomination was approved by the Board, provided, however, that a Change of Control shall be deemed to have occurred in any event if, by reason of one or more actual or threatened proxy contests for the election of directors or otherwise, a majority of the Board shall consist of individuals, other than directors referred to in clause (1) above, whose election as members of the Board occur within such 36-month period at the request or on behalf of the same person or group of persons (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and in effect from time to time). (iii) "Good Reason" means (A) the assignment to the Executive of any duties inconsistent with the Executive's status as a senior executive officer of the Company or a meaningful alteration, adverse to the Executive, in the nature or status of the Executive's responsibilities (other than reporting responsibilities); (B) permanent relocation of his principal place of employment to a location more than seventy-five miles distant from his principal place of employment as of the Effective Date; (C) a reduction by the Company in the Executive's annual base salary as in effect on the date hereof or as the same may be increased from time to time except for across-the-board salary reductions similarly affecting all senior executives of the Company and all senior 8 executives of any person in control of the Company; (D) the failure by the Company to continue in effect any compensation plan in which the Executive participates which is material to the Executive's total compensation, or the failure by the Company to continue the Executive's participation therein on a basis not materially less favorable, both in terms of the amount of benefits provided and the level of the Executive's participation relative to other participants; or (E) the failure by the Company to continue to provide the Executive with benefits substantially similar to those enjoyed by the Executive under any of the Company's pension, life insurance, medical, health and accident, or disability plans at any time subsequent to the Effective Date, or the taking of any action by the Company which would directly or indirectly materially reduce any of such benefits or deprive the Executive of any material fringe benefit enjoyed by the Executive at any time subsequent to the Effective Date. The events described in (D) and (E) above shall not constitute "Good Reason" where they are the direct result of the elimination or modification of benefit plans or arrangements by the Company with respect to employees generally, however. (c) CESSATION OF AUTHORITY ON TERMINATION. Immediately upon the Executive terminating or being terminated from his position with the Company for any reason or no reason, the Executive will stop serving the functions of the terminated or expired position or any other positions with any affiliate, and shall be without any of the authority of or responsible for any such position. On request of the Board, at any time following his termination of employment for any reason or no reason, the Executive shall resign from the Board if then a member and the board of directors of the Company or any other subsidiary of Parent or which he is then a member. (d) NO OBLIGATION TO MITIGATE. Executive shall not be required to seek other employment or income to reduce any amounts payable to the Executive by the Company under this Section. Further, except as otherwise provided in subsection (a)(vi) the amount of any payment or benefit provided for by this Section shall not be reduced by any compensation earned by the Executive as the result of employment by another employer, retirement benefits, by offset against any amount claimed to be owed by the Executive to the Company, or otherwise. (e) RELEASE OF CLAIMS. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive shall not be entitled to any additional amounts under this Section unless within twenty-one (21) days following his termination he shall have executed and delivered to the Company a general release of claims in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. 6. PROVISIONS RELATING TO EXECUTIVE CONDUCT AND TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. (a) CONFIDENTIALITY. The Executive recognizes and acknowledges that certain assets of the Company constitute Confidential Information. The term "Confidential Information" as used in this Agreement shall mean all information which is known only to the Executive or the Company, other employees or others in a confidential relationship with the Company and any persons controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Company (each, an "Affiliate") and their respective 9 employees, officers and partners), and relating to the Company' or any Affiliate's business (including, without limitation, information regarding clients, customers, pricing policies, methods of operation, proprietary computer programs, sales, products, profits, costs, markets, key personnel, formulae, product applications, technical processes, and trade secrets), as such information may exist from time to time, which the Executive acquired or obtained by virtue of work performed for the Company, or which the Executive may acquire or may have acquired knowledge of during the performance of said work. The Executive agrees that at all times during his employment and thereafter (including periods after the term of this Agreement), he will keep and maintain all Confidential Information and all of the affairs of the Company and its Affiliates confidential, and will not, except (1) as necessary for the performance of his responsibilities hereunder or (2) as required by judicial process and after three days prior notice to the Company unless required earlier by a court order or a legal requirement, disclose to any person for any reason or purpose whatsoever, directly or indirectly, all or any part of the Confidential Information of the Company and its Affiliates. The Executive is not bound by the restrictions in this paragraph with respect to any information that becomes public other than as a consequence of the breach by the Executive of his confidentiality obligations hereunder or is disclosed without an obligation of confidentiality. The Executive can disclose all information to his personal advisors subject to becoming liable for any violation by them of Executive's confidentiality obligations. (b) RETURN OF MATERIALS. The Executive agrees that on the termination of his employment, however such termination may occur, the Executive will promptly return to the Company all materials and other property from time to time held by the Executive and proprietary to the Company including without limitation any documents incorporating, reflecting or reproducing in whole or in part any Confidential Information, credit cards, and the like. (c) NON-SOLICITATION AND NON-COMPETE. The Executive agrees that, (i) during the term hereof, he will not, directly or indirectly, either as a principal, agent, employee, employer, stockholder, co-partner or in any other capacity whatsoever, engage in any outside activity, whether or not competitive with the business of the Company, that could foreseeably give rise to a conflict of interest or otherwise interfere with his duties and obligations to the Company; (ii) during the term hereof and for twenty-four (24) months after the term, he will not, directly or indirectly, either as a principal, agent, employee, employer, stockholder, co-partner or in any other capacity whatsoever, solicit, hire or attempt to hire, or assist others in soliciting, hiring or attempting to hire, any individual employed by the Company at any time while the Executive was also so employed, or encourage any such individual to terminate his or her relationship with the Company; and (iii) during the term hereof, he will not, directly or indirectly, either as a principal, agent, employee, employer, stockholder, co-partner or in any other capacity 10 whatsoever, engage in or undertake any planning for any activity which is competitive with the business of the Company, as conducted or under consideration at any time during his employment by the Company. (d) REASONABLENESS OF RESTRICTIONS. The restrictions against activities set forth in subsection (c) above are considered by the parties to be reasonable for the purposes of protecting the business of the Company. If any restriction is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable because it extends for too long a period of time, over too broad a range of activities or in too large a geographic area, that restriction shall be interpreted to extend only over the maximum period of time, range of activities or geographic area as to which it may be enforceable. (e) NONINTERFERENCE. In the event of any dispute under this Agreement or otherwise relating to the Executive's relationship with the Company, any Affiliate of the Company, or their respective principals or management, whether or not during the term of this Agreement, the Executive agrees not to bring any legal proceeding or take any legal action to seek to enjoin or otherwise impede the purchase, sale, financing, refinancing, development, establishment or operation of any business venture or entity in which any of such persons or entities has any interest. 7. MISCELLANEOUS. (a) FREEDOM TO CONTRACT. The Executive represents that he is free to enter into this Agreement and carry out his obligations hereunder without any conflict with any prior agreements, and that he has not made and will not make any agreement in conflict with this Agreement. (b) ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement represents the entire and only understanding between the parties on the subject matter hereof and supersedes any other agreements or understandings between them on such subject matter. (c) SPECIFIC ENFORCEMENT. The parties acknowledge and agree that the Executive's breach of the provisions of Sections 6 and 7 of this Agreement may cause irreparable harm to the Company, that the remedy of damages will not be adequate for the enforcement of such provisions, and that such provisions may be enforced by equitable relief, including injunctive relief, which relief shall be cumulative and in addition to any other relief to which the Company may be entitled. (d) BINDING EFFECT; SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns of the respective parties. Without the express written consent of the other party, neither the Company nor the Executive may assign any duties or right or interest hereunder or right to receive any money hereunder and any such assignment shall be void; provided, however, that without the Executive's consent the Company may assign its rights and obligations hereunder in their entirety to any successor to all or substantially all of its business, whether affected by merger or otherwise. The preceding sentence, however, shall not prevent the transfer of any right or interest to 11 receive any money hereunder by the Executive by way of testamentary disposition or intestate succession. The Company shall require any successor or assign (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, reorganization, consolidation, acquisition or property or stock, liquidation or otherwise) to all or a significant portion of the assets of the Company, by agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Executive, to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place. Regardless of whether such agreement is executed by a successor, this Agreement shall continue to be binding upon the Company and any successor and assign shall be deemed the "Company" for purposes of this Agreement. (e) SEVERABILITY. In the event any provision of this Agreement shall be determined in any circumstances to be invalid or unenforceable, such determination shall not affect or impair any other provision of this Agreement or the enforcement of such provision in other appropriate circumstances. (f) NOTICES. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing or by written telecommunication, and shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered personally or if sent by overnight courier or by certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid or sent by written telecommunication or telecopy, to the relevant address set forth below, or to such other address as the recipient of such notice or communication shall have specified to the other party hereto in accordance with this Section 7(f): If to the Company, to: Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation 1134 Market Street Wheeling, WV 26003 Attention: Chief Executive Officer Telecopy: 304-234-2690 with a copy to the Company's Chief Financial Officer at the same address. If to the Executive, at his last residence shown on the records of the Company. Any such notice shall be deemed to have been received (i) if delivered personally, when received, (ii) if sent by overnight courier, when sent, (iii) if mailed, two (2) days after being mailed as described above and (iv) in the case of facsimile transmission, when confirmed by facsimile machine report. (g) ARBITRATION OF CLAIMS. The parties hereto agree that except as provided in Section 7(c) above any dispute hereunder, or otherwise relating to the Executive's relationship with the Company, whether or not arising during the term of this Agreement, shall be resolved by submission to final and binding arbitration held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania or as otherwise mutually agreed under the National Rules for the Resolution of Employment Disputes of the American Arbitration Association then 12 existing, and judgment on any arbitration award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. Any cause of action or matter in dispute is hereby waived unless arbitration proceedings are initiated by the complaining party within one (1) year from the later of the accrual of the cause of action or the date on which the cause of action should reasonably have been discovered. The Executive and the Company agree any such arbitrator shall not be empowered to amend or modify this Agreement or any other relevant agreement in any respect and further agree that the arbitrator shall not have the jurisdiction to award punitive damages and shall be without the authority to award relief other than monetary damages. Executive and the Company understand and agree that the Company shall bear the arbitrator's fee and any other type of expense or cost that Executive would not be required to bear if Executive were free to bring the dispute or claim in court as well as any other expense or cost that is unique to arbitration. Executive and the Company shall each pay their own attorneys' fees incurred in connection with an arbitration, and the arbitrator will not have authority to award attorneys' fees unless a statute or contract at issue in the dispute authorizes the award of attorneys' fees to the prevailing party, in which case the arbitrator shall have the authority to make an award of attorneys' fees as required or permitted by applicable law. If there is a dispute as to whether Executive or the Company is the prevailing party, the arbitrator will decide this issue. Any cause of action or matter in dispute is hereby waived unless arbitration proceedings are initiated by the complaining party within one (1) year from the later of the accrual of the cause of action or the date on which the cause of action should reasonably have been discovered. (h) JURY & PUNITIVE DAMAGES WAIVER. EACH PARTY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHTS THAT HE OR IT MAY HAVE TO HAVE ANY DISPUTE (WHETHER OR NOT ARISING DURING THE TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT) HEREUNDER OR OTHERWISE RELATING TO THE EXECUTIVE'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE EMPLOYER OR ANY AFFILIATE TRIED BEFORE OR DETERMINED BY A JURY OR TO CLAIM OR RECOVER PUNITIVE DAMAGES. (i) REIMBURSEMENT OF LEGAL FEES. In the event that it shall be necessary or desirable for the Executive to retain legal counsel or incur other costs and expenses in connection with the enforcement of any or all of his rights under Agreement, and provided that the Executive substantially prevails in the enforcement of such rights, the Company shall pay (or the Executive shall be entitled to recover from the Company, as the case may be) the Executive's reasonable attorneys' fees and costs and expenses in connection with the enforcement of his rights, including the enforcement of any arbitration award, up to $50,000 in the aggregate. (j) AMENDMENT. This Agreement may be modified only by an instrument in writing executed by the parties hereto. (k) INTERPRETATIVE MATTERS; COUNTERPARTS. The headings of sections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect its meaning or construction. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction will be applied against any party. No delay or omission by either party 13 hereto in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall impair such right, power or privilege, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or privilege preclude any further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. In making proof of this Agreement it shall not be necessary to produce or account for more than one such counterpart. (l) GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement is to be governed and construed according to the internal substantive laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. (m) CONFLICTS. To the extent that this Agreement conflicts with any provision, in any handbook, policy manual, rule or regulation, the provisions of this Agreement shall take precedent. (n) CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL. The Executive acknowledges that he has had a full and complete opportunity to consult with counsel or other advisers of his own choosing concerning the terms, enforceability and implications of this Agreement, and that the Company has made any representations or warranties to the Executive concerning the terms, enforceability and implications of this Agreement other than as are reflected in this Agreement. (o) WITHHOLDING. Any payments provided for in this Agreement shall be paid net of any applicable tax withholding required under federal, state or local law. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Agreement as of the date and year first above written. WHEELING-PITTSBURGH STEEL CORPORATION /s/ James G. Bradley ---------------------------------------- EXECUTIVE /s/ Donald E. Keaton ---------------------------------------- Donald E. Keaton 14 EXHIBIT A RELEASE OF CLAIMS In exchange for the severance pay and other benefits set forth in my amended and restated employment agreement with Wheeling-Pittsburgh (the "Company") dated February 15, 2006 (as amended through the date hereof, the "Employment Agreement"), I forever give up, waive and release any and all claims, charges, complaints, grievances or promises of any and every kind I may have up to the date of this Release against the Company, its parent, Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation, and other affiliates and its and their directors, officers and employees, and related persons, including, without limitation, my rights under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA"), the Equal Pay Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act ("ADEA") and other federal and state statutes prohibiting discrimination on the basis of age, sex, race, color, handicap, religion and national origin and any common law claims, including without limitation, claims for defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, intentional interference with contract, negligent infliction of emotional distress, personal injury, breach of contract, unpaid wages or compensation, or claims for unreimbursed expenses. This release shall not extend to any claim to amounts due me in accordance with the terms of my Employment Agreement after termination of my employment or to claims to indemnity I may have under the terms of my Employment Agreement, applicable law, or the Company's or its parent's articles of organization or bylaws for having served as a director, officer or employee of the Company, its parent or any affiliate. I acknowledge that I have been advised of my right to consult an attorney before I sign this Release and that I have twenty-one (21) days to consider whether to sign this Release. If the Release is not received by the Company at the end of the twenty-one (21) day period, it will be considered expired and withdrawn and the Company's severance obligations under my Employment Agreement void. If I execute this Release prior to the end of the twenty-one (21) day period that has been provided for me to consider it, I agree and acknowledge that the prior execution was a knowing and voluntary waiver of my right to consider this Release for a full twenty-one (21) days, and was due to my conclusion that I had ample time in which to consider and understand this Release, and in which to review this Release with my counsel. Nothing in this Release shall be construed to affect the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's ("Commission") independent right and responsibility to enforce the law. I understand, however, that, while this Release does not affect my right to file a charge or participate in an investigation or proceeding conducted by the Commission, it does bar any claim I might have to receive monetary damages in connection with any Commission proceeding concerning matters covered by this Release. I understand I have the right to revoke this Release within seven (7) days of signing it. I understand that to revoke this Release, I must notice the Company in writing in accordance with the notice procedures set forth in my Employment Agreement. /s/ Donald E. Keaton ---------------------------------------- Executive Dated: February 15, 2006 -16- EX-10.12.E 5 j1823501exv10w12we.txt EX-10.12(E) Exhibit 10.12(e) WHEELING-PITTSBURGH STEEL CORPORATION AMENDED AND RESTATED RETENTION AGREEMENT This Agreement, effective as of February 15, 2006, is an amendment and restatement of, and replaces in its entirety, the Post-Bankruptcy Retention Agreement entered into effective as of August 1, 2003 (the "Effective Date"), and the amendment and restatement of the Post-Bankruptcy Retention Agreement, entered into effective as of February 16, 2005, by and between the Harry L. Page, currently residing at 126 Breezewood Drive, Venetia, PA 15367 and WHEELING-PITTSBURGH STEEL CORPORATION, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Company") and a wholly-owned subsidiary of WHEELING-PITTSBURGH CORPORATION, a corporation also organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Parent"). In consideration of the covenants and conditions herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged by each party, the parties hereby agree as follows: 1. EMPLOYMENT. The Company shall employ the Executive commencing on the Effective Date, and the Executive hereby accepts such employment, all upon the terms and conditions set forth herein. 2. DUTIES AND AUTHORITY. Executive shall serve as the President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company, with those authorities, duties and responsibilities customary to that position and such other authorities, duties and responsibilities as the Board of Directors of Parent (the "Board") or the Company's Chief Executive Officer may reasonably assign the Executive from time to time. The Executive shall use his best efforts, including the highest standards of professional competence and integrity, and shall devote substantially all his business time and effort, in and to his employment hereunder, and shall not engage in any other business activity which would conflict with the rendition of his services hereunder, except that the Executive may hold directorships or related positions in charitable, educational or not-for-profit organizations, or directorships in business organizations if approved by the Chief Executive Officer, and make passive investments, which do not interfere with the Executive's day-to-day acquittal of his responsibilities to the Company. 3. TERM. (a) GENERAL. This Agreement shall have effect as of the Effective Date, and shall remain in effect until August 31, 2006 (the "Expiration Date") or, if earlier, the date this Agreement and the Executive's employment hereunder shall have been terminated in accordance with the provisions of Section 5. The period from the Effective Date until this Agreement shall have expired in accordance with this Section or been terminated in accordance with Section 5 is hereafter referred to as "the term hereof" or "the term of this Agreement." (b) SURVIVAL OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS. Notwithstanding anything else herein contained, the provisions of Sections 4 through 7 hereof shall survive the termination of this Agreement and of the Executive's employment hereunder and the provisions of Section 5(a)(vi)(B) and the other provisions referenced therein shall extend beyond the Expiration Date to the extent described therein. 4. COMPENSATION. In return for his services hereunder, the Executive shall be entitled to (i) the Salary as specified below, (ii) bonuses, to the extent provided below, and (iii) certain fringe benefits, to the extent provided below. (a) SALARY. Starting with the Effective Date, the Company shall pay the Executive, in accordance with the Company's customary payroll practices for executives, salary at an annual rate of $170,000, provided, such salary rate shall be reduced by 15% through May 1, 2004, subject to annual review and upward adjustment at the determination of the Board (as so adjusted, the Executive's "Salary"). (b) BONUS. In addition to the Salary, the Executive shall be to entitled to participate in the Company's existing short-term incentive plan for executives, as the same may be amended from time to time by the Board, and shall also be entitled to receive a bonus of one-half of his then Salary at the "Performance Acceptance Date" with respect to the Company's electric arc furnace as that term is defined under the Company's Term Loan Agreement as of the Effective Date. The Board may also award other bonuses from time to time in its discretion. (c) LONG-TERM INCENTIVES. As of the Effective Date, the Executive shall be granted 42,857 shares of Restricted Stock under and in accordance with the terms of the Parent's 2003 Management Restricted Stock Plan. (d) FRINGE BENEFITS. The Executive will be eligible for and entitled to participate in other benefits maintained by the Company for its senior executive officers, as such benefits may be modified from time to time for all such employees, such as its medical, dental, 401(k), accident, disability, and life insurance benefits, on a basis not less favorable than that applicable to other executives of the Company. Any such participation shall be subject to (i) the terms of the applicable plan documents, (ii) generally applicable policies of the Company and (iii) the discretion of the Board or any administrative or other committee provided for in or contemplated by such plan, exercised in accordance with applicable law. The Executive will also be entitled to the following: 2 (i) Subject to the Company's standard policies, four (4) weeks of vacation per calendar year (or any longer period as shall be provided under the Company's general vacation policies), without reduction in Salary, to be taken at such times and intervals as shall be determined by the Executive subject to the reasonable business needs of the Company and to Company policies as in effect from time. (ii) Appropriate office space, administrative support, e.g., secretarial assistance, and such other facilities and services as are suitable to the Executive's position and adequate for the performance of the Executive's duties. (iii) The use of a company car. The Company shall be responsible for the purchase price or lease payment and shall pay or reimburse all of the Executive's expenses for gasoline for use of the Company car, and maintenance and insurance of his Company car, subject to such reasonable reporting requirements as may be specified by the Company and/or the Internal Revenue Service. The Executive shall keep and submit records of his business and personal use of the automobile. The Executive acknowledges that his personal use of the automobile will result in additional taxable income to him. (iv) Up to $10,000 per annum in reimbursement of legal and personal tax preparation and planning assistance. (v) Payment or reimbursement of the cost of membership for himself and his immediate family in one country club and business-related use thereof. (vi) Payment or reimbursement of the cost, not covered by health insurance, of one comprehensive physical examination during each year during the term of this Agreement. (vii) An annual contribution for each calendar year (or pro rata portion thereof in the event of termination), to be made no later than March 15 of the following calendar year, of not less than $25,000 to a program of insurance or similar arrangement intended to provide supplemental pension and death benefits to or for the benefit of the Executive. Executive acknowledges that he will have no right to cash compensation in lieu of any of the specific foregoing fringe benefits except with respect to vacation pay, and then only to the extent, if any, allowed by the Company's vacation pay policies as in effect from time to time. (e) EXPENSES. The Executive will be entitled to reimbursement of all reasonable expenses, in accordance with the Company's policy as in effect from time to time and on a basis not less favorable than that applicable to other executives of the Company, including, without limitation, telephone, travel and entertainment expenses incurred by the Executive in connection with the business of the Company, subject to such reasonable substantiation and documentation as may be specified by the Company. 3 (f) INDEMNIFICATION. The Company shall, and the Company shall use its best efforts to cause the Parent and any subsidiaries or affiliates it may now or hereafter have to, indemnify the Executive to the maximum extent permitted by law and regulation in connection with any liability, expense or damage which the Executive incurs as a result of the Executive's employment and positions with the Company and its current or future subsidiaries as contemplated by this Agreement, provided that the Executive shall not be indemnified with respect to any matter as to which he shall have been adjudicated in any proceeding not to have acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that his action was in the best interest of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Company, on behalf of itself and its current and future subsidiaries, hereby confirms that the occupancy of all offices and positions which in the future are or were occupied or held by the Executive in connection with his employment under this Agreement have been so occupied or held at the request of and for the benefit of the Company and its subsidiaries for purposes of the Executive's entitlement to indemnification under applicable provisions of the respective articles of organization and/or other similar documents of the Company and its subsidiaries. Expenses incurred by the Executive in defending a claim, action, suit, investigation or proceeding shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition thereof upon the receipt by the Company of an undertaking by the Executive to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified hereunder. The foregoing rights are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights accruing to the Executive under any other agreement or contract or under applicable law. (g) PARACHUTE PAYMENT TAXES. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, in the event that any payment or benefit under this Agreement or any other agreement or arrangement of the Company received or to be received by the Executive in connection with a Change in Control or the termination of the Executive's employment (all such payments and benefits, the "Total Payments") is determined to be subject (in whole or part) to the tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (the "Excise Tax"), then the Executive shall be entitled to receive an additional payment (a "Gross-Up Payment") in an amount such that after payment by the Executive of all taxes (including any interest or penalties imposed with respect to such taxes), including without limitation any income taxes and Excise Tax imposed upon the Gross-Up Payment, the Executive retains an amount equal to the Total Payments. All determinations required to be made under this Section 4(g), including whether and when a Gross-Up Payment is required and the amount of such Gross-Up Payment and the assumptions to be utilized in arriving at such determination, shall be made by the Company's accountants or such other certified public accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the Company as may be designated by the Executive which shall provide detailed supporting calculations both to the Company and the Executive. 5. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT AND EFFECTS THEREOF. (a) TERMINATION. This Agreement and the Executive's employment under this Agreement may be terminated prior to its expiration under Section 3 in the following circumstances. On any termination (including expiration of the term hereof), the Executive (or in the event of his death, his estate) shall be entitled to his then Salary 4 and supplemental pension contribution (as described in Section 4(d)(vii)) earned or accrued but unpaid through the end of the month in which termination (including death) occurred but the Company shall have only such further obligations to the Executive, if any, as are specified below under the applicable termination provisions. (i) UPON DEATH. In the event of the Executive's death during the term hereof, the Executive's employment hereunder shall immediately and automatically terminate. (ii) AS A RESULT OF DISABILITY. In the event that the Executive becomes disabled during the term hereof within the meaning of the Company's then applicable long-term disability plan, the Company may terminate the Executive's employment without further obligation upon notice to the Executive. In the event of such disability, the Executive will continue to receive his base salary and benefits under Section 4 hereof until the earlier of his death or the date the Executive becomes eligible for disability income under the Company's then applicable long-term disability plan or workers' compensation insurance plan. (iii) BY THE COMPANY FOR CAUSE. The Company may terminate the Executive's employment for Cause (as defined in subsection (b) below) at any time upon notice to the Executive setting forth in reasonable detail the nature of such Cause. (iv) BY THE COMPANY OTHER THAN FOR CAUSE. The Company may terminate Executive's employment other than for Cause upon thirty (30) days notice to the Executive (or at its option immediately with thirty (30) days continued compensation, including then Salary and benefits, in lieu of such notice). In the event of such termination, Executive (or in the event of his death following termination, his estate) shall be entitled only to the additional amounts described in subparagraphs (A) and (C) below and the continuation of health insurance benefits described in subparagraph (B) below, subject to (D) below: (A) Salary Payment. Under this subparagraph, the Executive shall be entitled to receive one-time payment in an amount equal to one (1) times his then Salary payable in a single lump sum within thirty (30) days of termination. (B) Health Care Continuation. If at his termination of employment by the Company without Cause the Executive is eligible to and timely elects continued health coverage under Sections 601-607 of ERISA ("COBRA Continuation") then, for the period of such COBRA Continuation (or for twelve (12) months, if less), the Company shall also pay that share of the premium cost of Executive's COBRA Continuation (and that of his eligible dependents also electing COBRA Continuation) in the Company's group health plan as it pays for active employees of the Company and their dependents generally. (C) Pro Rata Bonus. The Executive shall be entitled to a pro rata bonus in an amount determined under the terms of the applicable Company 5 bonus plan, payable at the same time as executive bonuses are paid generally under the applicable Company bonus plan, but in no event later than March 15 of the year following the year in which the termination occurs. (D) Effect of Change of Control. In the event the Company terminates the Executive's employment other than for Cause within one (1) year following a Change of Control, the Executive shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to two (2) times his annual Salary at the highest annualized rate in effect during the one year immediately preceding the date of the Change of Control, payable in a single lump sum within thirty (30) days of termination, in lieu of the amount described in subparagraph (A) above, COBRA Continuation under subparagraph (B) above (but in this event, for a maximum of eighteen (18) months) and a pro rata bonus as determined under subparagraph (C) above. Notwithstanding the above, if, as of the date of the change of control, the $25,000 annual payment referred to in Section 4(d)(vii) has not been substituted with a sixteen percent (16%) increase in base salary (which increase would be included in the calculation of Salary for purposes of the above payment upon change of control), then for purposes of calculating the Executive's payment under this subparagraph (D), the Executive's Salary at the highest annualized rate shall be increased by 16%. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if the Executive's employment with the Company is terminated other than for Cause prior to the date on which a Change of Control occurs, and it is reasonably demonstrated that such termination (i) was at the request of a third party who has taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change in Control or (ii) otherwise arose in connection with or anticipation of a Change in Control then for all purposes of this Agreement the date of the Change in Control shall mean the date immediately prior to the date of such termination. (v) BY THE EXECUTIVE. Executive may terminate his employment and this Agreement for any or no reason whatsoever at any time upon sixty (60) days' notice. (A) Good Reason. In the event the Executive gives such notice for and within sixty (60) days of having Good Reason, on the effective date of his resignation he shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to one (1) times his annual Salary at the highest annualized rate in effect during the one year immediately preceding the date of the date of termination, payable in a single lump sum within thirty (30) days of termination, COBRA Continuation under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (iv) above and a pro rata bonus under subparagraph (C) of paragraph (iv) above. (B) Effect of Change of Control. In the event the Executive gives such notice within the period of thirty (30) days beginning six (6) months immediately following a Change of Control, regardless of whether the Executive has Good Reason to terminate his employment, he shall receive the identical benefits as if the termination had occurred under Section 5(a)(iv)(D) above. In the event that at any time within one (1) year following a Change of Control the Executive gives such notice for and within 6 sixty (60) days of having Good Reason, he shall receive the identical benefits as if the termination had occurred under Section 5(a)(iv)(D) above. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if the circumstances constituting Good Reason occur prior to the date on which a Change of Control occurs, and it is reasonably demonstrated that such circumstances (i) occurred at the request of a third party who has taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change in Control or (ii) otherwise arose in connection with or anticipation of a Change in Control then for all purposes of this Agreement the date of the Change in Control shall mean the date immediately prior to the occurrence of such circumstances. (C) Resignation Without Good Reason. In the event the Executive resigns other than in the circumstances described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) above, he shall not be entitled to any additional Salary or COBRA Continuation or pro rata bonus. The Company may at its sole option waive the requirement of advance notice and decline to accept the Executive's service for any period following its receipt of notice, but in that event, Executive shall be entitled to continued compensation in accordance with Section 4 for the entirety of the otherwise applicable notice period as well as Salary and COBRA Continuation and pro rata bonus in accordance with this paragraph if applicable. (vi) EXPIRATION. (A Immediately prior to the Expiration Date, if the Executive is then employed, the Executive shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to the monthly equivalent of his then Salary multiplied by his full years and fraction of year of service with the Company, its affiliates and their predecessors (but not more than one (1) times his then Salary) payable in a single lump sum within thirty (30) days of such Expiration Date, COBRA Continuation under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (iv) above and a pro rata bonus under subparagraph (C) of paragraph (iv) above. The Salary benefit provided by this paragraph (vi) shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the amount of any other cash severance benefit to which the Executive may then be entitled under any general severance plan or policy of the Company. If the Company and the Executive extend this Agreement, or enter into a new employment agreement, providing for the Executive's continued employment after the Expiration Date, the Executive shall not be entitled to the benefits in this subparagraph and such benefits shall not necessarily be required to become a part of such extended or new agreement. (B) In the event that a Change of Control occurs within seven (7) months prior to the Expiration Date, then the severance provisions of subparagraphs (iv)(D) and (v)(B) above shall continue to apply for a period of seven (7) months following such Change of Control notwithstanding the occurrence of the Expiration Date prior to the end of such period; provided, however, that such severance provisions shall not be applicable following the Expiration Date in the event that upon his termination of employment the Executive is covered by severance provisions contained in any new written agreement entered into by the Executive and the Company for the period after the Expiration Date. 7 (b) DEFINITIONS. For these purposes: (i) "Cause" means the Executive has: (A) been convicted of, or has pled guilty or nolo contendere to, or been indicted for any felony, or any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude under the laws of the United States or any state or political subdivisions thereof; (B) committed a breach of duty of loyalty which is detrimental to the Company; (C) materially violated any provision of Section 6 of this Agreement; (D) failed to perform or adhere to explicitly stated duties or guidelines of employment or to follow the directives of the Board (which are not unlawful to perform or to adhere to or follow and which are within the scope of Executive's duties) following a written warning that if such failure continues it will be deemed a basis for a "For Cause" dismissal; or (E) acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of the Executive's duties. No act, or failure to act, on the Executive's part shall be deemed "willful" unless done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive not in good faith and without reasonable belief that the Executive's act, or failure to act, was in the best interest of the Company. Following a Change of Control, subsection (D) above shall be deleted from this definition of "Cause." (ii) "Change of Control" means the occurrence of any of the following: (A) a merger or consolidation of Parent or the Company with or into another person or the sale, transfer, or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Parent's or Company's assets to one or more other persons in a single transaction or series of related transactions, unless securities possessing more than 50% of the total combined voting power of the survivor's or acquirer's outstanding securities (or the securities of any parent thereof) are held by a person or persons who held securities possessing more than 50% of the total combined voting power of Parent immediately prior to that transaction; (B) any person or group of persons (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and in effect from time to time), other than the Parent, the Company or an affiliate, directly or indirectly acquires beneficial ownership (determined pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the said Exchange Act) of securities possessing more than 50% of the total combined voting power of the Parent's outstanding securities pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made directly to the Parent's stockholders; or (C) over a period of 36 consecutive months or less, there is a change in the composition of the Board such that a majority of the members of the Board (rounded up to the next whole number, if a fraction) ceases to be composed of individuals who either (1) have been members of the Board continuously since the beginning of the 36-month period referred to above or (2) have been elected or nominated for election as Board members during such period by at least a majority of the members Board described in the preceding clause (1) who were still in office at the time that election or nomination was approved by the Board, provided, however, that a Change of Control shall be deemed to have occurred in any event if, by reason of one or more actual or threatened proxy contests for the election of directors or otherwise, a majority of the Board shall consist of individuals, other than directors referred to in clause (1) above, whose election as members of the Board occur within such 36-month period at the request or on behalf of the same person or group of persons (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and in effect from time to time). 8 (iii) "Good Reason" means (A) the assignment to the Executive of any duties inconsistent with the Executive's status as a senior executive officer of the Company or a meaningful alteration, adverse to the Executive, in the nature or status of the Executive's responsibilities (other than reporting responsibilities); (B) permanent relocation of his principal place of employment to a location more than seventy-five miles distant from his principal place of employment as of the Effective Date; (C) a reduction by the Company in the Executive's annual base salary as in effect on the date hereof or as the same may be increased from time to time except for across-the-board salary reductions similarly affecting all senior executives of the Company and all senior executives of any person in control of the Company; (D) the failure by the Company to continue in effect any compensation plan in which the Executive participates which is material to the Executive's total compensation, or the failure by the Company to continue the Executive's participation therein on a basis not materially less favorable, both in terms of the amount of benefits provided and the level of the Executive's participation relative to other participants; or (E) the failure by the Company to continue to provide the Executive with benefits substantially similar to those enjoyed by the Executive under any of the Company's pension, life insurance, medical, health and accident, or disability plans at any time subsequent to the Effective Date, or the taking of any action by the Company which would directly or indirectly materially reduce any of such benefits or deprive the Executive of any material fringe benefit enjoyed by the Executive at any time subsequent to the Effective Date. The events described in (D) and (E) above shall not constitute "Good Reason" where they are the direct result of the elimination or modification of benefit plans or arrangements by the Company with respect to employees generally, however. (c) CESSATION OF AUTHORITY ON TERMINATION. Immediately upon the Executive terminating or being terminated from his position with the Company for any reason or no reason, the Executive will stop serving the functions of the terminated or expired position or any other positions with any affiliate, and shall be without any of the authority of or responsible for any such position. On request of the Board, at any time following his termination of employment for any reason or no reason, the Executive shall resign from the Board if then a member and the board of directors of the Company or any other subsidiary of Parent or which he is then a member. (d) NO OBLIGATION TO MITIGATE. Executive shall not be required to seek other employment or income to reduce any amounts payable to the Executive by the Company under this Section. Further, except as otherwise provided in subsection (a)(vi) the amount of any payment or benefit provided for by this Section shall not be reduced by any compensation earned by the Executive as the result of employment by another employer, retirement benefits, by offset against any amount claimed to be owed by the Executive to the Company, or otherwise. (e) RELEASE OF CLAIMS. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive shall not be entitled to any additional amounts under this Section unless within twenty-one (21) days following his termination he shall have executed and delivered to the Company a general release of claims in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. 9 6. PROVISIONS RELATING TO EXECUTIVE CONDUCT AND TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. (a) CONFIDENTIALITY. The Executive recognizes and acknowledges that certain assets of the Company constitute Confidential Information. The term "Confidential Information" as used in this Agreement shall mean all information which is known only to the Executive or the Company, other employees or others in a confidential relationship with the Company and any persons controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Company (each, an "Affiliate") and their respective employees, officers and partners), and relating to the Company' or any Affiliate's business (including, without limitation, information regarding clients, customers, pricing policies, methods of operation, proprietary computer programs, sales, products, profits, costs, markets, key personnel, formulae, product applications, technical processes, and trade secrets), as such information may exist from time to time, which the Executive acquired or obtained by virtue of work performed for the Company, or which the Executive may acquire or may have acquired knowledge of during the performance of said work. The Executive agrees that at all times during his employment and thereafter (including periods after the term of this Agreement), he will keep and maintain all Confidential Information and all of the affairs of the Company and its Affiliates confidential, and will not, except (1) as necessary for the performance of his responsibilities hereunder or (2) as required by judicial process and after three days prior notice to the Company unless required earlier by a court order or a legal requirement, disclose to any person for any reason or purpose whatsoever, directly or indirectly, all or any part of the Confidential Information of the Company and its Affiliates. The Executive is not bound by the restrictions in this paragraph with respect to any information that becomes public other than as a consequence of the breach by the Executive of his confidentiality obligations hereunder or is disclosed without an obligation of confidentiality. The Executive can disclose all information to his personal advisors subject to becoming liable for any violation by them of Executive's confidentiality obligations. (b) RETURN OF MATERIALS. The Executive agrees that on the termination of his employment, however such termination may occur, the Executive will promptly return to the Company all materials and other property from time to time held by the Executive and proprietary to the Company including without limitation any documents incorporating, reflecting or reproducing in whole or in part any Confidential Information, credit cards, and the like. (c) NON-SOLICITATION AND NON-COMPETE. The Executive agrees that, (i) during the term hereof, he will not, directly or indirectly, either as a principal, agent, employee, employer, stockholder, co-partner or in any other capacity whatsoever, engage in any outside activity, whether or not competitive with the business of the Company, that could foreseeably give rise to a conflict of interest or otherwise interfere with his duties and obligations to the Company; (ii) during the term hereof and for twenty-four (24) months after 10 the term, he will not, directly or indirectly, either as a principal, agent, employee, employer, stockholder, co-partner or in any other capacity whatsoever, solicit, hire or attempt to hire, or assist others in soliciting, hiring or attempting to hire, any individual employed by the Company at any time while the Executive was also so employed, or encourage any such individual to terminate his or her relationship with the Company; and (iii) during the term hereof, he will not, directly or indirectly, either as a principal, agent, employee, employer, stockholder, co-partner or in any other capacity whatsoever, engage in or undertake any planning for any activity which is competitive with the business of the Company, as conducted or under consideration at any time during his employment by the Company. (d) REASONABLENESS OF RESTRICTIONS. The restrictions against activities set forth in subsection (c) above are considered by the parties to be reasonable for the purposes of protecting the business of the Company. If any restriction is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable because it extends for too long a period of time, over too broad a range of activities or in too large a geographic area, that restriction shall be interpreted to extend only over the maximum period of time, range of activities or geographic area as to which it may be enforceable. (e) NONINTERFERENCE. In the event of any dispute under this Agreement or otherwise relating to the Executive's relationship with the Company, any Affiliate of the Company, or their respective principals or management, whether or not during the term of this Agreement, the Executive agrees not to bring any legal proceeding or take any legal action to seek to enjoin or otherwise impede the purchase, sale, financing, refinancing, development, establishment or operation of any business venture or entity in which any of such persons or entities has any interest. 7. MISCELLANEOUS. (a) FREEDOM TO CONTRACT. The Executive represents that he is free to enter into this Agreement and carry out his obligations hereunder without any conflict with any prior agreements, and that he has not made and will not make any agreement in conflict with this Agreement. (b) ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement represents the entire and only understanding between the parties on the subject matter hereof and supersedes any other agreements or understandings between them on such subject matter. (c) SPECIFIC ENFORCEMENT. The parties acknowledge and agree that the Executive's breach of the provisions of Sections 6 and 7 of this Agreement may cause irreparable harm to the Company, that the remedy of damages will not be adequate for the enforcement of such provisions, and that such provisions may be enforced by equitable relief, including injunctive relief, which relief shall be cumulative and in addition to any other relief to which the Company may be entitled. 11 (d) BINDING EFFECT; SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns of the respective parties. Without the express written consent of the other party, neither the Company nor the Executive may assign any duties or right or interest hereunder or right to receive any money hereunder and any such assignment shall be void; provided, however, that without the Executive's consent the Company may assign its rights and obligations hereunder in their entirety to any successor to all or substantially all of its business, whether affected by merger or otherwise. The preceding sentence, however, shall not prevent the transfer of any right or interest to receive any money hereunder by the Executive by way of testamentary disposition or intestate succession. The Company shall require any successor or assign (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, reorganization, consolidation, acquisition or property or stock, liquidation or otherwise) to all or a significant portion of the assets of the Company, by agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Executive, to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place. Regardless of whether such agreement is executed by a successor, this Agreement shall continue to be binding upon the Company and any successor and assign shall be deemed the "Company" for purposes of this Agreement. (e) SEVERABILITY. In the event any provision of this Agreement shall be determined in any circumstances to be invalid or unenforceable, such determination shall not affect or impair any other provision of this Agreement or the enforcement of such provision in other appropriate circumstances. (f) NOTICES. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing or by written telecommunication, and shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered personally or if sent by overnight courier or by certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid or sent by written telecommunication or telecopy, to the relevant address set forth below, or to such other address as the recipient of such notice or communication shall have specified to the other party hereto in accordance with this Section 7(f): If to the Company, to: Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation 1134 Market Street Wheeling, WV 26003 Attention: Chief Executive Officer Telecopy: 304-234-2690 with a copy to the Company's Chief Financial Officer at the same address. If to the Executive, at his last residence shown on the records of the Company. 12 Any such notice shall be deemed to have been received (i) if delivered personally, when received, (ii) if sent by overnight courier, when sent, (iii) if mailed, two (2) days after being mailed as described above and (iv) in the case of facsimile transmission, when confirmed by facsimile machine report. (g) ARBITRATION OF CLAIMS. The parties hereto agree that except as provided in Section 7(c) above any dispute hereunder, or otherwise relating to the Executive's relationship with the Company, whether or not arising during the term of this Agreement, shall be resolved by submission to final and binding arbitration held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania or as otherwise mutually agreed under the National Rules for the Resolution of Employment Disputes of the American Arbitration Association then existing, and judgment on any arbitration award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. Any cause of action or matter in dispute is hereby waived unless arbitration proceedings are initiated by the complaining party within one (1) year from the later of the accrual of the cause of action or the date on which the cause of action should reasonably have been discovered. The Executive and the Company agree any such arbitrator shall not be empowered to amend or modify this Agreement or any other relevant agreement in any respect and further agree that the arbitrator shall not have the jurisdiction to award punitive damages and shall be without the authority to award relief other than monetary damages. Executive and the Company understand and agree that the Company shall bear the arbitrator's fee and any other type of expense or cost that Executive would not be required to bear if Executive were free to bring the dispute or claim in court as well as any other expense or cost that is unique to arbitration. Executive and the Company shall each pay their own attorneys' fees incurred in connection with an arbitration, and the arbitrator will not have authority to award attorneys' fees unless a statute or contract at issue in the dispute authorizes the award of attorneys' fees to the prevailing party, in which case the arbitrator shall have the authority to make an award of attorneys' fees as required or permitted by applicable law. If there is a dispute as to whether Executive or the Company is the prevailing party, the arbitrator will decide this issue. Any cause of action or matter in dispute is hereby waived unless arbitration proceedings are initiated by the complaining party within one (1) year from the later of the accrual of the cause of action or the date on which the cause of action should reasonably have been discovered. (h) JURY & PUNITIVE DAMAGES WAIVER. EACH PARTY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHTS THAT HE OR IT MAY HAVE TO HAVE ANY DISPUTE (WHETHER OR NOT ARISING DURING THE TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT) HEREUNDER OR OTHERWISE RELATING TO THE EXECUTIVE'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE EMPLOYER OR ANY AFFILIATE TRIED BEFORE OR DETERMINED BY A JURY OR TO CLAIM OR RECOVER PUNITIVE DAMAGES. (i) REIMBURSEMENT OF LEGAL FEES. In the event that it shall be necessary or desirable for the Executive to retain legal counsel or incur other costs and expenses in connection with the enforcement of any or all of his rights under Agreement, and provided that the Executive substantially prevails in the enforcement of such rights, the Company shall pay (or the Executive shall be entitled to recover from the Company, as the case may be) the Executive's reasonable attorneys' fees and 13 costs and expenses in connection with the enforcement of his rights, including the enforcement of any arbitration award, up to $50,000 in the aggregate. (j) AMENDMENT. This Agreement may be modified only by an instrument in writing executed by the parties hereto. (k) INTERPRETATIVE MATTERS; COUNTERPARTS. The headings of sections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect its meaning or construction. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction will be applied against any party. No delay or omission by either party hereto in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall impair such right, power or privilege, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or privilege preclude any further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. In making proof of this Agreement it shall not be necessary to produce or account for more than one such counterpart. (l) GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement is to be governed and construed according to the internal substantive laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. (m) CONFLICTS. To the extent that this Agreement conflicts with any provision, in any handbook, policy manual, rule or regulation, the provisions of this Agreement shall take precedent. (n) CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL. The Executive acknowledges that he has had a full and complete opportunity to consult with counsel or other advisers of his own choosing concerning the terms, enforceability and implications of this Agreement, and that the Company has made any representations or warranties to the Executive concerning the terms, enforceability and implications of this Agreement other than as are reflected in this Agreement. (o) WITHHOLDING. Any payments provided for in this Agreement shall be paid net of any applicable tax withholding required under federal, state or local law. 14 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Agreement as of the date and year first above written. WHEELING-PITTSBURGH STEEL CORPORATION /s/ James G. Bradley ---------------------------------------- EXECUTIVE /s/ Harry L. Page ---------------------------------------- Harry L. Page 15 EXHIBIT A RELEASE OF CLAIMS In exchange for the severance pay and other benefits set forth in my amended and restated employment agreement with Wheeling-Pittsburgh (the "Company") dated February 15, 2006 (as amended through the date hereof, the "Employment Agreement"), I forever give up, waive and release any and all claims, charges, complaints, grievances or promises of any and every kind I may have up to the date of this Release against the Company, its parent, Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation, and other affiliates and its and their directors, officers and employees, and related persons, including, without limitation, my rights under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA"), the Equal Pay Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act ("ADEA") and other federal and state statutes prohibiting discrimination on the basis of age, sex, race, color, handicap, religion and national origin and any common law claims, including without limitation, claims for defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, intentional interference with contract, negligent infliction of emotional distress, personal injury, breach of contract, unpaid wages or compensation, or claims for unreimbursed expenses. This release shall not extend to any claim to amounts due me in accordance with the terms of my Employment Agreement after termination of my employment or to claims to indemnity I may have under the terms of my Employment Agreement, applicable law, or the Company's or its parent's articles of organization or bylaws for having served as a director, officer or employee of the Company, its parent or any affiliate. I acknowledge that I have been advised of my right to consult an attorney before I sign this Release and that I have twenty-one (21) days to consider whether to sign this Release. If the Release is not received by the Company at the end of the twenty-one (21) day period, it will be considered expired and withdrawn and the Company's severance obligations under my Employment Agreement void. If I execute this Release prior to the end of the twenty-one (21) day period that has been provided for me to consider it, I agree and acknowledge that the prior execution was a knowing and voluntary waiver of my right to consider this Release for a full twenty-one (21) days, and was due to my conclusion that I had ample time in which to consider and understand this Release, and in which to review this Release with my counsel. Nothing in this Release shall be construed to affect the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's ("Commission") independent right and responsibility to enforce the law. I understand, however, that, while this Release does not affect my right to file a charge or participate in an investigation or proceeding conducted by the Commission, it does bar any claim I might have to receive monetary damages in connection with any Commission proceeding concerning matters covered by this Release. I understand I have the right to revoke this Release within seven (7) days of signing it. I understand that to revoke this Release, I must notice the Company in writing in accordance with the notice procedures set forth in my Employment Agreement. /s/ Harry L. Page ---------------------------------------- Executive Dated: February 15, 2006 -17- EX-10.12.F 6 j1823501exv10w12wf.txt EX-10.12(F) Exhibit 10.12(f) WHEELING-PITTSBURGH STEEL CORPORATION AMENDED AND RESTATED RETENTION AGREEMENT This Agreement, effective as of February 15, 2006, is an amendment and restatement of, and replaces in its entirety, the Post-Bankruptcy Retention Agreement entered into effective as of August 1, 2003 (the "Effective Date"), and the amendment and restatement of the Post-Bankruptcy Retention Agreement, entered into effective as of February 16, 2005, by and between the John W. Testa, currently residing at 150 Thunderwood Drive, Bethel Park, PA 15102, and WHEELING-PITTSBURGH STEEL CORPORATION, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Company") and a wholly-owned subsidiary of WHEELING-PITTSBURGH CORPORATION, a corporation also organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Parent"). In consideration of the covenants and conditions herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged by each party, the parties hereby agree as follows: 1. EMPLOYMENT. The Company shall employ the Executive commencing on the Effective Date, and the Executive hereby accepts such employment, all upon the terms and conditions set forth herein. 2. DUTIES AND AUTHORITY. Executive shall serve as the Senior Vice President, Chief Restructuring Officer and Secretary of the Company, with those authorities, duties and responsibilities customary to that position and such other authorities, duties and responsibilities as the Board of Directors of Parent (the "Board") or the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer may reasonably assign the Executive from time to time. The Executive shall use his best efforts, including the highest standards of professional competence and integrity, and shall devote substantially all his business time and effort, in and to his employment hereunder, and shall not engage in any other business activity which would conflict with the rendition of his services hereunder, except that the Executive may hold directorships or related positions in charitable, educational or not-for-profit organizations, or directorships in business organizations if approved by the President and Chief Executive Officer, and make passive investments, which do not interfere with the Executive's day-to-day acquittal of his responsibilities to the Company. 3. TERM. (a) GENERAL. This Agreement shall have effect as of the Effective Date, and shall remain in effect until August 31, 2006 (the "Expiration Date") or, if earlier, the date this Agreement and the Executive's employment hereunder shall have been terminated in accordance with the provisions of Section 5. The period from the Effective Date until this Agreement shall have expired in accordance with this Section or been terminated in accordance with Section 5 is hereafter referred to as "the term hereof" or "the term of this Agreement." (b) SURVIVAL OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS. Notwithstanding anything else herein contained, the provisions of Sections 4 through 7 hereof shall survive the termination of this Agreement and of the Executive's employment hereunder and the provisions of Section 5(a)(vi)(B) and the other provisions referenced therein shall extend beyond the Expiration Date to the extent described therein. 4. COMPENSATION. In return for his services hereunder, the Executive shall be entitled to (i) the Salary as specified below, (ii) bonuses, to the extent provided below, and (iii) certain fringe benefits, to the extent provided below. (a) SALARY. Starting with the Effective Date, the Company shall pay the Executive, in accordance with the Company's customary payroll practices for executives, salary at an annual rate of $156,000, provided, such salary rate shall be reduced by 15% through May 1, 2004, subject to annual review and upward adjustment at the determination of the Board (as so adjusted, the Executive's "Salary"). (b) BONUS. In addition to the Salary, the Executive shall be to entitled to participate in the Company's existing short-term incentive plan for executives, as the same may be amended from time to time by the Board, and shall also be entitled to receive a bonus of one-half of his then Salary at the "Performance Acceptance Date" with respect to the Company's electric arc furnace as that term is defined under the Company's Term Loan Agreement as of the Effective Date. The Board may also award other bonuses from time to time in its discretion. (c) LONG-TERM INCENTIVES. As of the Effective Date, the Executive shall be granted 42,857 shares of Restricted Stock under and in accordance with the terms of the Parent's 2003 Management Restricted Stock Plan. (d) FRINGE BENEFITS. The Executive will be eligible for and entitled to participate in other benefits maintained by the Company for its senior executive officers, as such benefits may be modified from time to time for all such employees, such as its medical, dental, 401(k), accident, disability, and life insurance benefits, on a basis not less favorable than that applicable to other executives of the Company. Any such participation shall be subject to (i) the terms of the applicable plan documents, (ii) generally applicable policies of the Company and (iii) the discretion of the Board or any administrative or other committee provided for in or contemplated by such plan, exercised in accordance with applicable law. The Executive will also be entitled to the following: 2 (i) Subject to the Company's standard policies, four (4) weeks of vacation per calendar year (or any longer period as shall be provided under the Company's general vacation policies), without reduction in Salary, to be taken at such times and intervals as shall be determined by the Executive subject to the reasonable business needs of the Company and to Company policies as in effect from time. (ii) Appropriate office space, administrative support, e.g., secretarial assistance, and such other facilities and services as are suitable to the Executive's position and adequate for the performance of the Executive's duties. (iii) The use of a company car. The Company shall be responsible for the purchase price or lease payment and shall pay or reimburse all of the Executive's expenses for gasoline for use of the Company car, and maintenance and insurance of his Company car, subject to such reasonable reporting requirements as may be specified by the Company and/or the Internal Revenue Service. The Executive shall keep and submit records of his business and personal use of the automobile. The Executive acknowledges that his personal use of the automobile will result in additional taxable income to him. (iv) Up to $10,000 per annum in reimbursement of legal and personal tax preparation and planning assistance. (v) Payment or reimbursement of the cost of membership for himself and his immediate family in one country club and business-related use thereof. (vi) Payment or reimbursement of the cost, not covered by health insurance, of one comprehensive physical examination during each year during the term of this Agreement. (vii) An annual contribution for each calendar year (or pro rata portion thereof in the event of termination), to be made no later than March 15 of the following calendar year, of not less than $25,000 to a program of insurance or similar arrangement intended to provide supplemental pension and death benefits to or for the benefit of the Executive. Executive acknowledges that he will have no right to cash compensation in lieu of any of the specific foregoing fringe benefits except with respect to vacation pay, and then only to the extent, if any, allowed by the Company's vacation pay policies as in effect from time to time. (e) EXPENSES. The Executive will be entitled to reimbursement of all reasonable expenses, in accordance with the Company's policy as in effect from time to time and on a basis not less favorable than that applicable to other executives of the Company, including, without limitation, telephone, travel and entertainment expenses incurred by the Executive in connection with the business of the Company, subject to such reasonable substantiation and documentation as may be specified by the Company. 3 (f) INDEMNIFICATION. The Company shall, and the Company shall use its best efforts to cause the Parent and any subsidiaries or affiliates it may now or hereafter have to, indemnify the Executive to the maximum extent permitted by law and regulation in connection with any liability, expense or damage which the Executive incurs as a result of the Executive's employment and positions with the Company and its current or future subsidiaries as contemplated by this Agreement, provided that the Executive shall not be indemnified with respect to any matter as to which he shall have been adjudicated in any proceeding not to have acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that his action was in the best interest of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Company, on behalf of itself and its current and future subsidiaries, hereby confirms that the occupancy of all offices and positions which in the future are or were occupied or held by the Executive in connection with his employment under this Agreement have been so occupied or held at the request of and for the benefit of the Company and its subsidiaries for purposes of the Executive's entitlement to indemnification under applicable provisions of the respective articles of organization and/or other similar documents of the Company and its subsidiaries. Expenses incurred by the Executive in defending a claim, action, suit, investigation or proceeding shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition thereof upon the receipt by the Company of an undertaking by the Executive to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified hereunder. The foregoing rights are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights accruing to the Executive under any other agreement or contract or under applicable law. (g) PARACHUTE PAYMENT TAXES. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, in the event that any payment or benefit under this Agreement or any other agreement or arrangement of the Company received or to be received by the Executive in connection with a Change in Control or the termination of the Executive's employment (all such payments and benefits, the "Total Payments") is determined to be subject (in whole or part) to the tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (the "Excise Tax"), then the Executive shall be entitled to receive an additional payment (a "Gross-Up Payment") in an amount such that after payment by the Executive of all taxes (including any interest or penalties imposed with respect to such taxes), including without limitation any income taxes and Excise Tax imposed upon the Gross-Up Payment, the Executive retains an amount equal to the Total Payments. All determinations required to be made under this Section 4(g), including whether and when a Gross-Up Payment is required and the amount of such Gross-Up Payment and the assumptions to be utilized in arriving at such determination, shall be made by the Company's accountants or such other certified public accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the Company as may be designated by the Executive which shall provide detailed supporting calculations both to the Company and the Executive. 5. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT AND EFFECTS THEREOF. (a) TERMINATION. This Agreement and the Executive's employment under this Agreement may be terminated prior to its expiration under Section 3 in the following circumstances. On any termination (including expiration of the term hereof), the Executive (or in the event of his death, his estate) shall be entitled to his then Salary 4 and supplemental pension contribution (as described in Section 4(d)(vii)) earned or accrued but unpaid through the end of the month in which termination (including death) occurred but the Company shall have only such further obligations to the Executive, if any, as are specified below under the applicable termination provisions. (i) UPON DEATH. In the event of the Executive's death during the term hereof, the Executive's employment hereunder shall immediately and automatically terminate. (ii) AS A RESULT OF DISABILITY. In the event that the Executive becomes disabled during the term hereof within the meaning of the Company's then applicable long-term disability plan, the Company may terminate the Executive's employment without further obligation upon notice to the Executive. In the event of such disability, the Executive will continue to receive his base salary and benefits under Section 4 hereof until the earlier of his death or the date the Executive becomes eligible for disability income under the Company's then applicable long-term disability plan or workers' compensation insurance plan. (iii) BY THE COMPANY FOR CAUSE. The Company may terminate the Executive's employment for Cause (as defined in subsection (b) below) at any time upon notice to the Executive setting forth in reasonable detail the nature of such Cause. (iv) BY THE COMPANY OTHER THAN FOR CAUSE. The Company may terminate Executive's employment other than for Cause upon thirty (30) days notice to the Executive (or at its option immediately with thirty (30) days continued compensation, including then Salary and benefits, in lieu of such notice). In the event of such termination, Executive (or in the event of his death following termination, his estate) shall be entitled only to the additional amounts described in subparagraphs (A) and (C) below and the continuation of health insurance benefits described in subparagraph (B) below, subject to (D) below: (A) Salary Payment. Under this subparagraph, the Executive shall be entitled to receive one-time payment in an amount equal to one (1) times his then Salary payable in a single lump sum within thirty (30) days of termination. (B) Health Care Continuation. If at his termination of employment by the Company without Cause the Executive is eligible to and timely elects continued health coverage under Sections 601-607 of ERISA ("COBRA Continuation") then, for the period of such COBRA Continuation (or for twelve (12) months, if less), the Company shall also pay that share of the premium cost of Executive's COBRA Continuation (and that of his eligible dependents also electing COBRA Continuation) in the Company's group health plan as it pays for active employees of the Company and their dependents generally. (C) Pro Rata Bonus. The Executive shall be entitled to a pro rata bonus in an amount determined under the terms of the applicable Company 5 bonus plan, payable at the same time as executive bonuses are paid generally under the applicable Company bonus plan, but in no event later than March 15 of the year following the year in which the termination occurs. (D) Effect of Change of Control. In the event the Company terminates the Executive's employment other than for Cause within one (1) year following a Change of Control, the Executive shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to two (2) times his annual Salary at the highest annualized rate in effect during the one year immediately preceding the date of the Change of Control, payable in a single lump sum within thirty (30) days of termination, in lieu of the amount described in subparagraph (A) above, COBRA Continuation under subparagraph (B) above (but in this event, for a maximum of eighteen (18) months) and a pro rata bonus as determined under subparagraph (C) above. Notwithstanding the above, if, as of the date of the change of control, the $25,000 annual payment referred to in Section 4(d)(vii) has not been substituted with a sixteen percent (16%) increase in base salary ( which increase would be included in the calculation of Salary for purposes of the above payment upon change of control), then for purposes of calculating the Executive's payment under this subparagraph (D), the Executive's Salary at the highest annualized rate shall be increased by 16%. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if the Executive's employment with the Company is terminated other than for Cause prior to the date on which a Change of Control occurs, and it is reasonably demonstrated that such termination (i) was at the request of a third party who has taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change in Control or (ii) otherwise arose in connection with or anticipation of a Change in Control then for all purposes of this Agreement the date of the Change in Control shall mean the date immediately prior to the date of such termination. (v) BY THE EXECUTIVE. Executive may terminate his employment and this Agreement for any or no reason whatsoever at any time upon sixty (60) days' notice. (A) Good Reason. In the event the Executive gives such notice for and within sixty (60) days of having Good Reason, on the effective date of his resignation he shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to one (1) times his annual Salary at the highest annualized rate in effect during the one year immediately preceding the date of the date of termination, payable in a single lump sum within thirty (30) days of termination, COBRA Continuation under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (iv) above and a pro rata bonus under subparagraph (C) of paragraph (iv) above. (B) Effect of Change of Control. In the event the Executive gives such notice within the period of thirty (30) days beginning six (6) months immediately following a Change of Control, regardless of whether the Executive has Good Reason to terminate his employment, he shall receive the identical benefits as if the termination had occurred under Section 5(a)(iv)(D) above. In the event that at any time within one (1) year following a Change of Control the Executive gives such notice for and within 6 sixty (60) days of having Good Reason, he shall receive the identical benefits as if the termination had occurred under Section 5(a)(iv)(D) above. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if the circumstances constituting Good Reason occur prior to the date on which a Change of Control occurs, and it is reasonably demonstrated that such circumstances (i) occurred at the request of a third party who has taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change in Control or (ii) otherwise arose in connection with or anticipation of a Change in Control then for all purposes of this Agreement the date of the Change in Control shall mean the date immediately prior to the occurrence of such circumstances. (C) Resignation Without Good Reason. In the event the Executive resigns other than in the circumstances described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) above, he shall not be entitled to any additional Salary or COBRA Continuation or pro rata bonus. The Company may at its sole option waive the requirement of advance notice and decline to accept the Executive's service for any period following its receipt of notice, but in that event, Executive shall be entitled to continued compensation in accordance with Section 4 for the entirety of the otherwise applicable notice period as well as Salary and COBRA Continuation and pro rata bonus in accordance with this paragraph if applicable. (vi) EXPIRATION. (A Immediately prior to the Expiration Date, if the Executive is then employed, the Executive shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to the monthly equivalent of his then Salary multiplied by his full years and fraction of year of service with the Company, its affiliates and their predecessors (but not more than one (1) times his then Salary) payable in a single lump sum within thirty (30) days of such Expiration Date, COBRA Continuation under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (iv) above and a pro rata bonus under subparagraph (C) of paragraph (iv) above. The Salary benefit provided by this paragraph (vi) shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the amount of any other cash severance benefit to which the Executive may then be entitled under any general severance plan or policy of the Company. If the Company and the Executive extend this Agreement, or enter into a new employment agreement, providing for the Executive's continued employment after the Expiration Date, the Executive shall not be entitled to the benefits in this subparagraph and such benefits shall not necessarily be required to become a part of such extended or new agreement. (B) In the event that a Change of Control occurs within seven (7) months prior to the Expiration Date, then the severance provisions of subparagraphs (iv)(D) and (v)(B) above shall continue to apply for a period of seven (7) months following such Change of Control notwithstanding the occurrence of the Expiration Date prior to the end of such period; provided, however, that such severance provisions shall not be applicable following the Expiration Date in the event that upon his termination of employment the Executive is covered by severance provisions contained in any new written agreement entered into by the Executive and the Company for the period after the Expiration Date. 7 (b) DEFINITIONS. For these purposes: (i) "Cause" means the Executive has: (A) been convicted of, or has pled guilty or nolo contendere to, or been indicted for any felony, or any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude under the laws of the United States or any state or political subdivisions thereof; (B) committed a breach of duty of loyalty which is detrimental to the Company; (C) materially violated any provision of Section 6 of this Agreement; (D) failed to perform or adhere to explicitly stated duties or guidelines of employment or to follow the directives of the Board (which are not unlawful to perform or to adhere to or follow and which are within the scope of Executive's duties) following a written warning that if such failure continues it will be deemed a basis for a "For Cause" dismissal; or (E) acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of the Executive's duties. No act, or failure to act, on the Executive's part shall be deemed "willful" unless done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive not in good faith and without reasonable belief that the Executive's act, or failure to act, was in the best interest of the Company. Following a Change of Control, subsection (D) above shall be deleted from this definition of "Cause." (ii) "Change of Control" means the occurrence of any of the following: (A) a merger or consolidation of Parent or the Company with or into another person or the sale, transfer, or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Parent's or Company's assets to one or more other persons in a single transaction or series of related transactions, unless securities possessing more than 50% of the total combined voting power of the survivor's or acquirer's outstanding securities (or the securities of any parent thereof) are held by a person or persons who held securities possessing more than 50% of the total combined voting power of Parent immediately prior to that transaction; (B) any person or group of persons (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and in effect from time to time), other than the Parent, the Company or an affiliate, directly or indirectly acquires beneficial ownership (determined pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the said Exchange Act) of securities possessing more than 50% of the total combined voting power of the Parent's outstanding securities pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made directly to the Parent's stockholders; or (C) over a period of 36 consecutive months or less, there is a change in the composition of the Board such that a majority of the members of the Board (rounded up to the next whole number, if a fraction) ceases to be composed of individuals who either (1) have been members of the Board continuously since the beginning of the 36-month period referred to above or (2) have been elected or nominated for election as Board members during such period by at least a majority of the members Board described in the preceding clause (1) who were still in office at the time that election or nomination was approved by the Board, provided, however, that a Change of Control shall be deemed to have occurred in any event if, by reason of one or more actual or threatened proxy contests for the election of directors or otherwise, a majority of the Board shall consist of individuals, other than directors referred to in clause (1) above, whose election as members of the Board occur within such 36-month period at the request or on behalf of the same person or group of persons (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and in effect from time to time). 8 (iii) "Good Reason" means (A) the assignment to the Executive of any duties inconsistent with the Executive's status as a senior executive officer of the Company or a meaningful alteration, adverse to the Executive, in the nature or status of the Executive's responsibilities (other than reporting responsibilities); (B) permanent relocation of his principal place of employment to a location more than seventy-five miles distant from his principal place of employment as of the Effective Date; (C) a reduction by the Company in the Executive's annual base salary as in effect on the date hereof or as the same may be increased from time to time except for across-the-board salary reductions similarly affecting all senior executives of the Company and all senior executives of any person in control of the Company; (D) the failure by the Company to continue in effect any compensation plan in which the Executive participates which is material to the Executive's total compensation, or the failure by the Company to continue the Executive's participation therein on a basis not materially less favorable, both in terms of the amount of benefits provided and the level of the Executive's participation relative to other participants; or (E) the failure by the Company to continue to provide the Executive with benefits substantially similar to those enjoyed by the Executive under any of the Company's pension, life insurance, medical, health and accident, or disability plans at any time subsequent to the Effective Date, or the taking of any action by the Company which would directly or indirectly materially reduce any of such benefits or deprive the Executive of any material fringe benefit enjoyed by the Executive at any time subsequent to the Effective Date. The events described in (D) and (E) above shall not constitute "Good Reason" where they are the direct result of the elimination or modification of benefit plans or arrangements by the Company with respect to employees generally, however. (c) CESSATION OF AUTHORITY ON TERMINATION. Immediately upon the Executive terminating or being terminated from his position with the Company for any reason or no reason, the Executive will stop serving the functions of the terminated or expired position or any other positions with any affiliate, and shall be without any of the authority of or responsible for any such position. On request of the Board, at any time following his termination of employment for any reason or no reason, the Executive shall resign from the Board if then a member and the board of directors of the Company or any other subsidiary of Parent or which he is then a member. (d) NO OBLIGATION TO MITIGATE. Executive shall not be required to seek other employment or income to reduce any amounts payable to the Executive by the Company under this Section. Further, except as otherwise provided in subsection (a)(vi) the amount of any payment or benefit provided for by this Section shall not be reduced by any compensation earned by the Executive as the result of employment by another employer, retirement benefits, by offset against any amount claimed to be owed by the Executive to the Company, or otherwise. (e) RELEASE OF CLAIMS. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive shall not be entitled to any additional amounts under this Section unless within twenty-one (21) days following his termination he shall have executed and delivered to the Company a general release of claims in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. 9 6. PROVISIONS RELATING TO EXECUTIVE CONDUCT AND TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. (a) CONFIDENTIALITY. The Executive recognizes and acknowledges that certain assets of the Company constitute Confidential Information. The term "Confidential Information" as used in this Agreement shall mean all information which is known only to the Executive or the Company, other employees or others in a confidential relationship with the Company and any persons controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Company (each, an "Affiliate") and their respective employees, officers and partners), and relating to the Company' or any Affiliate's business (including, without limitation, information regarding clients, customers, pricing policies, methods of operation, proprietary computer programs, sales, products, profits, costs, markets, key personnel, formulae, product applications, technical processes, and trade secrets), as such information may exist from time to time, which the Executive acquired or obtained by virtue of work performed for the Company, or which the Executive may acquire or may have acquired knowledge of during the performance of said work. The Executive agrees that at all times during his employment and thereafter (including periods after the term of this Agreement), he will keep and maintain all Confidential Information and all of the affairs of the Company and its Affiliates confidential, and will not, except (1) as necessary for the performance of his responsibilities hereunder or (2) as required by judicial process and after three days prior notice to the Company unless required earlier by a court order or a legal requirement, disclose to any person for any reason or purpose whatsoever, directly or indirectly, all or any part of the Confidential Information of the Company and its Affiliates. The Executive is not bound by the restrictions in this paragraph with respect to any information that becomes public other than as a consequence of the breach by the Executive of his confidentiality obligations hereunder or is disclosed without an obligation of confidentiality. The Executive can disclose all information to his personal advisors subject to becoming liable for any violation by them of Executive's confidentiality obligations. (b) RETURN OF MATERIALS. The Executive agrees that on the termination of his employment, however such termination may occur, the Executive will promptly return to the Company all materials and other property from time to time held by the Executive and proprietary to the Company including without limitation any documents incorporating, reflecting or reproducing in whole or in part any Confidential Information, credit cards, and the like. (c) NON-SOLICITATION AND NON-COMPETE. The Executive agrees that, (i) during the term hereof, he will not, directly or indirectly, either as a principal, agent, employee, employer, stockholder, co-partner or in any other capacity whatsoever, engage in any outside activity, whether or not competitive with the business of the Company, that could foreseeably give rise to a conflict of interest or otherwise interfere with his duties and obligations to the Company; (ii) during the term hereof and for twenty-four (24) months after 10 the term, he will not, directly or indirectly, either as a principal, agent, employee, employer, stockholder, co-partner or in any other capacity whatsoever, solicit, hire or attempt to hire, or assist others in soliciting, hiring or attempting to hire, any individual employed by the Company at any time while the Executive was also so employed, or encourage any such individual to terminate his or her relationship with the Company; and (iii) during the term hereof, he will not, directly or indirectly, either as a principal, agent, employee, employer, stockholder, co-partner or in any other capacity whatsoever, engage in or undertake any planning for any activity which is competitive with the business of the Company, as conducted or under consideration at any time during his employment by the Company. (d) REASONABLENESS OF RESTRICTIONS. The restrictions against activities set forth in subsection (c) above are considered by the parties to be reasonable for the purposes of protecting the business of the Company. If any restriction is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable because it extends for too long a period of time, over too broad a range of activities or in too large a geographic area, that restriction shall be interpreted to extend only over the maximum period of time, range of activities or geographic area as to which it may be enforceable. (e) NONINTERFERENCE. In the event of any dispute under this Agreement or otherwise relating to the Executive's relationship with the Company, any Affiliate of the Company, or their respective principals or management, whether or not during the term of this Agreement, the Executive agrees not to bring any legal proceeding or take any legal action to seek to enjoin or otherwise impede the purchase, sale, financing, refinancing, development, establishment or operation of any business venture or entity in which any of such persons or entities has any interest. 7. MISCELLANEOUS. (a) FREEDOM TO CONTRACT. The Executive represents that he is free to enter into this Agreement and carry out his obligations hereunder without any conflict with any prior agreements, and that he has not made and will not make any agreement in conflict with this Agreement. (b) ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement represents the entire and only understanding between the parties on the subject matter hereof and supersedes any other agreements or understandings between them on such subject matter. (c) SPECIFIC ENFORCEMENT. The parties acknowledge and agree that the Executive's breach of the provisions of Sections 6 and 7 of this Agreement may cause irreparable harm to the Company, that the remedy of damages will not be adequate for the enforcement of such provisions, and that such provisions may be enforced by equitable relief, including injunctive relief, which relief shall be cumulative and in addition to any other relief to which the Company may be entitled. 11 (d) BINDING EFFECT; SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns of the respective parties. Without the express written consent of the other party, neither the Company nor the Executive may assign any duties or right or interest hereunder or right to receive any money hereunder and any such assignment shall be void; provided, however, that without the Executive's consent the Company may assign its rights and obligations hereunder in their entirety to any successor to all or substantially all of its business, whether affected by merger or otherwise. The preceding sentence, however, shall not prevent the transfer of any right or interest to receive any money hereunder by the Executive by way of testamentary disposition or intestate succession. The Company shall require any successor or assign (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, reorganization, consolidation, acquisition or property or stock, liquidation or otherwise) to all or a significant portion of the assets of the Company, by agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Executive, to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place. Regardless of whether such agreement is executed by a successor, this Agreement shall continue to be binding upon the Company and any successor and assign shall be deemed the "Company" for purposes of this Agreement. (e) SEVERABILITY. In the event any provision of this Agreement shall be determined in any circumstances to be invalid or unenforceable, such determination shall not affect or impair any other provision of this Agreement or the enforcement of such provision in other appropriate circumstances. (f) NOTICES. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing or by written telecommunication, and shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered personally or if sent by overnight courier or by certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid or sent by written telecommunication or telecopy, to the relevant address set forth below, or to such other address as the recipient of such notice or communication shall have specified to the other party hereto in accordance with this Section 7(f): If to the Company, to: Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation 1134 Market Street Wheeling, WV 26003 Attention: Chief Executive Officer Telecopy: 304-234-2690 with a copy to the Company's Chief Financial Officer at the same address. If to the Executive, at his last residence shown on the records of the Company. 12 Any such notice shall be deemed to have been received (i) if delivered personally, when received, (ii) if sent by overnight courier, when sent, (iii) if mailed, two (2) days after being mailed as described above and (iv) in the case of facsimile transmission, when confirmed by facsimile machine report. (g) ARBITRATION OF CLAIMS. The parties hereto agree that except as provided in Section 7(c) above any dispute hereunder, or otherwise relating to the Executive's relationship with the Company, whether or not arising during the term of this Agreement, shall be resolved by submission to final and binding arbitration held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania or as otherwise mutually agreed under the National Rules for the Resolution of Employment Disputes of the American Arbitration Association then existing, and judgment on any arbitration award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. Any cause of action or matter in dispute is hereby waived unless arbitration proceedings are initiated by the complaining party within one (1) year from the later of the accrual of the cause of action or the date on which the cause of action should reasonably have been discovered. The Executive and the Company agree any such arbitrator shall not be empowered to amend or modify this Agreement or any other relevant agreement in any respect and further agree that the arbitrator shall not have the jurisdiction to award punitive damages and shall be without the authority to award relief other than monetary damages. Executive and the Company understand and agree that the Company shall bear the arbitrator's fee and any other type of expense or cost that Executive would not be required to bear if Executive were free to bring the dispute or claim in court as well as any other expense or cost that is unique to arbitration. Executive and the Company shall each pay their own attorneys' fees incurred in connection with an arbitration, and the arbitrator will not have authority to award attorneys' fees unless a statute or contract at issue in the dispute authorizes the award of attorneys' fees to the prevailing party, in which case the arbitrator shall have the authority to make an award of attorneys' fees as required or permitted by applicable law. If there is a dispute as to whether Executive or the Company is the prevailing party, the arbitrator will decide this issue. Any cause of action or matter in dispute is hereby waived unless arbitration proceedings are initiated by the complaining party within one (1) year from the later of the accrual of the cause of action or the date on which the cause of action should reasonably have been discovered. (h) JURY & PUNITIVE DAMAGES WAIVER. EACH PARTY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHTS THAT HE OR IT MAY HAVE TO HAVE ANY DISPUTE (WHETHER OR NOT ARISING DURING THE TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT) HEREUNDER OR OTHERWISE RELATING TO THE EXECUTIVE'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE EMPLOYER OR ANY AFFILIATE TRIED BEFORE OR DETERMINED BY A JURY OR TO CLAIM OR RECOVER PUNITIVE DAMAGES. (i) REIMBURSEMENT OF LEGAL FEES. In the event that it shall be necessary or desirable for the Executive to retain legal counsel or incur other costs and expenses in connection with the enforcement of any or all of his rights under Agreement, and provided that the Executive substantially prevails in the enforcement of such rights, the Company shall pay (or the Executive shall be entitled to recover from the Company, as the case may be) the Executive's reasonable attorneys' fees and 13 costs and expenses in connection with the enforcement of his rights, including the enforcement of any arbitration award, up to $50,000 in the aggregate. (j) AMENDMENT. This Agreement may be modified only by an instrument in writing executed by the parties hereto. (k) INTERPRETATIVE MATTERS; COUNTERPARTS. The headings of sections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect its meaning or construction. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction will be applied against any party. No delay or omission by either party hereto in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall impair such right, power or privilege, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or privilege preclude any further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. In making proof of this Agreement it shall not be necessary to produce or account for more than one such counterpart. (l) GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement is to be governed and construed according to the internal substantive laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. (m) CONFLICTS. To the extent that this Agreement conflicts with any provision, in any handbook, policy manual, rule or regulation, the provisions of this Agreement shall take precedent. (n) CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL. The Executive acknowledges that he has had a full and complete opportunity to consult with counsel or other advisers of his own choosing concerning the terms, enforceability and implications of this Agreement, and that the Company has made any representations or warranties to the Executive concerning the terms, enforceability and implications of this Agreement other than as are reflected in this Agreement. (o) WITHHOLDING. Any payments provided for in this Agreement shall be paid net of any applicable tax withholding required under federal, state or local law. 14 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Agreement as of the date and year first above written. WHEELING-PITTSBURGH STEEL CORPORATION /s/ James G. Bradley ---------------------------------------- EXECUTIVE /s/ John W. Testa ---------------------------------------- John W. Testa 15 EXHIBIT A RELEASE OF CLAIMS In exchange for the severance pay and other benefits set forth in my amended and restated employment agreement with Wheeling-Pittsburgh (the "Company") dated February 15, 2006 (as amended through the date hereof, the "Employment Agreement"), I forever give up, waive and release any and all claims, charges, complaints, grievances or promises of any and every kind I may have up to the date of this Release against the Company, its parent, Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation, and other affiliates and its and their directors, officers and employees, and related persons, including, without limitation, my rights under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA"), the Equal Pay Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act ("ADEA") and other federal and state statutes prohibiting discrimination on the basis of age, sex, race, color, handicap, religion and national origin and any common law claims, including without limitation, claims for defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, intentional interference with contract, negligent infliction of emotional distress, personal injury, breach of contract, unpaid wages or compensation, or claims for unreimbursed expenses. This release shall not extend to any claim to amounts due me in accordance with the terms of my Employment Agreement after termination of my employment or to claims to indemnity I may have under the terms of my Employment Agreement, applicable law, or the Company's or its parent's articles of organization or bylaws for having served as a director, officer or employee of the Company, its parent or any affiliate. I acknowledge that I have been advised of my right to consult an attorney before I sign this Release and that I have twenty-one (21) days to consider whether to sign this Release. If the Release is not received by the Company at the end of the twenty-one (21) day period, it will be considered expired and withdrawn and the Company's severance obligations under my Employment Agreement void. If I execute this Release prior to the end of the twenty-one (21) day period that has been provided for me to consider it, I agree and acknowledge that the prior execution was a knowing and voluntary waiver of my right to consider this Release for a full twenty-one (21) days, and was due to my conclusion that I had ample time in which to consider and understand this Release, and in which to review this Release with my counsel. Nothing in this Release shall be construed to affect the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's ("Commission") independent right and responsibility to enforce the law. I understand, however, that, while this Release does not affect my right to file a charge or participate in an investigation or proceeding conducted by the Commission, it does bar any claim I might have to receive monetary damages in connection with any Commission proceeding concerning matters covered by this Release. I understand I have the right to revoke this Release within seven (7) days of signing it. I understand that to revoke this Release, I must notice the Company in writing in accordance with the notice procedures set forth in my Employment Agreement. /s/ John W. Testa ---------------------------------------- Executive Dated: February 15, 2006 -17- EX-10.12.G 7 j1823501exv10w12wg.txt EX-10.12(G) Exhibit 10.12(g) WHEELING-PITTSBURGH STEEL CORPORATION AMENDED AND RESTATED RETENTION AGREEMENT This Agreement, effective as of February 15, 2006, is an amendment and restatement of, and replaces in its entirety, the Post-Bankruptcy Retention Agreement entered into effective as of August 1, 2003 (the "Effective Date"), and the amendment and restatement of the Post-Bankruptcy Retention Agreement, entered into effective as of February 16, 2005, by and between the Steven W. Sorvold, currently residing at 6476 Shenandoah Avenue NW, Canton, OH 44718, and WHEELING-PITTSBURGH STEEL CORPORATION, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Company") and a wholly-owned subsidiary of WHEELING-PITTSBURGH CORPORATION, a corporation also organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Parent"). In consideration of the covenants and conditions herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged by each party, the parties hereby agree as follows: 1. EMPLOYMENT. The Company shall employ the Executive commencing on the Effective Date, and the Executive hereby accepts such employment, all upon the terms and conditions set forth herein. 2. DUTIES AND AUTHORITY. Executive shall serve as the Vice President, Commercial of the Company, with those authorities, duties and responsibilities customary to that position and such other authorities, duties and responsibilities as the Board of Directors of Parent (the "Board") or the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer may reasonably assign the Executive from time to time. The Executive shall use his best efforts, including the highest standards of professional competence and integrity, and shall devote substantially all his business time and effort, in and to his employment hereunder, and shall not engage in any other business activity which would conflict with the rendition of his services hereunder, except that the Executive may hold directorships or related positions in charitable, educational or not-for-profit organizations, or directorships in business organizations if approved by the President and Chief Executive Officer, and make passive investments, which do not interfere with the Executive's day-to-day acquittal of his responsibilities to the Company. 3. TERM. (a) GENERAL. This Agreement shall have effect as of the Effective Date, and shall remain in effect until August 31, 2006 (the "Expiration Date") or, if earlier, the date this Agreement and the Executive's employment hereunder shall have been terminated in accordance with the provisions of Section 5. The period from the Effective Date until this Agreement shall have expired in accordance with this Section or been terminated in accordance with Section 5 is hereafter referred to as "the term hereof" or "the term of this Agreement." (b) SURVIVAL OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS. Notwithstanding anything else herein contained, the provisions of Sections 4 through 7 hereof shall survive the termination of this Agreement and of the Executive's employment hereunder and the provisions of Section 5(a)(vi)(B) and the other provisions referenced therein shall extend beyond the Expiration Date to the extent described therein. 4. COMPENSATION. In return for his services hereunder, the Executive shall be entitled to (i) the Salary as specified below, (ii) bonuses, to the extent provided below, and (iii) certain fringe benefits, to the extent provided below. (a) SALARY. Starting with the Effective Date, the Company shall pay the Executive, in accordance with the Company's customary payroll practices for executives, salary at an annual rate of $140,000, provided, such salary rate shall be reduced by 15% through May 1, 2004, subject to annual review and upward adjustment at the determination of the Board (as so adjusted, the Executive's "Salary"). (b) BONUS. In addition to the Salary, the Executive shall be to entitled to participate in the Company's existing short-term incentive plan for executives, as the same may be amended from time to time by the Board, and shall also be entitled to receive a bonus of one-half of his then Salary at the "Performance Acceptance Date" with respect to the Company's electric arc furnace as that term is defined under the Company's Term Loan Agreement as of the Effective Date. The Board may also award other bonuses from time to time in its discretion. (c) LONG-TERM INCENTIVES. As of the Effective Date, the Executive shall be granted 42,857 shares of Restricted Stock under and in accordance with the terms of the Parent's 2003 Management Restricted Stock Plan. (d) FRINGE BENEFITS. The Executive will be eligible for and entitled to participate in other benefits maintained by the Company for its senior executive officers, as such benefits may be modified from time to time for all such employees, such as its medical, dental, 401(k), accident, disability, and life insurance benefits, on a basis not less favorable than that applicable to other executives of the Company. Any such participation shall be subject to (i) the terms of the applicable plan documents, (ii) generally applicable policies of the Company and (iii) the discretion of the Board or any administrative or other committee provided for in or contemplated by such plan, exercised in accordance with applicable law. The Executive will also be entitled to the following: 2 (i) Subject to the Company's standard policies, four (4) weeks of vacation per calendar year (or any longer period as shall be provided under the Company's general vacation policies), without reduction in Salary, to be taken at such times and intervals as shall be determined by the Executive subject to the reasonable business needs of the Company and to Company policies as in effect from time. (ii) Appropriate office space, administrative support, e.g., secretarial assistance, and such other facilities and services as are suitable to the Executive's position and adequate for the performance of the Executive's duties. (iii) The use of a company car. The Company shall be responsible for the purchase price or lease payment and shall pay or reimburse all of the Executive's expenses for gasoline for use of the Company car, and maintenance and insurance of his Company car, subject to such reasonable reporting requirements as may be specified by the Company and/or the Internal Revenue Service. The Executive shall keep and submit records of his business and personal use of the automobile. The Executive acknowledges that his personal use of the automobile will result in additional taxable income to him. (iv) Up to $10,000 per annum in reimbursement of legal and personal tax preparation and planning assistance. (v) Payment or reimbursement of the cost of membership for himself and his immediate family in one country club and business-related use thereof. (vi) Payment or reimbursement of the cost, not covered by health insurance, of one comprehensive physical examination during each year during the term of this Agreement. Executive acknowledges that he will have no right to cash compensation in lieu of any of the specific foregoing fringe benefits except with respect to vacation pay, and then only to the extent, if any, allowed by the Company's vacation pay policies as in effect from time to time. (e) EXPENSES. The Executive will be entitled to reimbursement of all reasonable expenses, in accordance with the Company's policy as in effect from time to time and on a basis not less favorable than that applicable to other executives of the Company, including, without limitation, telephone, travel and entertainment expenses incurred by the Executive in connection with the business of the Company, subject to such reasonable substantiation and documentation as may be specified by the Company. (f) INDEMNIFICATION. The Company shall, and the Company shall use its best efforts to cause the Parent and any subsidiaries or affiliates it may now or hereafter have to, indemnify the Executive to the maximum extent permitted by law and regulation in connection with any liability, expense or damage which the Executive incurs as a result of the Executive's employment and positions with the Company and its current or future subsidiaries as contemplated by this Agreement, provided that the Executive 3 shall not be indemnified with respect to any matter as to which he shall have been adjudicated in any proceeding not to have acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that his action was in the best interest of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Company, on behalf of itself and its current and future subsidiaries, hereby confirms that the occupancy of all offices and positions which in the future are or were occupied or held by the Executive in connection with his employment under this Agreement have been so occupied or held at the request of and for the benefit of the Company and its subsidiaries for purposes of the Executive's entitlement to indemnification under applicable provisions of the respective articles of organization and/or other similar documents of the Company and its subsidiaries. Expenses incurred by the Executive in defending a claim, action, suit, investigation or proceeding shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition thereof upon the receipt by the Company of an undertaking by the Executive to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified hereunder. The foregoing rights are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights accruing to the Executive under any other agreement or contract or under applicable law. (g) PARACHUTE PAYMENT TAXES. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, in the event that any payment or benefit under this Agreement or any other agreement or arrangement of the Company received or to be received by the Executive in connection with a Change in Control or the termination of the Executive's employment (all such payments and benefits, the "Total Payments") is determined to be subject (in whole or part) to the tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (the "Excise Tax"), then the Executive shall be entitled to receive an additional payment (a "Gross-Up Payment") in an amount such that after payment by the Executive of all taxes (including any interest or penalties imposed with respect to such taxes), including without limitation any income taxes and Excise Tax imposed upon the Gross-Up Payment, the Executive retains an amount equal to the Total Payments. All determinations required to be made under this Section 4(g), including whether and when a Gross-Up Payment is required and the amount of such Gross-Up Payment and the assumptions to be utilized in arriving at such determination, shall be made by the Company's accountants or such other certified public accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the Company as may be designated by the Executive which shall provide detailed supporting calculations both to the Company and the Executive. 5. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT AND EFFECTS THEREOF. (a) TERMINATION. This Agreement and the Executive's employment under this Agreement may be terminated prior to its expiration under Section 3 in the following circumstances. On any termination (including expiration of the term hereof), the Executive (or in the event of his death, his estate) shall be entitled to his then Salary and supplemental pension contribution (as described in Section 4(d)(vii)) earned or accrued but unpaid through the end of the month in which termination (including death) occurred but the Company shall have only such further obligations to the Executive, if any, as are specified below under the applicable termination provisions. 4 (i) UPON DEATH. In the event of the Executive's death during the term hereof, the Executive's employment hereunder shall immediately and automatically terminate. (ii) AS A RESULT OF DISABILITY. In the event that the Executive becomes disabled during the term hereof within the meaning of the Company's then applicable long-term disability plan, the Company may terminate the Executive's employment without further obligation upon notice to the Executive. In the event of such disability, the Executive will continue to receive his base salary and benefits under Section 4 hereof until the earlier of his death or the date the Executive becomes eligible for disability income under the Company's then applicable long-term disability plan or workers' compensation insurance plan. (iii) BY THE COMPANY FOR CAUSE. The Company may terminate the Executive's employment for Cause (as defined in subsection (b) below) at any time upon notice to the Executive setting forth in reasonable detail the nature of such Cause. (iv) BY THE COMPANY OTHER THAN FOR CAUSE. The Company may terminate Executive's employment other than for Cause upon thirty (30) days notice to the Executive (or at its option immediately with thirty (30) days continued compensation, including then Salary and benefits, in lieu of such notice). In the event of such termination, Executive (or in the event of his death following termination, his estate) shall be entitled only to the additional amounts described in subparagraphs (A) and (C) below and the continuation of health insurance benefits described in subparagraph (B) below, subject to (D) below: (A) Salary Payment. Under this subparagraph, the Executive shall be entitled to receive one-time payment in an amount equal to one (1) times his then Salary payable in a single lump sum within thirty (30) days of termination. (B) Health Care Continuation. If at his termination of employment by the Company without Cause the Executive is eligible to and timely elects continued health coverage under Sections 601-607 of ERISA ("COBRA Continuation") then, for the period of such COBRA Continuation (or for twelve (12) months, if less), the Company shall also pay that share of the premium cost of Executive's COBRA Continuation (and that of his eligible dependents also electing COBRA Continuation) in the Company's group health plan as it pays for active employees of the Company and their dependents generally. (C) Pro Rata Bonus. The Executive shall be entitled to a pro rata bonus in an amount determined under the terms of the applicable Company bonus plan, payable at the same time as executive bonuses are paid generally under the applicable Company bonus plan, but in no event later than March 15 of the year following the year in which the termination occurs. 5 (D) Effect of Change of Control. In the event the Company terminates the Executive's employment other than for Cause within one (1) year following a Change of Control, the Executive shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to two (2) times his annual Salary at the highest annualized rate in effect during the one year immediately preceding the date of the Change of Control, payable in a single lump sum within thirty (30) days of termination, in lieu of the amount described in subparagraph (A) above, COBRA Continuation under subparagraph (B) above (but in this event, for a maximum of eighteen (18) months) and a pro rata bonus as determined under subparagraph (C) above. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if the Executive's employment with the Company is terminated other than for Cause prior to the date on which a Change of Control occurs, and it is reasonably demonstrated that such termination (i) was at the request of a third party who has taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change in Control or (ii) otherwise arose in connection with or anticipation of a Change in Control then for all purposes of this Agreement the date of the Change in Control shall mean the date immediately prior to the date of such termination. (v) BY THE EXECUTIVE. Executive may terminate his employment and this Agreement for any or no reason whatsoever at any time upon sixty (60) days' notice. (A) Good Reason. In the event the Executive gives such notice for and within sixty (60) days of having Good Reason, on the effective date of his resignation he shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to one (1) times his annual Salary at the highest annualized rate in effect during the one year immediately preceding the date of the date of termination, payable in a single lump sum within thirty (30) days of termination, COBRA Continuation under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (iv) above and a pro rata bonus under subparagraph (C) of paragraph (iv) above. (B) Effect of Change of Control. In the event the Executive gives such notice within the period of thirty (30) days beginning six (6) months immediately following a Change of Control, regardless of whether the Executive has Good Reason to terminate his employment, he shall receive the identical benefits as if the termination had occurred under Section 5(a)(iv)(D) above. In the event that at any time within one (1) year following a Change of Control the Executive gives such notice for and within sixty (60) days of having Good Reason, he shall receive the identical benefits as if the termination had occurred under Section 5(a)(iv)(D) above. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if the circumstances constituting Good Reason occur prior to the date on which a Change of Control occurs, and it is reasonably demonstrated that such circumstances (i) occurred at the request of a third party who has taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change in Control or (ii) otherwise arose in connection with or anticipation of a Change in Control then for all purposes of this Agreement the date of the Change in Control shall mean the date immediately prior to the occurrence of such circumstances. 6 (C) Resignation Without Good Reason. In the event the Executive resigns other than in the circumstances described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) above, he shall not be entitled to any additional Salary or COBRA Continuation or pro rata bonus. The Company may at its sole option waive the requirement of advance notice and decline to accept the Executive's service for any period following its receipt of notice, but in that event, Executive shall be entitled to continued compensation in accordance with Section 4 for the entirety of the otherwise applicable notice period as well as Salary and COBRA Continuation and pro rata bonus in accordance with this paragraph if applicable. (vi) EXPIRATION. (A Immediately prior to the Expiration Date, if the Executive is then employed, the Executive shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to the monthly equivalent of his then Salary multiplied by his full years and fraction of year of service with the Company, its affiliates and their predecessors (but not more than one (1) times his then Salary) payable in a single lump sum within thirty (30) days of such Expiration Date, COBRA Continuation under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (iv) above and a pro rata bonus under subparagraph (C) of paragraph (iv) above. The Salary benefit provided by this paragraph (vi) shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the amount of any other cash severance benefit to which the Executive may then be entitled under any general severance plan or policy of the Company. If the Company and the Executive extend this Agreement, or enter into a new employment agreement, providing for the Executive's continued employment after the Expiration Date, the Executive shall not be entitled to the benefits in this subparagraph and such benefits shall not necessarily be required to become a part of such extended or new agreement. (B) In the event that a Change of Control occurs within seven (7) months prior to the Expiration Date, then the severance provisions of subparagraphs (iv)(D) and (v)(B) above shall continue to apply for a period of seven (7) months following such Change of Control notwithstanding the occurrence of the Expiration Date prior to the end of such period; provided, however, that such severance provisions shall not be applicable following the Expiration Date in the event that upon his termination of employment the Executive is covered by severance provisions contained in any new written agreement entered into by the Executive and the Company for the period after the Expiration Date. (b) DEFINITIONS. For these purposes: (i) "Cause" means the Executive has: (A) been convicted of, or has pled guilty or nolo contendere to, or been indicted for any felony, or any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude under the laws of the United States or any state or political subdivisions thereof; (B) committed a breach of duty of loyalty which is detrimental to the Company; (C) materially violated any provision of Section 6 of this Agreement; (D) failed to perform or adhere to explicitly stated duties or guidelines of employment or to follow the directives of the Board (which are not unlawful to perform or to adhere to or follow and which are within the scope of Executive's duties) following a written warning 7 that if such failure continues it will be deemed a basis for a "For Cause" dismissal; or (E) acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of the Executive's duties. No act, or failure to act, on the Executive's part shall be deemed "willful" unless done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive not in good faith and without reasonable belief that the Executive's act, or failure to act, was in the best interest of the Company. Following a Change of Control, subsection (D) above shall be deleted from this definition of "Cause." (ii) "Change of Control" means the occurrence of any of the following: (A) a merger or consolidation of Parent or the Company with or into another person or the sale, transfer, or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Parent's or Company's assets to one or more other persons in a single transaction or series of related transactions, unless securities possessing more than 50% of the total combined voting power of the survivor's or acquirer's outstanding securities (or the securities of any parent thereof) are held by a person or persons who held securities possessing more than 50% of the total combined voting power of Parent immediately prior to that transaction; (B) any person or group of persons (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and in effect from time to time), other than the Parent, the Company or an affiliate, directly or indirectly acquires beneficial ownership (determined pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the said Exchange Act) of securities possessing more than 50% of the total combined voting power of the Parent's outstanding securities pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made directly to the Parent's stockholders; or (C) over a period of 36 consecutive months or less, there is a change in the composition of the Board such that a majority of the members of the Board (rounded up to the next whole number, if a fraction) ceases to be composed of individuals who either (1) have been members of the Board continuously since the beginning of the 36-month period referred to above or (2) have been elected or nominated for election as Board members during such period by at least a majority of the members Board described in the preceding clause (1) who were still in office at the time that election or nomination was approved by the Board, provided, however, that a Change of Control shall be deemed to have occurred in any event if, by reason of one or more actual or threatened proxy contests for the election of directors or otherwise, a majority of the Board shall consist of individuals, other than directors referred to in clause (1) above, whose election as members of the Board occur within such 36-month period at the request or on behalf of the same person or group of persons (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and in effect from time to time). (iii) "Good Reason" means (A) the assignment to the Executive of any duties inconsistent with the Executive's status as a senior executive officer of the Company or a meaningful alteration, adverse to the Executive, in the nature or status of the Executive's responsibilities (other than reporting responsibilities); (B) permanent relocation of his principal place of employment to a location more than seventy-five miles distant from his principal place of employment as of the Effective Date; (C) a reduction by the Company in the Executive's annual base salary as in effect on the date hereof or as the same may be increased from time to time except for across-the-board salary reductions similarly affecting all senior executives of the Company and all senior 8 executives of any person in control of the Company; (D) the failure by the Company to continue in effect any compensation plan in which the Executive participates which is material to the Executive's total compensation, or the failure by the Company to continue the Executive's participation therein on a basis not materially less favorable, both in terms of the amount of benefits provided and the level of the Executive's participation relative to other participants; or (E) the failure by the Company to continue to provide the Executive with benefits substantially similar to those enjoyed by the Executive under any of the Company's pension, life insurance, medical, health and accident, or disability plans at any time subsequent to the Effective Date, or the taking of any action by the Company which would directly or indirectly materially reduce any of such benefits or deprive the Executive of any material fringe benefit enjoyed by the Executive at any time subsequent to the Effective Date. The events described in (D) and (E) above shall not constitute "Good Reason" where they are the direct result of the elimination or modification of benefit plans or arrangements by the Company with respect to employees generally, however. (c) CESSATION OF AUTHORITY ON TERMINATION. Immediately upon the Executive terminating or being terminated from his position with the Company for any reason or no reason, the Executive will stop serving the functions of the terminated or expired position or any other positions with any affiliate, and shall be without any of the authority of or responsible for any such position. On request of the Board, at any time following his termination of employment for any reason or no reason, the Executive shall resign from the Board if then a member and the board of directors of the Company or any other subsidiary of Parent or which he is then a member. (d) NO OBLIGATION TO MITIGATE. Executive shall not be required to seek other employment or income to reduce any amounts payable to the Executive by the Company under this Section. Further, except as otherwise provided in subsection (a)(vi) the amount of any payment or benefit provided for by this Section shall not be reduced by any compensation earned by the Executive as the result of employment by another employer, retirement benefits, by offset against any amount claimed to be owed by the Executive to the Company, or otherwise. (e) RELEASE OF CLAIMS. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive shall not be entitled to any additional amounts under this Section unless within twenty-one (21) days following his termination he shall have executed and delivered to the Company a general release of claims in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. 6. PROVISIONS RELATING TO EXECUTIVE CONDUCT AND TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. (a) CONFIDENTIALITY. The Executive recognizes and acknowledges that certain assets of the Company constitute Confidential Information. The term "Confidential Information" as used in this Agreement shall mean all information which is known only to the Executive or the Company, other employees or others in a confidential relationship with the Company and any persons controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Company (each, an "Affiliate") and their respective 9 employees, officers and partners), and relating to the Company' or any Affiliate's business (including, without limitation, information regarding clients, customers, pricing policies, methods of operation, proprietary computer programs, sales, products, profits, costs, markets, key personnel, formulae, product applications, technical processes, and trade secrets), as such information may exist from time to time, which the Executive acquired or obtained by virtue of work performed for the Company, or which the Executive may acquire or may have acquired knowledge of during the performance of said work. The Executive agrees that at all times during his employment and thereafter (including periods after the term of this Agreement), he will keep and maintain all Confidential Information and all of the affairs of the Company and its Affiliates confidential, and will not, except (1) as necessary for the performance of his responsibilities hereunder or (2) as required by judicial process and after three days prior notice to the Company unless required earlier by a court order or a legal requirement, disclose to any person for any reason or purpose whatsoever, directly or indirectly, all or any part of the Confidential Information of the Company and its Affiliates. The Executive is not bound by the restrictions in this paragraph with respect to any information that becomes public other than as a consequence of the breach by the Executive of his confidentiality obligations hereunder or is disclosed without an obligation of confidentiality. The Executive can disclose all information to his personal advisors subject to becoming liable for any violation by them of Executive's confidentiality obligations. (b) RETURN OF MATERIALS. The Executive agrees that on the termination of his employment, however such termination may occur, the Executive will promptly return to the Company all materials and other property from time to time held by the Executive and proprietary to the Company including without limitation any documents incorporating, reflecting or reproducing in whole or in part any Confidential Information, credit cards, and the like. (c) NON-SOLICITATION AND NON-COMPETE. The Executive agrees that, (i) during the term hereof, he will not, directly or indirectly, either as a principal, agent, employee, employer, stockholder, co-partner or in any other capacity whatsoever, engage in any outside activity, whether or not competitive with the business of the Company, that could foreseeably give rise to a conflict of interest or otherwise interfere with his duties and obligations to the Company; (ii) during the term hereof and for twenty-four (24) months after the term, he will not, directly or indirectly, either as a principal, agent, employee, employer, stockholder, co-partner or in any other capacity whatsoever, solicit, hire or attempt to hire, or assist others in soliciting, hiring or attempting to hire, any individual employed by the Company at any time while the Executive was also so employed, or encourage any such individual to terminate his or her relationship with the Company; and (iii) during the term hereof, he will not, directly or indirectly, either as a principal, agent, employee, employer, stockholder, co-partner or in any other capacity 10 whatsoever, engage in or undertake any planning for any activity which is competitive with the business of the Company, as conducted or under consideration at any time during his employment by the Company. (d) REASONABLENESS OF RESTRICTIONS. The restrictions against activities set forth in subsection (c) above are considered by the parties to be reasonable for the purposes of protecting the business of the Company. If any restriction is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable because it extends for too long a period of time, over too broad a range of activities or in too large a geographic area, that restriction shall be interpreted to extend only over the maximum period of time, range of activities or geographic area as to which it may be enforceable. (e) NONINTERFERENCE. In the event of any dispute under this Agreement or otherwise relating to the Executive's relationship with the Company, any Affiliate of the Company, or their respective principals or management, whether or not during the term of this Agreement, the Executive agrees not to bring any legal proceeding or take any legal action to seek to enjoin or otherwise impede the purchase, sale, financing, refinancing, development, establishment or operation of any business venture or entity in which any of such persons or entities has any interest. 7. MISCELLANEOUS. (a) FREEDOM TO CONTRACT. The Executive represents that he is free to enter into this Agreement and carry out his obligations hereunder without any conflict with any prior agreements, and that he has not made and will not make any agreement in conflict with this Agreement. (b) ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement represents the entire and only understanding between the parties on the subject matter hereof and supersedes any other agreements or understandings between them on such subject matter. (c) SPECIFIC ENFORCEMENT. The parties acknowledge and agree that the Executive's breach of the provisions of Sections 6 and 7 of this Agreement may cause irreparable harm to the Company, that the remedy of damages will not be adequate for the enforcement of such provisions, and that such provisions may be enforced by equitable relief, including injunctive relief, which relief shall be cumulative and in addition to any other relief to which the Company may be entitled. (d) BINDING EFFECT; SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns of the respective parties. Without the express written consent of the other party, neither the Company nor the Executive may assign any duties or right or interest hereunder or right to receive any money hereunder and any such assignment shall be void; provided, however, that without the Executive's consent the Company may assign its rights and obligations hereunder in their entirety to any successor to all or substantially all of its business, whether affected by merger or otherwise. The preceding sentence, however, shall not prevent the transfer of any right or interest to 11 receive any money hereunder by the Executive by way of testamentary disposition or intestate succession. The Company shall require any successor or assign (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, reorganization, consolidation, acquisition or property or stock, liquidation or otherwise) to all or a significant portion of the assets of the Company, by agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Executive, to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place. Regardless of whether such agreement is executed by a successor, this Agreement shall continue to be binding upon the Company and any successor and assign shall be deemed the "Company" for purposes of this Agreement. (e) SEVERABILITY. In the event any provision of this Agreement shall be determined in any circumstances to be invalid or unenforceable, such determination shall not affect or impair any other provision of this Agreement or the enforcement of such provision in other appropriate circumstances. (f) NOTICES. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing or by written telecommunication, and shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered personally or if sent by overnight courier or by certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid or sent by written telecommunication or telecopy, to the relevant address set forth below, or to such other address as the recipient of such notice or communication shall have specified to the other party hereto in accordance with this Section 7(f): If to the Company, to: Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation 1134 Market Street Wheeling, WV 26003 Attention: Chief Executive Officer Telecopy: 304-234-2690 with a copy to the Company's Chief Financial Officer at the same address. If to the Executive, at his last residence shown on the records of the Company. Any such notice shall be deemed to have been received (i) if delivered personally, when received, (ii) if sent by overnight courier, when sent, (iii) if mailed, two (2) days after being mailed as described above and (iv) in the case of facsimile transmission, when confirmed by facsimile machine report. (g) ARBITRATION OF CLAIMS. The parties hereto agree that except as provided in Section 7(c) above any dispute hereunder, or otherwise relating to the Executive's relationship with the Company, whether or not arising during the term of this Agreement, shall be resolved by submission to final and binding arbitration held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania or as otherwise mutually agreed under the National Rules for the Resolution of Employment Disputes of the American Arbitration Association then 12 existing, and judgment on any arbitration award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. Any cause of action or matter in dispute is hereby waived unless arbitration proceedings are initiated by the complaining party within one (1) year from the later of the accrual of the cause of action or the date on which the cause of action should reasonably have been discovered. The Executive and the Company agree any such arbitrator shall not be empowered to amend or modify this Agreement or any other relevant agreement in any respect and further agree that the arbitrator shall not have the jurisdiction to award punitive damages and shall be without the authority to award relief other than monetary damages. Executive and the Company understand and agree that the Company shall bear the arbitrator's fee and any other type of expense or cost that Executive would not be required to bear if Executive were free to bring the dispute or claim in court as well as any other expense or cost that is unique to arbitration. Executive and the Company shall each pay their own attorneys' fees incurred in connection with an arbitration, and the arbitrator will not have authority to award attorneys' fees unless a statute or contract at issue in the dispute authorizes the award of attorneys' fees to the prevailing party, in which case the arbitrator shall have the authority to make an award of attorneys' fees as required or permitted by applicable law. If there is a dispute as to whether Executive or the Company is the prevailing party, the arbitrator will decide this issue. Any cause of action or matter in dispute is hereby waived unless arbitration proceedings are initiated by the complaining party within one (1) year from the later of the accrual of the cause of action or the date on which the cause of action should reasonably have been discovered. (h) JURY & PUNITIVE DAMAGES WAIVER. EACH PARTY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHTS THAT HE OR IT MAY HAVE TO HAVE ANY DISPUTE (WHETHER OR NOT ARISING DURING THE TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT) HEREUNDER OR OTHERWISE RELATING TO THE EXECUTIVE'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE EMPLOYER OR ANY AFFILIATE TRIED BEFORE OR DETERMINED BY A JURY OR TO CLAIM OR RECOVER PUNITIVE DAMAGES. (i) REIMBURSEMENT OF LEGAL FEES. In the event that it shall be necessary or desirable for the Executive to retain legal counsel or incur other costs and expenses in connection with the enforcement of any or all of his rights under Agreement, and provided that the Executive substantially prevails in the enforcement of such rights, the Company shall pay (or the Executive shall be entitled to recover from the Company, as the case may be) the Executive's reasonable attorneys' fees and costs and expenses in connection with the enforcement of his rights, including the enforcement of any arbitration award, up to $50,000 in the aggregate. (j) AMENDMENT. This Agreement may be modified only by an instrument in writing executed by the parties hereto. (k) INTERPRETATIVE MATTERS; COUNTERPARTS. The headings of sections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect its meaning or construction. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction will be applied against any party. No delay or omission by either party 13 hereto in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall impair such right, power or privilege, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or privilege preclude any further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. In making proof of this Agreement it shall not be necessary to produce or account for more than one such counterpart. (l) GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement is to be governed and construed according to the internal substantive laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. (m) CONFLICTS. To the extent that this Agreement conflicts with any provision, in any handbook, policy manual, rule or regulation, the provisions of this Agreement shall take precedent. (n) CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL. The Executive acknowledges that he has had a full and complete opportunity to consult with counsel or other advisers of his own choosing concerning the terms, enforceability and implications of this Agreement, and that the Company has made any representations or warranties to the Executive concerning the terms, enforceability and implications of this Agreement other than as are reflected in this Agreement. (o) WITHHOLDING. Any payments provided for in this Agreement shall be paid net of any applicable tax withholding required under federal, state or local law. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Agreement as of the date and year first above written. WHEELING-PITTSBURGH STEEL CORPORATION /s/ James G. Bradley ---------------------------------------- EXECUTIVE /s/ Steven W. Sorvold ---------------------------------------- Steven W. Sorvold 14 EXHIBIT A RELEASE OF CLAIMS In exchange for the severance pay and other benefits set forth in my amended and restated employment agreement with Wheeling-Pittsburgh (the "Company") dated February 15, 2006 (as amended through the date hereof, the "Employment Agreement"), I forever give up, waive and release any and all claims, charges, complaints, grievances or promises of any and every kind I may have up to the date of this Release against the Company, its parent, Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation, and other affiliates and its and their directors, officers and employees, and related persons, including, without limitation, my rights under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA"), the Equal Pay Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act ("ADEA") and other federal and state statutes prohibiting discrimination on the basis of age, sex, race, color, handicap, religion and national origin and any common law claims, including without limitation, claims for defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, intentional interference with contract, negligent infliction of emotional distress, personal injury, breach of contract, unpaid wages or compensation, or claims for unreimbursed expenses. This release shall not extend to any claim to amounts due me in accordance with the terms of my Employment Agreement after termination of my employment or to claims to indemnity I may have under the terms of my Employment Agreement, applicable law, or the Company's or its parent's articles of organization or bylaws for having served as a director, officer or employee of the Company, its parent or any affiliate. I acknowledge that I have been advised of my right to consult an attorney before I sign this Release and that I have twenty-one (21) days to consider whether to sign this Release. If the Release is not received by the Company at the end of the twenty-one (21) day period, it will be considered expired and withdrawn and the Company's severance obligations under my Employment Agreement void. If I execute this Release prior to the end of the twenty-one (21) day period that has been provided for me to consider it, I agree and acknowledge that the prior execution was a knowing and voluntary waiver of my right to consider this Release for a full twenty-one (21) days, and was due to my conclusion that I had ample time in which to consider and understand this Release, and in which to review this Release with my counsel. Nothing in this Release shall be construed to affect the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's ("Commission") independent right and responsibility to enforce the law. I understand, however, that, while this Release does not affect my right to file a charge or participate in an investigation or proceeding conducted by the Commission, it does bar any claim I might have to receive monetary damages in connection with any Commission proceeding concerning matters covered by this Release. I understand I have the right to revoke this Release within seven (7) days of signing it. I understand that to revoke this Release, I must notice the Company in writing in accordance with the notice procedures set forth in my Employment Agreement. /s/ Steven W. Sorvold ---------------------------------------- Executive Dated: February 15, 2006 -16- EX-10.12.I 8 j1823501exv10w12wi.txt EX-10.12(I) Exhibit 10.12(i) AGREEMENT This Agreement is entered into effective as of February 15, 2006 (the "EFFECTIVE DATE"), by and between Michael P. DiClemente, currently residing at 326 Cobblestone Circle, McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania 15136 (the "EXECUTIVE"), and Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("WHEELING-PITTSBURGH" or the "Company") and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation (the "PARENT"). In consideration of the covenants and conditions herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged by each party, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereby agree as follows: 1. Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement: (a) "CAUSE" means the Executive has: (i) been convicted of, or has pled guilty or nolo contendere to, or been indicted for any felony, or any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude under the laws of the United States or any state or political subdivisions thereof; (ii) committed a breach of duty of loyalty that is detrimental to the Company; (iii) materially violated any provision of Section 4 of this Agreement; or (v) acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of the Executive's duties. No act, or failure to act, on the Executive's part shall be deemed "willful" unless done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive not in good faith and without reasonable belief that the Executive's act, or failure to act, was in the best interest of the Company. (b) "CHANGE OF CONTROL" means the occurrence of any of the following: (i) a merger or consolidation of Parent or Wheeling-Pittsburgh with or into another person or the sale, transfer, or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Parent's or Wheeling-Pittsburgh's assets to one or more other persons in a single transaction or series of related transactions, unless securities possessing more than 50% of the total combined voting power of the survivor's or acquirer's outstanding securities (or the securities of any parent thereof) are held by a person or persons who held securities possessing more than 50% of the total combined voting power of Parent immediately prior to that transaction; (ii) any person or group of persons (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and in effect from time to time), other than the Parent, Wheeling-Pittsburgh or an affiliate, directly or indirectly acquires beneficial ownership (determined pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the said Exchange Act) of securities possessing more than 50% of the total combined voting power of the Parent's outstanding securities pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made directly to the Parent's stockholders; or (iii) over a period of 36 consecutive months or less, there is a change in the composition of the Board of Directors of the Parent such that a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Parent (rounded up to the next whole number, if a fraction) ceases, to be composed of individuals who either (A) have been members of the Board of Directors of the Parent continuously since the beginning of that period, or (B) have been elected or nominated for election as members of the Board of Directors of the Parent during such period by at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Parent described in the preceding clause (A) who were still in office at the time that election or nomination was approved by the Board of Directors of the Parent, provided, however, that a Change of Control shall be deemed to have occurred in any event if, by reason of one or more actual or threatened proxy contests for the election of directors or otherwise, a majority of the Board shall consist of individuals, other than directors referred to in clause (1) above, whose election as members of the Board occur within such 36-month period at the request or on behalf of the same person or group of persons (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and in effect from time to time). 2. Term. The term of this Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and shall continue in effect until August 31, 2006. However, in the event a Change of Control occurs during the term, this Agreement will remain in effect for the longer of: (a) seven (7) months beyond the month in which such Change of Control occurred; or (b) until all obligations of Wheeling-Pittsburgh hereunder have been fulfilled, and until all benefits required hereunder have been paid to the Executive or other party entitled thereto. The term of this Agreement may be extended by written agreement of the parties. 3. Termination of Employment Following Change of Control. (a) By Wheeling-Pittsburgh other than for Cause. In the event Wheeling-Pittsburgh terminates the Executive's employment other than for Cause within seven (7) months following a Change of Control, the Executive (or in the event of his death following termination, his estate) shall be entitled to receive the following: 2 (i) Severance Payment. The Executive shall receive an amount equal to two (2) times his annual Salary at the highest annualized rate in effect during the one year immediately preceding the date of the Change of Control, payable in a single lump sum within thirty (30) days of termination; (ii) Health Care Continuation. If at his termination of employment by Wheeling-Pittsburgh without Cause the Executive is eligible for and timely elects continued health coverage under Sections 601-607 of ERISA ("COBRA CONTINUATION") then, for the period of such COBRA Continuation (or for eighteen (18) months, if less), Wheeling-Pittsburgh shall also pay that share of the premium cost of Executive's COBRA Continuation (and that of his eligible dependents also electing COBRA Continuation) in Wheeling-Pittsburgh's group health plan as it pays for active employees of Wheeling-Pittsburgh and their dependents generally; and (iii) Pro Rata Bonus. The Executive shall be entitled to a pro rata bonus in an amount determined under the terms of the applicable Company bonus plan, payable at the same time as executive bonuses are paid generally under the applicable Company bonus plan, but in no event later than March 31 of the year following the year in which the termination occurs. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if the Executive's employment with the Company is terminated other than for Cause prior to the date on which a Change of Control occurs, and it is reasonably demonstrated that such termination (i) was at the request of a third party who has taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change in Control or (ii) otherwise arose in connection with or anticipation of a Change in Control then for all purposes of this Agreement the date of the Change in Control shall mean the date immediately prior to the date of such termination. (b) By The Executive. In the event the Executive gives termination notice within the period of thirty (30) days beginning six (6) months immediately following a Change of Control, regardless of whether the Executive has Good Reason (as defined in the current employment agreements of the Company's other senior executives) to terminate his employment, he shall receive the identical benefits as if the termination had occurred under Section 3(a) above. In the event that at any time within seven (7) months following a Change of Control the Executive gives termination notice for and within sixty (60) days of having Good Reason, he shall receive the identical benefits as if the termination had occurred under Section 3(a) above. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if the circumstances constituting Good Reason occur prior to the date on which a Change of Control occurs, and it is reasonably demonstrated that such circumstances (i) occurred at the request of a third party who has taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change in Control or (ii) otherwise arose in connection with or anticipation of a Change in Control then for all purposes of this Agreement the date of the Change in Control shall mean the date immediately prior to the occurrence of such circumstances. 3 (c) Termination for any other Reason. If the Executive's employment with Wheeling-Pittsburgh is terminated under any circumstances other than those set forth in Sections 3(a) or (b), including without limitation by reason of retirement, death, disability, discharge for Cause or resignation, or any termination for any reason that occurs prior to a Change of Control or after one year following a Change of Control, the Executive shall have no right to receive any payments or benefits under this Agreement. In such event Executive's benefits, if any, in respect of such termination shall be determined in accordance with applicable law and with Wheeling-Pittsburgh's retirement, survivor's benefits, insurance, and other applicable plans, programs, policies and practices then in effect. (d) Cessation of Authority on Termination. Immediately upon the Executive terminating or being terminated from his position with Wheeling-Pittsburgh for any reason or no reason, the Executive will stop serving the functions of the terminated or expired position or any other positions with any affiliate, and shall be without any of the authority of or responsible for any such position. (e) No Obligation to Mitigate. Executive shall not be required to seek other employment or income to reduce any amounts payable to the Executive by Wheeling-Pittsburgh under this Section. Further, the amount of any payment or benefit provided for by this Section shall not be reduced by any compensation earned by the Executive as the result of employment by another employer, retirement benefits, by offset against any amount claimed to be owed by the Executive to Wheeling-Pittsburgh, or otherwise. (f) Release of Claims. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive shall not be entitled to any additional amounts under this Section unless within twenty-one (21) days following his termination he shall have executed and delivered to Wheeling-Pittsburgh a general release of claims in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. (g) Parachute Payment Taxes. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, in the event that any payment or benefit under this Agreement or any other agreement or arrangement of Wheeling-Pittsburgh received or to be received by the Executive in connection with a Change of Control or the termination of the Executive's employment (all such payments and benefits, the "TOTAL PAYMENTS") is determined to be subject (in whole or part) to the tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code (the "EXCISE TAX"), then the Executive shall be entitled to receive an additional payment (a "GROSS-UP PAYMENT") in an amount such that after payment by the Executive of all taxes (including any interest or penalties imposed with respect to such taxes), including without limitation any income taxes and Excise Tax imposed upon the Gross-Up Payment, the Executive retains an amount equal to the Total Payments. All determinations required to be made under this Section 3(g), including whether and when a Gross-Up Payment is required and the amount of such Gross-Up Payment and the assumptions to be utilized in arriving at such determination, shall be made by Wheeling-Pittsburgh's accountants or such other certified public accounting firm reasonably acceptable to Wheeling-Pittsburgh as may be designated by the Executive 4 which shall provide detailed supporting calculations both to Wheeling-Pittsburgh and the Executive. 4. Provisions Relating to Executive Conduct and Termination of Employment. (a) Confidentiality. The Executive recognizes and acknowledges that certain assets of the Company constitute Confidential Information. The term "CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION" as used in this Agreement shall mean all information which is known only to the Executive or the Company, other employees or others in a confidential relationship with the Company and any persons controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Company (each, an "AFFILIATE") and their respective employees, officers and partners), and relating to the Company or any Affiliate's business (including, without limitation, information regarding clients, customers, pricing policies, methods of operation, proprietary computer programs, sales, products, profits, costs, markets, key personnel, formulae, product applications, technical processes, and trade secrets), as such information may exist from time to time, which the Executive acquired or obtained by virtue of work performed for the Company, or which the Executive may acquire or may have acquired knowledge of during the performance of said work. The Executive agrees that at all times during his employment and thereafter (including periods after the term of this Agreement), he will keep and maintain all Confidential Information and all of the affairs of the Company and their Affiliates confidential, and will not, except (i) as necessary for the performance of his responsibilities hereunder or (ii) as required by judicial process and after three days prior notice to the Company unless required earlier by a court order or a legal requirement, disclose to any person for any reason or purpose whatsoever, directly or indirectly, all or any part of the Confidential Information of the Company and their affiliates. The Executive is not bound by the restrictions in this paragraph with respect to any information that becomes public other than as a consequence of the breach by the Executive of his confidentiality obligations hereunder or is disclosed without an obligation of confidentiality. The Executive can disclose all information to his personal advisors subject to becoming liable for any violation by them of Executive's confidentiality obligations. (b) Return of Materials. The Executive agrees that on the termination of his employment, however such termination may occur, the Executive will promptly return to the Company all materials and other property from time to time held by the Executive and proprietary to the Companies including without limitation any documents incorporating, reflecting or reproducing in whole or in part any Confidential Information, credit cards, and the like. (c) Non-Solicitation and Non-Compete. The Executive agrees that: (i) during the term hereof, he will not, directly or indirectly, either as a principal, agent, employee, employer, stockholder, co-partner or in any other capacity whatsoever, engage in any outside activity, whether or not competitive with the businesses of the Company, that could foreseeably give rise to a conflict of interest or otherwise interfere with his duties and obligations to the Companies; 5 (ii) during the term hereof and for twenty-four (24) months after the termination of his employment for any reason, he will not, directly or indirectly, either as a principal, agent, employee, employer, stockholder, co-partner or in any other capacity whatsoever, solicit, hire or attempt to hire, or assist others in soliciting, hiring or attempting to hire, any individual employed by the Company at any time while the Executive was also so employed, or encourage any such individual to terminate his or her relationship with the Company; and (iii) during the term, he will not, directly or indirectly, either as a principal, agent, employee, employer, stockholder, co-partner or in any other capacity whatsoever, directly or indirectly, solicit or assist others in soliciting, for the purpose of selling products competitive with those of the Company, the business of any person or entity which is or was a customer of the Company or had been contacted for the purpose of becoming a customer of the Company by the Executive or other employees of the Company under his supervision or control. (d) Reasonableness of Restrictions. The restrictions against activities set forth in subsection (c) above are considered by the parties to be reasonable for the purposes of protecting the businesses of the Company. If any restriction is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable because it extends for too long a period of time, over too broad a range of activities or in too large a geographic area, that restriction shall be interpreted to extend only over the maximum period of time, range of activities or geographic area as to which it may be enforceable. (e) Noninterference. In the event of any dispute under this Agreement or otherwise relating to the Executive's relationship with, the Company, any Affiliate of the Company, or their respective principals or management, whether or not during the term of this Agreement, the Executive agrees not to bring any legal proceeding or take any legal action to seek to enjoin or otherwise impede the purchase, sale, financing, refinancing, development, establishment or operation of any business venture or entity in which any of such persons or entities has any interest. 5. Miscellaneous. (a) Freedom to Contract. The Executive represents that he is free to enter into this Agreement and carry out his obligations hereunder without any conflict with any prior agreements, and that he has not made and will not make any agreement in conflict with this Agreement. (b) Entire Agreement. This Agreement represents the entire and only understanding between the parties on the subject matter hereof and supersedes any other agreements or understandings between them on such subject matter, including but not limited to the letter to you from the Company dated January 16, 2004. (c) Specific Enforcement. The parties acknowledge and agree that the Executive's breach of the provisions of Sections 4 or 5 of this Agreement may cause 6 irreparable harm to the Company, that the remedy of damages will not be adequate for the enforcement of such provisions, and that such provisions may be enforced by equitable relief, including injunctive relief, which relief shall be cumulative and in addition to any other relief to which the Company may be entitled. (d) Binding Effect, Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns of the respective parties. Without the express written consent of the other party, neither the Company nor the Executive may assign any duties or right or interest hereunder or right to receive any money hereunder and any such assignment shall be void; provided, however, that without the Executive's consent the Company may assign its rights and obligations hereunder in their entirety to any successor to all or substantially all of its business, whether effected by merger or otherwise. The preceding sentence, however, shall not prevent the transfer of any right or interest to receive any money hereunder by the Executive by way of testamentary disposition or intestate succession. The Company shall require any successor or assign (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, reorganization, consolidation, acquisition or property or stock, liquidation or otherwise) to all or a significant portion of the assets of the Company, by agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Executive, to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place. Regardless of whether such agreement is executed by a successor, this Agreement shall continue to be binding upon the Company and any successor and assign. (e) Severability. In the event any provision of this Agreement shall be determined in any circumstances to be invalid or unenforceable, such determination shall not affect or impair any other provision of this Agreement or the enforcement of such provision in other appropriate circumstances. (f) Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing or by written telecommunication, and shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered personally or if sent by overnight courier or by certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid or sent by written telecommunication or telecopy, to the relevant address set forth below, or to such other address as the recipient of such notice or communication shall have specified to the other party hereto in accordance with this Section 5(f): If to the Company, to: Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation 1134 Market Street Wheeling WV 26003 Telecopy: 304-234-2690 7 If to the Executive, at his last residence shown on the records of the Company. Any such notice shall be deemed to have been received (i) if delivered personally, when received, (ii) if sent by overnight courier, when sent, (iii) if mailed, two (2) days after being mailed as described above and (iv) in the case of facsimile transmission, when confirmed by facsimile machine report. (g) Arbitration of Claims. The parties hereto agree that except as provided in Section 4(c) above any dispute hereunder, or otherwise relating to the Executive's relationship with Wheeling-Pittsburgh, whether or not arising during the term of this Agreement, shall be resolved by submission to final and binding arbitration held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania or as otherwise mutually agreed under the National Rules for the Resolution of Employment Disputes of the American Arbitration Association then existing, and judgment on any arbitration award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. Any cause of action or matter in dispute is hereby waived unless the complaining party initiates arbitration proceedings within one (1) year from the later of the accrual of the cause of action or the date on which the cause of action should reasonably have been discovered. The Executive and Wheeling-Pittsburgh agree any such arbitrator shall not be empowered to amend or modify this Agreement or any other relevant agreement in any respect and further agree that the arbitrator shall not have the jurisdiction to award punitive damages and shall be without the authority to award relief other than monetary damages. Executive and Wheeling-Pittsburgh understand and agree that Wheeling-Pittsburgh shall bear the arbitrator's fee and any other type of expense or cost that Executive would not be required to bear if Executive were free to bring the dispute or claim in court as well as any other expense or cost that is unique to arbitration. Except as provided in Section 5(i) below, Executive and Wheeling-Pittsburgh shall each pay their own attorneys' fees incurred in connection with an arbitration, and the arbitrator will not have authority to award attorneys' fees unless a statute or contract at issue in the dispute authorizes the award of attorneys' fees to the prevailing party, in which case the arbitrator shall have the authority to make an award of attorneys' fees as required or permitted by applicable law. If there is a dispute as to whether Executive or Wheeling-Pittsburgh is the prevailing party, the arbitrator will decide this issue. Any cause of action or matter in dispute is hereby waived unless the complaining party initiates arbitration proceedings within one (1) year from the later of the accrual of the cause of action or the date on which the cause of action should reasonably have been discovered. (h) JURY & PUNITIVE DAMAGES WAIVER. EACH PARTY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHTS THAT HE OR IT MAY HAVE TO HAVE ANY DISPUTE (WHETHER OR NOT ARISING DURING THE TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT) HEREUNDER OR OTHERWISE RELATING TO THE EXECUTIVE'S RELATIONSHIP WITH WHEELING-PITTSBURGH OR ANY AFFILIATE TRIED BEFORE OR DETERMINED BY A JURY OR TO CLAIM OR RECOVER PUNITIVE DAMAGES. 8 (i) REIMBURSEMENT OF LEGAL FEES. In the event that it shall be necessary or desirable for the Executive to retain legal counsel or incur other costs and expenses in connection with the enforcement of any or all of his rights under Agreement, and provided that the Executive substantially prevails in the enforcement of such rights, the Company shall pay (or the Executive shall be entitled to recover from the Company, as the case may be) the Executive's reasonable attorneys' fees and costs and expenses in connection with the enforcement of his rights, including the enforcement of any arbitration award, up to $50,000 in the aggregate. (j) Amendment. This Agreement may be modified only by an instrument in writing executed by the parties hereto. (k) Interpretative Matters; Counterparts. The headings of sections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect its meaning or construction. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction will be applied against any party. No delay or omission by either party hereto in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall impair such right, power or privilege, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or privilege preclude any further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. In making proof of this Agreement it shall not be necessary to produce or account for more than one such counterpart. (l) Governing Law. This Agreement is to be governed and construed according to the internal substantive laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. (m) Conflicts. To the extent that this Agreement conflicts with any provision, in any handbook, policy manual, rule or regulation, the provisions of this Agreement shall take precedent. (n) Consultation with Counsel. The Executive acknowledges that he has had a full and complete opportunity to consult with counsel or other advisers of his own choosing concerning the terms, enforceability and implications of this Agreement, and that Wheeling-Pittsburgh has not made any representations or warranties to the Executive concerning the terms, enforceability and implications of this Agreement other than as are reflected in this Agreement. (o) Withholding. Any payments provided for in this Agreement shall be paid net of any applicable tax withholding required under federal, state or local law. (p) Employment Status. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Executive shall be an at will employee of Wheeling-Pittsburgh and neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof shall be deemed to create or center 9 upon the Executive any right to be retained in the employ of Wheeling-Pittsburgh or any subsidiary or other affiliate thereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Agreement as of the date and year first above written. WHEELING-PITTSBURGH STEEL CORPORATION /s/ James G. Bradley ---------------------------------------- EXECUTIVE /s/ Michael P. DiClemente ---------------------------------------- Michael P. DiClemente 10 EXHIBIT A RELEASE OF CLAIMS In exchange for the severance pay and other benefits set forth in my agreement with Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation ("WHEELING-PITTSBURGH") dated February 15, 2006 (as amended through the date hereof, the "Agreement"), I forever give up, waive and release any and all claims, charges, complaints, grievances or promises of any and every kind I may have up to the date of this Release against Wheeling-Pittsburgh, its parent, Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation, and its shareholders and other affiliates (including, without limitation, Ohio Coatings Company) and its and their respective directors, officers and employees, and related persons, including, without limitation, my rights under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA"), the Equal Pay Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act ("ADEA") and other federal and state statutes prohibiting discrimination on the basis of age, sex, race, color, handicap, religion and national origin and any common law claims, including without limitation, claims for defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, intentional interference with contract, negligent infliction of emotional distress, personal injury, breach of contract, unpaid wages or compensation, or claims for unreimbursed expenses. This release shall not extend to any claim to amounts due me in accordance with the terms of the Agreement after termination of my employment, under applicable law, or under Wheeling-Pittsburgh's or its parent's articles of organization or bylaws for having served as a director, officer or employee of Wheeling-Pittsburgh, its parent or any affiliate. I acknowledge that I have been advised of my right to consult an attorney before I sign this Release and that I have twenty-one (21) days to consider whether to sign this Release. If the Release is not received by Wheeling-Pittsburgh at the end of the twenty-one (21) day period, it will be considered expired and withdrawn and Wheeling-Pittsburgh's severance obligations under the Agreement void. If I execute this Release prior to the end of the twenty-one (21) day period that has been provided for me to consider it, I agree and acknowledge that the prior execution was a knowing and voluntary waiver of my right to consider this Release for a full twenty-one (21) days, and was due to my conclusion that I had ample time in which to consider and understand this Release, and in which to review this Release with my counsel. Nothing in this Release shall be construed to affect the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's ("COMMISSION") independent right and responsibility to enforce the law. I understand, however, that, while this Release does not affect my right to file a charge or participate in an investigation or proceeding conducted by the Commission, it does bar any claim I might have to receive monetary damages in connection with any Commission proceeding concerning matters covered by this Release. I understand I have the right to revoke this Release within seven (7) days of signing it. I understand that to revoke this Release, I must provide notice to Wheeling-Pittsburgh in writing in accordance with the notice procedures set forth in the Agreement. /s/ Michael P. DiClemente ---------------------------------------- Michael P. DiClemente Dated: February 15, 2006 2 EX-10.20 9 j1823501exv10w20.txt EX-10.20 EXHIBIT 10.20 FOURTH AMENDMENT AND WAIVER (TERM LOAN AGREEMENT) FOURTH AMENDMENT AND WAIVER, dated as of March 10, 2006 (this "Amendment"), to the Term Loan Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2003 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Term Loan Agreement"), among Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Holdings"), Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Borrower"), the Lenders party to the Term Loan Agreement, the Documentation Agent and Syndication Agent named therein, Royal Bank of Canada, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the "Administrative Agent"), the Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Board (the "Federal Guarantor") and the West Virginia Housing Development Fund (the "State Guarantor"). WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, Holdings, the Borrower, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Federal Guarantor and the State Guarantor are parties to the Term Loan Agreement; WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders and the Federal Guarantor agree to make certain amendments relating to the Term Loan Agreement as set forth herein; WHEREAS, in consideration of the making of such amendments, the Borrower will obtain a letter of credit issued in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders under the Term Loan Agreement in the amount of $12,500,000 as set forth herein; and WHEREAS, the Lenders and the Federal Guarantor are willing to agree to such amendments, in each case subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein. NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows: 1. Defined Terms. Terms defined in the Term Loan Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Term Loan Agreement. 2. Prepayment. The Borrower hereby agrees to make an optional prepayment of the Loans in the amount of $6,250,000, representing the principal due on September 30, 2006, on the date on which the principal installment of the Loans with respect to the June 30, 2006 payment is due. 3. Waiver of Inverse Application of Prepayments. Each of the Lenders and the Federal Guarantor hereby waives the requirement for an inverse application of optional prepayments in Section 2.12(a) with respect to the prepayment contemplated by Section 2 of this Amendment, and hereby agrees that such prepayment shall be applied to prepay the Loans pro 2 rata among the Tranche A Loans, the Tranche B Loans and the Tranche C Loans and, within each tranche, with respect to the principal amount due on or about September 30, 2006. 4. Amendment to Section 1.1. Section 1.1 of the Term Loan Agreement is hereby amended by: (a) amending and restating in their respective entireties the following definitions: "Borrowing Availability": as defined under the Revolving Loan Agreement on the date hereof (as such definition and the terms used therein may be amended or otherwise modified from time to time, except that if any such amendment or other modification is not satisfactory to the Required Lenders, such definition, for purposes of this Agreement, shall be subject to such adjustments as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require in order for the calculation of the Borrowing Availability to be as consistent as practicable with the calculation thereof prior to such amendment or other modification); provided that after the Commitment Termination Date (subject to the satisfaction of the Required Lenders with the relevant defined terms and, in the absence of such satisfaction, subject to such adjustments as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require in order for the following calculation to be as consistent as practicable with the calculation of Borrowing Availability under the Revolving Loan Agreement prior to the Commitment Termination Date (with such adjustments thereto as may have been made as provided above)), "Borrowing Availability" shall mean, with respect to the revolving credit facility which replaces or refinances the Revolving Loan Agreement, an amount equal to the excess of (a) the lesser of (i) the total revolving commitment then in effect thereunder and (ii) the borrowing base, if any, then in effect, in each case after giving effect to reserves taken by the applicable agent under such replacement facility, over (b) an amount equal to the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of all revolving loans then outstanding thereunder, (ii) the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of any letters of credit then outstanding thereunder, (iii) the aggregate amount of drawings under letters of credit thereunder that have not then been reimbursed by the Borrower and (iv) the aggregate principal amount of any swing line loans then outstanding thereunder. "Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio": as defined under the Revolving Loan Agreement on the date hereof (as such definition and the terms used therein may be amended or otherwise modified from time to time, or may be replaced in connection with any refinancing, extension or renewal of the Revolving Loan Agreement, except that if any such amendment, other modification or any such replacement is not satisfactory to the Required Lenders, such definition, for purposes of this Agreement, shall be subject to such adjustments as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require in order for the calculation of the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio to be as consistent as practicable with the calculation thereof prior to such amendment or other modification or such replacement); provided that on September 30, 2007 this amended definition shall cease to apply, and Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be as defined in the 3 Third Amendment to the Term Loan Agreement, dated as of September 29, 2005. "Excess Cash Flow": for any fiscal quarter of the Borrower, the excess, if any, of (a) the sum, without duplication, of (i) Consolidated Net Income for such fiscal quarter, (ii) the amount of all non-cash charges (including depreciation and amortization and items (d) through (j) in the definition of Consolidated EBITDA) deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, (iii) cash decreases in Consolidated Operating Working Capital, (iv) to the extent not included in (ii) above, the cash impact of increases in post-petition employee benefits or post-petition "Other Liabilities" (as reflected in the non-current section of Holdings' balance sheet) and (v) the aggregate amount of payments received during such fiscal quarter on account of the principal of loans, and the returned capital in Investments, made as contemplated by Sections 6.8(i) and (j) over (b) the sum, without duplication, of (i) the amount of all non-cash credits included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, (ii) cash increases in Consolidated Operating Working Capital, (iii) the aggregate amount actually paid or committed to be paid (such committed amounts to be excluded from the computation of Excess Cash Flow in future quarters) by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in cash during such fiscal quarter on account of Capital Expenditures (excluding expenditures to the extent (x) funded by drawings on the Cash Collateral Account or the Capital Expenditure Deposit Account (y) financed with the proceeds of any Reinvestment Deferred Amount or (z) reimbursed by the Coke Plant Joint Venture), (iv) reductions in Funded Debt, it being understood that the prepayment of the Loans required by Section 2 of the Fourth Amendment and Waiver shall be deemed to have been made as of the date of the principal installment with respect to the third quarter of 2006 was originally due, (v) the cash impact of decreases in post-petition employee benefits or post-petition "Other Liabilities" (as reflected in the non-current section of Holdings' balance sheet), (vi) the aggregate net amount of non-cash gain on the Disposition of property by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such fiscal quarter (other than sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business), to the extent included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income and (vii) the aggregate amount of loans and investments made during such fiscal quarter as contemplated by Sections 6.8(i) and (j). "Required Stated Amount": $7,500,000, provided that the Administrative Agent is by this proviso instructed, from time to time after the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, (a) to consent to an amendment to the Interest Reserve Letter of Credit (including any replacement Interest Reserve Letter of Credit) that provides for the Required Stated Amount (as it is reflected in the Interest Reserve Letter of Credit) to be promptly conformed to the relevant percentage of the then outstanding Tranche A Loans and Tranche B Loans as set forth below opposite the then most recent date set forth below, upon the issuer thereof receiving a notice from the Administrative Agent, to the effect that (i) all interest required to be paid on the Loans on or prior to the date of such notice has been paid and (ii) the Borrower has made all deposits required to be made on or prior to such date pursuant to Section 5.15, and (b) to provide the notice as contemplated in clause (a) above, upon a request by the Borrower to do so, so long as the statements in such notice are then true and correct. 4
REFERENCE DATE PERCENTAGE -------------- ---------- Current 3.29% 3/31/2006 3.32% 6/30/2006 3.36% 9/30/2006 3.40% 12/31/2006 3.43% 3/31/2007 3.47% 6/30/2007 3.50% 9/30/2007 3.54% 12/31/2007 3.58% 3/31/2008 3.61% 6/30/2008 3.65% 9/30/2008 3.69% 12/31/2008 3.72% 3/31/2009 3.76% 6/30/2009 3.79% 9/30/2009 3.83% 12/31/2009 3.87% 3/31/2010 3.90% 6/30/2010 3.94% 9/30/2010 3.98% 12/31/2010 and thereafter 4.01%
(b) inserting the following new definitions in the appropriate alphabetical order: "Fourth Amendment and Waiver": the Amendment, dated as of March [__], 2006, to this Agreement among Holdings, the Borrower, the Lenders party thereto, the Administrative Agent and the Federal Guarantor. "Fourth Amendment Effective Date": the date on which the conditions precedent set forth in Section 8 of the Fourth Amendment and Waiver shall have been satisfied or waived. 5. Amendment to Section 5.2. Section 5.2 of the Term Loan Agreement is hereby amended by: (a) restating paragraph (c) thereof to read in its entirety as follows: (c) to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, as soon as available, but not later than the start of each fiscal year of Holdings, an annual operating plan for Holdings and its Subsidiaries, approved by the board of directors of Holdings, for the following fiscal year, which (i) includes a statement of all of the material assumptions on which such plan is based, (ii) includes quarterly balance 5 sheets and a quarterly budget for the following year and (iii) integrates sales, gross profits, operating expenses, operating profit, cash flow projections and Borrowing Availability projections, all prepared on the same basis and in similar detail as that on which operating results are reported (and in the case of cash flow projections, representing management's good faith estimates of future financial performance based on historical performance), and including plans for personnel (which shall be limited to disclosure of the head count of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for such period), Capital Expenditures and facilities (collectively, the "Projections"), which Projections shall in each case be accompanied by a certificate of a Responsible Officer stating that such Projections are based on reasonable estimates, information and assumptions and that as of such date such Responsible Officer has no reason to believe that such Projections are incorrect or misleading in any material respect. (b) restating paragraph (h) thereof to read in its entirety as follows: (h) to the Administrative Agent, (i) concurrently with the delivery of the same, copies of each Borrowing Base Certificate (as defined in the Revolving Loan Agreement) sent to any agent or lender under the Revolving Loan Agreement, and (ii) within 30 days after the end of each fiscal month until and including September 30, 2007, a certificate of a Responsible Officer of Holdings to the effect that Holdings expects the Borrower to have Borrowing Availability at all times in the three months following such fiscal month of at least $50,000,000 (or, if Holdings does not expect the Borrower to have such Borrowing Availability, describing the Borrowing Availability it does expect the Borrower to have for such period). 6. Amendment to Section 6.1. Section 6.1 of the Term Loan Agreement is hereby amended by: (a) restating paragraph (a) thereof to read in its entirety as follows: (a) Consolidated Leverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as at the last day of any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of Holdings ending with any fiscal quarter set forth below to exceed the ratio set forth below opposite such fiscal quarter:
Consolidated Fiscal Quarter Leverage Ratio -------------- -------------- March 31, 2005 and June 30, 2005 4.00 to 1.0 September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2005 3.50 to 1.0 September 30, 2007 and thereafter 3.50 to 1.0
To the extent that the Borrower is not in compliance with the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as of December 31, 2005, the Lenders and Federal Guarantor shall, without further action by any party, be deemed to have irrevocably waived 6 compliance with this ratio with respect to the December 31, 2005 testing date. (b) restating paragraph (b) thereof to read in its entirety as follows: (b) Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of Holdings ended on or after March 31, 2005 to and including December 31, 2005 and ending on and after September 30, 2007 to be less than 3.00 to 1.0. To the extent that the Borrower is not in compliance with the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio as of December 31, 2005, the Lenders and Federal Guarantor shall, without further action by any party, be deemed to have irrevocably waived compliance with this ratio with respect to the December 31, 2005 testing date. (c) restating paragraph (c) thereof to read in its entirety as follows: (c) Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of Holdings ending with any fiscal quarter set forth below to be less than the ratio set forth below opposite such fiscal quarter:
Consolidated Fixed Charge Fiscal Quarter Coverage Ratio -------------- ------------------------- March 31, 2005 through December 31, 2005 1.20 to 1.0 September 30, 2007 and thereafter 1.30 to 1.0
provided that if on any date after December 31, 2005 to and including September 30, 2007, the Borrowing Availability shall be less than $50,000,000, then the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the period of the four fiscal quarters most recently completed shall be at least 1.0 to 1.0. To the extent that the Borrower is not in compliance with the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio as of December 31, 2005, the Lenders and Federal Guarantor shall, without further action by any party, be deemed to have irrevocably waived compliance with this ratio with respect to the December 31, 2005 testing date. 7. Amendment to Exhibit B. Exhibit B to the Term Loan Agreement is hereby amended, effective for the fiscal quarter of Holdings ended December 31, 2005 and thereafter, or at the option of the Borrower, March 31, 2006 and thereafter, in accordance with Section 6.1 to read in its entirety as set forth in Annex I to the Fourth Amendment. 8. Conditions to Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective as of and on the date (such date, the "Fourth Amendment Effective Date") on which the Administrative Agent shall have received the following: (a) counterparts hereof duly executed by Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders and the Federal Guarantor; 7 (b) such corporate resolutions, incumbency certificates and other authorizations as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request; (c) to the extent invoiced, payment or reimbursement of all out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent incurred in connection with this Amendment, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of respective counsel for the Administrative Agent and the Federal Guarantor; and (d) an irrevocable standby letter of credit issued under the Revolving Loan Agreement (or successor revolving credit facility) in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders in the amount of $12,500,000, which letter of credit shall be substantially in the form of Annex II to this Amendment and shall (i) be renewable on an annual basis, (ii) be drawable at any time and from time to time, in whole or in part, upon a notice of non-renewal or when an Event of Default shall be in existence, by the Administrative Agent in its discretion or at the direction of the Required Lenders or the Federal Guarantor in order to pay amounts then owing by the Borrower under any of the Loan Documents, to make an optional prepayment of the Loans or to fund a cash collateral account in the name of the Administrative Agent and under its sole control to secure the Obligations (and the Borrower hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to make each such drawing and to so use the proceeds thereof), and (iii) be released upon demonstrated compliance with the financial covenants in effect as permitted in this Amendment as of September 30, 2007. 9. Representations and Warranties; No Default. Each of Holdings and the Borrower hereby confirms that after giving effect to this Amendment each of the representations and warranties set forth in the Loan Documents is true and correct. Each of Holdings and the Borrower represents and warrants that, after giving effect to this Amendment, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. 10. No Change. Except as expressly provided herein, no term or provision of the Term Loan Agreement shall be amended, modified, supplemented or waived, and each term and provision of the Term Loan Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. 11. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed by the parties hereto in any number of separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument 12. Governing Law. This Amendment and the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written. WHEELING-PITTSBURGH CORPORATION By: /s/ John W. Testa ------------------------------------ Name: John W. Testa ---------------------------------- Title: Vice President --------------------------------- WHEELING-PITTSBURGH STEEL CORPORATION By: /s/ Michael P. DiClemente ------------------------------------ Name: Michael P. DiClemente ---------------------------------- Title: Treasurer --------------------------------- ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as Administrative Agent By: /s/ David Wheatley ------------------------------------ Name: David Wheatley ---------------------------------- Title: Manager, Agency --------------------------------- EMERGENCY STEEL LOAN GUARANTEE BOARD, as Federal Guarantor By: /s/ Marguerite S. Owen ------------------------------------ Name: Marguerite S. Owen ---------------------------------- Title: General Counsel --------------------------------- Annexes have been omitted and will be furnished upon request. SIGNATURE PAGE TO THE FOURTH AMENDMENT AND WAIVER, DATED AS OF MARCH 10, 2006 TO THE TERM LOAN AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF JULY 31, 2003, AMONG WHEELING-PITTSBURGH CORPORATION, WHEELING-PITTSBURGH STEEL CORPORATION, THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTIES THERETO, ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE EMERGENCY STEEL LOAN GUARANTEE BOARD, THE WEST VIRGINIA HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND AND THE OTHER AGENTS PARTIES THERETO. NAME OF INSTITUTION: ALLIED IRISH BANKS PLC ---------------------------------------- By: /s/ Joseph S. Augustini ------------------------------------ Name: Joseph S. Augustini ---------------------------------- Title: Vice President --------------------------------- By: /s/ Margaret Brennan ------------------------------------ Name: Margaret Brennan ---------------------------------- Title: Senior Vice President --------------------------------- SIGNATURE PAGE TO THE FOURTH AMENDMENT AND WAIVER, DATED AS OF MARCH 10, 2006 TO THE TERM LOAN AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF JULY 31, 2003, AMONG WHEELING-PITTSBURGH CORPORATION, WHEELING-PITTSBURGH STEEL CORPORATION, THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTIES THERETO, ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE EMERGENCY STEEL LOAN GUARANTEE BOARD, THE WEST VIRGINIA HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND AND THE OTHER AGENTS PARTIES THERETO. NAME OF INSTITUTION: ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY ---------------------------------------- By: /s/ JEFFREY CANNON ------------------------------------ Name: JEFFREY CANNON ---------------------------------- Title: SENIOR PORTFOLIO MANAGER --------------------------------- By: /s/ JERRY D. ZINKULA ------------------------------------ Name: JERRY D. ZINKULA ---------------------------------- Title: MANAGING DIRECTOR --------------------------------- SIGNATURE PAGE TO THE FOURTH AMENDMENT AND WAIVER, DATED AS OF MARCH 10, 2006 TO THE TERM LOAN AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF JULY 31, 2003, AMONG WHEELING-PITTSBURGH CORPORATION, WHEELING-PITTSBURGH STEEL CORPORATION, THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTIES THERETO, ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE EMERGENCY STEEL LOAN GUARANTEE BOARD, THE WEST VIRGINIA HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND AND THE OTHER AGENTS PARTIES THERETO. NAME OF INSTITUTION: AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED ---------------------------------------- By: /s/ John D. Wade ------------------------------------ Name: John D. Wade ---------------------------------- Title: Director --------------------------------- SIGNATURE PAGE TO THE FOURTH AMENDMENT AND WAIVER, DATED AS OF MARCH 10, 2006 TO THE TERM LOAN AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF JULY 31, 2003, AMONG WHEELING-PITTSBURGH CORPORATION, WHEELING-PITTSBURGH STEEL CORPORATION, THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTIES THERETO, ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE EMERGENCY STEEL LOAN GUARANTEE BOARD, THE WEST VIRGINIA HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND AND THE OTHER AGENTS PARTIES THERETO. NAME OF INSTITUTION: BANK OF AMERICA LEASING CAPITAL LLC (successor to Fleet Capital Corporation) ---------------------------------------- By: /s/ George C. Markowsky ------------------------------------ Name: George C. Markowsky ---------------------------------- Title: SVP --------------------------------- SIGNATURE PAGE TO THE FOURTH AMENDMENT AND WAIVER, DATED AS OF MARCH 10, 2006 TO THE TERM LOAN AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF JULY 31, 2003, AMONG WHEELING-PITTSBURGH CORPORATION, WHEELING-PITTSBURGH STEEL CORPORATION, THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTIES THERETO, ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE EMERGENCY STEEL LOAN GUARANTEE BOARD, THE WEST VIRGINIA HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND AND THE OTHER AGENTS PARTIES THERETO. NAME OF INSTITUTION: BANK HAPOALIM B.M. ---------------------------------------- By: /s/ James P. Surless ------------------------------------ Name: James P. Surless ---------------------------------- Title: Vice President --------------------------------- SIGNATURE PAGE TO THE FOURTH AMENDMENT AND WAIVER, DATED AS OF MARCH 10, 2006 TO THE TERM LOAN AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF JULY 31, 2003, AMONG WHEELING-PITTSBURGH CORPORATION, WHEELING-PITTSBURGH STEEL CORPORATION, THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTIES THERETO, ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE EMERGENCY STEEL LOAN GUARANTEE BOARD, THE WEST VIRGINIA HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND AND THE OTHER AGENTS PARTIES THERETO. NAME OF INSTITUTION: BAYERISCHE LANDESBANK ---------------------------------------- By: /s/ Nikolai Von Mengden ------------------------------------ Name: Nikolai Von Mengden ---------------------------------- Title: Senior Vice President --------------------------------- By: /s/ Norman McClave ------------------------------------ Name: Norman McClave ---------------------------------- Title: First Vice President --------------------------------- SIGNATURE PAGE TO THE FOURTH AMENDMENT AND WAIVER, DATED AS OF MARCH 10, 2006 TO THE TERM LOAN AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF JULY 31, 2003, AMONG WHEELING-PITTSBURGH CORPORATION, WHEELING-PITTSBURGH STEEL CORPORATION, THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTIES THERETO, ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE EMERGENCY STEEL LOAN GUARANTEE BOARD, THE WEST VIRGINIA HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND AND THE OTHER AGENTS PARTIES THERETO. NAME OF INSTITUTION: J.P. MORGAN CHASE BANK, NA ---------------------------------------- By: /s/ Michael F. McCullough ------------------------------------ Name: Michael F. McCullough ---------------------------------- Title: Senior Vice President --------------------------------- SIGNATURE PAGE TO THE FOURTH AMENDMENT AND WAIVER, DATED AS OF MARCH 10, 2006 TO THE TERM LOAN AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF JULY 31, 2003, AMONG WHEELING-PITTSBURGH CORPORATION, WHEELING-PITTSBURGH STEEL CORPORATION, THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTIES THERETO, ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE EMERGENCY STEEL LOAN GUARANTEE BOARD, THE WEST VIRGINIA HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND AND THE OTHER AGENTS PARTIES THERETO. NAME OF INSTITUTION: LLOYDS TSB BANK PLC ---------------------------------------- By: /s/ Michelle White ------------------------------------ Name: Michelle White ---------------------------------- Title: Assistant Vice President, Structured Finance --------------------------------- By: /s/ John O'Connell ------------------------------------ Name: John O'Connell ---------------------------------- Title: Assistant Vice President, Structured Finance --------------------------------- SIGNATURE PAGE TO THE FOURTH AMENDMENT AND WAIVER, DATED AS OF MARCH 10, 2006 TO THE TERM LOAN AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF JULY 31, 2003, AMONG WHEELING-PITTSBURGH CORPORATION, WHEELING-PITTSBURGH STEEL CORPORATION, THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTIES THERETO, ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE EMERGENCY STEEL LOAN GUARANTEE BOARD, THE WEST VIRGINIA HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND AND THE OTHER AGENTS PARTIES THERETO. NAME OF INSTITUTION: ROYAL BANK OF CANADA ---------------------------------------- By: /s/ Dustin Craven ------------------------------------ Name: Dustin Craven ---------------------------------- Title: Attorney-in-fact --------------------------------- SIGNATURE PAGE TO THE FOURTH AMENDMENT AND WAIVER, DATED AS OF MARCH 10, 2006 TO THE TERM LOAN AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF JULY 31, 2003, AMONG WHEELING-PITTSBURGH CORPORATION, WHEELING-PITTSBURGH STEEL CORPORATION, THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTIES THERETO, ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE EMERGENCY STEEL LOAN GUARANTEE BOARD, THE WEST VIRGINIA HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND AND THE OTHER AGENTS PARTIES THERETO. NAME OF INSTITUTION: US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ---------------------------------------- By: /s/ Jeffrey A. Kessler ------------------------------------ Name: Jeffrey A. Kessler ---------------------------------- Title: Vice President ---------------------------------
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Exhibit 10.21
WHEELING-PITTSBURGH CORPORATION
2003 MANAGEMENT STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
As Amended and Restated Effective March 10, 2006

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
             
1.
  Purpose     1  
 
           
2.
  Definitions     1  
 
           
3.
  Term of the Plan     4  
 
           
4.
  Stock Subject to the Plan     4  
 
           
5.
  Administration     4  
 
           
6.
  Authorization and Eligibility     5  
 
           
7.
  Specific Terms of Awards     5  
 
           
8.
  Adjustment Provisions     11  
 
           
9.
  Settlement of Awards     13  
 
           
10.
  Reservation of Stock     15  
 
           
11.
  No Special Employment or Other Rights     15  
 
           
12.
  Nonexclusivity of the Plan     15  
 
           
13.
  Termination and Amendment of the Plan     15  
 
           
14.
  Notices and Other Communications     16  
 
           
15.
  Governing Law     16  

 


 

WHEELING-PITTSBURGH CORPORATION
2003 MANAGEMENT STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
As Amended and Restated Effective March 10, 2006
1. PURPOSE
This Plan is intended to encourage ownership of Common Stock by employees, consultants and directors of the Company and its Affiliates and to provide additional incentive for them to promote the success of the Company’s business. The Plan is intended to be an incentive stock option plan within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code, but not all Awards are required to be Incentive Options. The Plan was originally adopted and effective as of August 1, 2003. The Plan, as amended and restated, has been approved by the Board to be effective as of March 10, 2006 (the “Restated Effective Date”).
2. DEFINITIONS
As used in this Plan, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
     2.1. Accelerate, Accelerated, and Acceleration, when used with respect to an Option, means that as of the time of reference the Option will become exercisable with respect to some or all of the shares of Common Stock for which it was not then otherwise exercisable by its terms, and, when used with respect to Restricted Stock or Stock Units, means that the Risk of Forfeiture otherwise applicable to the such Awards shall expire with respect to some or all of the shares underlying or otherwise issuable with respect to such Award then still otherwise subject to the Risk of Forfeiture.
     2.2. Acquisition means a merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another person or the sale, transfer, or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to one or more other persons in a single transaction or series of related transactions, unless securities possessing more than 50% of the total combined voting power of the survivor’s or acquiror’s outstanding securities (or the securities of any parent thereof) are held by a person or persons who held securities possessing more than 50% of the total combined voting power of the Company immediately prior to that transaction.
     2.3. Affiliate means any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, or other entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Company.
     2.4. Award means any grant or sale pursuant to the Plan of Options, Restricted Stock, Stock Grants or Stock Units.
     2.5. Award Agreement means an agreement between the Company and the recipient of an Award, setting forth the terms and conditions of the Award.
     2.6. Board means the Company’s Board of Directors.

 


 

     2.7. Change of Control means the occurrence of either of the following:
(a) any person or group of persons (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and in effect from time to time), other than the Company or an Affiliate, directly or indirectly acquires beneficial ownership (determined pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the said Exchange Act) of securities possessing more than 50% of the total combined voting power of the Company’s outstanding securities pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made directly to the Company’s stockholders that the Board does not recommend such stockholders to accept, or
(b) over a period of 36 consecutive months or less, there is a change in the composition of the Board such that a majority of the Board members (rounded up to the next whole number, if a fraction) ceases, by reason of one or more proxy contests for the election of Board members, to be composed of individuals who either (A) have been Board members continuously since the beginning of that period, or (B) have been elected or nominated for election as Board members during such period by at least a majority of the Board members described in the preceding clause (A) who were still in office at the time that election or nomination was approved by the Board.
     2.8. Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any successor statute thereto, and any regulations issued from time to time thereunder.
     2.9. Committee means any committee of the Board delegated responsibility by the Board for the administration of the Plan, as provided in Section 5 of the Plan. For any period during which no such committee is in existence “Committee” shall mean the Board and all authority and responsibility assigned to the Committee under the Plan shall be exercised, if at all, by the Board.
     2.10. Common Stock or Stock means common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.
     2.11. Company means Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware.
     2.12. Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock as of a particular date (the “Determination Date”) means:
(a) If the principal trading market for the Common Stock is a securities exchange or The Nasdaq National Market, the average of the closing prices of the Common Stock as reported on such exchange or The Nasdaq National Market, as applicable, for each of the five (5) business days immediately preceding the Determination Date; or
(b) If the Common Stock is principally traded over-the-counter, the average of the closing bid prices for each of the twenty (20) business days immediately preceding the Determination Date; or

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(c) If there is no public market for the Common Stock, the fair market value thereof, as determined in good faith by the Committee.
     2.13. Grant Date means the date as of which an Option is granted, as determined under Section 7.1(a).
     2.14. Incentive Option means an Option which by its terms is to be treated as an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.
     2.15. Nonstatutory Option means any Option that is not an Incentive Option.
     2.16. Option means an option to purchase shares of Common Stock.
     2.17. Optionee means a Participant to whom an Option shall have been granted under the Plan.
     2.18. Participant means any holder of an outstanding Award under the Plan.
     2.19. Plan means this 2003 Management Stock Incentive Plan of the Company, as amended from time to time, and including any attachments or addenda hereto.
     2.20. Restricted Stock means a grant or sale of shares of Common Stock to a Participant subject to a Risk of Forfeiture.
     2.21. Restriction Period means the period of time, established by the Committee in connection with an Award of Restricted Stock or Stock Units, during which the shares of Restricted Stock or Stock Units are subject to a Risk of Forfeiture described in the applicable Award Agreement.
     2.22. Risk of Forfeiture means a limitation on the right of the Participant to retain an Award, including a right in the Company to reacquire from the Participant any shares underlying or otherwise issuable with respect to such Award at less than their then Fair Market Value, arising because of the occurrence or non-occurrence of specified events or conditions.
     2.23. Stock Grant means the grant of shares of Common Stock not subject to restrictions or other forfeiture conditions.
     2.24. Stock Unit Award means the grant of the right to receive shares of Common Stock in the future subject to such terms, conditions and restrictions as the Committee shall establish and otherwise in accordance with the terms of Section 7.4.
     2.25 Ten Percent Owner means a person who owns, or is deemed within the meaning of Section 422(b)(6) of the Code to own, stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company (or any parent or subsidiary corporations of the Company, as defined in Sections 424(e) and (f), respectively, of the Code). Whether a

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person is a Ten Percent Owner shall be determined with respect to an Option based on the facts existing immediately prior to the Grant Date of the Option.
3. TERM OF THE PLAN
     Unless the Plan shall have been earlier terminated by the Board, Awards may be granted under this Plan at any time in the period commencing on the date of approval of the Plan by the Board and ending immediately prior to the tenth anniversary of the original effective date of the Plan. Awards granted pursuant to the Plan within that period shall not expire solely by reason of the termination of the Plan.
4. STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN
     At no time shall the number of shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to or subject to outstanding Awards granted under the Plan exceed 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock; subject, however, to the provisions of Section 8 of the Plan. For purposes of applying the foregoing limitation, if any Option expires, terminates, or is cancelled for any reason without having been exercised in full, or if any Award of Restricted Stock or Stock Units is forfeited by the recipient, the shares not purchased by the Optionee or forfeited by the recipient, as the case may be, shall again be available for Awards to be granted under the Plan. Shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to the Plan may be either authorized but unissued shares or shares held by the Company in its treasury.
5. ADMINISTRATION
     The Plan shall be administered by the Committee; provided, however, that at any time and on any one or more occasions the Board may itself exercise any of the powers and responsibilities assigned the Committee under the Plan and when so acting shall have the benefit of all of the provisions of the Plan pertaining to the Committee’s exercise of its authorities hereunder; and provided further, however, that the Committee may delegate to an executive officer or officers the authority to grant Awards hereunder to employees who are not officers, and to consultants, in accordance with such guidelines as the Committee shall set forth at any time or from time to time. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall have complete authority, in its discretion, to make or to select the manner of making all determinations with respect to each Award to be granted by the Company under the Plan including the employee, consultant or director to receive the Award and the form of Award. In making such determinations, the Committee may take into account the nature of the services rendered by the respective employees, consultants, and directors, their present and potential contributions to the success of the Company and its Affiliates, and such other factors as the Committee in its discretion shall deem relevant. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall also have complete authority to interpret the Plan, to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to it, to determine the terms and provisions of the respective Award Agreements (which need not be identical), and to make all other determinations necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan. The Committee’s determinations made in good faith on matters referred to in the Plan shall be final, binding and

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conclusive on all persons having or claiming any interest under the Plan or an Award made pursuant to hereto.
     The Committee intends that all Options granted under the Plan not be considered to provide for the deferral of compensation under Section 409A of the Code and that any other Award that does provide for such deferral of compensation shall comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and, accordingly, this Plan shall be so administered and construed. Further, the Committee may modify the Plan and any Award to the extent necessary to fulfill this intent.
6. AUTHORIZATION AND ELIGIBILITY
     The Committee may grant from time to time and at any time prior to the termination of the Plan one or more Awards, either alone or in combination with any other Awards, to any employee of or consultant to one or more of the Company and its Affiliates or to non-employee members of the Board or of any board of directors (or similar governing authority) of any Affiliate. However, only employees of the Company, and of any parent or subsidiary corporations of the Company, as defined in Sections 424(e) and (f), respectively, of the Code, shall be eligible for the grant of an Incentive Option. Further, in no event shall the number of shares of Common Stock covered by Options or other Awards granted to any one person in any one calendar year exceed 25% of the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock subject to the Plan.
     Each grant of an Award shall be subject to all applicable terms and conditions of the Plan (including but not limited to any specific terms and conditions applicable to that type of Award set out in the following Section), and such other terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, as the Committee may prescribe. No prospective Participant shall have any rights with respect to an Award, unless and until such Participant has executed an agreement evidencing the Award, delivered a fully executed copy thereof to the Company, and otherwise complied with the applicable terms and conditions of such Award.
7. SPECIFIC TERMS OF AWARDS
     7.1. Options.
(a) Date of Grant. The granting of an Option shall take place at the time specified in the Award Agreement. Only if expressly so provided in the applicable Award Agreement shall the Grant Date be the date on which the Award Agreement shall have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and the Optionee.
(b) Exercise Price. The price at which shares of Common Stock may be acquired under each Incentive Option shall be not less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of Common Stock on the Grant Date, or not less than 110% of the Fair Market Value of Common Stock on the Grant Date if the Optionee is a Ten Percent Owner. The price at which shares may be acquired under each Nonstatutory Option shall not be so limited solely by reason of this Section.

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(c) Option Period. No Incentive Option may be exercised on or after the tenth anniversary of the Grant Date, or on or after the fifth anniversary of the Grant Date if the Optionee is a Ten Percent Owner. The Option period under each Nonstatutory Option shall not be so limited solely by reason of this Section.
(d) Exercisability. An Option may be immediately exercisable or become exercisable in such installments, cumulative or non-cumulative, as the Committee may determine. In the case of an Option not otherwise immediately exercisable in full, the Committee may Accelerate such Option in whole or in part at any time; provided, however, that in the case of an Incentive Option, any such Acceleration of the Option would not cause the Option to fail to comply with the provisions of Section 422 of the Code or the Optionee consents to the Acceleration.
(e) Termination of Association with the Company. Unless the Committee shall provide otherwise with respect to any Option, if the Optionee’s employment or other association with the Company and its Affiliates ends for any reason, including because of the Optionee’s employer ceasing to be an Affiliate, any outstanding Option of the Optionee shall cease to be exercisable in any respect not later than 90 days following that event and, for the period it remains exercisable following that event, shall be exercisable only to the extent exercisable at the date of that event. Military or sick leave or other bona fide leave shall not be deemed a termination of employment or other association, provided that it does not exceed the longer of ninety (90) days or the period during which the absent Optionee’s reemployment rights, if any, are guaranteed by statute or by contract.
(f) Transferability. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection (f), Options shall not be transferable, and no Option or interest therein may be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated, other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. All of a Participant’s rights in any Option may be exercised during the life of the Participant only by the Participant or the Participant’s legal representative. However, the Committee may, at or after the grant of a Nonstatutory Option, provide that such Option may be transferred by the recipient to a family member; provided, however, that any such transfer is without payment of any consideration whatsoever and that no transfer of an Option shall be valid unless first approved by the Committee, acting in its sole discretion. For this purpose, “family member” means any child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, spouse, former spouse, sibling, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, including adoptive relationships, any person sharing the employee’s household (other than a tenant or employee), a trust in which the foregoing persons have more than fifty (50) percent of the beneficial interests, a foundation in which the foregoing persons (or the Participant) control the management of assets, and any other entity in which these persons (or the Participant) own more than fifty (50) percent of the voting interests.

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(g) Method of Exercise. An Option may be exercised by the Optionee giving written notice, in the manner provided in Section 14, specifying the number of shares with respect to which the Option is then being exercised. The notice shall be accompanied by payment in the form of cash or check payable to the order of the Company in an amount equal to the exercise price of the shares to be purchased or, if the Committee had so authorized on the grant of an Incentive Option or on or after grant of a Nonstatutory Option (and subject to such conditions, if any, as the Committee may deem necessary to avoid adverse accounting effects to the Company) by delivery to the Company of
(i) shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value equal to the exercise price of the shares to be purchased, or
(ii) the Optionee’s executed promissory note in the principal amount equal to the exercise price of the shares to be purchased and otherwise in such form as the Committee shall have approved, provided however that such note shall provide that the Company shall not be required to maintain, extend or arrange credit for the Optionee if and when prohibited by applicable law.
If the Stock becomes traded on an established market, payment of any exercise price may also be made through and under the terms and conditions of any formal cashless exercise program authorized by the Company entailing the sale of the Stock subject to an Option in a brokered transaction (other than to the Company). Receipt by the Company of such notice and payment in any authorized or combination of authorized means shall constitute the exercise of the Option. Within thirty (30) days thereafter but subject to the remaining provisions of the Plan, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Optionee or his agent a certificate or certificates for the number of shares then being purchased. Such shares shall be fully paid and nonassessable.
(h) Limit on Incentive Option Characterization. An Incentive Option shall be considered to be an Incentive Option only to the extent that the number of shares of Common Stock for which the Option first becomes exercisable in a calendar year do not have an aggregate Fair Market Value (as of the date of the grant of the Option) in excess of the “current limit”. The current limit for any Optionee for any calendar year shall be $100,000 minus the aggregate Fair Market Value at the date of grant of the number of shares of Common Stock available for purchase for the first time in the same year under each other Incentive Option previously granted to the Optionee under the Plan, and under each other incentive stock option previously granted to the Optionee under any other incentive stock option plan of the Company and its Affiliates. Any shares of Common Stock which would cause the foregoing limit to be violated shall be deemed to have been granted under a separate Nonstatutory Option, otherwise identical in its terms to those of the Incentive Option.
(i) Notification of Disposition. Each person exercising any Incentive Option granted under the Plan shall be deemed to have covenanted with the Company to report to the Company any disposition of such shares prior to the expiration of the holding periods specified by Section 422(a)(1) of the Code and, if and to the extent that the realization of

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income in such a disposition imposes upon the Company federal, state, local or other withholding tax requirements, or any such withholding is required to secure for the Company an otherwise available tax deduction, to remit to the Company an amount in cash sufficient to satisfy those requirements.
(j) Rights Pending Exercise. No person holding an Option shall be deemed for any purpose to be a stockholder of the Company with respect to any of the shares of Stock issuable pursuant to his Option, except to the extent that the Option shall have been exercised with respect thereto and, in addition, a certificate shall have been issued therefor and delivered to such holder or his agent.
     7.2. Restricted Stock.
(a) Purchase Price. Shares of Restricted Stock shall be issued under the Plan for such consideration, in cash, other property or services, or any combination thereof, as is determined by the Committee.
(b) Issuance of Certificates. Each Participant receiving an Award, subject to subsection (c) below, shall be issued one or more stock certificates in respect of such shares of Restricted Stock. Such certificate shall be registered in the name of such Participant, and, if applicable, shall bear an appropriate legend referring to the terms, conditions, and restrictions applicable to such Award substantially in the following form:
The transferability of this certificate and the shares represented by this certificate are subject to the terms and conditions of the Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation 2003 Management Stock Incentive Plan and an Award Agreement entered into by the registered owner and the Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation. Copies of such Plan and Agreement are on file in the offices of the Company.
(c) Escrow of Shares. The Committee may require that the stock certificates evidencing             shares of Restricted Stock be held in custody by a designated escrow agent (which may but need not be the Company) until the restrictions thereon shall have lapsed, and that the Participant deliver a stock power, endorsed in blank, relating to the Stock covered by such Award.
(d) Restrictions and Restriction Period. During the Restriction Period applicable to shares of Restricted Stock, such shares shall be subject to limitations on transferability and a Risk of Forfeiture arising on the basis of such conditions related to the performance of services, Company or Affiliate performance or otherwise as the Committee may determine and provide for in the applicable Award Agreement. Any such Risk of Forfeiture may be waived or terminated, or the Restriction Period shortened, at any time by the Committee on such basis as it deems appropriate.
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lapse of any Risk of Forfeiture applicable to, or forfeiture of, an Award of Restricted Stock, the Participant shall have all of the rights of a stockholder of the Company, including the right to vote, and the right to receive any dividends with respect to, the             shares of Restricted Stock. At any time and from time to time, the Committee may permit or require the payment of any cash dividends otherwise due in respect of an Award of Restricted Stock to be deferred and, if the Committee so determines, reinvested in additional Restricted Stock (at its then Fair Market Value) to the extent shares are available under Section 4.
(f) Termination of Association with the Company. Unless the Committee shall provide otherwise for any Award of Restricted Stock, upon termination of a Participant’s employment or other association with the Company and its Affiliates for any reason during the Restriction Period, including because of the Participant’s employer ceasing to be an Affiliate during the Restriction Period, all shares of Restricted Stock still subject to Risk of Forfeiture shall be forfeited or otherwise subject to return to or repurchase by the Company on the terms specified in the Award Agreement; provided, however, that military or sick leave or other bona fide leave shall not be deemed a termination of employment or other association, if it does not exceed the longer of ninety (90) days or the period during which the absent Participant’s reemployment rights, if any, are guaranteed by statute or by contract.
(g) Lapse of Restrictions. If and when the Restriction Period expires without a prior forfeiture of the Restricted Stock, the certificates for such shares shall be delivered to the Participant promptly if not theretofore so delivered.
     7.3. Stock Grants. Stock Grants shall be awarded in recognition of significant contributions to the success of the Company or its Affiliates, in lieu of compensation and in such other circumstances as the Committee deems appropriate. Stock Grants shall be made without forfeiture conditions of any kind.
     7.4. Stock Units.
(a) Awards of Stock Units. The Committee may grant Stock Units representing the right to receive shares of Common Stock in the future subject to such terms, conditions, restrictions or Risk of Forfeiture, whether based on performance standards, periods of service, retention by the Participant of ownership of specified shares of Common Stock or other criteria, as the Committee shall establish. The terms of any Stock Unit Award granted under this Plan shall be set forth in an Award Agreement which shall contain provisions determined by the Committee and not inconsistent with this Plan.
(b) Settlement of Stock Units. Payments shall be made to Participants with respect to their Stock Unit Awards as soon as practicable after the Committee has determined that the terms and conditions applicable to such Award have been satisfied. Payments to Participants with respect to Stock Units shall be made in the form of Common Stock, or cash or a combination of both, as the Committee may determine. The amount of any cash to be paid in lieu of Common Stock shall be determined on the basis of the Fair Market

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Value of the Common Stock on the date any such payment is processed. As to shares of Common Stock which constitute all or any part of such payment, the Committee may impose such restrictions concerning their transferability and/or their forfeiture as may be provided in the applicable Award Agreement or as the Committee may otherwise determine, provided such determination is made on or before the date certificates for such shares are first delivered to the applicable Participant.
(c) Stockholder Rights. Until the lapse of the Restriction Period or release of all Risks of Forfeiture or other restrictions applicable to a Stock Unit Award, no shares of Common Stock shall be issued in respect of such Awards and no Participant shall have any rights as a stockholder of the Company with respect to the shares of Common Stock covered by such Stock Unit Award. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time and from time to time, the Committee may, with respect to any cash dividends otherwise payable with respect to the shares underlying a Stock Unit Award, permit or require the payment of such dividends to the Participant or the reinvestment of such dividends in additional Stock Units (at its then Fair Market Value) to the extent shares are available under Section 4.
(d) Waiver of Forfeiture Period. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 7.4 to the contrary, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, waive the Restriction Period and any other forfeiture conditions set forth in any Award Agreement under appropriate circumstances (including the death, disability or retirement of the Participant or a material change in circumstances arising after the date of an Award) and subject to such terms and conditions (including forfeiture of a proportionate number of shares issuable upon settlement of the Stock Unit Award) as the Committee shall deem appropriate.
(e) Termination of Association with the Company. Unless the Committee shall provide otherwise for any Stock Unit Award, upon termination of a Participant’s employment or other association with the Company and its Affiliates for any reason during the Restriction Period, including because of the Participant’s employer ceasing to be an Affiliate during the Restriction Period, all Stock Units still subject to a Risk of Forfeiture with respect to such Award shall be forfeited; provided, however, that military or sick leave or other bona fide leave shall not be deemed a termination of employment or other association, if it does not exceed the longer of ninety (90) days or the period during which the absent Participant’s reemployment rights, if any, are guaranteed by statute or by contract.
     7.5. Provisions Applicable to Performance-Based Awards. To the extent any Award granted under the Plan is subject to performance-based targets, goals or criteria with respect to vesting, payment or any other term or condition of such Award, such performance-based targets, goals or criteria may include such goals related to the performance of the Company or, where relevant, any one or more of its Affiliates or divisions and/or the performance of a Participant as may be established by the Committee in its discretion. The performance targets established by the Committee may vary from Award to Award and need not be the same for each Participant receiving a particular type of Award at any given time or with respect to any particular

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Restriction Period. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, the Committee shall have the authority to adjust any performance goal, performance target or other performance-based criteria established with respect to any Award under the Plan if circumstances occur (including, but not limited to, unusual or nonrecurring events, changes in tax laws or accounting principles or practices or changed business or economic conditions) that cause any such performance goal, performance target or performance-based criteria to be inappropriate in the judgment of the Committee.
     7.6 Awards to Participants Outside the United States. The Committee may modify the terms of any Award under the Plan granted to a Participant who is, at the time of grant or during the term of the Award, resident or primarily employed outside of the United States in any manner deemed by the Committee to be necessary or appropriate in order that the Award shall conform to laws, regulations, and customs of the country in which the Participant is then resident or primarily employed, or so that the value and other benefits of the Award to the Participant, as affected by foreign tax laws and other restrictions applicable as a result of the Participant’s residence or employment abroad, shall be comparable to the value of such an Award to a Participant who is resident or primarily employed in the United States. An Award may be modified under this Section 7.6 in a manner that is inconsistent with the express terms of the Plan, so long as such modifications will not contravene any applicable law or regulation.
8. ADJUSTMENT PROVISIONS
     8.1. Adjustment for Corporate Actions. All of the share numbers set forth in the Plan reflect the capital structure of the Company as of the effective date of the Company’s Plan of Reorganization in 2003. If subsequent to that date the outstanding shares of Common Stock (or any other securities covered by the Plan by reason of the prior application of this Section) are increased, decreased, or exchanged for a different number or kind of shares or other securities, or if additional shares or new or different shares or other securities are distributed with respect to shares of Common Stock or other securities, through merger, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all the property of the Company, reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, or other distribution with respect to such shares of Common
     Stock, or other securities, an appropriate and proportionate adjustment will be made in (i) the maximum numbers and kinds of shares provided in Section 4, (ii) the numbers and kinds of shares or other securities subject to the then outstanding Awards, (iii) the exercise price for each share or other unit of any other securities subject to then outstanding Options (without change in the aggregate purchase price as to which such Options remain exercisable), and (iv) the repurchase price of each share of Restricted Stock then subject to a Risk of Forfeiture in the form of a Company repurchase right.
     8.2. Treatment in the Event of an Acquisition.
     Subject to any provisions of then outstanding Awards granting greater rights to the holders thereof, the Committee shall have the discretion, exercisable in advance of, at the time of, or (except to the extent otherwise provided below) at any time after, an Acquisition, to

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provide for any or all of the following (subject to and upon such terms as the Committee may deem appropriate): (A) the Acceleration of any or all outstanding Options (including Options that are assumed or replaced pursuant to clause (C) below) that are not exercisable in full at the time the Acquisition, such Acceleration to become effective at the time of the Acquisition, or at such time following the Acquisition that the employment, consultancy or directorship or other association of the applicable Optionee or Optionees terminates, or at such other time or times as the Committee shall determine; (B) the termination of any or all of the Company’s repurchase rights with respect to Restricted Stock Awards, such termination to become effective at the time of the Acquisition, or at such time following the Acquisition that the employment, consultancy, directorship or other association of the Participant or Participants that hold such Restricted Stock Awards terminates, or at such other time or times as the Committee shall determine; (C) the assumption of outstanding Options, or the substitution of outstanding Options with equivalent options, by the acquiring or succeeding corporation or entity (or an affiliate thereof); or (D) the termination of all Options (other than Options that are assumed or substituted pursuant to clause (C) above) that remain outstanding at the time of the consummation of the Acquisition, provided that, the Committee shall have made the determination to effect such termination prior to the consummation of the Acquisition and the Committee shall have given, or caused to be given, to all Optionees written notice of such potential termination at least five business days prior to the consummation of the Acquisition. The provisions of this Section 8.2 shall not be construed as to limit or restrict in any way the Committee’s general authority under Sections 7.1(d) or 7.2(d) hereof to Accelerate Options in whole or in part at any time or to waive or terminate at any time any Risk of Forfeiture applicable to shares of Restricted Stock. Each outstanding Option that is assumed in connection with an Acquisition, or is otherwise to continue in effect subsequent to an Acquisition, will be appropriately adjusted, immediately after the Acquisition, as to the number and class of securities and the price at which it may be exercised in accordance with Section 8.1.
     8.3. Treatment in the Event of a Change of Control. Subject to any provisions of then outstanding Awards granting greater rights to the holders thereof, upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each outstanding Option not then exercisable in full and each Restricted Stock Award still then subject to a Risk of Forfeiture shall be automatically Accelerated. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Award granted on or after the Restated Effective Date, the Committee shall have the discretion to establish in the applicable Award Agreement what, if any, effect a Change in Control would have on such Award.
     8.4. Dissolution or Liquidation. Upon dissolution or liquidation of the Company, other than as part of an Acquisition or similar transaction, each outstanding Option shall terminate, but the Optionee (if at the time in the employ of or otherwise associated with the Company or any of its Affiliates) shall have the right, immediately prior to the dissolution or liquidation, to exercise the Option to the extent exercisable on the date of dissolution or liquidation.
     8.5. Related Matters. Any adjustment in Awards made pursuant to this Section 8 shall be determined and made, if at all, by the Committee and shall include any correlative modification of terms, including of Option exercise prices, rates of vesting or exercisability, Risks of Forfeiture and applicable repurchase prices for Restricted Stock, which the Committee may deem necessary or appropriate so as to ensure the rights of the Participants in their respective Awards are not substantially diminished nor enlarged as a result of the adjustment and

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corporate action other than as expressly contemplated in this Section 8. No fraction of a share shall be purchasable or deliverable upon exercise, but in the event any adjustment hereunder of the number of shares covered by an Award shall cause such number to include a fraction of a share, such number of shares shall be adjusted to the nearest smaller whole number of shares. No adjustment of an Option exercise price per share pursuant to this Section 8 shall result in an exercise price which is less than the par value of the Stock.
9. SETTLEMENT OF AWARDS
     9.1. Violation of Law. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or the relevant Award Agreement, if, at any time, in the reasonable opinion of the Company, the issuance of shares of Common Stock covered by an Award may constitute a violation of law, then the Company may delay such issuance and the delivery of a certificate for such shares until (i) approval shall have been obtained from such governmental agencies, other than the Securities and Exchange Commission, as may be required under any applicable law, rule, or regulation and (ii) in the case where such issuance would constitute a violation of a law administered by or a regulation of the Securities and Exchange Commission, one of the following conditions shall have been satisfied:
(a) the shares are at the time of the issue of such shares effectively registered under the Securities Act of 1933; or
(b) the Company shall have determined, on such basis as it deems appropriate (including an opinion of counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Company) that the sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or other disposition of such shares or such beneficial interest, as the case may be, does not require registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or any applicable State securities laws.
     The Company shall make all reasonable efforts to bring about the occurrence of said events.
     9.2. Corporate Restrictions on Rights in Stock. Any Stock to be issued pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan shall be subject to all restrictions upon the transfer thereof which may be now or hereafter imposed by the charter, certificate or articles, and by-laws, of the Company.
     9.3. Investment Representations. The Company shall be under no obligation to issue any shares covered by any Award unless the shares to be issued pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan have been effectively registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Participant shall have made such written representations to the Company (upon which the Company believes it may reasonably rely) as the Company may deem necessary or appropriate for purposes of confirming that the issuance of such shares will be exempt from the registration requirements of that Act and any applicable state securities laws and otherwise in compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations, including but not limited to that the Participant is acquiring the shares for his or her own account for the purpose of investment and not with a view to, or for sale in connection with, the distribution of any such shares.

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     9.4. Registration. If the Company shall deem it necessary or desirable to register under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or other applicable statutes any shares of Stock issued or to be issued pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan, or to qualify any such shares of Stock for exemption from the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or other applicable statutes, then the Company shall take such action at its own expense. The Company may require from each recipient of an Award, or each holder of shares of Stock acquired pursuant to the Plan, such information in writing for use in any registration statement, prospectus, preliminary prospectus or offering circular as is reasonably necessary for that purpose and may require reasonable indemnity to the Company and its officers and directors from that holder against all losses, claims, damage and liabilities arising from use of the information so furnished and caused by any untrue statement of any material fact therein or caused by the omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made. In addition, the Company may require of any such person that he or she agree that, without the prior written consent of the Company or the managing underwriter in any public offering of shares of Stock, he or she will not sell, make any short sale of, loan, grant any option for the purchase of, pledge or otherwise encumber, or otherwise dispose of, any shares of Common Stock during the 180 day period commencing on the effective date of the registration statement relating to the underwritten public offering of securities. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing provisions of this Section 9.4, if in connection with any underwritten public offering of securities of the Company the managing underwriter of such offering requires that the Company’s directors and officers enter into a lock-up agreement containing provisions that are more restrictive than the provisions set forth in the preceding sentence, then (a) each holder of shares of Stock acquired pursuant to the Plan (regardless of whether such person has complied or complies with the provisions of clause (b) below) shall be bound by, and shall be deemed to have agreed to, the same lock-up terms as those to which the Company’s directors and officers are required to adhere; and (b) at the request of the Company or such managing underwriter, each such person shall execute and deliver a lock-up agreement in form and substance equivalent to that which is required to be executed by the Company’s directors and officers.
     9.5. Placement of Legends; Stop Orders; etc. Each share of Common Stock to be issued pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan may bear a reference to the investment representation made in accordance with Section 9.3 in addition to any other applicable restriction under the Plan and the terms of the Award and to the fact that no registration statement has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect to such shares of Common Stock. All certificates for shares of Common Stock or other securities delivered under the Plan shall be subject to such stock transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the rules, regulations, and other requirements of any stock exchange upon which the Common Stock is then listed, and any applicable federal or state securities law, and the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be put on any such certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions.
     9.6. Tax Withholding. Whenever shares of Stock are issued or to be issued pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan, or when a Risk of Forfeiture lapses with respect to any Restricted Stock granted under the Plan, the Company shall have the right to require the recipient

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to remit to the Company an amount sufficient to satisfy federal, state, local or other withholding tax requirements if, when, and to the extent required by law (whether so required to secure for the Company an otherwise available tax deduction or otherwise) prior to the delivery of any certificate or certificates for such shares. The obligations of the Company under the Plan shall be conditional on satisfaction of all such withholding obligations and the Company shall, to the extent permitted by law, have the right to deduct any such taxes from any payment of any kind otherwise due to the recipient of an Award.
10. RESERVATION OF STOCK
     The Company shall at all times during the term of the Plan and any outstanding Options granted hereunder reserve or otherwise keep available such number of shares of Stock as will be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Plan (if then in effect) and the Options and shall pay all fees and expenses necessarily incurred by the Company in connection therewith.
11. NO SPECIAL EMPLOYMENT OR OTHER RIGHTS
     Nothing contained in the Plan or in any Award Agreement shall confer upon any recipient of an Award any right with respect to the continuation of his or her employment or other association with the Company (or any Affiliate), or interfere in any way with the right of the Company (or any Affiliate), subject to the terms of any separate employment or consulting agreement or provision of law or corporate charter, certificate or articles, or by-laws, to the contrary, at any time to terminate such employment or consulting agreement or to increase or decrease, or otherwise adjust, the other terms and conditions of the recipient’s employment or other association with the Company and its Affiliates.
12. NONEXCLUSIVITY OF THE PLAN
     Neither the adoption of the Plan by the Board nor, if any, the submission of the Plan to the stockholders of the Company shall be construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Board to adopt such other incentive arrangements as it may deem desirable, including without limitation, the granting of stock options and restricted stock other than under the Plan, and such arrangements may be either applicable generally or only in specific cases.
13. TERMINATION AND AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN
     The Board may at any time terminate the Plan or make such modifications of the Plan as it shall deem advisable. Unless the Board otherwise expressly provides, no amendment of the Plan shall affect the terms of any Award outstanding on the date of such amendment. In any case, no termination or amendment of the Plan may, without the consent of any recipient of an Award granted hereunder, adversely affect the rights of the recipient under such Award.
     The Committee may amend the terms of any Award theretofore granted, prospectively or retroactively, provided that the Award as amended is consistent with the terms of the Plan, but no such amendment shall impair the rights of the recipient of such Award without his or her consent.

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14. NOTICES AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS
     Any notice, demand, request or other communication hereunder to any party shall be deemed to be sufficient if contained in a written instrument delivered in person or duly sent by first class registered, certified or overnight mail, postage prepaid, or telecopied with a confirmation copy by regular, certified or overnight mail, addressed or telecopied, as the case may be, (i) if to the recipient of an Award, at his or her residence address last filed with the Company and (ii) if to the Company, at its principal place of business, addressed to the attention of its Treasurer, or to such other address or telecopier number, as the case may be, as the addressee may have designated by notice to the addressor. All such notices, requests, demands and other communications shall be deemed to have been received: (i) in the case of personal delivery, on the date of such delivery; (ii) in the case of mailing, when received by the addressee; and (iii) in the case of facsimile transmission, when confirmed by facsimile machine report.
15. GOVERNING LAW
     The Plan and all Award Agreements and actions taken thereunder shall be governed, interpreted and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.

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Exhibit 10.22
NOTICE OF GRANT OF RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD
WHEELING-PITTSBURGH CORPORATION
2003 MANAGEMENT STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
Participant: [                    ]
Grant Date: [                    ]
# of Restricted Stock Units: [                    ]
[FOR TIME-BASED AWARDS]
Vesting Schedule:
The Units shall be deemed vested and no longer subject to forfeiture in accordance with the following schedule:
     
Vesting Date   Vested Percentage
     
     
[Service-Based Schedule]    
[FOR PERFORMANCE-BASED AWARDS]
Performance Cycle: [
                                        ]
Performance Measures: The Units shall be deemed vested and no longer subject to forfeiture accordance with the level of achievement (as determined by the Committee) of the following performance goals, measured as of the end of the Performance Cycle:
                         
Performance   Weighting     Performance Goals     Vested Percentage of  
Measure   Factor     (     )     Award  
 
          Maximum     ___ %        100%       
 
          Target           ___ %     75%     
 
          Threshold     ___ %     50%     
Forfeiture: The Units are subject to forfeiture in the event of your termination of employment with the Company in accordance with the Plan and Section 1.4 of the Agreement.
[If accelerated vesting related to a Change in Control is to be included — Change in Control: The Units will be deemed fully vested and no longer subject to forfeiture in the event of a [termination of the Participant by the Company without cause within 12 months following a] Change in Control of the Company (as defined in the Plan).]

 


 

By signing below, the Participant agrees that the Units are granted under and governed by the terms and conditions of the Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation 2003 Management Stock Incentive Plan and the attached Award Agreement.
                 
Participant       Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation
 
               
 
          By:    
             
 
               
 
          Title:    
 
               
 
               
Date:
          Date:    
 
               

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RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT
[date]
          The parties to this Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (this “Agreement”) are Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation (the “Company”), and the person identified in the attached Notice of Grant of Restricted Stock Unit Award (the “Participant”).
          The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company has authorized and approved the Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation 2003 Management Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated effective March 10, 2006 (the “Plan”). The Plan, in part, provides for the grant of Stock Units subject to certain restrictions and other terms set forth in the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement. Pursuant to the Plan, the Committee has approved an award to the Participant of restricted Stock Units on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Plan and in this Agreement.
          NOW, THEREFORE, the parties, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:
1.   RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS
     1.1 Grant of Restricted Stock Units.
          (a) As of the Grant Date set forth in the Notice of Grant, the Company grants to the Participant the number of Restricted Stock Units set forth in the Notice of Grant (the “Units”), which represent shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $.01 per share (“Common Stock”). The Units are subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 1.2 of this Agreement, the terms and conditions of the Plan and the other terms and conditions contained in this Agreement.
          (b) The Units granted under this Agreement shall be reflected in a bookkeeping account maintained by the Company during the Restricted Period. If and when the restrictions set forth in Section 1.2 expire in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and upon the satisfaction of all other applicable conditions as to the Units, such Units (and any related Dividend Units described in Section 1.1(c) below) not forfeited pursuant to Section 1.4 hereof shall be settled in cash or shares of Common Stock as provided in Section 1.1(e) of this Agreement and otherwise in accordance with the Plan.
          (c) With respect to each Unit, whether or not vested, that has not been forfeited (but only to the extent such award of Units has not been settled for cash or Common Stock), the Company shall, with respect to any cash dividends paid on the Common Stock, accrue and credit to the Participant’s bookkeeping account a number of Units having a Fair Market Value as of the date such dividend is paid equal to the cash dividends that would have been paid with respect to such Unit if it were an outstanding share of Common Stock (the “Dividend Units”). These Dividend Units thereafter shall (i) be treated as Units for purposes of future dividend accruals

 


 

pursuant to this Section 1.1(c); and (ii) vest in such amounts (rounded to the nearest whole Unit) at the same time as the Units with respect to which such Dividend Units were received. Any dividends or distributions on Common Stock paid other than in cash shall accrue in the Participant’s bookkeeping account and shall vest at the same time as the Units in respect of which they are made (in each case in the same form, based on the same record date and at the same time, as such dividend or other distribution is paid on such Common Stock).
          (d) The Company’s obligations under this Agreement (with respect to both the Units and the Dividend Units, if any) shall be unfunded and unsecured, and no special or separate fund shall be established and no other segregation of assets shall be made. The rights of Employee under this Agreement shall be no greater than those of a general unsecured creditor of the Company. In addition, the Units shall be subject to such restrictions as the Company may deem advisable under the rules, regulations and other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, any stock exchange upon which Common Stock is then listed, and any applicable federal or state securities law.
          (e) Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, settlement of the Units in accordance with the provisions of this Section 1.1(e) shall be delivered as soon as practicable after the end of the Restricted Period, and upon the satisfaction of all other applicable conditions as to the Units (including the payment by the Participant of all applicable withholding taxes). At such time, the Company shall deliver to the Participant one share of Common Stock (or cash equal to the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock) for each Unit. The Units so payable to the Participant shall be paid solely in shares of Common Stock, solely in cash based on the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock (determined as of the first business day next following the last day of the Restricted Period), or in a combination of the two, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.
     1.2 Restrictions.
          (a) The Participant shall have no rights as a stockholder of the Company by virtue of any Unit unless and until such Unit vests and resulting shares of Common Stock are issued to the Participant:
          (b) None of the Units may be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged or otherwise encumbered or disposed of during the Restricted Period, except as may be permitted by the Plan or as otherwise permitted by the Committee in its sole discretion or pursuant to rules adopted by the Committee in accordance with the Plan.
          (c) Any attempt to dispose of the Units or any interest in the Units in a manner contrary to the restrictions set forth in this Agreement shall be void and of no effect.
     1.3 Restricted Period and Vesting. The “Restricted Period” is the period beginning on the Grant Date and ending in accordance with the [Vesting Schedule/Performance Cycle] set forth in the attached Notice. Subject to the provisions contained in Section 1.4, 1.5 and 1.6, the Units shall be deemed vested and no longer subject to forfeiture under Paragraph 1.4 upon

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expiration of the Restricted Period, and the satisfaction of all other applicable conditions as to the Units (including the payment by the Participant of all applicable withholding taxes).
     1.4 Forfeiture.
          Subject to Section 1.6 hereof, if during the Restricted Period (i) the Participant’s employment with the Company, its Affiliates and/or its subsidiaries is terminated for any reason, including termination by reason of resignation, (ii) there occurs a material breach of this Agreement by the Participant or (iii) the Participant fails to meet the tax withholding obligations described in Section 1.5(b) hereof, all rights of the Participant to the Units that have not vested in accordance with Section 1.3 as of the date of such termination shall terminate immediately and be forfeited in their entirety.
     1.5 Withholding.
          (a) The Committee shall determine the amount of any withholding or other tax required by law to be withheld or paid by the Company with respect to any income recognized by the Participant with respect to the Units.
          (b) The Participant shall be required to meet any applicable tax withholding obligation in accordance with the provisions of the Plan.
          (c) The Committee shall be authorized, in its sole discretion, to establish such rules and procedures relating to the use of shares of Common Stock to satisfy tax withholding obligations as it deems necessary or appropriate to facilitate and promote the conformity of the Participant’s transactions under the Plan and this Agreement with Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, if such Rule is applicable to transactions by the Participant.
     1.6 Committee’s Discretion. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Committee shall have discretion under Section 7.4(d) of the Plan to waive any forfeiture of the Units as set forth in Section 1.4 hereof, the Restricted Period and any other conditions set forth in this Agreement.
     1.7 Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings set forth in the Plan.
2.   REPRESENTATIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE
     The Participant hereby represents to the Company that the Participant has read and fully understands the provisions of this Agreement and the Plan and his or her decision to participate in the Plan is completely voluntary. Further, the Participant acknowledges that the Participant is relying solely on his or her own advisors with respect to the tax consequences of this restricted stock unit award.

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3.   NOTICES
     All notices or communications under this Agreement shall be in writing, addressed, if to the Company, at its corporate offices, and, if to the Participant, at the address contained in the Company’s records. Any such notice or communication shall be (a) delivered by hand (with written confirmation of receipt) or sent by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service (receipt requested) or (b) be sent certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as above (or to such other address as such party may designate in writing from time to time), and the actual date of receipt shall determine the time at which notice was given.
4.   ASSIGNMENT; BINDING AGREEMENT
     This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the heirs and representatives of the Participant and the assigns and successors of the Company, but neither this Agreement nor any rights hereunder shall be assignable or otherwise subject to hypothecation by the Participant.
5.   ENTIRE AGREEMENT; AMENDMENT; TERMINATION
     This Agreement represents the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. The provisions of the Plan are incorporated in this Agreement in their entirety. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the Plan, the provisions of the Plan shall control. The Agreement may be amended at any time by written agreement of the parties hereto.
6.   GOVERNING LAW
     This Agreement and its validity, interpretation, performance and enforcement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware other than the conflict of laws provisions of such laws.
7.   SEVERABILITY
     Whenever possible, each provision in this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement shall be held to be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, then (a) such provision shall be deemed amended to accomplish the objectives of the provision as originally written to the fullest extent permitted by law and (b) all other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
8.   NO RIGHT TO CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT OR PARTICIPATION; EFFECT ON OTHER PLANS
     This Agreement shall not confer upon the Participant any right with respect to continued employment by the Company, its Affiliates or its Subsidiaries or continued participation under

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the Plan, nor shall it interfere in any way with the right of the Company, its Affiliates and its Subsidiaries to terminate the Participant’s employment at any time. Payments received by the Participant pursuant to this Agreement shall not be included in the determination of benefits under any pension, group insurance or other benefit plan of the Company, its Affiliates or any Subsidiaries in which the Participant may be enrolled or for which the Participant may become eligible, except as may be provided under the terms of such plans or determined by the Board.
9.   NO STRICT CONSTRUCTION
     No rule of strict construction shall be implied against the Company, the Committee or any other person in the interpretation of any of the terms of the Plan, this Agreement or any rule or procedure established by the Committee.
10.   USE OF THE WORD “PARTICIPANT”
     Wherever the word “Participant” is used in any provision of this Agreement under circumstances where the provision should logically be construed to apply to the executors, the administrators, or the person or persons to whom the Units may be transferred by will or the laws of descent and distribution, the word “Participant” shall be deemed to include such person or persons.
11.   FURTHER ASSURANCES
     The Participant agrees, upon demand of the Company or the Committee, to do all acts and execute, deliver and perform all additional documents, instruments and agreements (including, without limitation, stock powers with respect to shares of Common Stock issued or otherwise distributed in relation to the Units) which may be reasonably required by the Company or the Committee, as the case may be, to implement the provisions and purposes of this Agreement and the Plan.

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EX-21.1 12 j1823501exv21w1.txt EX-21.1 . . . Exhibit 21.1 LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES
NAME OF SUBSIDIARY INCORPORATION STATE - ------------------ ------------------- Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation Delaware WP Steel Venture Corporation Delaware Mountain State Carbon, LLC Delaware
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Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-130579) and Form S-8 (No. 333-112098) of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation of our report dated March 10, 2006 relating to the financial statements, management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of the Reorganized Company and of our report dated March 9, 2004 relating to the financial statements of the Predecessor Company, which appears in this Form 10-K. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Selected Financial Data” in this Form 10-K
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
March 10, 2006

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Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO
SECTIONS 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002 (RULE 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a)
CERTIFICATION)
I, James G. Bradley, certify that:
  1.   I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation;
 
  2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
  3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
  4.   The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)), for the registrant and have:
  a.   Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
 
  b.   Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
 
  c.   Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
  d.   Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
  5.   The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors:
  a.   All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
 
  b.   Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
         
     
Dated: March 14, 2006 
/s/    James G. Bradley    
         Chief Executive Officer   
     
 

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Exhibit 31.2
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO
SECTIONS 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002 (RULE 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a)
CERTIFICATION)
I, Paul J. Mooney, certify that:
  1.   I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation;
 
  2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
  3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
  4.   The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)), for the registrant and have:
  a.   Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
 
  b.   Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
 
  c.   Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
  d.   Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
  5.   The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors:
  a.   All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
 
  b.   Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
         
     
Dated: March 14, 2006 
/s/   Paul J. Mooney    
        Chief Financial Officer   
     
 

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Exhibit 32.1
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002 (18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350)
The certification set forth below is hereby made solely for the purpose of satisfying the requirements of Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and may not be relied upon or used for any other purposes.
In connection with the Annual Report of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, James G. Bradley, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:
  1.   the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
 
  2.   the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 or other document authenticating, acknowledging or otherwise adopting the signature that appears in typed form within the electronic version of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.
         
     
Dated: March 14, 2006 
/s/  James G. Bradley    
        Chief Executive Officer   
     
 
The foregoing certification is being furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission as an Exhibit to this report and should not be considered filed as a part of this report.

 

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Exhibit 32.2
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002 (18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350)
The certification set forth below is hereby made solely for the purpose of satisfying the requirements of Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and may not be relied upon or used for any other purposes.
In connection with the Annual Report of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Paul J. Mooney, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:
  1.   the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
 
  2.   the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 or other document authenticating, acknowledging or otherwise adopting the signature that appears in typed form within the electronic version of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.
         
     
Dated: March 14, 2006 
/s/  Paul J. Mooney    
        Chief Financial Officer   
     
 
The foregoing certification is being furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission as an Exhibit to this report and should not be considered filed as a part of this report

 

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