X0202 4 2004-11-16 0 0001038363 METALS USA INC MUSA 0001027745 CITADEL L P C/O CITADEL INVESTMENT GROUP, L.L.C. 131 S. DEARBORN STREET, 32ND FLOOR CHICAGO IL 60603 0 0 1 0 0001255163 CITADEL EQUITY FUND LTD C/O CITADEL INVESTMENT GROUP, L.L.C. 131 S. DEARBORN STREET, 32ND FLOOR CHICAGO IL 60603 0 0 1 0 Common Stock 2004-11-16 4 S 0 100 18.899 D 4649041 I See Footnote Common Stock 2004-11-16 4 S 0 100 18.869 D 4648941 I See Footnote Common Stock 2004-11-16 4 S 0 100 18.81 D 4648841 I See Footnote Common Stock 2004-11-16 4 S 0 215 18.79 D 4648626 I See Footnote Common Stock 2004-11-16 4 S 0 2908 18.78 D 4645718 I See Footnote Common Stock 2004-11-16 4 S 0 500 18.77 D 4645218 I See Footnote Common Stock 2004-11-16 4 S 0 100 18.769 D 4645118 I See Footnote Common Stock 2004-11-16 4 S 0 2200 18.76 D 4642918 I See Footnote Common Stock 2004-11-16 4 S 0 110 18.759 D 4642808 I See Footnote Common Stock 2004-11-16 4 S 0 13248 18.75 D 4629560 I See Footnote Common Stock 2004-11-16 4 S 0 670 18.749 D 4628890 I See Footnote Common Stock 2004-11-16 4 S 0 300 18.74 D 4628590 I See Footnote Common Stock 2004-11-16 4 S 0 100 18.729 D 4628490 I See Footnote Common Stock 2004-11-16 4 S 0 700 18.72 D 4627790 I See Footnote Common Stock 2004-11-16 4 S 0 300 18.71 D 4627490 I See Footnote Common Stock 2004-11-16 4 S 0 11430 18.70 D 4616060 I See Footnote Common Stock 2004-11-16 4 S 0 13300 18.54 D 4602760 I See Footnote Common Stock 2004-11-16 4 S 0 150 18.51 D 4602610 I See Footnote Common Stock 2004-11-16 4 S 0 1123 18.50 D 4601487 I See Footnote Common Stock 2004-11-16 4 S 0 2346 18.49 D 4599141 I See Footnote Citadel Equity Fund Ltd. and Citadel Credit Trading Ltd. each hold shares of the Issuer's common stock both directly and indirectly, however, because the form does not permit joint filers to indicate both direct and indirect ownership, indirect ownership has been selected, as it applies to the remaining majority of the Reporting Persons. Citadel Limited Partnership ("Citadel") is the portfolio manager of each of Citadel Equity Fund Ltd. and Citadel Credit Trading Ltd. and consequently has voting control and investment discretion over securities held by both Citadel Equity Fund Ltd. and Citadel Credit Trading Ltd. Citadel disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares beneficially owned by Citadel Equity Fund Ltd. and Citadel Credit Trading Ltd. Each of the other persons jointly filing this Form 4 may be deemed to indirectly control either Citadel Equity Fund Ltd. or Citadel Credit Trading Ltd. or both and may be deemed to have a pecuniary interest in such shares and disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by Citadel Equity Fund Ltd. and Citadel Credit Trading Ltd. Each of Citadel Equity Fund Ltd. and Citadel Credit Trading Ltd. disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by the other. The transactions reported on this Form 4, representing the aggregate sale of 50,000 shares of the Issuer's common stock, are being jointly reported by each of Citadel Limited Partnership, GLB Partners, L.P., Citadel Investment Group, L.L.C., Kenneth Griffin, Citadel Wellington Partners L.P., Citadel Wellington Partners L.P. SE, Citadel Credit Products Ltd., Citadel Kensington Global Strategies Fund Ltd., Citadel Jackson Investment Fund Ltd., Citadel Credit Trading Ltd., and Citadel Equity Fund Ltd. on two separate Form 4s due to the limitations of the SEC's electronic edgar filer system which currently only permits 10 persons to submit a joint filing. Both filings relate to the same transactions. Citadel Limited Partnership, by: GLB Partners, L.P., its General Partner (?GP?), by: Citadel Investment Group, L.L.C., its GP, by: /s/ Adam C. Cooper, Senior Managing Director and General Counsel 2004-11-17 Citadel Equity Fund Ltd., by: Citadel Limited Partnership, its Portfolio Manager, by: GLB Partners, L.P., its GP, by: Citadel Investment Group, L.L.C., its GP, by: /s/ Adam C. Cooper, Senior Managing Director and General Counsel 2004-11-17