8-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

DATE OF REPORT – January 12, 2009

(Date of Earliest Event Reported)

AK STEEL HOLDING CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Commission File No. 1-13696

Delaware	31-1401455
(State of Incorporation)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
9227 Centre Pointe Drive West Chester, OH	45069
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (513) 425-5000

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

AK Steel Holding Corporation is hereby furnishing the following information under Regulation FD:

On January 12, 2009, AK Steel Corporation issued a press release, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit No. 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein, announcing that the members of United Steelworkers of America (USW) Local 1915 have ratified a new labor agreement with its wholly-owned subsidiary, AK Tube LLC, covering about 100 hourly production and maintainenance employees at its Walbridge, Ohio facility.

Item 9.01	Financial Statements and Exhibits.
	(d)	Exhibit:
		99.1	Press Release issued on January 12, 2009

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

AK STEEL HOLDING CORPORATION
By:	/s/ David C. Horn
	David C. Horn
	Secretary

Dated: January 13, 2009

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release issued on January 12, 2009

EX-99.1

		EXHIBIT 99.1
		News Release
Contacts:	Media - Alan H. McCoy, Vice President, Government & Public Relations (513) 425-2826
	Investors – Albert E. Ferrara, Jr., Vice President, Finance & CFO (513) 425-2888

USW Members Ratify New Labor Agreement at AK Steel Tubemaking Unit

WEST CHESTER, OH, January 12, 2009 — AK Steel (NYSE: AKS) said today that members of United Steelworkers of America (USW) Local 1915 have ratified a new labor agreement with its wholly-owned subsidiary, AK Tube LLC, covering about 100 hourly production and maintainenance employees at its Walbridge, Ohio facility.

“We are pleased that members of Local 1915 have ratified a new, cost competitive labor agreement at our Walbridge tube plant,” said James L. Wainscott, chairman, president and CEO of AK Steel.  “This agreement addresses costs and other concerns that our company faces in today’s challenging market conditions.”

Under terms of the new agreement, there will be no wage increases during the first year of the contract.  Wage increases are included for the second and third years of the contract.  In addition, the agreement includes significant workforce flexibility and healthcare cost-sharing provisions, along with continuation of a gain-sharing plan and a ratification bonus.  The new agreement replaces a contract scheduled to expire on January 25, 2009.

AK Tube LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of AK Steel, employs about 300 men and women in plants in Walbridge, Ohio and Columbus, Indiana.  AK Tube produces carbon and stainless electric resistance welded (ERW) tubular steel products for truck, automotive and other markets.  Additional information about AK Tube LLC is available on its web site at www.aktube.com.

AK Steel produces flat-rolled carbon, stainless and electrical steels, primarily for automotive, appliance, construction and electrical power generation and distribution markets.  The company employs about 6,500 men and women in Middletown, Mansfield, Coshocton and Zanesville, Ohio; Butler, Pennsylvania; Ashland, Kentucky; Rockport, Indiana; and its corporate headquarters in West Chester, Ohio.  Additional information about AK Steel is available on the company’s web site at www.aksteel.com.

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