CMC Statement Regarding Pacific Steel Group v. Commercial Metals Co. Litigation

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Commercial Metals Company (NYSE: CMC) has received an adverse ruling on September 29, 2025, regarding its post-trial motions in the Pacific Steel Group v. Commercial Metals Co. litigation. The court upheld the jury's verdict from November 5, 2024, which favored Pacific Steel Group.

CMC has expressed disappointment with the outcome and announced plans to appeal the decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The company maintains its stance on the integrity of its business practices and has committed to vigorously defending its position through the appeals process.

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• Court upheld adverse jury verdict against CMC in Pacific Steel Group litigation
• Legal proceedings may continue to impact company through appeals process
• Potential financial and reputational implications from the litigation outcome

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CMC faces adverse legal ruling in Pacific Steel case; appeal planned but creates uncertainty and potential financial impact.

The court's decision to uphold the jury verdict against Commercial Metals Company in the Pacific Steel Group litigation represents a significant legal setback. While CMC has expressed its intention to appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, investors should understand that appellate success is statistically challenging, with reversal rates typically below 20% in civil cases.

The press release notably lacks critical details about the case itself - there's no mention of the nature of the dispute, the amount of damages awarded, or potential financial impact on CMC. This information gap makes it difficult to quantify the precise risk to shareholders. The timeline is also noteworthy - the original jury verdict was rendered in November 2024, with post-trial motions just now being decided in September 2025, indicating a prolonged legal process.

The company's extensive forward-looking statements section flags multiple risk factors, suggesting management recognizes potential material impacts. Appellate proceedings could extend uncertainty for 12-24 months before final resolution. Without knowing the monetary exposure, investors face uncertainty regarding potential impacts on CMC's operations, financial position, and reputation. This type of litigation outcome often creates an overhang on share performance until resolved definitively.

IRVING, Texas, Sept. 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- On September 29, 2025, Commercial Metals Company (NYSE: CMC) received an adverse ruling on its post-trial motions in the Pacific Steel Group v. Commercial Metals Co. (N.D. Cal.) litigation. The court upheld the jury's verdict on November 5, 2024 in favor of Pacific Steel Group. We are very disappointed by the outcome, and plan to appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. CMC stands by the strong integrity of its business practices and will vigorously defend its position.

About CMC

CMC is an innovative solutions provider helping build a stronger, safer, and more sustainable world. Through an extensive manufacturing network principally located in the United States and Central Europe, we offer products and technologies to meet the critical reinforcement needs of the global construction sector. CMC's solutions support construction across a wide variety of applications, including infrastructure, non-residential, residential, industrial, and energy generation and transmission.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws with respect to CMC's plans to appeal the verdict and defend its position. The statements in this release that are not historical statements, are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements can generally be identified by phrases such as we or our management "expects," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "future," "intends," "may," "plans to," "ought," "could," "will," "should," "likely," "appears," "projects," "forecasts," "outlook" or other similar words or phrases, as well as by discussions of strategy, plans or intentions.

The Company's forward-looking statements are based on management's expectations and beliefs as of the time this news release was prepared. Although we believe that our expectations are reasonable, we can give no assurance that these expectations will prove to have been correct, and actual results may vary materially. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update, amend or clarify any forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events, new information or circumstances or any other changes. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations include those described in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, in Part I, Item 1A, "Risk Factors" of our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2024 and Part II, Item 1A, "Risk Factors" of our subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, as well as the following: the timing and the final outcome of the litigation, including the success of any potential appellate proceedings by CMC; entry of a final judgment by the court in the litigation; changes in economic conditions which affect demand for our products or construction activity generally, and the impact of such changes on the highly cyclical steel industry; rapid and significant changes in the price of metals, potentially impairing our inventory values due to declines in commodity prices or reducing the profitability of downstream contracts within our vertically integrated steel operations due to rising commodity pricing; excess capacity in our industry, particularly in China, and product availability from competing steel mills and other steel suppliers including import quantities and pricing; the impact of geopolitical conditions, including political turmoil and volatility, regional conflicts, terrorism and war on the global economy, inflation, energy supplies and raw materials; increased attention to environmental, social and governance ("ESG") matters, including any targets or other ESG, environmental justice or regulatory initiatives; operating and startup risks, as well as market risks associated with the commissioning of new projects could prevent us from realizing anticipated benefits and could result in a loss of all or a substantial part of our investments; impacts from global public health crises on the economy, demand for our products, global supply chain and on our operations; compliance with and changes in existing and future laws, regulations and other legal requirements and judicial decisions that govern our business, including increased environmental regulations associated with climate change and greenhouse gas emissions; involvement in various environmental matters that may result in fines, penalties or judgments; evolving remediation technology, changing regulations, possible third-party contributions, the inherent uncertainties of the estimation process and other factors that may impact amounts accrued for environmental liabilities; potential limitations in our or our customers' abilities to access credit and non-compliance with their contractual obligations, including payment obligations; activity in repurchasing shares of our common stock under our share repurchase program; financial and non-financial covenants and restrictions on the operation of our business contained in agreements governing our debt; our ability to successfully identify, consummate and integrate acquisitions and realize any or all of the anticipated synergies or other benefits of acquisitions; the effects that acquisitions may have on our financial leverage; risks associated with acquisitions generally, such as the inability to obtain, or delays in obtaining, required approvals under applicable antitrust legislation and other regulatory and third-party consents and approvals;  lower than expected future levels of revenues and higher than expected future costs; failure or inability to implement growth strategies in a timely manner; the impact of goodwill or other indefinite-lived intangible asset impairment charges; the impact of long-lived asset impairment charges; currency fluctuations; global factors, such as trade measures, military conflicts and political uncertainties, including changes to current trade regulations, such as Section 232 trade tariffs and quotas, tax legislation and other regulations which might adversely impact our business; availability and pricing of electricity, electrodes and natural gas for mill operations; our ability to hire and retain key executives and other employees; competition from other materials or from competitors that have a lower cost structure or access to greater financial resources; information technology interruptions and breaches in security; our ability to make necessary capital expenditures; availability and pricing of raw materials and other items over which we exert little influence, including scrap metal, energy and insurance; unexpected equipment failures; losses or limited potential gains due to hedging transactions; litigation claims and settlements, court decisions, regulatory rulings and legal compliance risks; risk of injury or death to employees, customers or other visitors to our operations; and civil unrest, protests and riots.

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SOURCE Commercial Metals Company

FAQ

What was the outcome of the Pacific Steel Group v. Commercial Metals Company (NYSE: CMC) litigation ruling on September 29, 2025?

The court upheld the jury's verdict from November 5, 2024, in favor of Pacific Steel Group, ruling against CMC's post-trial motions.

How is Commercial Metals Company (CMC) responding to the adverse court ruling?

CMC plans to appeal the decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and has committed to vigorously defending its position.

When was the original jury verdict in the Pacific Steel Group v. CMC case?

The original jury verdict was delivered on November 5, 2024, ruling in favor of Pacific Steel Group.

What are the potential risks for CMC shareholders regarding this litigation?

The litigation poses risks including potential financial impacts, legal expenses through appeals, and possible reputational effects, as detailed in CMC's risk factors disclosure.