CORRECTING and REPLACING Esmark Inc. and Founder James P. Bouchard Charitable Contributions Total Nearly $200,000 in 2024

Esmark Inc. and its Founder James P. Bouchard announced nearly $200,000 in charitable contributions for 2024, continuing their two-decade-long philanthropic commitment totaling over $10 million since 2003.

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More than $10 million donated over two decades

SEWICKLEY, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Please replace the release dated January 7, 2025 with the following corrected version due to multiple revisions.

The updated release reads:

ESMARK INC. AND FOUNDER JAMES P. BOUCHARD CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TOTAL NEARLY $200,000 IN 2024

More than $10 million donated over two decades

Esmark, Inc. and James P. Bouchard, Founder and Chairman of Esmark, Inc., today announced its 2024 charitable contributions total nearly $200,000, supporting the Company and Bouchard’s decades-long history of philanthropic commitment. Bouchard and Esmark charitable donations have totaled more than $10 million since 2003.

“Giving back to the communities where we live, work and play has always been a key component of our business model,” said Bouchard. “From cancer research to education, from local festivals to helping underprivileged families, our donations have and will continue to help people and communities.”

Highlights of 2024 charitable contribution recipients include:

- American Cancer Society -- $10,000
- Fern Hollow Nature Center -- $5,000
- Hinsdale Central High School -- $5,000
- Hon City of Hope -- $12,000
- National Kidney Foundation (SDI) -- $10,000
- Oceana County Community Foundation -- $25,500
- Pittsburgh Kids Foundation -- $5,000
- Ruth Eckerd Hall Foundation -- $8,000
- Sewickley Borough, Pa. -- $6,500

Bouchard is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Esmark Inc. (and its predecessor companies) as well as the chairman and CEO of the controlling shareholder, the Bouchard Group, which was formed in 1995. Over the years, the company has grown, diversified and evolved into the Esmark family of companies holding strategic investments and assets engaged in the Industrial, Energy, Technology, Real Estate, Commodities industries, and Youth Sports and Development sectors.

Bouchard, along with the Esmark family of companies, continue to be tireless supporters of a wide range of educational, family health and wellness, youth sports and recreation programs.

Most notably, in 2010, Bouchard mobilized an 80-member contingent of doctors, specialists and volunteers to send medicines and supplies to Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, after a catastrophic earthquake devastated the country. He chartered an aircraft to fly the medical team and volunteers on a mercy mission.

About Esmark, Inc.

Esmark, Inc. is a diversified, privately-held family company with a portfolio of industrial companies with strong roots in the steel industry. Over the years, Esmark has diversified its interests and operations into a number of businesses engaged in the industrial and commodity sectors. Esmark (a former publicly traded company on NASDAQ: ESMK) has focused on several key industries including steel services, oil and gas exploration, aviation, real estate, professional services, technology and youth sports development. The company is also an active corporate citizen in the communities it serves, having committed more than $10 million in philanthropic support of a wide range of humanitarian, education, family wellness and youth sports programs in Pennsylvania, Illinois and internationally. www.esmark.com

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Katie Regan
Director of Communications
Esmark, Inc.
katie.regan@esmark.com
(708) 898-5550

Source: Esmark, Inc.