2019 Q1 LIFE Newsletter - Issue 16

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Quarterly Newsletter

Happy New Year to the Reliance Family! I hope you had a wonderful holiday and a great Christmas with your families. Here we go – it’s 2019, our 80th anniversary as a company, and it could be another good one! But before we talk about 2019 and beyond, I would like to applaud each and every one of you for a record setting 2018. This couldn’t have been possible without your outstanding work. Well done and thank you. I’d also like to once again acknowledge and thank Gregg Mollins. As you all know Gregg has been a

great leader and mentor to many of us. Thanks Gregg and God Bless. The beginning of the year is a good time to reflect on the core values that serve as our foundation and will continue to guide us into the future: Integrity, honesty, the safety of our teammates, dedication to family and country, listening to our customers, working with our domestic suppliers, providing value added services, performance and the value of our earnings. While remaining steadfast to these Reliance basics, I’d also like to add a couple of things that will take Reliance into the future and beyond which are continuous improvement, innovation and advanced business development. Our culture of collaboration has earned us our position as the leader in the metals service center industry. As the world continues to change through innovation, we must continue to evolve and improve to stay out in front! Our collaborative spirit will be more important than ever as we continue to innovate to strengthen our leadership position and continue to grow our Family of Companies. Keep an open mind – change can be good! On a final note, the safety of our people has been and continues to be near and dear to my heart. Our safety theme for 2019 is “One Family, One Culture of Smart Safety.” Please take a

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A Warm Welcome As of August 1, 2018, Reliance completed our 65th acquisition since becoming a public company in 1994. Welcome KMS Fab, LLC and KMS South, Inc. to our Family of Companies!

moment to embrace this theme so that we make 2019 our safest year yet. Thanks again for a great performance in 2018 and let’s keep it going in 2019.

James D. Hoffman | President and Chief Executive Officer

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IN THIS ISSUE wellness@reliance – Save up to $1,200 in 2020!...................... 2 Benefits – Use it or Lose it!...................................................... 3 Safety Focus – Fighting Complacency..................................... 4 Cybersecurity – New Year’s Resolutions.................................. 5 Community Stories. ................................................................. 6 Employee Service Anniversaries.............................................. 8

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WE L L N E S S

WELLNESS TOPICS FOR Q1

FEBRUARY HEART HEALTH & YOU

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women. Get the facts. Know the risk factors and the heart attack warning signs. MARCH NATIONAL NUTRITION MONTH Balanced nutrition and healthy food choices are important for overall health. Participate in our company- wide MyPlate Nutrition Challenge and follow the MyPlate guidelines at each meal to improve your food choices and portion sizes.

WW (Formerly known as Weight Watchers) Whether your wellness goal is to lose weight, eat healthier, move more, or develop a more positive mindset, log on to wellnessatreliance.com to learn more about the discounted pricing with WW.

JANUARY HEALTHY HABITS FOR A HEALTHY YEAR

Start the year focusing on habits that can support a healthy, happy, and safe year ahead. Schedule preventive care appointments, declutter (home and work spaces), practice self-care, and improve your time management skills.

SAVE UP TO $1,200 IN 2020! Did you and/or your spouse/domestic partner complete both the Wellness Questionnaire and Biometric Screening by December 31, 2018? If so, you've qualified to earn the 2020 wellness incentive! Earn 30 additional Wellness Credits each by August 31, 2019 for your 2020 incentive.

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B E N E F I T S

Use it or Lose it!

The Deadline for Using Your 2018 PayFlex Flexible Spending Account (“FSA”) is March 15, 2019. Use Your Money or Lose it!

If you enrolled in the 2018 Healthcare and/or Dependent Day Care FSA and have not yet spent down your balance, you may incur eligible expenses until March 15, 2019. You then have until March 30, 2019 to submit receipts for reimbursement of those eligible expenses, provided they were incurred between January 1, 2018 and March 15, 2019. If you miss either of these deadlines, that money - YOUR money– will sadly disappear in a puff of smoke. Please start thinking of ways to use those

funds and make sure to both spend the money by March 15, 2019 AND submit the claims by March 30, 2019. If you have FSA funds still available, and are looking for ideas on how to use those funds for eligible expenses, you may want to perform an internet search. You should easily find a number of sites that provide examples of FSA eligible expenses.

PayFlex to Anthem effective January 1, 2019. If you had a 2018 FSA account with PayFlex, your debit card was deactivated on December 31, 2018. If you still have 2018 FSA funds available to spend, you can request reimbursement using a paper claim form (available on Reliance Roots) or by uploading your claim on PayFlex’s website at payflex.com.

If you have any questions, please call PayFlex at 1-888-678-8242.

As a reminder, Reliance Rewards changed our FSA vendor from

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S A F E T Y

Please visit RELIANCEroots to read all about our 2018 Safety Influencers!

SMART Families Fight Complacency Do you ever feel yourself getting complacent at home or at work?

O N E F A M I L Y , O N E C U L T U R E

You might ask what is complacency? It is when you’ve been doing something one way for a long period of time without any issues that you assume there will never be an incident. It’s the classic “I’ve been doing it this way for 10 years, and nothing has ever happened to me” syndrome. What are the factors that cause us to get complacent in life or the workplace? • Fatigue • Time • Rushing • Stress • Distraction • Lack of knowledge/awareness/ communication We can fight complacency by holding each other accountable and by having constant awareness at home and at work. If a family member doesn’t have their seat belt on while driving because “I have never worn it or been in an accident” ask them to put it on.

2018 Warehouse & Fleet Accident free days: February | 26 March | 13 April | 30 May | 1, 11, 18, 24, 28 June | 14 July | 12 & 31 August | 10 October | 1, 16 & 18 November | 13, 16, 28 & 29 December | 13, 17, 18, 20, 26

O F S M A R T S A F E T Y

The next time you’re using a weed trimmer at home be SMART and wear your safety glasses even if you’ve rarely ever had debris fly into your eyes. Too often we don’t realize how complacent we are until we have a close call. These events jump start our hearts and focus our attention. At Reliance, we work extremely hard to eliminate any complacent mindsets with our employees. Let’s make the fight on complacency a SMART family effort!

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C Y B E R S E CU R I T Y

RELIANCE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS Information Security

Cyber Security New Year’s Resolutions

The beginning of a New Year is the perfect time to check up on your personal and professional cyber security. Take this opportunity to make a couple of resolutions that will keep your technology serving you well throughout 2019. “I’ll install anti-virus software” There’s lots of malware lurking on the internet that target every computer, phone, and tablet. Installing anti-virus software can help detect and block them in case you run into one (or two!). Effective anti-virus software doesn’t have to be expensive. In fact, the free versions (from reputable publishers) can be equally effective. Windows and Mac users can check out AVG free , Avira is an option for iPhone/iPad users and for Android there’s Bitdefender . “I’ll make a backup” Disk drives in our computers can fail unexpectedly and mobile devices can get lost or stolen. When they contain your important data, the only protection is to be prepared in advance. Make a copy of anything you wouldn’t want to lose, and store it in a different location than your primary copy. Cloud storage like Google Drive or DropBox are options to explore.

“I’ll turn on disk encryption” Setting a password on your computer and phone prevents people from using them without your permission. But it doesn’t fully protect the data they contain. An important additional step is to enable “full disk encryption.” This ensures that even if the device is lost or stolen, nothing can be read from it. “I’ll try an ad blocker” Even modest advertisements on websites can be annoying. They cause the pages to load slower, use more of your network bandwidth and battery power, and can lead to downloading unwanted/malicious

software. To counter them, there are free extensions available for your web browser. These extensions quietly prevent the ads from downloading and displaying in the first place so you see only the content you were looking for. If you don’t already have an ad blocker, you can checkout Adblock Plus . Just like getting in shape or taking up a new hobby, these New Year’s resolutions will take some effort. But the rewards are unmistakable. You’ll be prepared in case your device breaks, gets lost, or is targeted by malware, and browsing the internet will be faster, safer, and less cluttered. Then you can finally focus on going to the gym, quitting smoking, paying off that credit card, or spending more time with your family.

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COMMUN I T Y S TO R I E S

Durrett Sheppard: Thanksgiving Food Drive

During the month of October, the Accounting Department at Durrett Sheppard Steel hosted a Thanksgiving Food Drive at their office, benefiting the Salvation Army. Many employees donated, some on a weekly basis. They placed boxes and donation cans throughout the office and lunch rooms, which provided several Thanksgiving meal kits and many gift certificates. The idea came about by employee JoAnne Geiger, who is passionate about the Salvation Army’s various community programs. “I have worked with the Salvation Army for over 20 years with programs like the Thanksgiving Food Drive, Stuff-A-Stocking, Dress-A-Bear and Angel Tree. When my children were young, I used the Salvation Army programs as a way to teach them to be thankful and to give,” said JoAnne.

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Phoenix Metals: “Slumber Up”

Phoenix Metals is very proud of the effort that their Nashville location employees made to help the ShowerUp charity with their recent sleeping bag drive. When Phoenix Metals employee Jessica White learned of the Sleeping Bag Drive that ShowerUp was conducting, she decided to see how many sleeping bags their office could collect. They surpassed their goal of collecting 20 sleeping bags and collected a total of 30!

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2018 SOSC Fall Games Reliance employees were among more than 1,600 volunteers who gave their time and energy at the 2018 Special Olympics Southern California Fall Games that took place on November 10 and 11, 2018. 1,000 athletes were able to compete and experience success, acceptance, and joy. Reliance was once again a Co-Presenting Sponsor and employees from Corporate, Reliance Technology Solutions (RTS), and our SoCal Family of Companies (FOCs) – AMI Metals, EMJ, CCC Steel, and Reliance Steel Company – volunteered at the softball and volleyball competitions and at the Reliance activity booth where there was table top corn hole and tic- tac-toe for athletes and their coaches to play in between competitions.

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COMMUN I T Y S TO R I E S

‘Tis the Season for Giving… Toys! As Judy Blaine from Diamond Manufacturing Co. states, “Christmas is for children. Every child should have presents to open on Christmas morning” and in that spirit, Chapel Steel in Spring House as well as Pottstown, Diamond Manufacturing Co., Yarde Metals, and Reliance Corporate Los Angeles all participated in Toy Drives to bring smiles to children during the holiday season. Below are some photo highlights from the Toy Drives that took place from November 19 to December 21.

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EMP L OY E E S E R V I C E ANN I V E R S A R I E S

Employee Service Awards

Kudos to all employees who celebrated milestone anniversaries in the fourth quarter of 2018! Reliance would not be where we are today if it wasn’t for you. It never gets old to say that we’re the best in the business because we have the best people working for us. Thank you all very much for your decades of dedication!

20 Years of Service Joaquin Arzate........................ Tube Service Co. William Bacon............................. Chatham Steel Shelley Bailey................................. Yarde Metals Micheal Bergeron.......................... Yarde Metals Larry Brown.......................................Metals USA Jeremy Bunch..............................Precision Strip Justen Butler.....................................Metals USA James Carlsten.............................Hagerty Steel Sherrill Casey.................................... Siskin Steel Glen Colvin........................................Metals USA Michael Cormier............................ Yarde Metals Stanley Davis.....................................Metals USA Barry Demik.................................... Chapel Steel Todd Dicke...................................Precision Strip Kimberly Dooley........................ Phoenix Metals Denise Duren............................. Phoenix Metals Cipriano Gonzalez............................Metals USA Johnny Goodwin........................ Chatham Steel Michael Graef. ..................................Metals USA Michelle Griffitts...............................Metals USA Ben Gritzen...................................Diamond Mfg Kimberly Hayes..............................................AMI Beverly Haynes........................... Chatham Steel Michael Heacock........................... Chapel Steel Jill Jerman......................................................AMI Susan Kavanagh. ...........................................AMI Michael Kerrigan..........................Diamond Mfg James Lammers...........................Precision Strip Gary McFadden.....................Durrett Sheppard Galdino Mejia............................. Liebovich Bros. Patrick Moakler.................................Metals USA Dean Owens.................................. Bralco Metals James Petek..................Precision Flamecutting Alice Rindler.................................Precision Strip Ioane Siaosi..........................RMC Salt Lake City Terrance Steele........................... Chatham Steel Stephanie Stevens-Weyrick.........Hagerty Steel Gwendolyn Stroops.......................... Smith Pipe Joseph Tomlinson..................... American Steel Amber Tompkins..............................Metals USA Melody Urquidez...............................Delta Steel William Vandehey..........................Tubular Steel Manuel Velasco..................................Delta Steel Sunshine Villagomez........... RMC National City Deborah Wyland............................Pacific Metal Gary Zarzyski.....................................Metals USA John Zelinski.................................. Chapel Steel 25 Years of Service Michael Baez.............................. Liebovich Bros. Grayson Bodenheimer................................. EMJ Jerry Busby........................................Metals USA David Cavazos..............................................Valex James Cloyd.................................................Valex Dean Corwin................................Precision Strip Thomas Creanza...............................Metals USA Howard Dye...................................... Siskin Steel Todd Francis.................................Precision Strip Joel Gamarra.................................... Siskin Steel Stephen Ghoens........................................... EMJ Shelley Gomez.............................Trident Metals Scott Gribble....................................Metals USA

This list includes service anniversaries which were missed in last year’s newsletters. Our apologies and a belated congratulations to these employees (denoted by asterisks)!

35 Years of Service Vincent Bergman......................... Precision Strip Steven Castanon...........................Bralco Metals Jack Fox.......................................... Tubular Steel Mark Mescher.............................. Precision Strip Sharon Milton................................. Tubular Steel Diane Paquet..............................................RMCL Thomas Penwarden....................Liebovich Bros. Laurie Riddle..................................................EMJ Jerome Rooney............................Chatham Steel Robert Roy......................................................EMJ Gary Snyder....................................... Metals USA Renee Spell.................................... Tubular Steel Richard Stelma............................Liebovich Bros. Kimberley Wittsell...............Central Plains Steel 40 Years of Service Sarkis Aktchian.................Ferguson Perforating Jeffrey Aultz.......................................Metals USA Thomas Cota.................................................. EMJ Kenneth Daughtry.......................RMC Arlington Terry Galbraith............................................ RMCL Cynthia Garner............................ Liebovich Bros. Donna Glasscock..........................Trident Metals Randall Hagan................................................ EMJ Karen Hansen-Bagan.............. Tube Service Co. David Martens....................................Metals USA Sharon Peetluk............................. Chatham Steel Steve Schoening............................................ EMJ Wayne Schowalter.........................Diamond Mfg Michael Shanley.......................... Reliance (Corp) Wendell Youngblood........................ Siskin Steel Kim M Zajic...............................................Feralloy 45 Years of Service Larry Corbin.......................................Metals USA Peter Davis. .................................................... EMJ Floyd Hicks......................................Tubular Steel Robert States................................................. EMJ

Jason Hamilton.................................Metals USA Johnny Hassell...............................................AMI Daniel Hendricks...........................................SSA Alberto Hernandez............................CCC Steel Scott Hites....................................Precision Strip Jeffrey Hites.................................Precision Strip Keith Krantz...............................Viking Materials Michael Krumrie.......................Viking Materials Steve Lavoie............................................... RMCL Robert Lewis..................................................AMI Scott Lips...................................... Reliance (RTS) Jose Martinez....................... RMC National City Joey McCroskey...............................Metals USA Gregg Meyer................................Precision Strip Mario Monarrez............................ RMC Phoenix Brent Olson.............................................NI Steel Lawrence Oskins..........................Precision Strip Charles Pydynkowski...............Viking Materials Barton Redden. ................................ Siskin Steel Robert Rhodes.............................................Valex Sammy Rowe................................Precision Strip Chris Shook.......................................Metals USA Glen Sparman......................... Tube Service Co. Terry Stout.................................................. RMCL James Thayer............................Viking Materials John Warren.................................Precision Strip Anthony Zukowski.................... Allegheny Steel 30 Years of Service Anthony Aguirre.................................PDM Steel Theresa Borchgardt.....Precision Flamecutting Doris Bridges....................................Metals USA David Corirossi.......................... Liebovich Bros. Colleen Eachus......................... Olympic Metals Bill Edmonds.....................................Metals USA Chris Elliott.................................................... EMJ Maria Fiallo.................................................... EMJ Loren Ford..................................................... EMJ Gary Gilbert*.................................. Chapel Steel James Heitkamp..........................Precision Strip Carey Johnson.............................................. EMJ Stephen Koch............................. Reliance (Corp) Michael Larsen....................................PDM Steel Maria Lubin................................................... EMJ Scott Macdonald....................................... RMCL John Mafera.................................................. EMJ Ronaldo Mesina............................................ EMJ Terry Morrow................................Trident Metals Louise Nadon............................................. RMCL Jon Nelson.................................................... EMJ Eligio Pacheco.............................Trident Metals David Reed........................................Metals USA William Sternard.......................Viking Materials Gildardo Tay.................................. Bralco Metals Debra Wilson............................. Phoenix Metals Raymond Wolf. ............................................. EMJ

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