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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001437749-19-022452
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20191107
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
FILED AS OF DATE:		20191112
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20191112

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			OLYMPIC STEEL INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000917470
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	WHOLESALE-METALS SERVICE CENTERS & OFFICES [5051]
		IRS NUMBER:				341245650
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			OH
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-23320
		FILM NUMBER:		191209221

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5096 RICHMOND RD
		CITY:			BEDFORD HEIGHTS
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44146
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2162923800

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5096 RICHMOND RD
		CITY:			BEDFORD HEIGHTS
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44146
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<p style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0pt; text-align: center;"><b>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 7, 2019</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:24pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>OLYMPIC STEEL, INC.</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">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:</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&#167;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&#167;240.12b-2 of this chapter).</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Emerging growth company&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744;</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) of the Exchange Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744;&nbsp;</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:23pt;">On November 7, 2019, the Board of Directors (&#8220;Board&#8221;) of Olympic Steel, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) expanded its number of directors on the Board by one (from 9 to 10 members) and elected Vanessa L. Whiting as a director of the Company, both effective immediately.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:23pt;">Ms. Whiting has served as President of A.E.S. Management Corporation since 2014. Prior to joining A.E.S. Management Corporation, she spent more than 27 years as an attorney, including as a partner at Roetzel &amp; Andress and in a private practice she founded. In her legal career she practiced economic and community development law, real estate law, including acquisition, development, and leasing and financing, tax credit law, public finance and small business enterprise law. Ms. Whiting currently serves as Chair of the MetroHealth Board of Trustees and on the boards of the Tri-C Foundation and the Greater Cleveland Partnership.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:23pt;">There is no arrangement or understanding between Ms. Whiting and any other person pursuant to which Ms. Whiting was selected as a director. For her service as a non-employee member of the Board, beginning as of November 7, 2019, Ms. Whiting will participate in the standard director compensation arrangements currently in effect for non-management directors. The arrangements currently in effect are described under the heading &#8220;2018 Director Compensation&#8221; in the Company&#8217;s proxy statement delivered in connection with its 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 25, 2019. There are no related person transactions involving Ms. Whiting that are reportable under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.</p>

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