Current Report

 

 

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 — October 16, 2003

(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.)

703 Curtis Street, Middletown, OH    45043

(Address of principal

executive offices)

   Zip Code

 

 

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

 

 



Item 5. Other Events.

 

On October 16, 2003, AK Steel issued a press release, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit No. 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein, announcing the appointment of James L. Wainscott as president, chief executive officer and member of the board of directors, and Robert H. Jenkins as chairman of the board.

 

Item 7. Exhibit.

 

  (c) Exhibit:

 

  99.1 Press Release dated October 16, 2003

 

 

 

 

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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:  October 16, 2003

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

Exhibit No.

   Description
99.1    Press Release issued on October 16, 2003