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Commercial Metals Announces Retirement of General Counsel
Jun. 1, 2009 Commercial Metals Co. announced the planned retirement of David M. Sudbury, Senior Vice President, Secretary & General Counsel, effective at the end of CMC's 2009 fiscal year on August 31, 2009.
Sudbury, age 63, has served as General Counsel and Secretary since 1976. Prior to his current position, he previously served as Vice President from 1981, and was elected Senior Vice President in 2007. He has also been active in numerous professional and civic organizations over his 33-year career with CMC.
"CMC is fortunate to have had David as a key member of our management team for over three decades, and I am pleased that he has agreed to continue consulting work for the Company following his retirement,” commented Murray McClean, Chairman of the Board, CEO and President. “David has provided insightful and wise counsel to the company having worked closely with numerous officers and managers to successfully address a broad spectrum of legal matters. His key role in CMC's many acquisitions over the course of his career is especially noteworthy.
McClean noted that CMC's Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Secretary Ann Bruder would be taking on a larger role with increased responsibility for the management of the law department as Sudbury transitions toward retirement.
Commercial Metals Co. and its subsidiaries manufacture, recycle and market steel and metal products, related materials and services through a network including steel minimills, steel fabrication and processing plants, construction-related product warehouses, a copper tube mill, metal recycling facilities and marketing and distribution offices in the United States and in strategic overseas markets.