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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January&nbsp;29, 2010
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 6pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Form&nbsp;S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>COMMERCIAL METALS COMPANY</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>75-0725338</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
incorporation or organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>6565 N. MacArthur Blvd. <BR>
Irving, Texas</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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(Zip Code)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><DIV align="center"><DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 26%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV><BR>
<B>Commercial Metals Company 2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Ann J. Bruder, Esq.<BR>
Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary<BR>
6565 N. MacArthur Blvd.<BR>
Irving, Texas 75039</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(214)&nbsp;689-4300</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><I>with copies of communications to:</I></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>William R. Hays, III, Esq.<BR>
Haynes and Boone, LLP<BR>
2323 Victory Avenue<BR>
Dallas, Texas 75219<BR>
(214)&nbsp;651-5561</B></DIV>





<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the
Exchange Act.</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Large accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></FONT>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Title of securities</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>offering price</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>to be registered</B></TD>
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    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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                    <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">5,000,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">14.075</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">70,375,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">5,017.74</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Plus such indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock as may be issued to prevent
dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions in accordance
with Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.</TD>
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    <TD>The proposed maximum offering price per share and the proposed maximum aggregate
offering price have been estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration
fee pursuant to paragraphs (c)&nbsp;and (h)(1) of Rule&nbsp;457 promulgated under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and are based upon the average of the high price and low prices of the
Common Stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange on January 27, 2010.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of this Registration Statement
will be sent or given to eligible employees as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). Such documents are not required to be and are not filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) either as part of this Registration
Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424. These documents and
the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part
II of this Form S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section
10(a) of the Securities Act.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left"><A NAME="002"></A></DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Upon written or oral request, any of the documents incorporated by reference in Item&nbsp;3 of Part
II of this Registration Statement (which documents are incorporated by reference in this Section
10(a) Prospectus), other documents required to be delivered to eligible employees pursuant to Rule
428(b) or additional information about the Commercial Metals Company 2010 Employee Stock Purchase
Plan are available without charge, upon written or oral request, by contacting:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Ann J. Bruder, Esq.<BR>
Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary<BR>
6565 N. MacArthur Blvd.<BR>
Irving, Texas 75039<BR>
Telephone: (214)&nbsp;689-4300

</DIV>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company hereby incorporates by reference the following documents filed with the
Commission:
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended August&nbsp;31, 2009, filed on
October&nbsp;30, 2009;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on November&nbsp;6, 2009;</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on November&nbsp;10, 2009;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(d)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on December&nbsp;1, 2009;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(e)</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on January&nbsp;28, 2010;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(f)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended November&nbsp;30,
2009, filed on January&nbsp;8, 2010;</TD>
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<TR>
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(g)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The description of the Company&#146;s common stock, which is contained in the Company&#146;s
registration statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;18, 1982, as updated
or amended in any amendment or report filed for such purpose; and</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Commission
pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, but
excluding any information furnished to, rather than filed with, the Commission, shall be deemed to
be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof from the date such documents are filed.
Any statement contained herein or in any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein
by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained in any other subsequently filed document which
also is or is deemed to be incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such statement.
Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement, except as so modified or superseded.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The validity of the shares of Common Stock being sold in this offering will be passed upon for
the Company by Ann J. Bruder, Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the
Company. Ms.&nbsp;Bruder is eligible to participate in the Plan.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company is a Delaware corporation. Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law
generally provides that a corporation is empowered to indemnify any person who is made a party to
any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that he or
she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or is or was serving, at the
request of the Company, in any of such capacities of another corporation or other enterprise, if
such director, officer, employee or agent acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.
Section&nbsp;145 describes in detail the right of the Company to indemnify any such person. The
Certificate of Incorporation of the Company and indemnification agreements between the Company and
each of its officers and directors provide generally for indemnification of all such directors,
officers and agents to the fullest extent permitted under law. The Company&#146;s Certificate of
Incorporation eliminates the liability of directors to the fullest extent permitted under law. The
Company&#146;s directors and officers currently are covered by directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability
insurance.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Restated Certificate of Incorporation (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3(i) to the Company&#146;s Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended August&nbsp;31, 2009 and incorporated herein by reference).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amended and Restated Bylaws (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3(ii) to the Company&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-K for
the fiscal year ended August&nbsp;31, 2009 and incorporated herein by reference).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.3</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Indenture between Commercial Metals Company and Chase Manhattan Bank dated as of July
31, 1995 (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement No.&nbsp;33-60809 on
July&nbsp;18, 1995 and incorporated herein by reference).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.4</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Form of Note for Commercial Metals Company&#146;s 5.625% Senior Notes due 2013 (filed as
Exhibit&nbsp;4(i)(j) to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement No.&nbsp;33-112243 on January&nbsp;27, 2004
and incorporated herein by reference).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.5</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Form of Note for Commercial Metals Company&#146;s 6.50% Senior Notes due 2017 (filed as
Exhibit&nbsp;4(i)e to the Company&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended August&nbsp;31, 2007 and
incorporated herein by reference).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.6</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Form of Note for Commercial Metals Company&#146;s 7.35% Senior Notes due 2018 (filed as
Exhibit&nbsp;4(i)(g) to the Company&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended August&nbsp;31, 2008 and
incorporated herein by reference).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.7</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November&nbsp;12, 2003, to Indenture dated as of July
31, 1995, by and between Commercial Metals Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank (filed as
Exhibit&nbsp;4(i)(e) to the Company&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended August&nbsp;31, 2009 and
incorporated herein by reference).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD width="88%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.8</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July&nbsp;17, 2007, to Indenture dated as of July&nbsp;31,
1995, by and between Commercial Metals Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust
Company, N.A. (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Company&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-K filed July&nbsp;17, 2007 and
incorporated herein by reference).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.9</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August&nbsp;4, 2008, to Indenture dated as of July&nbsp;31,
1995, by and between Commercial Metals Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust
Company, N.A. (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Company&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-K filed August&nbsp;5, 2008 and
incorporated herein by reference).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.10</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Commercial Metals Company 2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to
the Company&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-K filed on January&nbsp;28, 2010 and incorporated herein by reference).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">*5.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Ann J. Bruder with respect to validity of issuance of securities.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">*23.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">*23.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Ann J. Bruder (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">*24.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of the Registration Statement).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Each document marked with an asterisk is filed herewith.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9</B>. <B>Undertakings.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in
the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective Registration
Statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information
in the Registration Statement;
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><I>provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for the purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration
Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by
such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8, and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized in the City of Dallas, the State of Texas, on January&nbsp;29, 2010.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">COMMERCIAL METALS COMPANY<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR><Td>&nbsp;</Td></TR>
<TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Murray R. McClean
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">By: Murray R. McClean&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left" nowrap>President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints each of Murray R. McClean and Ann J. Bruder, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file with the Commission and
any state securities regulatory board or commission any documents relating to the proposed issuance
and registration of the securities offered pursuant to this Registration Statement on Form S-8
under the Securities Act, including any amendment or amendments relating thereto (and any
additional Registration Statement related hereto permitted by Rule 462(b) promulgated under the
Securities Act, including any amendment or amendments relating thereto), with all exhibits and any
and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto with any regulatory authority, granting
unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises
in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do
if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
or either of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
</DIV>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Murray R. McClean
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Robert D. Neary</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Murray R. McClean, January&nbsp;29, 2010
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Robert D. Neary, January&nbsp;29, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">President, Chief Executive Officer
and Chairman of the Board of
Directors <BR>
<I>(Principal Executive
Officer)</I>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Harold L. Adams
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Dorothy G. Owen</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Harold L. Adams, January&nbsp;29, 2010
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Dorothy G. Owen, January&nbsp;29, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Director
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Rhys J. Best
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ J. David Smith</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Rhys J. Best, January&nbsp;29, 2010
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">J. David Smith, January&nbsp;29, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Director
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert L. Guido
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Robert R. Womack</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Robert L. Guido, January&nbsp;29, 2010
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Robert R. Womack, January&nbsp;29, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Director
</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Richard B. Kelson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ William B. Larson</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Richard B. Kelson, January&nbsp;29, 2010
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">William B. Larson, January&nbsp;29, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Director
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer <BR>
<I>(Principal Financial
Officer)</I></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Anthony A. Massaro
</DIV></TD>
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</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Leon K. Rusch, January&nbsp;29, 2010</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
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<I>(Principal Accounting Officer)</I></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.1</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Restated Certificate of Incorporation (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3(i) to the Company&#146;s Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended August&nbsp;31, 2009 and incorporated herein by reference).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amended and Restated Bylaws (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3(ii) to the Company&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-K for
the fiscal year ended August&nbsp;31, 2009 and incorporated herein by reference).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.3</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Indenture between Commercial Metals Company and Chase Manhattan Bank dated as of July
31, 1995 (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement No.&nbsp;33-60809 on
July&nbsp;18, 1995 and incorporated herein by reference).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.4</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Form of Note for Commercial Metals Company&#146;s 5.625% Senior Notes due 2013 (filed as
Exhibit&nbsp;4(i)(j) to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement No.&nbsp;33-112243 on January&nbsp;27, 2004
and incorporated herein by reference).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.5</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Form of Note for Commercial Metals Company&#146;s 6.50% Senior Notes due 2017 (filed as
Exhibit&nbsp;4(i)e to the Company&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended August&nbsp;31, 2007 and
incorporated herein by reference).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.6</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Form of Note for Commercial Metals Company&#146;s 7.35% Senior Notes due 2018 (filed as
Exhibit&nbsp;4(i)(g) to the Company&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended August&nbsp;31, 2008 and
incorporated herein by reference).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.7</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November&nbsp;12, 2003, to Indenture dated as of July
31, 1995, by and between Commercial Metals Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank (filed as
Exhibit&nbsp;4(i)(e) to the Company&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended August&nbsp;31, 2009 and
incorporated herein by reference).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.8</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July&nbsp;17, 2007, to Indenture dated as of July&nbsp;31,
1995, by and between Commercial Metals Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust
Company, N. A. (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Company&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-K filed July&nbsp;17, 2007 and
incorporated herein by reference).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.9</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August&nbsp;4, 2008, to Indenture dated as of July&nbsp;31,
1995, by and between Commercial Metals Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust
Company, N. A. (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Company&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-K filed August&nbsp;5, 2008 and
incorporated herein by reference).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.10</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Commercial Metals Company 2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to
the Company&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-K filed on January&nbsp;28, 2010 and incorporated herein by reference).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Ann J. Bruder with respect to validity of issuance of securities.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Ann J. Bruder (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of the Registration Statement).</DIV></TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 29, 2010
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
COMMERCIAL METALS COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
75-0725338
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
6565 N. MacArthur Blvd.
Irving, Texas
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
75039
(Zip Code)
Commercial Metals Company 2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Ann J. Bruder, Esq.
Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
6565 N. MacArthur Blvd.
Irving, Texas 75039
(Name and address of agent for service)
(214) 689-4300
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
with copies of communications to:
William R. Hays, III, Esq.
Haynes and Boone, LLP
2323 Victory Avenue
Dallas, Texas 75219
(214) 651-5561
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large
accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Amount of
Title of securities
Amount to be
offering price
aggregate offering
registration fee
to be registered
registered (1)
per share (2)
price (2)
(2)
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
5,000,000
$
14.075
$
70,375,000
$
5,017.74
(1)
Plus such indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock as may be issued to prevent
dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions in accordance
with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(2)
The proposed maximum offering price per share and the proposed maximum aggregate
offering price have been estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration
fee pursuant to paragraphs (c) and (h)(1) of Rule 457 promulgated under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and are based upon the average of the high price and low prices of the
Common Stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange on January 27, 2010.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.
The documents containing the information specified in Part I of this Registration Statement
will be sent or given to eligible employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). Such documents are not required to be and are not filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") either as part of this Registration
Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424. These documents and
the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part
II of this Form S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section
10(a) of the Securities Act.
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
Upon written or oral request, any of the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part
II of this Registration Statement (which documents are incorporated by reference in this Section
10(a) Prospectus), other documents required to be delivered to eligible employees pursuant to Rule
428(b) or additional information about the Commercial Metals Company 2010 Employee Stock Purchase
Plan are available without charge, upon written or oral request, by contacting:
Ann J. Bruder, Esq.
Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
6565 N. MacArthur Blvd.
Irving, Texas 75039
Telephone: (214) 689-4300
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The Company hereby incorporates by reference the following documents filed with the
Commission:
(a)
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended August 31, 2009, filed on
October 30, 2009;
(b)
The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on November 6, 2009;
(c)
The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on November 10, 2009;
(d)
The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on December 1, 2009;
(e)
The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on January 28, 2010;
(f)
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended November 30,
2009, filed on January 8, 2010;
(g)
The description of the Company's common stock, which is contained in the Company's
registration statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Commission on June 18, 1982, as updated
or amended in any amendment or report filed for such purpose; and
All reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Commission
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act"), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, but
excluding any information furnished to, rather than filed with, the Commission, shall be deemed to
be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof from the date such documents are filed.
Any statement contained herein or in any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein
by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained in any other subsequently filed document which
also is or is deemed to be incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such statement.
Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement, except as so modified or superseded.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
The validity of the shares of Common Stock being sold in this offering will be passed upon for
the Company by Ann J. Bruder, Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the
Company. Ms. Bruder is eligible to participate in the Plan.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Company is a Delaware corporation. Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law
generally provides that a corporation is empowered to indemnify any person who is made a party to
any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that he or
she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or is or was serving, at the
request of the Company, in any of such capacities of another corporation or other enterprise, if
such director, officer, employee or agent acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.
Section 145 describes in detail the right of the Company to indemnify any such person. The
Certificate of Incorporation of the Company and indemnification agreements between the Company and
each of its officers and directors provide generally for indemnification of all such directors,
officers and agents to the fullest extent permitted under law. The Company's Certificate of
Incorporation eliminates the liability of directors to the fullest extent permitted under law. The
Company's directors and officers currently are covered by directors' and officers' liability
insurance.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation (filed as Exhibit 3(i) to the Company's Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2009 and incorporated herein by reference).
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws (filed as Exhibit 3(ii) to the Company's Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended August 31, 2009 and incorporated herein by reference).
4.3
Indenture between Commercial Metals Company and Chase Manhattan Bank dated as of July
31, 1995 (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Registration Statement No. 33-60809 on
July 18, 1995 and incorporated herein by reference).
4.4
Form of Note for Commercial Metals Company's 5.625% Senior Notes due 2013 (filed as
Exhibit 4(i)(j) to the Company's Registration Statement No. 33-112243 on January 27, 2004
and incorporated herein by reference).
4.5
Form of Note for Commercial Metals Company's 6.50% Senior Notes due 2017 (filed as
Exhibit 4(i)e to the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2007 and
incorporated herein by reference).
4.6
Form of Note for Commercial Metals Company's 7.35% Senior Notes due 2018 (filed as
Exhibit 4(i)(g) to the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2008 and
incorporated herein by reference).
4.7
Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 12, 2003, to Indenture dated as of July
31, 1995, by and between Commercial Metals Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank (filed as
Exhibit 4(i)(e) to the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2009 and
incorporated herein by reference).
4.8
Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 17, 2007, to Indenture dated as of July 31,
1995, by and between Commercial Metals Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust
Company, N.A. (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Form 8-K filed July 17, 2007 and
incorporated herein by reference).
4.9
Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 4, 2008, to Indenture dated as of July 31,
1995, by and between Commercial Metals Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust
Company, N.A. (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Form 8-K filed August 5, 2008 and
incorporated herein by reference).
4.10
Commercial Metals Company 2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to
the Company's Form 8-K filed on January 28, 2010 and incorporated herein by reference).
*5.1
Opinion of Ann J. Bruder with respect to validity of issuance of securities.
*23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
*23.2
Consent of Ann J. Bruder (included in Exhibit 5.1).
*24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of the Registration Statement).
*
Each document marked with an asterisk is filed herewith.
Item 9
.
Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in
the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration
Statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information
in the Registration Statement;
provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for the purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration
Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by
such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8, and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized in the City of Dallas, the State of Texas, on January 29, 2010.
COMMERCIAL METALS COMPANY
/s/ Murray R. McClean
By: Murray R. McClean
President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints each of Murray R. McClean and Ann J. Bruder, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file with the Commission and
any state securities regulatory board or commission any documents relating to the proposed issuance
and registration of the securities offered pursuant to this Registration Statement on Form S-8
under the Securities Act, including any amendment or amendments relating thereto (and any
additional Registration Statement related hereto permitted by Rule 462(b) promulgated under the
Securities Act, including any amendment or amendments relating thereto), with all exhibits and any
and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto with any regulatory authority, granting
unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises
in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do
if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
or either of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
/s/ Murray R. McClean
/s/ Robert D. Neary
Murray R. McClean, January 29, 2010
Robert D. Neary, January 29, 2010
President, Chief Executive Officer
and Chairman of the Board of
Directors
(Principal Executive
Officer)
Director
/s/ Harold L. Adams
/s/ Dorothy G. Owen
Harold L. Adams, January 29, 2010
Dorothy G. Owen, January 29, 2010
Director
Director
/s/ Rhys J. Best
/s/ J. David Smith
Rhys J. Best, January 29, 2010
J. David Smith, January 29, 2010
Director
Director
/s/ Robert L. Guido
/s/ Robert R. Womack
Robert L. Guido, January 29, 2010
Robert R. Womack, January 29, 2010
Director
Director
/s/ Richard B. Kelson
/s/ William B. Larson
Richard B. Kelson, January 29, 2010
William B. Larson, January 29, 2010
Director
Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
(Principal Financial
Officer)
/s/ Anthony A. Massaro
/s/ Leon K. Rusch
Anthony A. Massaro, January 29, 2010
Leon K. Rusch, January 29, 2010
Director
Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
EXHIBIT INDEX
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation (filed as Exhibit 3(i) to the Company's Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2009 and incorporated herein by reference).
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws (filed as Exhibit 3(ii) to the Company's Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended August 31, 2009 and incorporated herein by reference).
4.3
Indenture between Commercial Metals Company and Chase Manhattan Bank dated as of July
31, 1995 (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Registration Statement No. 33-60809 on
July 18, 1995 and incorporated herein by reference).
4.4
Form of Note for Commercial Metals Company's 5.625% Senior Notes due 2013 (filed as
Exhibit 4(i)(j) to the Company's Registration Statement No. 33-112243 on January 27, 2004
and incorporated herein by reference).
4.5
Form of Note for Commercial Metals Company's 6.50% Senior Notes due 2017 (filed as
Exhibit 4(i)e to the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2007 and
incorporated herein by reference).
4.6
Form of Note for Commercial Metals Company's 7.35% Senior Notes due 2018 (filed as
Exhibit 4(i)(g) to the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2008 and
incorporated herein by reference).
4.7
Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 12, 2003, to Indenture dated as of July
31, 1995, by and between Commercial Metals Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank (filed as
Exhibit 4(i)(e) to the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2009 and
incorporated herein by reference).
4.8
Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 17, 2007, to Indenture dated as of July 31,
1995, by and between Commercial Metals Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust
Company, N. A. (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Form 8-K filed July 17, 2007 and
incorporated herein by reference).
4.9
Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 4, 2008, to Indenture dated as of July 31,
1995, by and between Commercial Metals Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust
Company, N. A. (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Form 8-K filed August 5, 2008 and
incorporated herein by reference).
4.10
Commercial Metals Company 2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to
the Company's Form 8-K filed on January 28, 2010 and incorporated herein by reference).
*5.1
Opinion of Ann J. Bruder with respect to validity of issuance of securities.
*23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
*23.2
Consent of Ann J. Bruder (included in Exhibit 5.1).
*24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of the Registration Statement).
*
Each document marked with an asterisk is filed herewith.