8-K

UNITED STATES
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 (Date of earliest event reported): September 23, 2008

WORTHINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Ohio	1-8399	31-1189815
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

200 Old Wilson Bridge Road, Columbus, Ohio	43085
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (614) 438-3210

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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:

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Item 8.01Other Events.

On September 23, 2008, Worthington Industries, Inc. and United States Steel Corporation announced that an agreement had been signed to expand and modify the current Worthington Specialty Processing joint venture located in Jackson, Michigan. Under the terms of the agreement, U. S. Steel would contribute ProCoil Company LLC, its steel processing subsidiary in Canton, Michigan, and Worthington Industries would contribute Worthington Steel Taylor, its steel processing subsidiary in Taylor, Michigan to the expanded joint venture.  Both companies anticipate closing the transaction in early October, subject to customary closing conditions.  Worthington Specialty Processing is currently a 50-50 joint venture. Under the new agreement, Worthington Industries will own 51 percent and U. S. Steel will own 49 percent of the joint venture. Worthington Industries will continue to be the managing partner.

Item 9.01.          Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(a)-(c)   Not applicable.

(d)       Exhibits:

Exhibit No.     Description
99.1	News Release issued jointly by U.S. Steel and Worthington Industries on September 23, 2008 regarding planned expansion of Worthington Specialty Processing joint venture

SIGNATURE

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.

		WORTHINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC.
Date:	September 23, 2008	By:	/s/ Dale T. Brinkman
			Dale T. Brinkman, Vice President-
			Administration, General Counsel & Secretary

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Contact:	U. S. Steel	Worthington Industries
	Media	Media Relations
	John Armstrong	Cathy M. Lyttle
	412.433.6792	614.438.3077
	Investors/Analysts	Investor Relations
	Dan Lesnak	Allison Sanders
	412.433.1184	614.840.3133

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

U. S. STEEL AND WORTHINGTON INDUSTRIES ANNOUNCE PLAN TO EXPAND
WORTHINGTON SPECIALTY PROCESSING JOINT VENTURE

PITTSBURGH and COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 23, 2008 – United States Steel Corporation (NYSE: X) and Worthington Industries, Inc. (NYSE: WOR) announced today that they have signed an agreement to expand and modify their current Worthington Specialty Processing joint venture located in Jackson, Mich. Under the terms of the agreement, U. S. Steel would contribute ProCoil Company LLC, its steel processing subsidiary in Canton, Mich., and Worthington Industries would contribute Worthington Steel Taylor, its steel processing subsidiary in Taylor, Mich. to the expanded joint venture. Both companies anticipate closing the transaction in early October, subject to customary closing conditions. Worthington Specialty Processing is currently a 50-50 joint venture. Under the new agreement, Worthington Industries will own 51 percent and U. S. Steel will own 49 percent of the joint venture. Worthington Industries will continue to be the managing partner.

The new expanded joint venture is expected to better serve the changing needs of automotive and flat-rolled customers by allowing each of the three entities to maximize their individual processing specialties.

Worthington Specialty Processing was established in 1986 to serve the automotive manufacturers’ need for high-quality, class-one processing. The facility is capable of processing master steel coils into both slit coils and sheared first operation blanks including rectangles, trapezoids, parallelograms and chevrons.

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ProCoil slits, cuts-to-length and presses blanks from steel coils to desired specifications, provides laser welding services and warehouses material for automotive customers. Worthington Steel Taylor slits, cuts-to-length and tension levels steel coils.

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Consummation of the transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and execution of final documentation. Achievement of the anticipated synergies is subject to many factors, some of which are beyond the control of the joint venture, U. S. Steel and Worthington Industries. In accordance with “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, cautionary statements identifying important factors, but not necessarily all factors, that could cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements have been included in the Forms 10-K of U. S. Steel and of Worthington Industries for the year ended December 31, 2007, and in subsequent filings for U. S. Steel and Worthington Industries with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

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For more information about U. S. Steel, visit www.ussteel.com.

For more information about Worthington Industries, visit www.worthingtonindustries.com.