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EXHIBIT -3.30

THE MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS DESCRIBED IN THIS DOCUMENT ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER SET FORTH HEREIN. THE INTERESTS HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAW AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED UNTIL REGISTERED OR UNTIL THE BOARD OF MANAGERS HAS RECEIVED AN OPINION OF LEGAL COUNSEL, OR OTHER ASSURANCES SATISFACTORY TO THAT BOARD, THAT AN INTEREST MAY LEGALLY BE SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED WITHOUT REGISTRATION.

AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

ISG PLATE LLC

dated

January 14, 2004

AMENDED AND RESTATED
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
OF
ISG PLATE LLC

TABLE OF CONTENTS


			Page
ARTICLE 1. ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS				1
	1.1	Formation of the Company; Term		1
	1.2	Name		1
	1.3	Purpose of the Company; Business		1
	1.4	Principal Place of Business, Office and Agent		1
	1.5	Fictitious Business Name Statement; Other Certificates		1
	1.6	Original Member and Admission of Additional Members		2

ARTICLE 2. DEFINITIONS				2

ARTICLE 3. CAPITALIZATION; MEMBER INTERESTS; DISTRIBUTIONS				3
	3.1	Capital		3
	3.2	Member Interests; Security Interest		3
	3.3	Withdrawal		4
	3.4	Corporate Status		4
	3.5	Limitations on Distributions		4
	3.6	Other Distributions		4
	3.7	Loan Agreement Limitations		4
	3.8	Certification of Interest		4

ARTICLE 4. MANAGEMENT				4
	4.1	Board of Managers		4
	4.2	Authority of the Board of Managers		5
	4.3	Powers of the Board of Managers		5
	4.4	Notice of Board Meetings		7
	4.5	Location of Board Meetings		7
	4.6	Waiver of Notice of Meeting		7
	4.7	Required Vote		7
	4.8	Voting; Proxies		7
	4.9	Written Actions of the Board		8

TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)


			Page
	4.10	Officers of the Company		8
	4.11	Duties of the Officers		8
	4.12	Standard of Care		9

ARTICLE 5. POWERS AND DUTIES OF AND LIMITATIONS ON THE MEMBERS				10
	5.1	Rights of the Members		10
	5.2	Limitations on the Rights of the Members		10
	5.3	Limited Liability of the Members		11

ARTICLE 6. GENERAL PROVISIONS				11
	6.1	Transfer Restriction		11
	6.2	No Dissolution		11
	6.3	No Withdrawal		11
	6.4	Amendments		11
	6.5	Further Assurances		11
	6.6	Notices		11
	6.7	Waiver		12
	6.8	Whole Agreement		12
	6.9	Governing Law		12
	6.10	Binding Nature		12
	6.11	Invalidity		12
	6.12	Counterparts		12
	6.13	Construction		12

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AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

ISG PLATE LLC

THIS is the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement (the “Agreement”) dated as of January 14, 2004, made by ISG Acquisition Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Member”), the sole and original member of ISG Plate LLC (the “Company”). Unless the context otherwise requires, terms that are capitalized and not otherwise defined in context have the meanings set forth or cross referenced in Article 2 of this Agreement.

In consideration of the mutual covenants and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company and the Member do hereby agree:

ARTICLE 1. ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS

1.1 Formation of the Company; Term. The Company is a limited liability company under the Act, formed by the execution and filing with the Secretary of State of Delaware of the Certificate of Formation of the Company. Unless sooner dissolved under the Act, the Company is to continue in perpetuity.

1.2 Name. The name of the Company is: “ISG Plate LLC”.

1.3 Purpose of the Company; Business. The purpose of the Company is to: (i) carry on any business permitted by the Act and (ii) perform all things necessary or incidental to or connected with or growing out of those activities in accordance with this Agreement.

1.4 Principal Place of Business, Office and Agent. The Company’s principal place of business, which is also the mailing address and office where the records described in Section 4.11(b) are kept, is 3250 Interstate Drive, 2nd Floor, Richfield, Ohio 44286-9000. The registered office of the Company in the State of Delaware is the office of the registered agent of the Company in Delaware. The registered agent of the Company in Delaware is The Corporation Trust Company, Corporate Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801. The Board of Managers, from time to time as it finds necessary or appropriate, may change the registered agent in Delaware or the principal place of business of the Company, and may establish additional places of business or offices for maintenance of records. The Board of Managers or the Officers shall amend this Section 1.4 (without the need for any action by any Member) to reflect each change in the identity or address of the registered agent in Delaware.

1.5 Fictitious Business Name Statement; Other Certificates. The Officers will, from time to time, register the Company as a foreign limited liability company and file fictitious or trade name statements or certificates in those jurisdictions and offices as the Officers or the Board of Managers considers necessary or appropriate. The Company may do business under any fictitious business names selected by the Board of Managers. The Officers will, from time to time, file or cause to be filed certificates of amendment, certificates of cancellation or

other certificates as the Board of Managers reasonably considers necessary or appropriate under the Act or under the laws of any jurisdiction in which the Company is doing business to establish and continue the Company as a limited liability company or to protect the limited liability of the Members.

1.6 Original Member and Admission of Additional Members. The original Member has the right to admit additional Members. Until the admission of an additional Member, the original Member has all the power and authority of the Members under this Agreement.

ARTICLE 2. DEFINITIONS

When capitalized in this Agreement, the terms and phrases set forth in this Article have the following definitions:

“Act” means the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, as amended from time to time. Any reference to the Act automatically includes a reference to any subsequent or successor limited liability company law of Delaware.

“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the specified Person. A Person controls another Person if such Person possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of the “controlled” Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. Affiliate also includes any Person who is related by blood or marriage to the Person in question.

“Agreement” means this Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, as amended from time to time.

“Bankruptcy” means, with respect to any Person, that Person’s filing a petition or otherwise voluntarily commencing a case or proceeding, or filing an answer not denying the material allegations of a complaint in any proceeding seeking relief under any federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or debtors’ reorganization law; being the voluntary or involuntary subject of an order for relief by any court under any such law; or being adjudicated a “bankrupt,” “debtor” or “insolvent” under any such law; or there being appointed under any such law a “trustee,” “receiver” or “custodian” to manage his, her or its business or properties; or there being commenced under any such law a case or proceeding proposing such an order for relief, adjudication or appointment with respect to that Person or its business, which proceeding is consented to by that Person or which is not dismissed within 90 days after being commenced.

“Board” or “Board of Managers” means the Board of Managers created under Section 4.1.

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. References to specific sections of the Code include references to corresponding provisions of any succeeding internal revenue law of the United States of America.

“Company” means ISG Plate LLC.

“Fiscal Year” means the fiscal year ending on December 31.

“Interest” means a Member’s equity interest in the Company, measured in Shares, including any and all benefits to which a Member may be entitled under this Agreement and the obligations of a Member under this Agreement.

“Majority Vote” means the vote of the Members holding more than a 50 percent Share.

“Member” means Persons (other than the Company) executing this Agreement and their successors in interest, and other Persons who are admitted as Members. Reference to a “Member” means any one of the Members so long as that Person holds an interest and any Member that was or is its predecessor or successor in interest.

“Officers” means the officers of the Company appointed and acting, from time to time, under Section 4.10.

“Person” means and includes any natural person and any corporation, firm, partnership, trust, estate, limited liability company or other entity resulting from any form of association.

“Share” means a percentage of equity interest in the Company. The original member holds a 100% Share, and will continue to do so until such time, if ever, as another Member is admitted, at which time the Members shall agree to their respective Shares.

“Transfer” means any sale, assignment, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, disposition, transfer (including, without limitation, a transfer by will or intestate distribution), gift or attempt to create or grant a security interest in any Interest or interest therein or portion thereof, whether voluntary or involuntary, by operation of law or otherwise.

ARTICLE 3. CAPITALIZATION; MEMBER INTERESTS; DISTRIBUTIONS

3.1 Capital. The Members may, but shall have no obligation to, make additional capital contributions to the Company. The Company is to finance its operations independently of the Members and without the Members’ financial support. No Member will be paid interest on capital contributions to the Company.

3.2 Member Interests As Securities; Security Interest. Each Member’s Interest, and the relative rights, privileges, preferences and obligations with respect to the Member’s Interest shall be determined under this Agreement and the Act based upon the number of Shares held by the Member with respect to the Member’s Interest. For purposes of providing for transfer of, perfection of a security interest in, and other relevant matters related to, a Member’s Interest in the Company, each Interest shall be deemed to be a “security” governed by Article 8, (including, without limitation, Sections 8-102 and 8-103) of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the States of New York and Delaware and Chapter 8 or Article 8, as applicable, of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in any other relevant jurisdiction.

3.3 Withdrawal. No Member is entitled to withdraw any portion of its paid-in capital contribution, and no Member has any right to a return of capital except through distributions as provided in Section 3.6.

3.4 Corporate Status. The Company shall take such actions as may be necessary to be disregarded for purposes of federal income taxation.

3.5 Limitations on Distributions. The Company will not make any distribution of cash, except to the extent that the Company then has cash available in excess in the sum of (a) amounts required to pay or make provision for all Company expenses, plus (b) all reserves that are considered necessary or appropriate by the Board of Managers. To the extent that the Board of Managers reasonably foresees that the Company will receive cash or other consideration to satisfy liabilities not yet due and payable, the Company is not required to establish reserves or make other provision to satisfy such liabilities prior to making distributions under Section 3.6. Distributions of cash are only to be made to the extent cash is available to the Company without requiring (i) the sale of Company assets or the pledge of Company assets at a time or on terms that the Board of Managers believes are not in the best interests of the Company or (ii) a reduction in reserves that the Board of Managers believes are necessary or desirable for working capital or other Company purposes.

3.6 Other Distributions. Subject to Section 3.5, prior to the commencement of liquidation and winding-up, the Board of Managers may, in its sole discretion, direct the Treasurer to make distributions of cash to the Members in proportion to their Interests. Each Member is a creditor of the Company with respect to any distributions made under this Section 3.6 and is entitled to all remedies available to a third-party creditor to enforce the Company’s obligation to make distributions under this Section 3.6.

3.7 Loan Agreement Limitations. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company is not to make any distribution of cash or other property to any Member if the distribution would violate any loan or credit agreement to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound.

3.8 Certification of Interest. The Interest shall be evidenced by a certificate (the “Interest Certificate”) provided by the Company to the Member substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.

ARTICLE 4. MANAGEMENT

4.1 Board of Managers.

(a) The Company has a Board of Managers initially composed of three Managers. The initial Managers are Rodney Mott, V. John Goodwin and Leonard M. Anthony. The Members may, from time to time, by Majority Vote, elect additional Managers to serve on the Board.

(b) Each Manager is to serve until the earlier of his or her death, resignation or removal. A Manager may be removed at any time by a Majority Vote of the Members. Any Manager may resign at any time by delivering his or her written resignation to the Members.

(c) Managers who are not employed by the Company, by a Member or by an Affiliate of a Member are to be reimbursed for all reasonable expenses incurred in connection with attending meetings of the Board and are to receive the fees, if any, that are approved from time to time by the Board.

4.2 Authority of the Board of Managers.

(a) Except as specifically reserved to the Members in this Agreement, the Board of Managers has all power and authority to manage, and direct the management of, the business and affairs of the Company in the ordinary course of its business. Except to the extent limited by Section 4.2(c) and Section 5.1(a), approval by or action taken by the Board of Managers in accordance with this Agreement is the approval or action of the Company and is binding on each Member.

(b) The Board of Managers may delegate to the Officers, other employees and agents of the Company the authority to conduct the business of the Company in the ordinary course, in accordance with this Agreement and any policy of delegation which may be adopted and revised from time to time by the Board of Managers. Any power not delegated by the Board of Managers remains with the Board of Managers.

(c) Any extraordinary transaction involving the Company or its business, including, without limitation, those identified in Section 5.1(a), must be approved by the Members.

4.3 Powers of the Board of Managers.

(a) Subject to the limitations imposed by the Act and the provisions of Section 4.3(b), the authority of the Board of Managers includes, without limitation, the power to:

(1) approve the annual operating and capital budgets and strategic plans of the Company;

(2) appoint or remove any Officer of the Company, establish compensation for each Officer of the Company, and establish, alter or amend the power and authority of any Officer of the Company;

(3) authorize any commitment for a capital expenditure;

(4) approve any obligation of the Company for borrowed money and make, issue, accept, endorse and execute promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange, letters of credit, guarantees and other instruments and evidences of indebtedness or of contingent liability and approve the granting of any security therefor;

(5) authorize any commitment relating to a loan by the Company to any Person or a guarantee by the Company of any obligation of any Person;

(6) authorize any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of any asset of the Company or any group of assets, except that Member approval is required under Section 5.1(a) for the disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company;

(7) approve the acquisition of any business or a business division from any Person whether by asset purchase or stock purchase, except that Member approval is required under Section 5.1(a) for an acquisition that would change the purpose of the Company’s business, as set forth in Section 1.3;

(8) approve any purchase or lease of real property;

(9) authorize the making, modification, amendment or termination of any agreement with any Member or any Affiliate of a Member;

(10) authorize any distribution to Members;

(11) make or modify any tax elections as the Board of Managers believes to be in the best interests of the Company and the Members;

(12) make any determination to indemnify any Person in connection with litigation occurring in the ordinary course of business if the Company is also a defendant but only so long as the individual being indemnified is also represented by the counsel that represents the Company;

(13) establish, amend or modify rules for the operation of the Board of Managers;

(14) approve any change of the location of the headquarters of the Company;

(15) approve any license or other grant of rights to or from the Company with respect to any patents, trademarks, trade names, service marks, know-how, trade secrets or other proprietary information;

(16) open, conduct and close checking, savings, custodial and other accounts on behalf of the Company in such banks or other financial institutions as the Board of Managers may select from time to time;

(17) negotiate, enter into, execute and exercise the Company’s rights under any and all contracts necessary, desirable or convenient with respect to its business and affairs;

(18) purchase or bear the cost of any insurance covering the potential liabilities of the Company, Members, any Officer or employee of the Company and any other Person acting on behalf of the Company;

(19) commence, defend or settle litigation pertaining to the Company, its business or assets, except that unless indemnification is authorized under the other

provisions of this Agreement the Company will not bear the expenses of any litigation brought against any Member or Manager acting in that capacity, any Officer or employee of the Company, or any other Person acting on behalf of the Company unless approved by the Members; and

(20) enter into, make and perform such contracts, agreements and other undertakings, to execute, acknowledge and deliver such instruments, and to do such other acts, as it considers necessary or advisable for, or as may be incidental to, the conduct of the business contemplated by this Section 4.3(a), including, without limitation, contracts, agreements, undertakings and transactions with any Member or Manager or with any other Person that is an Affiliate or that performs services for or has any business, financial, family or other relationship with any Member or Manager.

(b) None of the powers granted in Section 4.3(a) broaden or extend powers that are limited by other provisions of this Agreement.

4.4 Notice of Board Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Managers are to be held at such times and places as may be fixed by the Board of Managers. Special meetings of the Board may be called by the President or by any two members of the Board. Notice of the time and place of a special or regular meeting of the Board is effective if delivered to each member of the Board by hand, telecopy, telephone or e-mail at least 48 hours prior to the time of such special meeting. Notices of special meetings of the Board are to identify the purpose of the special meeting or the business to be transacted at the special meeting. The failure to specifically identify an action to be taken or business to be transacted does not invalidate any action taken or any business transacted at a special meeting.

4.5 Location of Board Meetings. Board meetings may be held at any location, within or without the United States. Members may participate in a meeting of the Board by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting is presence in person at the meeting.

4.6 Waiver of Notice of Meeting. Whenever notice of a Board meeting is required to be given, a written waiver of notice, signed by the Manager entitled to notice, whether before or after the time of the meeting, is equivalent to notice. A Manager’s attendance at a meeting is a waiver of notice of that meeting, except when the Manager attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

4.7 Required Vote. The vote of at least a majority of the Managers on the Board is approval by, or the authorization of, the Board. No Manager on the Board is disqualified from acting on any matter because the member is interested in the matter to be acted upon by the Board.

4.8 Voting; Proxies. Each Manager on the Board has one vote. A Manager has no power to authorize another person to vote on behalf of the Manager, whether by proxy or other power of attorney.

4.9 Written Actions of the Board. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board may be taken without a meeting if a majority of Managers on the Board consents thereto in writing.

4.10 Officers of the Company.

(a) The Officers of the Company are:


President and Chief Executive Officer		Rodney Mott
Chief Operating Officer		John Goodwin
Chief Financial Officer, Vice President and Secretary		Leonard Anthony
Vice President and Assistant Secretary		Gordon Spelich
Vice President and Assistant Secretary		Brian Kurtz
Vice President and Assistant Secretary		Lonnie Arnett
Vice President and General Manager		William McKenzie

The Company may have such additional Officers as are appointed, from time to time, by the Board of Managers.

(b) Each Officer serves until the earlier of his or her death, resignation or removal. An Officer may be removed at any time by the Board of Managers. Any Officer may resign at any time by delivering his or her written resignation to the Member.

(c) The Officers of the Company will have such authority and perform such duties as are customarily incident to their respective offices in a corporation, or as may be specified from time to time by the Board or by the other provisions of this Agreement, regardless whether such authority and duties are customarily incident to such office.

4.11 Duties of the Officers. In addition to obligations imposed by other provisions of this Agreement, each Officer is to devote to the Company such time as is reasonably necessary and his or her best efforts to carry out the business of the Company and to accomplish its purposes. The Officers, on behalf of the Company and at the expense of the Company, are to:

(a) arrange for the preparation of all necessary informational federal income tax forms on behalf of the Company and for the preparation and filing of any and all state and local income and franchise tax returns required to be filed by the Company;

(b) maintain and preserve during the term of the Company and for five years thereafter, or for such longer time as is necessary to determine the cost basis of the Company assets, at the Company’s office designated pursuant to Section 1.4 (or, if the Company has been terminated, at the location designated by the Board of Managers in written notice to the Members), complete and accurate books of account in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, a list of the names and addresses of each Member, copies of the Certificate of Formation, this Agreement, and copies of all financial statements and tax returns of the Company for the most recent five-year period during the term of the Company;

(c) execute, acknowledge and certify all documents and instruments and take or cause to be taken all actions which may be necessary or appropriate (i) for the continuation of the Company’s valid existence as a limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware and of each other jurisdiction in which such existence is necessary to protect the limited liability of the Members, (ii) to effectuate the provisions of this Agreement or (iii) to enable the Company to conduct its business;

(d) to the extent reasonably deemed necessary or appropriate by the Board of Managers, cause all persons dealing with the Company, the Board or any Officer, agent or employee of the Company acting on behalf of the Company, to be aware of the character of the Company as a limited liability company;

(e) conduct the affairs of the Company in compliance with the applicable laws and in the best interests of the Company and of the Members;

(f) not permit the use of Company funds or assets for other than the benefit of the Company and of the Members;

(g) hold all Company property in the Company name or, in the case of cash or cash equivalents, in one or more depository accounts as to which the Company is a beneficial owner; and

(h) use reasonable efforts not to cause the Company to incur debts or other liabilities or obligations beyond the Company’s ability to pay.

4.12 Standard of Care.

(a) Any Member and any Manager, Officer or employee of the Company in the performance of his, her or its duties, is entitled to rely in good faith on information, opinions, reports or other statements, including financial statements, books of account and other financial data, if prepared or presented by: (i) one or more Officers or employees of the Company if the person relying on the statements reasonably believes that the person preparing or presenting the material is reliable and competent in that matter or (ii) legal counsel, public accountants or other persons as to matters that the person relying on the statements reasonably believes are within the person’s professional or expert competence.

(b) Each Manager is to perform his, her or its duties as a Manager in good faith, in a manner he, she or it reasonably believes to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and with the care that an ordinarily prudent person in a similar position would use under similar circumstances.

(c) A Manager cannot be found to have violated Section 4.12(b) unless it is proved, by clear and convincing evidence, in an action brought against the Manager, that he, she or it has not met the standard of Section 4.12(b).

(d) A Manager is to be liable in damages for any action that he, she or it takes or fails to take as a Manager only if it is proved, by clear and convincing evidence, that his, her or its action or failure to act involved an act or omission undertaken with deliberate intent to

cause injury to the Company or undertaken with reckless disregard for the best interests of the Company.

ARTICLE 5. POWERS AND DUTIES OF AND
LIMITATIONS ON THE MEMBERS

5.1 Rights of the Members.

(a) The Company is not authorized to take any extraordinary action or to enter into an agreement for an extraordinary transaction without a Majority Vote of the Members. As used in this Agreement, “extraordinary action or transaction” includes, without limitation:

(i) any amendment to this Agreement (other than as expressly contemplated by Section 1.4);

(ii) any merger or consolidation in which the Company is a constituent entity;

(iii) the filing of a Bankruptcy petition by or on behalf of the Company;

(iv) the creation or issuance of new Interests, the redemption or repurchase of any Interest or the admission of a new Member (whether by purchase of new Interests or the Transfer of an outstanding Interest);

(v) a sale of all or substantially all the assets of the Company;

(vi) a sale or other disposition of assets or the purchase or other acquisition of assets that would substantially change the business of the Company;

(vii) granting indemnification of advancement of expenses to any Manager or Officer of the Company in connection with litigation other than suits in the ordinary course of business of the Company in which the Company is also named as a defendant;

(viii) the adoption, approval or termination of any individual or group employee retirement plan or any other welfare benefit plan or policy or any modifications thereto; and

(ix) the authorization of the creation of any subsidiaries or any other investment in, or the acquisition of stocks or bonds of, other Persons or any equity interest in any other Person.

(b) Each Member is also entitled to have such additional rights as are elsewhere provided in this Agreement or by mandatory requirements of applicable law.

5.2 Limitations on the Rights of the Members. Subject to any mandatory requirements of applicable law, no Member (in its capacity as a Member) has the right to take any part whatsoever in the management and control of the ordinary business of the Company,

sign for or bind the Company, compel a sale or appraisal of Company assets or sell or assign its Interest in the Company except as provided in this Agreement.

5.3 Limited Liability of the Members. Except for contributions specifically required under Section 3.1 or agreed to by a Member as contemplated by Section 3.1, no Member (solely in its capacity as a Member) has any obligation to contribute to the Company or any liability for any Company obligations. Any liability to return distributions made by the Company is limited to mandatory requirements of the Act or of any other applicable law.

ARTICLE 6. GENERAL PROVISIONS

6.1 Transfer Restriction. No Member may make a Transfer of all or part of its Interest or any interest therein, except as the Members may authorize under Section 5.1(a) and except through the delivery of an Interest Certificate. The Company is not to recognize any Transfer of an Interest in the Company otherwise than in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement. A transfer of an Interest shall be effective only upon the delivery of an Interest Certificate.

6.2 No Dissolution. No event that would cause a dissolution under the Act causes a dissolution of the Company.

6.3 No Withdrawal. No Member has any right to withdraw from the Company. No event that would constitute withdrawal of a Member under the Act is a withdrawal under this Agreement or will cause a dissolution of the Company.

6.4 Amendments.

(a) Any amendment to this Agreement that would further limit a Member’s ability to hold or make a Transfer of that Member’s Interest, is effective with respect to a Member only if the Member does not act to disapprove the amendment by returning, within 30 days after the request is made, an executed counterpart of a proposed consent to the amendment, indicating disapproval of the action;

(b) Except as stated in Section 6.4(a), any amendment to this Agreement is effective if approved by a Majority Vote.

6.5 Further Assurances. Each Member is to execute all documents and instruments necessary to evidence his, her or its approval of all actions, including, without limitation, amendments to this Agreement, taken or authorized by the Members by Majority Vote or otherwise as provided in this Agreement.

6.6 Notices. All notices to the Company are to be sent registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or by recognized overnight courier or facsimile addressed to the President of the Company at the Company’s principal place of business, with a copy to the Secretary of the Company at 3250 Interstate Drive, 2^nd Floor, Richfield, Ohio 44286-9000. All notices to a Member are to be sent addressed to such Member at the address as may be specified by the Member from time to time in a notice to the Company. All notices are effective the next

day, if sent by recognized overnight courier or facsimile, or five days after deposit in the United States mail, postage prepaid, properly addressed and return receipt requested.

6.7 Waiver. Each of the Members hereby irrevocably waives any and all rights, duties, obligations and benefits with respect to any action for partition of any Company assets or to compel any sale or appraisal of any Company assets or any deceased Member’s Interest therein. Further, all applicable rights, duties, benefits and obligations, including those relating to the appraisal, inventory or sale of Company assets or the sale of a deceased Member’s Interest therein, are hereby waived.

6.8 Whole Agreement. This Agreement together with any other agreements referenced herein contain the entire understanding between the parties and supersede any prior understanding and agreements between them respecting the within subject matter. There are no agreements, arrangements or understandings, oral or written, between or among the Members relating to the subject matter of this Agreement that are not set forth or expressly referred to in this Agreement.

6.9 Governing Law. This Agreement is governed by and is to be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to its rules concerning conflicts of laws.

6.10 Binding Nature. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, this Agreement is binding upon and inures to the benefit of the Members and their successors, personal representatives, heirs, devisees, guardians and assigns.

6.11 Invalidity. In the event that any provision of this Agreement is invalid, the validity of the remaining provisions of the Agreement are not in any way to be affected thereby.

6.12 Counterparts. This Agreement and any amendment to it may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which is an original and all of which constitute one agreement or amendment, as the case may be, whether or not all of the parties are signatories to the original or the same counterpart, or that signature pages from different counterparts are combined, and the signature of any party to any counterpart is a signature to and may be appended to any other counterpart.

6.13 Construction. The headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and do not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. All personal pronouns used in this Agreement, whether used in the masculine, feminine or neuter gender, include all other genders; the singular includes the plural and vice versa. “Includes” and “including” mean without limitation. Unless otherwise specifically stated, references to Sections or Articles refer to the Sections or Articles of this Agreement.

[Signatures on the Following Page]


ISG ACQUISITION INC.
By:	/s/ Gordon Spelich
	Name:	Gordon Spelich
	Title:	Vice President

ISG PLATE LLC
By:	/s/ Gordon Spelich
	Name:	Gordon Spelich
	Title:	Vice President