4 1 0001.txt FORM 4 - JULY 31, 2000 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 4 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP ( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b). 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person Oakes, Philip L. 1000 Urban Center Drive, Suite 300 Birmingham, AL 35242 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Birmingham Steel Corporation BIR 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) 4. Statement for Month/Year July 31, 2000 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) ( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below) Vice President - Human Resources 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1. Title of Security |2. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect | | Transaction | or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership | | | | | Beneficially |(D)or | | | | | | | A/| | Owned at |Indir | | | Date |Code|V| Amount | D | Price | End of Month |ect(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Birmingham Steel Corporatio| | | | | | | | | | n | | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Common Stock | | | | | | |1,571 |D | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 401(k) Plan 06/30/00 |06/30/|A |V|2.29 |D |$3.8750 |82.35 |I |Held in Trust | |00 | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Restricted Stock 12/31/99 | | | | | | |1,933 |D | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1.Title of Derivative |2.Con- |3. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of| Security |version |Transaction | rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect | |or Exer | | | rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial | |cise | | | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership | |Price of| | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | | |Deriva- | | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind| | |tive | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | |Owned at |ire| | |Secu- | | | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |End of |ct | | |rity |Date |Code|V| Amount | |ble | | | |Month |(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| | | | | | | | | | | | |15,000 |D | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | |3,000 |D | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | |25,000 |D | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | |10,000 |D | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | |62,000 |D | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|
Explanation of Responses: SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON **Catherine W. Pecher is the Reporting Person DATE August 7, 2000