4 1 0001.txt FORM 4 - JANUARY 31, 2001 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 McGlothlin, James W. 1000 Urban Center Drive, Suite 300 Birmingham, AL 35242 USA 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 January 31, 2001 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) (X) Director ( ) 10% Owner ( ) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below) 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 |01/16/|J | |571 |A |1.7500 |3,571 |D | | |01 | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | |2,599,633 |I |Control of United Entities | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | |25,000 |I |Owned by Spouse | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | | |0 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Right to Buy | | | | | | | | | | | |5,000 |D | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Stock Options | | | | | | | | | | | |5000 |D | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Phantom Stock Units | | | | | | | | | | | |5,264.14 |D | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|
Explanation of Responses: J = Stock awarded in payment of meeting fees SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON **Catherine W. Pecher is the Reporting Agent DATE February 8, 2001