8-K

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 – January 22, 2008

(Date of Earliest Event Reported)

AK STEEL HOLDING CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Commission File No. 1-13696

Delaware	31-1401455
(State of Incorporation)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
9227 Centre Pointe Drive, West Chester, OH	45069
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (513) 425-5000

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

AK Steel Holding Corporation is hereby furnishing the following information under Regulation FD:

On January 22, 2008, AK Steel Corporation issued a press release, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit No. 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein, announcing that its board of directors has authorized the company to make an early $75 million contribution to its pension trust fund.

Item 9.01	Financial Statements and Exhibits.
	(d)	Exhibit:
		99.1	Press Release issued on January 22, 2008

SIGNATURES

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.

	AK STEEL HOLDING CORPORATION
	By:	/s/ David C. Horn
		David C. Horn
		Secretary
Dated: January 22, 2008

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release issued on January 22, 2008

EX-99.1

 

	Exhibit 99.1   News Release
Contacts:   Media – Alan H. McCoy, Vice President, Government & Public Relations (513) 425-2826 Investors – Albert E. Ferrara, Jr., Vice President, Finance & CFO (513) 425-2888

AK Steel To Make Early $75 Million Pension Trust Fund Contribution

West Chester, OH, January 22, 2008 — AK Steel (NYSE: AKS) said that its board of directors has authorized the company to make an early $75 million contribution to its pension trust fund.  The early payment is expected to satisfy approximately one-half of the company’s total pension funding obligation for 2008.

Today’s announced contribution, which will be made during the 2008 first quarter, will bring AK Steel’s total early pension contributions since 2005 to $684 million.

“Since the dramatic improvement of AK Steel’s financial performance, beginning late in 2003, we have embraced pension funding as one of our highest priorities,” said James L. Wainscott, chairman, president and CEO.  “We are proud that, in an industry known for broken pension promises, AK Steel has never walked away from its pension obligations to its 32,000 retirees.”

About AK Steel

AK Steel produces flat-rolled carbon, stainless and electrical steels, primarily for automotive, appliance, construction and electrical power generation and distribution markets.  The company employs about 6,500 men and women in Middletown, Mansfield, Coshocton and Zanesville, Ohio; Butler, Pennsylvania; Ashland, Kentucky; Rockport, Indiana; and its corporate headquarters in West Chester, Ohio.  Additional information about AK Steel is available on the company’s web site at www.aksteel.com.

AK Tube LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of AK Steel, employs about 300 men and women in plants in Walbridge, Ohio and Columbus, Indiana.  AK Tube produces carbon and stainless electric resistance welded (ERW) tubular steel products for truck, automotive and other markets.  Additional information about AK Tube LLC is available on its web site at www.aktube.com.

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