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*** Exercise Your Right to Vote ***

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Shareholder Meeting to Be Held on <mtgdate>. January 14, 2015

COMMERCIAL METALS COMPANY

Meeting Information

Meeting Type: Annual<mtgtype>Meeting

For holders as of: November<recdate>24, 2014

Date: January 14, 2015 Time: 10:00<mtgtime>AM CST

Location: Commercial Metals Company

CMC Hall

6565 North MacArthur Boulevard

9th Floor

Irving, Texas 75039

COMMERCIAL METALS COMPANY

C/O BROADRIDGE CORPORATE ISSUER SOLUTIONS P.O. BOX 1342 BRENTWOOD, NY 11717

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Voting items

The Board of Directors recommends you vote

FOR ALL the following:

1. Election of Directors

Nominees

01 Joseph Alvarado 02 Anthony A. Massaro 03 Joseph Winkler

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposals 2 and 3.

2 RATIFICATION OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM Vote to ratify the appointment of Deloitte &

Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the 2015 fiscal year.

3 ADVISORY VOTE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION Vote to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the

Company’s named executive officers.

The Board of Directors recommends you vote AGAINST the following proposal:

4 Stockholder proposal on sustainability reporting.

NOTE: The proxyholders are authorized to vote in their discretion upon such other business as may properly come

before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.P

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