HOUSTON, March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- MRC Global Inc. (NYSE:MRC) announced today that PVF Holdings LLC, the company's majority stockholder, has commenced a registered underwritten public offering of 17 million shares of the company's common stock.  PVF Holdings LLC has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an aggregate of 2.55 million additional shares.  The company will not receive any of the proceeds of the offering.

Goldman, Sachs & Co., Barclays and Baird are serving as joint-bookrunning managers for the offering.  BofA Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo Securities and Stephens Inc. are serving as lead managers.  Raymond James, KeyBanc Capital Markets and William Blair are serving as co-managers.

An automatic shelf registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and became effective upon such filing.  The offering will be made only by means of a prospectus and related prospectus supplement, copies of which may be obtained from:

Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Attn: Prospectus Department
200 West Street, New York, NY 10282
Telephone: 866-471-2526
Email: prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com

Barclays
c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions
1155 Long Island Ave.
Edgewood, NY 11717
Telephone: 888-603-5847
Email: barclaysprospectus@broadridge.com

Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated
Attn: Syndicate Department
777 E. Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Telephone: 800-792-2473
Email: syndicate@rwbaird.com

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any state or jurisdiction.

Contacts:

James E. Braun, EVP & Chief Financial Officer
MRC Global Inc.
Jim.Braun@mrcglobal.com
832-308-2845

Ken Dennard, Managing Partner
Dennard - Lascar Associates
ken@dennardlascar.com
713-529-6600

SOURCE MRC Global Inc.