News Release

MRC Global Inc. Upsizes And Prices Public Offering Of Common Stock By Selling Stockholder

Nov 9 2012

HOUSTON, Nov. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MRC Global Inc. (NYSE:MRC) announced today that PVF Holdings LLC, the company's majority stockholder, has increased the size of its offering of the company's common stock from 17 million to 20 million shares and has agreed to sell these shares at a price of $22.00 per share in a registered underwritten public offering.  PVF Holdings LLC has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an aggregate of 3 million additional shares.  The company will not receive any of the proceeds of the offering. 

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

A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with, and declared effective by, the Securities and Exchange Commission.  The offering is being 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

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@mrcpvf.com
832-308-2845

Ken Dennard, Managing Partner
DRG&L
ksdennard@drg-l.com
713-529-6600

SOURCE MRC Global Inc.