0000764065-16-000247.txt : 20160609 0000764065-16-000247.hdr.sgml : 20160609 20160609163150 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000764065-16-000247 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20160607 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20160609 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160609 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CLIFFS NATURAL RESOURCES INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000764065 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: METAL MINING [1000] IRS NUMBER: 341464672 STATE OF INCORPORATION: OH FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-08944 FILM NUMBER: 161706349 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 200 PUBLIC SQUARE STREET 2: STE. 3300 CITY: CLEVELAND STATE: OH ZIP: 44114-2315 BUSINESS PHONE: 216-694-5700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 200 PUBLIC SQUARE STREET 2: STE. 3300 CITY: CLEVELAND STATE: OH ZIP: 44114-2315 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CLEVELAND CLIFFS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 8-K 1 a20160607-8xkxessarsteelal.htm 8-K Document




UNITED STATES
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 (Date of earliest event reported): June 7, 2016
 
Cliffs Natural Resources Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ohio
 
1-8944
 
34-1464672
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification Number)
 
 
200 Public Square, Suite 3300
Cleveland, Ohio
 
 
 
44114-2315
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
 
 
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (216) 694-5700
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


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Item 8.01.
Other Events.
On June 7, 2016, the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware under Chapter 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, confirmed the May 27, 2016, Order of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice approving the settlement between Essar Steel Algoma Inc. (“Essar”) and The Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company, Northshore Mining Company and Cliffs Mining Company (collectively, “Cliffs”). These orders approve the reinstatement of the Pellet Sale and Purchase Agreement dated and effective as of January 31, 2002, as amended (the “Agreement”). The Agreement will resume in full on January 1, 2017, with Cliffs supplying a significant portion of Essar’s 2016 requirements beginning July 2016. The Agreement extends to 2024. Essar continues to be under the protection of the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act in the Ontario Superior Court.





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.

 
 
 
 
 
 
Cliffs Natural Resources Inc.
 
 
 
 
Date:
June 9, 2016
By:
/s/ James D. Graham
 
 
 
Name: James D. Graham
 
 
 
Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary