-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Jhsugmip0WlFZmAJrZLb1c9ksTOH0P5FxukIbrhMH3SzFHy5ThRIFQu+EpwgSz9G bZe2lULTMWIPvWtINfXW5A== 0001299933-06-002004.txt : 20060316 0001299933-06-002004.hdr.sgml : 20060316 20060316110611 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001299933-06-002004 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20060314 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20060316 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060316 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CLEVELAND CLIFFS 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: 06690461 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1100 SUPERIOR AVE 18TH FLR CITY: CLEVELAND STATE: OH ZIP: 44114 BUSINESS PHONE: 2166945700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 SUPERIOR AVE STREET 2: 18TH FLOOR CITY: CLEVELAND STATE: OH ZIP: 44114 8-K 1 htm_10992.htm LIVE FILING Cleveland-Cliffs Inc (Form: 8-K)  

 

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):   March 14, 2006

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     
Ohio 1-8944 34-1464672
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(State or other jurisdiction 		_____________
(Commission 		______________
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
      
1100 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio   44114-2589
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(Address of principal executive offices) 		  ___________
(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   216-694-5700

Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report

 

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:

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[  ]  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 8.01 Other Events.

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc published a news release dated March 14, 2006 as follows:

Cleveland-Cliffs Declares Dividend on Preferred Stock

Cleveland, OH—March 14, 2006—Cleveland-Cliffs Inc (NYSE: CLF) today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a scheduled dividend payment on the Company’s 3.25% Redeemable Cumulative Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock. A cash payment of $8.125 per share will be payable on April 17, 2006, to Preferred Stock shareholders of record on April 1, 2006.

The conversion rate of this preferred stock, which is adjusted to reflect cash dividends paid to holders of Cleveland-Cliffs common shares, changed effective February 17, 2006, and is currently 32.6652 common shares per share of preferred stock.

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, is the largest producer of iron ore pellets in North America and sells the majority of its pellets to integrated steel companies in the United States and Canada. Cleveland-Cl iffs Inc operates a total of six iron ore mines located in Michigan, Minnesota and Eastern Canada. The Company is majority owner of Portman Limited, the third-largest iron ore mining company in Australia, serving the Asian iron ore markets with direct-shipping fines and lump ore.


SOURCE: Cleveland-Cliffs Inc

CONTACT: Media: 1-216-694-4870
Financial Community: 1-800-214-0739, or 1-216-694-5459

News releases and other information on the Company are available on the Internet at:
http://www.cleveland-cliffs.com





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.

         
    Cleveland-Cliffs Inc
          
March 16, 2006   By:   George W. Hawk, Jr.
       
        Name: George W. Hawk, Jr.
        Title: General Counsel and Secretary
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