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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): December 5, 2017
Cleveland-Cliffs 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.
Secured Notes Offering
On December 5, 2017, Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. (the “Company”) announced that it had priced its previously announced private offering of $400.0 million aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes due 2024 (the “Secured Notes”). The Secured Notes will bear interest at an annual rate of 4.875% and will be issued at a price of 99.347% of their principal amount. The Company expects to close the offering of the Secured Notes on December 19, 2017, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering of the Secured Notes, along with the net proceeds from its previously announced concurrent convertible notes offering, to finance a substantial portion of its hot briquetted iron (“HBI”) capital project and for general corporate purposes. The Secured Notes offering and the concurrent convertible notes offering are not contingent upon one another.
This announcement was contained in a press release, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
This Current Report on Form 8-K does not constitute an offer to purchase, nor a solicitation of an offer to sell, the Secured Notes or any other securities. The Secured Notes have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements.

Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)Exhibits.
 
 
 
Exhibit
Number
 
Description
 
 
99.1
 
Press release announcing pricing of secured notes offering, dated December 5, 2017





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.
 
 
 
 
Date:
December 5, 2017
By:
/s/ James D. Graham
 
 
Name:
James D. Graham
 
 
Title:
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary





EXHIBIT INDEX
 
 
 
Exhibit
Number
 
Description
 
 
 
Press release announcing pricing of secured notes offering, dated December 5, 2017