<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000764065-16-000203.txt : 20160302
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000764065-16-000203
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20160302
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160302
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160302

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:		161475624

	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
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style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td width="16%"></td><td width="84%"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Item&#160;1.01.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Entry into a Material 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The 1.5 Lien Notes were issued on March 2, 2016 in exchange offers, which were exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 (the&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Securities Act</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;), for certain of the Company&#8217;s existing senior notes. The 1.5 Lien Notes have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;">The 1.5 Lien Notes bear interest at a rate of 8.000% per annum. Interest on the 1.5 Lien Notes is payable semi-annually in arrears on March 31 and September 30 of each year, commencing on September 30, 2016. The 1.5 Lien Notes mature on September 30, 2020 and are secured senior obligations of the Company. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;">The 1.5 Lien Notes are jointly and severally and fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior secured basis by substantially all of the Company&#8217;s material domestic subsidiaries and are secured (subject in each case to certain exceptions and permitted liens) on (a) a junior first-priority basis by the notes collateral of the Company, which secures the Company&#8217;s 8.250% senior first lien notes due 2020 (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">First Lien Notes</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) obligations on a senior first-priority basis, the Company&#8217;s 7.750% senior second lien notes due 2020 (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Second Lien Notes</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) obligations on a second-priority basis and the Company&#8217;s senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility dated March 30, 2015 (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">ABL</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) obligations on a third-priority basis, and (b) a junior second-priority basis by the ABL collateral of the Company, which secures the Company&#8217;s ABL obligations on a first-priority basis, the First Lien Notes obligations on a senior second-priority basis and the Second Lien Notes obligations on a third-priority basis.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;">The terms of the 1.5 Lien Notes are governed by the 1.5 Lien Notes Indenture. The 1.5 Lien Notes Indenture contains customary covenants that, among other things, limit the Company&#8217;s and its subsidiaries&#8217; ability to incur certain secured indebtedness, create liens on principal property and the capital stock or debt of a subsidiary that owns a principal property, use proceeds of dispositions of collateral, enter into certain sale and leaseback transactions, merge or consolidate with another company and transfer or sell all or substantially all of the Company&#8217;s assets. Upon the occurrence of a &#8220;change of control triggering event,&#8221; as defined in the 1.5 Lien Notes Indenture, the Company is required to offer to repurchase the applicable series of 1.5 Lien Notes at 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus any accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the repurchase date. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;">The Company may redeem any of the 1.5 Lien Notes beginning on September 30, 2017. The initial redemption price is 104.000% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date. The redemption price will decline after September 30, 2017 and will be 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued interest, beginning on September 30, 2019. 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