---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000764065-23-000113"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CLF"
cik: "0000764065"
company_name: "CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC."
filed_at: "2023-05-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T20:18:05.852080+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cleveland-Cliffs shareholders elect all director nominees at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- All 10 director nominees elected with 'FOR' votes ranging from 300.9M to 310.1M.
- Advisory say-on-pay proposal approved with 92.6% FOR votes (290.9M FOR, 23.2M AGAINST).
- Shareholders voted for an EVERY YEAR frequency for future say-on-pay votes (299.5M for 1 year).
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as independent auditor for 2023 passed with 400.5M FOR votes.
- Annual meeting held May 17, 2023; quorum of 405.5M shares present.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000764065-23-000113
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CLF
- cik: 0000764065
- company_name: CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.
- filed_at: 2023-05-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764065/000076406523000113/0000764065-23-000113-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764065/000076406523000113/clf-20230517.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: Proposal No. 1: Election of Directors
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764065/000076406523000113/0000764065-23-000113-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC. shareholders approved Approval, on an Advisory Basis, of our Named Executive Officers' Compensation at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: Proposal No. 2: Approval, on an Advisory Basis, of our Named Executive Officers' Compensation
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764065/000076406523000113/0000764065-23-000113-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC. shareholders approved Approval, on an Advisory Basis, of the Frequency of Future Shareholder Votes on our Named Executive Officers' Compensation at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: Proposal No. 3: Approval, on an Advisory Basis, of the Frequency of Future Shareholder Votes on our Named Executive Officers' Compensation
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764065/000076406523000113/0000764065-23-000113-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC. shareholders approved Ratification of the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2023 at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: Proposal No. 4: Ratification of the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764065/000076406523000113/0000764065-23-000113-index.htm

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