---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000764065-23-000151"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "CLF"
cik: "0000764065"
company_name: "CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC."
filed_at: "2023-09-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T16:57:28.126961+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cleveland-Cliffs board adopts annual say-on-pay votes after shareholder vote

## Summary
- At May 17, 2023 annual meeting, shareholders voted for annual say-on-pay frequency.
- Board of Directors determined company will hold advisory say-on-pay votes annually.
- Decision effective until next required frequency vote or Board decides otherwise.
- This 8-K/A amends the original May 19, 2023 filing solely to update this disclosure.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000764065-23-000151
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: CLF
- cik: 0000764065
- company_name: CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.
- filed_at: 2023-09-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764065/000076406523000151/0000764065-23-000151-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764065/000076406523000151/clf-20230517.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000764065-23-000151
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000764065-23-000151.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000764065-23-000151.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC. shareholders approved Non-binding advisory vote on the frequency of the advisory vote on the compensation paid to the Company's named executive officers at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: in a non-binding advisory vote on the frequency of the advisory vote on the compensation paid to the Company's named executive officers ("say-on-pay") the Company’s shareholders voted in favor of holding say-on-pay votes annually
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764065/000076406523000151/0000764065-23-000151-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.