---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000764065-26-000086"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CLF"
cik: "0000764065"
company_name: "CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC."
filed_at: "2026-05-20T20:44:57+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T20:48:45.077081+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cleveland-Cliffs annual meeting results: all director nominees elected, say-on-pay and auditor ratified

## Summary
- All 8 director nominees elected with 325M-330M votes for; broker non-votes of ~101M on each.
- Advisory say-on-pay passed with 283.2M For, 52.6M Against, 1.6M Abstain.
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as auditor for 2026 passed with 427.9M For, 9.6M Against, 1.4M Abstain.
- Meeting held May 14, 2026; quorum of 438.9M shares (77% of outstanding) represented.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000764065-26-000086
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CLF
- cik: 0000764065
- company_name: CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.
- filed_at: 2026-05-20T20:44:57+00:00
- event_type: other
- 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/764065/000076406526000086/0000764065-26-000086-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764065/000076406526000086/clf-20260514.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  source text: Proposal No. 1: Election of Directors All of the Company's nominees were elected as directors by the votes indicated below for a term that will expire on the date of the Company's 2027 annual meeting of shareholders
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764065/000076406526000086/0000764065-26-000086-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC. shareholders approved Approval, on an Advisory Basis, of our Named Executive Officers' Compensation at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  source text: Proposal No. 2: Approval, on an Advisory Basis, of our Named Executive Officers' Compensation This proposal received an affirmative vote of more than a majority of the shares present, in person or represented by proxy, at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764065/000076406526000086/0000764065-26-000086-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 2026 at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  source text: Proposal No. 3: Ratification of the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2026 This proposal received an affirmative vote of more than a majority of the shares present, in person or represented by proxy, at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764065/000076406526000086/0000764065-26-000086-index.htm

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