UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K/A
(Amendment No. 1)
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 25, 2017
Cliffs Natural Resources 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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Explanatory Note
This Current Report on Form 8-K/A (the "Amendment") is being filed as an amendment to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (the "Company") on April 27, 2017 (the "Original Form 8-K"). The Original Form 8-K was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to report the results of the matters submitted to a vote of the shareholders at the Company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders, held on April 25, 2017 (the "Annual Meeting"). The sole purpose of this Amendment is to update disclosures made under Item 5.07, Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders in the Original Form 8-K. Except as set forth herein, no other modifications have been made to the Original Form 8-K.
Item 5.07.
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

As previously disclosed in the Original Form 8-K, at the Annual Meeting, 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. In accordance with this result and its previous recommendation (as set forth in the definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting filed with the SEC on March 15, 2017), the Board of Directors determined that the Company will hold advisory say-on-pay votes on named executive officer compensation on an annual basis until the next required vote on the frequency of such say-on-pay votes or until the Board determines that it is in the best interest of the Company to hold such vote with a different frequency.





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.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cliffs Natural Resources Inc.
 
 
 
 
Date:
August 14, 2017
By:
/s/ James D. Graham
 
 
 
Name: James D. Graham
 
 
 
Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary