{"url_path":"/sec/clf/8-k/2026-05-20/item-5-07","section_key":"item-5-07","section_title":"Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-05-20","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764065/0000764065-26-000086-index.html","accession_number":"0000764065-26-000086","cik":"0000764065","ticker":"CLF","issuer_name":"CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764065/0000764065-26-000086-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0000764065","primary_entity_name":"CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC."},"word_count":357,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 5.07.Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.\n\nThe Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. (the “Company”) was held on May 14, 2026. The final voting results for the proposals submitted for a vote of shareholders at the Annual Meeting are set forth below.\n\nAs of March 16, 2026, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 570,396,523 common shares of the Company entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. Each such share was entitled to one vote. There were present at the Annual Meeting, in person or by proxy, holders of 438,875,947 common shares representing more than a majority of the voting power and constituting a quorum.\n\nAt the Annual Meeting, the shareholders voted on the following items:\n\nProposal No. 1: Election of Directors\n\nAll 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:\n\nNOMINEESFORWITHHELDBROKER\nNON-VOTES\n\nLourenco Goncalves325,012,84112,433,346101,429,760\n\nRalph S. Michael, III323,157,42014,288,767101,429,760\n\nJohn T. Baldwin324,604,47712,841,710101,429,760\n\nRon A. Bloom328,361,4949,084,693101,429,760\n\nEdilson T. Camara328,766,0348,680,153101,429,760\n\nJane M. Cronin330,193,0017,253,186101,429,760\n\nBen Oren328,724,3838,721,804101,429,760\n\nArlene M. Yocum329,777,7627,668,425101,429,760\n\nProposal No. 2: Approval, on an Advisory Basis, of our Named Executive Officers' Compensation\n\nThis 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. The voting results were as follows:\n\nFOR283,241,027 \n\nAGAINST52,583,706 \n\nABSTAIN1,621,454 \n\nBROKER NON-VOTES101,429,760 \n\n2\n\nProposal No. 3: Ratification of the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2026\n\nThis 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. The voting results were as follows:\n\nFOR427,885,151 \n\nAGAINST9,601,163 \n\nABSTAIN1,389,633 \n\n3\n\nSIGNATURES\n\nPursuant 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.\n\nCLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.\n\nDate:May 20, 2026By:/s/ James D. Graham\n\nName:James D. Graham\n\nTitle:Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Administrative Officer & Secretary\n\n4"}