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Cliffs Natural announces debt reduction and elimination of quarterly dividend

Cliffs Natural Resources announced that during the Q4 of FY14 and the beginning of January 2015, the Company reduced its net debt balance by more than $400M. This accelerated debt reduction was achieved through the repayment of short-term debt as well as the repurchase of more than $200M aggregate principal amount of senior notes in the open market at an average discount of 34% to par, capturing a total discount of approximately $70M. The sources of funds to execute the accelerated debt reduction program were cash from operations generated during the Q4 of 2014 and net proceeds from the sale of Cliffs Logan County Coal. In addition, the Cliffs' Board of Directors has decided to eliminate the quarterly dividend of 15c per share on Cliffs' common shares. The decision is applicable to the Q1 and all subsequent quarters