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Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. Announces Proposed Offering of $275,000,000 of Convertible Senior Notes due 2025

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December 04, 2017
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CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. (NYSE: CLF) (“Cliffs” or the “Company”) announced today that it intends to offer to sell, subject to market and other conditions, $275.0 million aggregate principal amount of its convertible senior notes due 2025 (the “Convertible Notes”) (or up to an aggregate of $316.25 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes if the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option in full) in a registered public offering. The Convertible Notes are expected to mature on January 15, 2025, unless earlier repurchased, redeemed or converted. The Convertible Notes will be convertible at the option of the holders in certain circumstances and during certain periods into cash, common shares or a combination thereof, at the Company’s election. The interest rate, conversion rate and other terms of the Convertible Notes will be determined at the time of pricing of the Convertible Notes offering.

The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering of the Convertible Notes, along with the net proceeds from its concurrent secured notes offering, to finance a substantial portion of its hot briquetted iron (“HBI”) capital project and for general corporate purposes.

The Convertible Notes offering and the concurrent offering of secured notes are not contingent upon one another.

BofA Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank Securities and Jefferies are acting as joint book-running managers for the Convertible Notes offering.

A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and is effective. The Convertible Notes offering will be made only by means of a prospectus supplement and an accompanying prospectus. Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to the Convertible Notes offering may be obtained for free by visiting the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, copies may be obtained by contacting BofA Merrill Lynch, NC1-004-03-43, 200 North College Street, 3rd floor, Charlotte, NC 28255-0001, Attn: Prospectus Department, Email: [e-mail] or Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC at 200 West Street, New York, NY 10282, Attention: Prospectus Department, via telephone at [phone], or by emailing [e-mail].

This news release does not constitute an offer to purchase securities or a solicitation of an offer to sell any securities or an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to purchase any securities, nor does it constitute an offer or solicitation in any jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful.

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