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Cleveland-cliffs acquisitions, on the record

The businesses Cleveland-cliffs bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.

Deals its annual reports describe

Business	Deal	When	Value
FPT Word for word“On November 18, 2021, pursuant to the FPT Acquisition Agreement, we completed the FPT Acquisition, in which we were the acquirer.” 10-K for 2023	acquisition	November 18, 2021	—
closed coal mines in Pennsylvania Word for word“On October 6, 2023, we entered into a membership interest purchase agreement for the sale of the legal entities owning, among other things, our closed coal mines in Pennsylvania.” 10-K for 2023	divestiture	October 6, 2023	—
ArcelorMittal USA Word for word“AM USA Transaction The acquisition of ArcelorMittal USA, consummated on December 9, 2020” 10-K for 2023	acquisition	December 9, 2020	—
Stelco Holdings Inc. Word for word“On November 1, 2024, we completed the Stelco Acquisition.” 10-K for 2024	acquisition	On November 1, 2024	—
FPT Florida Word for word“A $53 million increase in proceeds from sale of business related to the sale of FPT Florida in the fourth quarter of 2025.” 10-K for 2025	divestiture	fourth quarter of 2025	—

As filedReported in the company's financial data (XBRL), each linked to its filing
Fiscal year ended	Cash received from selling businesses	Goodwill from acquisitions
2023-12-31	$35 million	—
2024-12-31	$0	$786 million
2025-12-31	$53 million	$16 million

Deal filings since 2016

2025-10-10 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2025-09-08 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2025-02-06 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2024-11-01 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
2024-10-22 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2024-09-13 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2024-08-16 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2024-07-15 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2024-03-18 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2023-06-09 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2023-04-14 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2021-12-23 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2021-02-17 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2020-12-09 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2020-12-09 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
2020-09-28 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2020-06-19 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2020-04-24 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2020-04-17 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2020-04-02 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2020-03-16 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2020-03-13 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2020-03-13 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
2019-12-04 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
2019-05-14 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2018-03-01 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2017-12-19 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2017-08-07 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2017-02-27 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2016-06-03 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2016-03-02 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

Read from Cleveland-cliffs’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-02-09. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.