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Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.401(k)

CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC. & ITS ASSOCIATED EMPLOYERS SALARIED EMPLOYEES SAVINGS PLAN · CLEVELAND, OH · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.04%

Peer grade: B+ · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. reported $86,331 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.04% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,412 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 2 years on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.05% to 0.03%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 9,317 comparable plans and shown alongside other mining, oil & gas extraction employers. By assets it is the 172nd-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and the 56th of 612 in mining, oil & gas extraction. In 2023, employees put in $3.30 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 709 to 1,355 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$255,213,735
Participants with balances1,655
Active participants1,355
Employer contributions$3,267,688
Employee contributions$10,788,092
Employer contribution per active participant$2,412
Average account balance$154,208
Benefits paid to participants$18,544,233
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$241.3M · 1,125 accts · $3.0M emplr
2023$255.2M · 1,655 accts · $3.3M emplr
2022$182.2M · 1,084 accts · $2.5M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$11,547
Investment management$60,684
Audit (IQPA)$14,100
Total administrative$86,331
The Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$2,412
Median for plans this size$3,659
2024$3,872 per active participant
2023$2,412 per active participant
2022$3,576 per active participant

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran below the $3,659 median for plans its size. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20234
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC · Investment advisory (plan)$41,518
FIDUCIENT ADVISORS · Investment advisory (plan)$19,031
MEADEN & MOORE, LTD · Accounting / audit$14,100
FIDELITY INV INST OPERATIONS CO · Loan processing$11,547

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Administrative cost history3
2024$76,417 · 0.03%
2023$86,331 · 0.04%
2022$99,358 · 0.05%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 341464672 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.