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The Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company401(k)

SAVINGS PLAN FOR HOURLY EMPLOYEES OF EMPIRE IRON M TILDEN MINING COMPANY, L.C. AND THE CLEVELAND-CLIF · CLEVELAND, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.01%

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

The Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company reported $12,864 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.01% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $319 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 0.02% to 0.01%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other mining, oil & gas extraction employers. By assets it is the 300th-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and the 90th of 612 in mining, oil & gas extraction. In 2024, employees put in $23.57 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$133,202,176
Participants with balances692
Active participants750
Employer contributions$239,266
Employee contributions$5,639,211
Employer contribution per active participant$319
Average account balance$192,489
Benefits paid to participants$12,370,549
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$133.2M · 692 accts · $239K emplr
2023$119.9M · 674 accts · $139K emplr
2022$103.0M · 681 accts · $77K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Investment management$3,564
Audit (IQPA)$9,300
Total administrative$12,864
The The Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$319
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$319 per active participant
2023$178 per active participant
2022$101 per active participant

The Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 median for plans its size, in the bottom quarter of its peers. 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20242
MEADEN AND MOORE, LTD · Accounting / audit$9,300
FIDELITY INV INST OPERATIONS CO · Loan processingindirect comp

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$12,864 · 0.01%
2023$20,158 · 0.02%
2022$20,254 · 0.02%
Same employer
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Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. OH$255.2M · 0.04%
Covia Holdings LLC OH$247.1M · 0.08%
Northshore Mining Company OH$145.5M · 0.05%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 340677332 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.