Cleveland, Ohio-Based Cleveland-Cliffs' Top-Tier Executives Average Annual Pay and Benefits Increase Was a Blistering 23.4% Per Year During the Past Five Years

From Company Proxy Statement filings with the SEC, below are Cleveland Cliffs' Top-Tier Executives Annual Total Compensation for each of two consecutive full years of employment for the most recent five years.

	FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE
	Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec
Cleveland-Cliffs	2018	2017		2017	2016		2016	2015		2015	2014		2014	2013
Top-Tier	Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total
Executive	Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp
	$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s
Goncalves CEO	15,444	23,562		23,562	9,536		9,536	11,114		N/A	N/A
Flanagan CFO	2,096	2,194
Fedor EVP US Iron Ore	2,406	2,628		2,628	1,621		1,621	1,888
Harapiak Chief Admin Officer	2,412	2,390		2,390	1,476		1,476	1,841
Smith EVP Business Development	2,392	2,659		2,659	1,666		1,666	1,892		1,892	2,944
Tompkins Former COO				4,316	2,174		2,174	2,542		2,542	2,252		2,252	1,985
Paradie Former CFO										N/A	N/A		2,668	1,157
Webb Former EVP Global Coal										N/A	N/A
Halverson Former CEO													N/A	N/A
Totals	24,750	33,433		35,555	16,473		16,473	19,277		4,434	5,196		4,920	3,142
Annual % Change vs Prior Year	-26.0%			115.8%			-14.5%			-14.7%			56.6%
5 Year Average Per Year % Change		23.4%