# Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC DB Plan
Source: https://planprovider.pro/companies/cleveland-cliffs-steel-llc-plan-009

> Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC's DB plan: 738 participants, plan year 2024 financials, providers, and benchmarks from Form 5500.

Form 5500 filing data for plan year 2024.

## Plan Snapshot

- **Plan Sponsor:** Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC

- **Sponsor EIN:** 710871875

- **Sponsor Address:** 1 SOUTH DEARBORN, 19TH FLOOR, CHICAGO, IL, 60603

- **Plan Type:** DB

- **Total Participants:** 738

- **Total Assets:** $2.0B

## Key Plan Design Features

- **Auto-Enrollment:** No

- **Auto-Escalation:** No

- **Allows Roth Contributions:** No

- **Participant Loans:** No

- **Participant-Directed Investments:** No

- **ERISA Section 404(c) Fiduciary Safe Harbor:** No

## Plan Financials by Year

| Year|Participants|Total Assets|Employer Contrib.|Employee Contrib.|

| 2024|738|$2.0B|$42.3M|$0|

| 2023|853|$2.1B|$35.1M|$0|

| 2022|982|$2.1B|$0|$0|

## Service Providers (Schedule C)

Vendors paid $5,000 or more for services to the plan, ranked by total compensation (direct + indirect fees).

| Provider Name|
Role|
Direct Compensation|
Indirect Compensation|
Total Fees|

| BNY MELLON|NONE|$3,647,347|—|$3,647,347|

| WILLIS TOWERS WATSON|NONE|$1,755,935|—|$1,755,935|

| AON|NONE|$191,295|—|$191,295|

| ARES PATHFINDER|NONE|$118,845|—|$118,845|

| PIMCO TACTICAL OPPORTUNITY OFFSHORE|NONE|$72,079|—|$72,079|

| VEDDER PRICE PC|LEGAL|$61,848|—|$61,848|

| OCM OPPORTUNITIES FUND IX LP|NONE|$38,637|—|$38,637|

| GRANT THORNTON|AUDITOR|$32,550|—|$32,550|

| MEADEN & MOORE, LTD.|Auditor|$32,550|—|$32,550|

### Verified Provider Profiles

Direct links to verified profiles of matched retirement plan providers on PlanProvider.Pro:

- [WILLIS TOWERS WATSON](https://planprovider.pro/provider/lincoln-financial-group) — NONE

- [AON](https://planprovider.pro/provider/alight-solutions) — NONE

- [VEDDER PRICE PC](https://planprovider.pro/provider/vedder-price-pc) — LEGAL

- [GRANT THORNTON](https://planprovider.pro/provider/grant-thornton-llp) — AUDITOR

- [MEADEN & MOORE, LTD.](https://planprovider.pro/provider/meaden-and-moore-ltd) — Auditor

## Plan Fees & Expenses

Annual service provider fees and administrative expenses sourced from DOL Form 5500 filings.

- **Total Service Provider Fees:** $5,951,086

- **Estimated Expense Ratio:** 0.298% of plan assets

### Historical Administrative Expenses

Breakdown of administrative expense categories reported on Form 5500 filings.

| Year|
Total Admin Expenses|
Investment Mgmt Fees|
Contract Admin Fees|
IQPA Audit Fees|
Professional Fees|

| 2024|$14,522,011|$221,385|$191,295|$32,550|—|

| 2023|$12,326,000|—|$2,183,000|$28,000|—|

| 2022|$8,156,000|—|—|—|—|

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