皇冠体育2016年2月29日/美通社/——Cliffs Natural Resources Inc.（纽约证券交易所代码：CLF）今天宣布，其向某些符合条件的持有人发出的非公开发行要约（“交换要约”）到期和最终结果，以换取其新发行的2020年到期的8.00% 1.5留置优先担保票据（“新1.5留置票据”），以换取下表中列出的某些未发行的Cliffs票据（“现有票据”）。

截至2016年2月26日（“到期日”）纽约时间下午5点，公司已接受以约2.19亿美元新1.5留置权票据的总本金交换要约中提供的约5.12亿美元现有票据。在交换要约中接受交换的现有票据的合格持有人还将收到一笔现金付款，金额相当于该等现有票据从适用的最近利息支付日至（但不包括）交换要约结算日的应计和未付利息。新1.5留置权票据的利息将自该结算日起产生。

Cliffs董事长、总裁兼首席执行官Lourenco Goncalves表示：“这些交换要约的最终结果非常符合我们的预期，并且代表了通过负债管理活动改善我们资产负债表的又一步。此次交易将使债务减少2.93亿美元，每年利息支出减少约1400万美元，同时为未来可能的交易留下充足的1.5留置权票据容量。”

根据交换要约的交易所代理人提供的信息，下表列出了有关在到期日之前有效投标的现有票据总本金金额的其他详细信息：

交换要约的结算日期预计在2016年3月2日左右。在该日期，公司预计将向参与交换要约的现有票据的前持有人发行总额为2.19亿美元的新1.5留置权票据。

本新闻稿不构成购买证券的要约或出售任何证券的要约的招揽，或出售或购买任何证券的要约的招揽，也不构成在任何司法管辖区的要约或招揽，该要约或招揽是非法的。

关于Cliffs Natural Resources Inc.皇冠体育斯自然资源公司是皇冠体育官网领先的矿业和自然资源公司。该公司是北美钢铁行业铁矿石球团的主要供应商，其矿山和球团厂位于密歇根州和明尼苏达州。皇冠体育斯还在西澳大利亚经营着一个铁矿石开采综合体。在安全、社会、环境和资本管理的核心价值观的推动下，皇冠体育斯的员工努力为所有利益相关者提供运营和财务透明度。

Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains statements that constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the federal securities laws. As a general matter, forward-looking statements relate to anticipated trends and expectations rather than historical matters. Forward-looking statements are subject to uncertainties and factors relating to Cliffs' operations and business environment that are difficult to predict and may be beyond our control. Such uncertainties and factors may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These statements speak only as of the date of this release, and we undertake no ongoing obligation, other than that imposed by law, to update these statements. Uncertainties and risk factors that could affect Cliffs' future performance and cause results to differ from the forward-looking statements in this release include, but are not limited to: trends affecting our financial condition; results of operations or future prospects, particularly the continued volatility of iron ore prices; availability of capital and our ability to maintain adequate liquidity, in particular considering borrowing base reductions from the sale of non-core assets such as North American Coal; our level of indebtedness could limit cash flow available to fund working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions and other general corporate purposes or ongoing needs of our business, which could prevent us from fulfilling our debt obligations; our ability to successfully consummate any or all of the senior note exchange offers; continued weaknesses in global economic conditions, including downward pressure on prices caused by oversupply or imported products, including the impact of any reduced barriers to trade, recently filed and forthcoming trade cases, reduced market demand and any change to the economic growth rate in China; our ability to reach agreement with our iron ore customers regarding any modifications to sales contract provisions, renewals or new arrangements; uncertainty relating to restructurings in the steel industry and/or affecting the steel industry; our ability to maintain appropriate relations with unions and employees and enter into or renew collective bargaining agreements on satisfactory terms; the impact of our customers reducing their steel production or using other methods to produce steel; our ability to successfully execute an exit option for our Canadian Entities that minimizes the cash outflows and associated liabilities of such entities, including the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada) process; our ability to successfully identify and consummate any strategic investments and complete planned divestitures; our ability to successfully diversify our product mix and add new customers beyond our traditional blast furnace clientele; the outcome of any contractual disputes with our customers, joint venture partners or significant energy, material or service providers or any other litigation or arbitration; the ability of our customers and joint venture partners to meet their obligations to us on a timely basis or at all; the impact of price-adjustment factors on our sales contracts; changes in sales volume or mix; our actual levels of capital spending; our actual economic iron ore reserves or reductions in current mineral estimates, including whether any mineralized material qualifies as a reserve; events or circumstances that could impair or adversely impact the viability of a mine and the carrying value of associated assets, as well as any resulting impairment charges; the results of prefeasibility and feasibility studies in relation to projects; impacts of existing and increasing governmental laws and regulation and related costs and liabilities, including failure to receive or maintain required operating and environmental permits, approvals, modifications or other authorization of, or from, any governmental or regulatory entity and costs related to implementing improvements to ensure compliance with regulatory changes; our ability to cost-effectively achieve planned production rates or levels; uncertainties associated with natural disasters, weather conditions, unanticipated geological conditions, supply or price of energy, equipment failures and other unexpected events; adverse changes in currency values, currency exchange rates, interest rates and tax laws; risks related to international operations; availability of capital equipment and component parts; the potential existence of significant deficiencies or material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting; problems or uncertainties with productivity, tons mined, transportation, mine-closure obligations or costs, environmental liabilities, employee-benefit costs and other risks of the mining industry; and the risk factors identified in Part I - Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015. The information contained herein speaks as of the date of this release and may be superseded by subsequent events. Except as may be required by applicable securities laws, we do not undertake any obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements contained in this release.

要查看美通社的原始版本，请访问：http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cliffs-natural-resources-inc-announces-final-results-of-exchange-offers-for-senior-notes-300227463.html

源崖自然资源有限公司。