X0203 3 2010-03-09 0 0000764065 CLIFFS NATURAL RESOURCES INC. CLF 0001486545 BLAKE DAVID B 1100 SUPERIOR AVENUE SUITE 1500 CLEVELAND OH 44114 0 1 0 0 SVP, Oper. N. Amer. Iron Ore Common Stock 9124 D Common Stock 382 I VNQDC The total represents shares earned as Performance Shares (3,759 shares) and Restricted Stock Units (5,365 Units) granted and/or awarded to the the Reporting Person from the Cleveland-Cliffs Inc 1992 Incentive Equity Plan or the 2007 Incentive Equity Plan (as Amended and Restated December 31, 2008). The amount represents an exchange of all or a portion of the Reporting Person's cash bonus for Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (Company) Common Shares on a deferred basis (Bonus Exchange and Match Shares) under the Company's 2005 Voluntary Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan (VNQDC). Held for the benefit of the Reporting Person by the Company's VNQDC. Traci L. Forrester by Power of Attorney 2010-03-09