Form of Common Share Certificate



 Exhibit 4(a) 

 


 

 COMMON SHARES 

PAR VALUE $0.125 

COMMON SHARES 

THIS CERTIFICATE IS TRANSFERABLE IN CANTON, MA AND NEW YORK, NY 

CLIFFS NATURAL RESOURCES INC. 

INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF OHIO 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT 

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CUSIP 18683K 10 1 

SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS 

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is the owner of 

FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE COMMON SHARES OF THE PAR VALUE OF $0.125 EACH OF 

Cliffs Natural Resources Inc., transferable on the books of the Company by the registered holder in person or by duly authorized
attorney, upon surrender of this certificate properly endorsed. This certificate and the shares represented hereby are issued and shall be held subject to all the provisions of the Articles of the Company filed in the office of the Secretary of
State of Ohio (copies of which are on file with the Company and with the Transfer Agent) to which the holder by acceptance hereof assents. This certificate is not valid unless countersigned by the Transfer Agent and registered by the Registrar.

 Witness the seal of the Company and the signatures of its duly authorized officers. 

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer 

Secretary 

DATED > 

COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED: 

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A. 

TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR, 

By 

AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE 

Certificate Number 

ZQ 000000 

CLIFFS NATURAL RESOURCES INC. OHIO CORPORATE SEAL 








 

 

 CLIFFS NATURAL RESOURCES INC. 

A COPY OF THE EXPRESS TERMS OF THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE AND OF ALL OTHER CLASSES AND SERIES OF SHARES WHICH CLIFFS NATURAL
RESOURCES INC. IS AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE WILL BE MAILED TO ANY SHAREHOLDER WITHOUT CHARGE WITHIN FIVE DAYS AFTER RECEIPT FROM SUCH SHAREHOLDER OF A WRITTEN REQUEST THEREFOR. SUCH REQUESTS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY OF CLIFFS NATURAL RESOURCES
INC., 33RD FLOOR, 200 PUBLIC SQUARE, CLEVELAND, OHIO 44114-2315. 

 

																			
	 The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in
full according to applicable laws or regulations:
	  	
	 TEN COM
	 	-	 	as tenants in common	 	UNIF GIFT MIN ACT-	 	........................	 	Custodian	 	.....................	 		  	
		 		 		 		 	(Cust)	 		 		 	(Minor)	 		  	
	 TEN ENT
	 	-	 	as tenants by the entireties	 		 	under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act	 	........................	 		  	
		 		 		 		 		 	(State)	 		  	


																			
	 JT TEN
	 	    -	 	as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common	 	          UNIF TRF MIN ACT	 	 ........................

(Cust)
	 	Custodian (until age...)	 	 ........................

(Minor)
	 		  	
		 		 		 		 	
      under Uniform Transfers to Minors Act. 
...........................

                         
                                       
(State)
	 		  	
		 		 	Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.	 		 		 		 		  	


  

			
		 	PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
	For value received,                 hereby sell, assign and 
transfer unto  	 	
        
  



                           
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
                          

(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE) 

                        
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
                             

                        
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
                             

                          
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
              Shares 
 represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby
irrevocably constitute and appoint 

                          
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
          Attorney, 
 to transfer the said shares on the books of the within-named Company, with full
power of substitution in the premises. 
  

			
	
Dated:                          
                                         
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Signature:                         
                                         
                                         
             

Notice:   The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name   as
written upon the face of the certificate, in every particular,   without alteration or enlargement, or any change whatever.
	    	
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WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM, PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15.