AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AMONG AK STEEL HOLDING CORPORATION, CLEVELAND- CLIFFS INC., AND PEPPER MERGER SUB INC. Dated as of December 2, 2019Merger Agreement • December 4th, 2019 • Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. • Metal mining • Delaware
This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with its terms, this “Agreement”), dated as of December 2, 2019, is by and among AK Steel Holding Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., an Ohio corporation (“Parent”), and Pepper Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”). The Company, Parent, and Merger Sub are each referred to herein as a “Party” and collectively, the “Parties.”
