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EXHIBIT 10(z)
THIRD AMENDMENT TO TRUST AGREEMENT NO. 5
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This Third Amendment to Trust Agreement No. 5 is made on this 9th day of
March, 1992, by and between Cleveland-Cliffs Inc, an Ohio corporation
("Cleveland-Cliffs") and Ameritrust Company National Association, a national
banking association, as trustee (the "Trustee");
WITNESSETH:
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WHEREAS, on October 28, 1987, Cleveland-Cliffs and the Trustee entered
into a trust agreement ("Trust Agreement No. 5");
WHEREAS, on May 12, 1989, Cleveland-Cliffs and the Trustee entered into
Amendment No. 1 to Trust Agreement No. 5;
WHEREAS, on April 9, 1991, Cleveland-Cliffs and the Trustee entered into
a Second Amendment to Trust Agreement No. 5;
WHEREAS, Trust Agreement No. 5, as amended, is for the purpose of
providing benefits under the Cleveland-Cliffs Inc Voluntary Non-Qualified
Deferred Compensation Plan; and
WHEREAS, Cleveland-Cliffs has reserved the right, with the Trustee,
pursuant to Section 12 of Trust Agreement No. 5, to amend Trust Agreement No. 5
without the consent of any Trust Beneficiaries, as defined in Trust Agreement
No. 5.
NOW, THEREFORE, Cleveland-Cliffs and the Trustee hereby agree that Trust
Agreement No. 5 shall be amended as follows:
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1. The third sentence of Section l(b) of Trust Agreement No. 5 is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"The term "Change of Control" shall mean the occurrence of any of the
following:
(i) Cleveland-Cliffs shall merge into itself, or be merged or
consolidated with, another corporation and as a result of such merger or
consolidation less than 70% of the outstanding voting securities of the
surviving or resulting corporation shall be owned in the aggregate by
the former shareholders of Cleveland-Cliffs as the same shall have
existed immediately prior to such merger or consolidation;
(ii) Cleveland-Cliffs shall sell or transfer to one or more
persons, corporations or entities, in a single transaction or a series
of related transactions, more than one-half of the assets accounted for
on the Statement of Consolidated Financial position of Cleveland-Cliffs
as "properties" or "investments in associated companies" (or such
replacements for these accounts as may be adopted from time to time)
unless by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of the Board
of Directors, the transaction or transactions are exempted from the
operation of this provision based on a good faith finding that the
transaction or transactions are not within the intended scope of this
definition for purposes of this instrument;
(iii) a person within the meaning of section 3(a)(9) or of
Section 13(d)(3) (as in effect on the date
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hereof) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, shall become the
beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 of the Securities and
Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) of
30% or more of the outstanding voting securities of Cleveland-Cliffs
(whether directly or indirectly); or
(iv) during any period of three consecutive years, including,
without limitation, the year 1991, individuals who at the beginning of
any such period constitute the Board of Directors of Cleveland-Cliffs
cease, for any reason, to constitute at least a majority thereof, unless
the election, or the nomination for election by the shareholders of
Cleveland-Cliffs, of each Director first elected during any such period
was approved by a vote of at least one-third of the Directors of
Cleveland-Cliffs who are Directors of Cleveland-Cliffs on the date of
the beginning of any such period."
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Cleveland-Cliffs and the Trustee have caused
counterparts of this Third Amendment to Trust Agreement No. 5 to be executed
on March 9, 1992.
CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC
By: X. X. Xxxxx
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Its: Vice President
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AMERITRUST COMPANY NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
By: J. R. Xxxxxxx
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Its: Vice President
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