Exhibit 99 (a)
Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. and Subsidiaries
Schedule II — Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
(Dollars in Millions)
| Classification |
Balance at Beginning of Year |
Additions | Deductions | Balance at End of Year | |||||||||||||||
| Charged to Cost and Expenses |
Charged to Other Accounts |
Acquisition | |||||||||||||||||
| Year Ended December 31, 2009: |
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| Deferred Tax Valuation Allowance |
$ | 17.6 | $ | 53.8 | $ | 1.7 | $ | 16.8 | $ | 0.5 | $ | 89.4 | |||||||
| Year Ended December 31, 2008: |
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| Deferred Tax Valuation Allowance |
$ | 26.3 | $ | 9.5 | $ | 8.1 | $ | (13.3 | ) | $ | 13.0 | $ | 17.6 | ||||||
| Year Ended December 31, 2007: |
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| Deferred Tax Valuation Allowance |
$ | 11.9 | $ | 13.0 | $ | 1.4 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 26.3 | |||||||