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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 15, 2011
(FM LOGO)
FREEPORT-McMoRan COPPER & GOLD INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware   001-11307-01   74-2480931
(State or other
jurisdiction of
incorporation)
  (Commission File
Number)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification
Number)
     
333 North Central Avenue    
Phoenix, Arizona   85004-4414
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (602) 366-8100
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
o   Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
o   Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
 

 


 

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (the Company) held its 2011 annual meeting of stockholders on June 15, 2011 in Wilmington, Delaware. At the annual meeting, the Company’s stockholders (1) elected each of the twelve persons listed below to serve as a director of the Company for a term that will continue until the next annual meeting of stockholders, (2) failed to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the named executive officers, (3) approved, on an advisory basis, future advisory votes on the compensation of the named executive officers to be held every year, (4) ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the 2011 fiscal year, and (5) failed to approve a stockholder proposal regarding requirements for a director candidate.
Of the 947,155,321 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding as of the record date, 745,378,829 shares were represented at the annual meeting. The independent inspector of elections reported the vote of stockholders as follows:
Proposal 1: Election of twelve directors.
                         
            Votes   Broker
Name   Votes For   Withheld   Non-Votes
Richard C. Adkerson
    635,270,019       7,394,233       102,714,577  
Robert J. Allison, Jr.
    548,681,424       93,982,828       102,714,577  
Robert A. Day
    628,924,982       13,739,270       102,714,577  
Gerald J. Ford
    562,083,041       80,581,211       102,714,577  
H. Devon Graham, Jr.
    588,553,673       54,110,579       102,714,577  
Charles C. Krulak
    596,550,804       46,113,448       102,714,577  
Bobby Lee Lackey
    590,374,279       52,289,973       102,714,577  
Jon C. Madonna
    639,518,689       3,145,563       102,714,577  
Dustan E. McCoy
    629,089,882       13,574,370       102,714,577  
James R. Moffett
    630,145,631       12,518,621       102,714,577  
B. M. Rankin, Jr.
    587,437,908       55,226,344       102,714,577  
Stephen H. Siegele
    639,626,224       3,038,028       102,714,577  
Proposal 2: Approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the named executive officers.
             
    Votes       Broker
Votes For   Against   Abstentions   Non-Votes
292,183,899
  346,626,879   3,853,474   102,714,577
Proposal 3: Approve, on an advisory basis, the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of the named executive officers.
                 
                Broker
1 Year   2 Years   3 Years   Abstentions   Non-Votes
551,072,455   7,873,551   80,556,354   3,161,892   102,714,577
In accordance with the results of the vote on Proposal 3, the Company, based on the recommendation of its board of directors and the vote of its stockholders, determined to implement an annual advisory vote on the compensation of named executive officers until the next required vote on the frequency of shareholder votes on the compensation of executives. The Company is required to hold a vote on frequency every six years.

 


 

Proposal 4: Ratification of appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm.
         
    Votes    
Votes For   Against   Abstentions
737,252,091   7,315,840   810,898
Proposal 5: Stockholder Proposal regarding requirements for a director candidate.
             
    Votes       Broker
Votes For   Against   Abstentions   Non-Votes
192,611,674   432,644,339   17,408,239   102,714,577

 


 

SIGNATURE
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
  FREEPORT-McMoRan COPPER & GOLD INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ C. Donald Whitmire, Jr.    
    C. Donald Whitmire, Jr.   
    Vice President and Controller - Financial Reporting
   (authorized signatory and Principal Accounting Officer) 
 
Date: June 17, 2011