FREEPORT-McMoRan INC. (NYSE:FCX) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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FREEPORT-McMoRan INC. (NYSE:FCX) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (the Company) held its 2017 annual meeting
of stockholders on June 6, 2017, in Wilmington, Delaware (the
2017 Annual Meeting). At the 2017 Annual Meeting, the Companys
stockholders: (1) elected each of the eight director nominees
listed below to serve as a director of the Company for a term
that will continue until the next annual meeting of stockholders
or until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified; (2)
ratified the appointment of Ernst Young LLP as the Companys
independent registered public accounting firm for the 2017 fiscal
year; (3) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the
Companys named executive officers; and (4) approved, on an
advisory basis, conducting future advisory votes on the
compensation of the Companys named executive officers every year.
Of the 1,446,646,071 shares of the Companys common stock
outstanding as of the record date, 1,210,406,182 shares were
represented at the 2017 Annual Meeting. The independent inspector
of elections reported the final vote of stockholders as follows:
Proposal 1: Election of eight director nominees.
Name
Votes For
Votes
Withheld
Broker
Non-Votes
Richard C. Adkerson
979,679,031
12,285,014
218,442,137
Gerald J. Ford
835,784,398
156,179,647
218,442,137
Lydia H. Kennard
976,542,715
15,421,330
218,442,137
Andrew Langham
887,374,252
104,589,793
218,442,137
Jon C. Madonna
770,265,001
221,699,044
218,442,137
Courtney Mather
975,332,955
16,631,090
218,442,137
Dustan E. McCoy
761,203,930
230,760,115
218,442,137
Frances Fragos Townsend
903,315,307
88,648,738
218,442,137
Proposal 2: Ratification of the appointment of Ernst Young LLP as
the Companys independent registered public accounting firm for
the 2017 fiscal year.
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Broker
Non-Votes
1,197,370,486
10,864,480
2,171,216
N/A
Proposal 3: Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation
of the Companys named executive officers.
Votes For
Votes
Against
Abstentions
Broker
Non-Votes
519,806,384
465,039,300
7,118,361
218,442,137
Proposal 4: Approval, on an advisory basis, of the frequency of
future advisory votes on the compensation of the Companys named
executive officers.
Votes For
Every Year
Votes For
Every Two
Years
Votes For
Every Three
Years
Abstentions
Broker
Non-Votes
964,921,448
3,335,171
15,780,366
7,927,060
218,442,137
In accordance with the results of the vote on Proposal No. 4, the
Company, based on the recommendation of its Board of Directors
and the vote of its stockholders, will hold an advisory vote on
the compensation of its named executive officers every year until
the next required vote on the frequency of stockholder votes on
the compensation of executives, which will occur no later than
the Companys annual meeting of stockholders in 2023.


About FREEPORT-McMoRan INC. (NYSE:FCX)

Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (FCX) is a natural resource company with a portfolio of mineral assets, and oil and natural gas resources. The Company’s segments include the Morenci, Cerro Verde, Grasberg and Tenke Fungurume copper mines, the Rod & Refining operations and the U.S. Oil & Gas Operations. It has organized its operations into five primary divisions: North America copper mines, South America mining, Indonesia mining, Africa mining and Molybdenum mines. Its portfolio of assets includes the Grasberg minerals district in Indonesia, mining operations in North and South America, the Tenke Fungurume (Tenke) minerals district in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in Africa, and oil and natural gas assets in the United States. Its Atlantic Copper smelts and refines copper concentrates, and markets refined copper and precious metals in slimes. It has a smelter at its Miami, Arizona, mining operation, and molybdenum conversion facilities in the United States and Europe.