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style="-sec-extract:summary;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">UNITED STATES</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Washington, D.C.  20549</span></div><div style="text-align:justify"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">FORM <ix:nonNumeric contextRef="i0ec5d2a5b0964de48bb35f17f3ae0a82_D20210405-20210405" name="dei:DocumentType" 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any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#9744;</span></div><div style="height:36pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:36pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Item 5.02.  </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(d) On April 5, 2021, the Board of Directors (the Board) of Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (FCX) increased the size of the Board from six to eight directors and appointed each of David P. Abney and Robert &#8220;Bob&#8221; W. Dudley to serve as a director of FCX, effective immediately. Each of Messrs. Abney and Dudley will serve as a director until FCX&#8217;s 2021 annual meeting of stockholders and until his successor is duly elected and qualified. The Board is currently in the process of reviewing committee assignments.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Board affirmatively determined that each of Messrs. Abney and Dudley has no material relationship with FCX and is independent in accordance with the director independence standards established under FCX&#8217;s Corporate Governance Guidelines, which comply with the New York Stock Exchange corporate governance rules, and other applicable laws, rules and regulations. There is no arrangement or understanding between either of the new directors and any other person pursuant to which he was appointed as a director. There are no transactions in which either of the new directors has an interest requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Board is currently comprised of eight directors, seven of whom are independent. As previously announced, Gerald J. Ford, former non-executive Chairman of the Board, will retire as a director effective upon the expiration of his current term which ends in connection with FCX&#8217;s 2021 annual meeting of stockholders in June 2021, at which time the number of persons serving on the Board shall decrease to seven directors.  </span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The new directors will be compensated in accordance with FCX&#8217;s non-management director compensation program, which is described in FCX&#8217;s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 22, 2020 under the heading &#8220;Director Compensation.&#8221;  On April 5, 2021, each of the new directors received a pro-rata equity award of 700 restricted stock units, which will vest on the first anniversary of the grant date, or April 5, 2022.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">FCX issued a press release dated April 6, 2021, announcing the appointment of two independent members to its Board, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.02. </span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Item 9.01.  </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Financial Statements and Exhibits.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(d)  Exhibits.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:5pt;margin-top:5pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;vertical-align:top;width:96.794%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:8.999%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:88.801%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Exhibit  Number</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Exhibit Title</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline" href="fcxboardappointments.htm">99.1</a></span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Press release dated April 6, 2021, titled &#8220;Freeport-McMoRan Inc. Announces Appointment of Two Independent Members to its Board of Directors.&#8221;</span></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">104</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL.</span></td></tr></table></div><div style="height:36pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:36pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">SIGNATURE</span></div><div style="text-align:justify"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:justify"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">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.</span></div><div style="text-align:justify"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:216pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Freeport-McMoRan Inc.</span></div><div style="text-align:justify"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:justify"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:216pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">By: /s/ Kathleen L. Quirk.</span></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:229.5pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">----------------------------------------</span></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:247.5pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Kathleen L. Quirk.</span></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:247.5pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">President and Chief Financial Officer &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:247.5pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(authorized signatory and</span></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:247.5pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Principal Financial Officer)</span></div><div style="text-align:justify"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Date:  April 6, 2021</span></div><div style="text-align:justify"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:justify"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:justify"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:justify"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:justify"><span><br/></span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:justify"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:justify"><span><br/></span></div><div style="height:36pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div></div></body></html>
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fcx-20210405
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):
April 5, 2021
Freeport-McMoRan 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)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
333 North Central Avenue
Phoenix
AZ
85004
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (
602
)
366-8100
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share
FCX
The New York Stock Exchange
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Item 5.02.
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
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(d) On April 5, 2021, the Board of Directors (the Board) of Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (FCX) increased the size of the Board from six to eight directors and appointed each of David P. Abney and Robert "Bob" W. Dudley to serve as a director of FCX, effective immediately. Each of Messrs. Abney and Dudley will serve as a director until FCX's 2021 annual meeting of stockholders and until his successor is duly elected and qualified. The Board is currently in the process of reviewing committee assignments.
The Board affirmatively determined that each of Messrs. Abney and Dudley has no material relationship with FCX and is independent in accordance with the director independence standards established under FCX's Corporate Governance Guidelines, which comply with the New York Stock Exchange corporate governance rules, and other applicable laws, rules and regulations. There is no arrangement or understanding between either of the new directors and any other person pursuant to which he was appointed as a director. There are no transactions in which either of the new directors has an interest requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
The Board is currently comprised of eight directors, seven of whom are independent. As previously announced, Gerald J. Ford, former non-executive Chairman of the Board, will retire as a director effective upon the expiration of his current term which ends in connection with FCX's 2021 annual meeting of stockholders in June 2021, at which time the number of persons serving on the Board shall decrease to seven directors.
The new directors will be compensated in accordance with FCX's non-management director compensation program, which is described in FCX's definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 22, 2020 under the heading "Director Compensation."  On April 5, 2021, each of the new directors received a pro-rata equity award of 700 restricted stock units, which will vest on the first anniversary of the grant date, or April 5, 2022.
FCX issued a press release dated April 6, 2021, announcing the appointment of two independent members to its Board, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.02.
Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)  Exhibits.
Exhibit  Number
Exhibit Title
99.1
Press release dated April 6, 2021, titled "Freeport-McMoRan Inc. Announces Appointment of Two Independent Members to its Board of Directors."
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The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL.
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 Inc.
By: /s/ Kathleen L. Quirk.
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Kathleen L. Quirk.
President and Chief Financial Officer
(authorized signatory and
Principal Financial Officer)
Date:  April 6, 2021