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INVESTOR INQUIRIES
e Investor Relations Department will be pleased to receive any inquiries
about the company. A link to our Annual Report on Form 10-K led with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which includes
certications of our Chief Executive Ocer and Chief Financial Ocer and
the company’s Principles of Business Conduct, is available on our website.
Additionally, copies will be furnished, without charge, to any stockholder
of the company entitled to vote at its annual meeting, upon written
request. e Investor Relations Department can be contacted as follows:
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.
Investor Relations Department
333 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, Arizona 85004
Telephone (602) 366-8400
www.fcx.com
TRANSFER AGENT
Questions about lost certicates, lost or missing dividend checks, or
notications of change of address should be directed to the Freeport-
McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. transfer agent, registrar and dividend
disbursement agent:
Computershare
480 Washington Boulevard
Jersey City, New Jersey 07310
Telephone (800) 953-2493
www.bnymellon.com/shareowner/equityaccess
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING
e annual meeting of stockholders will be held on June 14, 2012.
Notice of the annual meeting will be sent to stockholders. In accordance
with SEC rules, we will report the voting results of our annual meeting
on a Form 8-K that will be available on our website (www.fcx.com).
FCX COMMON STOCK
Our common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
under the symbol “FCX.” e FCX common stock price is reported
daily in the nancial press under “FMCG” in most listings of NYSE
securities. At year-end 2011, the number of holders of record of our
common stock was 16,554.
NYSE composite tape common stock price ranges during 2011
and 2010 were:
COMMON STOCK DIVIDENDS
In April 2010 and again in October 2010, the Board of Directors
authorized an increase in the cash dividend on FCX common stock.
e Board of Directors also authorized supplemental common stock
dividends that were paid in December 2010 and June 2011. Below is a
summary of FCX’s common stock dividends for 2011 and 2010:
In February 2012, the Board of Directors authorized an increase in
the cash dividend on FCX common stock to an annual rate of $1.25
per share. Dividends are paid quarterly as declared by the Board of
Directors with the initial quarterly dividend of $0.3125 per share
expected to be paid in May 2012. e declaration of dividends is at the
discretion of the Board of Directors and will depend on FCX’s nancial
results, cash requirements, future prospects and other factors deemed
relevant by the Board of Directors.
TAX WITHHOLDING – NONRESIDENT ALIEN STOCKHOLDERS
Nonresident aliens who own stock in a United States corporation are
generally subject to a federal withholding tax on 100 percent of the
dividends paid on preferred and/or common stock. However, when
80 percent or more of a corporation’s income is generated outside the
United States, the withholding percentage is not calculated on 100
percent of the dividend, but rather on that portion of the dividend
attributable to income generated in the United States. We have
determined that, for quarterly dividends paid in 2011 to nonresident
alien stockholders, 100 percent of the dividend amount was subject to
federal withholding tax.
For quarterly dividends paid in 2012, we estimate that 100 percent of
the total dividend amount is subject to federal withholding tax unless
exempted by tax treaty. e withholding tax rate may also be reduced
by tax treaty.
If you have any questions, please contact the Investor
Relations Department.
FCX BENEFICIAL OWNER
e benecial owner of more than ve percent of our outstanding
common stock as of December 31, 2011, is BlackRock, Inc. (7.94 percent).
2011 2010
High Low High Low
First Quarter $ 61.35 $ 46.20 $ 45.28 $ 33.02
Second Quarter 58.75 46.06 44.15 29.12
Third Quarter 56.78 30.37 43.96 28.36
Fourth Quarter 43.50 28.85 60.39 4 3.19
2011
Amount
per Share Record Date Payment Date
First Quarter $ 0.25 Jan. 15, 2011 Feb. 1, 2011
Second Quarter 0.25 Apr. 15, 2011 May 1, 2011
Supplemental Dividend 0.50 May 15, 2011 June 1, 2011
Third Quarter 0.25 July 15, 2011 Aug. 1, 2011
Fourth Quarter 0.25 Oct. 15, 2011 Nov. 1, 2011
2010
Amount
per Share Record Date Payment Date
First Quarter $ 0.075 Jan. 15, 2010 Feb. 1, 2010
Second Quarter 0.075 Apr. 15, 2010 May 1, 2010
Third Quarter 0.150 July 15, 2010 Aug. 1, 2010
Fourth Quarter 0.150 Oct. 15, 2010 Nov. 1, 2010
Supplemental Dividend 0.500 Dec. 20, 2010 Dec. 30, 2010
STOCKHOLDER INFORMATION
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