Current Report Filing (8-k)

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 10, 2015

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)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

333 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ	85004-4414
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: [phone]

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:

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

Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (the Company) held its 2015 annual meeting of stockholders on June 10, 2015 in Wilmington, Delaware. At the annual meeting, the Company’s stockholders (1) elected each of the sixteen 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, (2) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, (3) ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2015 fiscal year, (4) reapproved the Section 162(m) performance goals under the Company’s Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan, and (5) approved, on an advisory basis, a stockholder proposal regarding proxy access.

Of the 1,040,044,809 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding as of the record date, 857,761,423 shares were represented at the annual meeting. The Company’s independent inspector of elections reported the vote of stockholders as follows:

Proposal 1:	Election of sixteen director nominees.

Name		Votes For		Votes Withheld		Broker Non-Votes
Richard C. Adkerson		637,676,559		27,766,691		192,318,173
Robert J. Allison, Jr.		608,702,076		56,741,174		192,318,173
Alan R. Buckwalter, III		620,845,572		44,597,678		192,318,173
Robert A. Day		633,504,402		31,938,848		192,318,173
James C. Flores		539,920,210		125,523,040		192,318,173
Gerald J. Ford		567,092,252		98,350,998		192,318,173
Thomas A. Fry, III		620,780,093		44,663,157		192,318,173
H. Devon Graham, Jr.		607,173,741		58,269,509		192,318,173
Lydia H. Kennard		643,755,151		21,688,099		192,318,173
Charles C. Krulak		613,355,355		52,087,895		192,318,173
Bobby Lee Lackey		585,176,523		80,266,727		192,318,173
Jon C. Madonna		639,939,611		25,503,639		192,318,173
Dustan E. McCoy		595,328,499		70,114,751		192,318,173
James R. Moffett		551,330,992		114,112,258		192,318,173
Stephen H. Siegele		637,588,436		27,854,814		192,318,173
Frances Fragos Townsend		619,958,615		45,484,635		192,318,173

Proposal 2:	Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
587,783,059		71,243,933		6,416,258		192,318,173

Proposal 3:	Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2015.

Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions
843,720,904		10,820,584		3,219,935

    

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Proposal 4: Reapproval of the Section 162(m) performance goals under the Company’s Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan.

Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
606,209,708		55,715,851		3,517,691		192,318,173

Proposal 5:	Approval, on an advisory basis, of a stockholder proposal regarding proxy access.

Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
425,900,219		230,784,820		8,758,211		192,318,173

    

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SIGNATURES

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

Kathleen L. Quirk

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

& Treasurer (authorized signatory and

Principal Financial Officer)

Date: June 12, 2015