---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000831259-21-000027"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FCX"
cik: "0000831259"
company_name: "FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC"
filed_at: "2021-08-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T23:38:40.947110+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Freeport-McMoRan appoints Donadio and Lewis to Board; size grows from 7 to 9

## Summary
- Marcela E. Donadio (ex-Ernst & Young partner) and Sara Grootwassink Lewis (Lewis Corporate Advisors founder) appointed effective immediately.
- Board increased from 7 to 9 members; both new directors determined to be independent.
- Each new director received a pro-rata award of 3,800 restricted stock units vesting August 2, 2022.
- Board now comprises nine members with average tenure of approximately five years.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000831259-21-000027
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FCX
- cik: 0000831259
- company_name: FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC
- filed_at: 2021-08-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/831259/000083125921000027/0000831259-21-000027-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/831259/000083125921000027/fcx-20210802.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000831259-21-000027
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000831259-21-000027.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000831259-21-000027.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Marcela E. Donadio was appointed as Director at FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On August 2, 2021, the Board of Directors (the Board) of Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (FCX) increased the size of the Board from seven to nine directors and appointed each of Marcela E. Donadio and Sara Grootwassink Lewis to serve as a director of FCX, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/831259/000083125921000027/0000831259-21-000027-index.htm
- Executive change
  Sara Grootwassink Lewis was appointed as Director at FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On August 2, 2021, the Board of Directors (the Board) of Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (FCX) increased the size of the Board from seven to nine directors and appointed each of Marcela E. Donadio and Sara Grootwassink Lewis to serve as a director of FCX, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/831259/000083125921000027/0000831259-21-000027-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.