---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000831259-23-000025"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FCX"
cik: "0000831259"
company_name: "FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC"
filed_at: "2023-06-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T06:14:08.573752+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Freeport-McMoRan shareholders elect all 12 directors, approve say-on-pay, ratify EY as auditor

## Summary
- All 12 director nominees elected; Richard C. Adkerson received 1.08B votes for, 38.96M against.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved with 1.08B votes for, 35.59M against, 4.69M abstentions.
- Shareholders voted for a 1-year frequency for future say-on-pay votes (1.10B for 1 year).
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as independent auditor for 2023 passed with 1.19B votes for.
- Approximately 85.4% of outstanding shares were represented at the meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000831259-23-000025
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FCX
- cik: 0000831259
- company_name: FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC
- filed_at: 2023-06-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/831259/000083125923000025/0000831259-23-000025-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/831259/000083125923000025/fcx-20230606.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000831259-23-000025.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as FCX's independent registered public accounting firm for 2023 at the 2023-06-06 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-06
  source text: Proposal No. 4: Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as FCX's independent registered public accounting firm for 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/831259/000083125923000025/0000831259-23-000025-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC shareholders approved Election of twelve directors at the 2023-06-06 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-06
  source text: FCX’s stockholders (1) elected each of the twelve director nominees listed below to serve as a director of FCX for a term that will continue until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor is elected and duly qualified
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/831259/000083125923000025/0000831259-23-000025-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC shareholders approved Approval, on an advisory basis, of the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of FCX’s named executive officers at the 2023-06-06 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-06
  source text: Proposal No. 3: Approval, on an advisory basis, of the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of FCX’s named executive officers.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/831259/000083125923000025/0000831259-23-000025-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC shareholders approved Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of FCX's named executive officers at the 2023-06-06 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-06
  source text: Proposal No. 2: Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of FCX's named executive officers.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/831259/000083125923000025/0000831259-23-000025-index.htm

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