SEC FORM 4

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

MOFFETT JAMES R

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

1615 POYDRAS STREET

(Street)

NEW ORLEANS

70112

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
FREEPORT MCMORAN COPPER & GOLD INC [ FCX ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
	Chairman of the Board

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/03/2014

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	03/03/2014		J⁽¹⁾		1,000,000	D	$0	3,101,737	I	By LLC
Common Stock								406,998⁽²⁾	D
Common Stock								60,837⁽³⁾	I	By 401(k) plan
Common Stock								7,552⁽⁴⁾	I	By Spouse

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Forward Sale Contract (right/oblligation to sell)	⁽⁵⁾⁽⁶⁾	03/03/2014		J⁽⁵⁾⁽⁶⁾			1	⁽⁵⁾	⁽⁵⁾	Common Stock	450,000	$0	0	I	By LLC

Explanation of Responses:

1. Effective March 3, 2014, Moffett Holdings, L.L.C. (the "LLC"), of which Mr. Moffett is a member and the manager, distributed 1,000,000 shares of the Issuer's common stock in connection with the redemption of another member's interest in the LLC. As a result of the redemption, Mr. Moffett's proportionate interest in the LLC increased from 49.97% to 99.94%, and his economic interest in the shares of the Issuer's common stock held by the LLC also increased. Mr. Moffett has historically reported the aggregate number of shares held by the LLC, and continues to do so. Mr. Moffett retains voting power over the 1,000,000 shares distributed by the LLC.

2. Represents performance-based restricted stock units.

3. Based on plan statement as of December 31, 2013.

4. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares.

5. On March 3, 2014, the LLC elected to terminate a forward sale contract with a securities broker that was entered into on February 15, 2012. No fee was paid by the LLC or received by the LLC in connection with the termination. The contract obligated the LLC to deliver to the broker 450,000 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock on March 4, 2014, the maturity date, with the sale price to be determined and paid on the maturity date according to the below formula:

6. (i) if the closing sale price of a share of Common Stock on the maturity date is $29.6800 or less, the sale price will be $29.6800 per share, (ii) if the closing price of a share of Common Stock on the maturity date is $49.4808 or more, the sale price will be $49.4808 per share, and (iii) if the closing price of a share of Common Stock on the maturity date is between $29.6800 and $49.4808, the per share sale price will be the closing price on the maturity date.

	Cynthia M. Molyneux, on behalf of James R. Moffett, pursuant to a power of attorney	03/05/2014
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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