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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K/A

AMENDMENT NO. 1

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002

Commission file number 1-82

PHELPS DODGE CORPORATION

(a New York corporation)

13-1808503
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

One North Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85004-2306

Registrant’s telephone number: (602) 366-8100

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

     
    Name of each exchange
Title of each class   on which registered

 
     
Common Shares, $6.25 par value per share   New York Stock Exchange
Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares,    
$1.00 par value per share   New York Stock Exchange

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.   Yes   [x]   No   [ ].

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.   [x]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 126-2 of the Act).    Yes   [x]   No   [ ].

The aggregate market value of Common Shares of the issuer held by nonaffiliates at April 9, 2003, was approximately $2,892,046,398.

Number of Common Shares outstanding at April 9, 2003: 88,986,043 shares.

Documents Incorporated by Reference:

     
Document   Location in 10-K

 
Proxy Statement for 2003 Annual Meeting   Part III



 


 

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Explanatory Note

     This Form 10-K/A constitutes Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002. This Form 10-K/A is being filed solely to file herewith the form of Change of Control Agreement of the Registrant.

 


 

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Part III

Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedule and Reports on Form 8-K

(a) 1.   Financial Statements: Index on page 110.

  2.   Financial Statement Schedule: Index on page 110.
 
  3.   Exhibits:
 
  3.1   Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Corporation’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1999) as amended by the Certificate of Amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Phelps Dodge Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.3 to the Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the SEC on June 10, 2002 (SEC File No. 1-82)).
 
  3.2   Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Corporation, effective as of September 5, 2001 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2001 (SEC File No. 1-82)).
 
  4.1   Credit Agreement, effective May 10, 2000, among the Corporation, the Lenders parties thereto, Salomon Smith Barney Inc., Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Trust Company, and Citibank, N.A., as agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of the Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2000 (SEC File No. 1-82)).
 
  4.2   Rights Agreement, dated as of February 5, 1998 between the Corporation and The Chase Manhattan Bank (which replaces the Rights Agreement dated as of July 29, 1988 as amended and restated as of December 6, 1989, the rights issued thereunder having been redeemed by the Corporation), which includes the form of Certificate of Amendment setting forth the terms of the Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Shares, par value $1.00 per share, as Exhibit A, the form of Right Certificate as Exhibit B and the Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares as Exhibit C (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 to the Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K and in the Corporation’s Form 8-A, both filed on February 6, 1998 (SEC File No. 1-82)).
 
      Note: Certain instruments with respect to long-term debt of the Corporation have not been filed as Exhibits to this Report since the total amount of securities authorized under any such instrument does not exceed 10 percent of the total assets of the Corporation and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis. The Corporation agrees to furnish a copy of each such instrument upon request of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
  4.3   Form of Indenture, dated as of September 22, 1997, between the Corporation and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Trustee (incorporated by reference


 

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      to the Corporation’s Registration Statement and Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on Form S-3 (Registration Nos. 333-36415 and 33-44380)) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 25, 1997 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1997 (SEC File No. 1-82)).
 
  4.4   Form of 6.375 percent Note, due November 1, 2004, of the Corporation issued on November 5, 1997, pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of September 22, 1997, between the Corporation and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to the Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 3, 1997 and Exhibit 4.4 of Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1997 (SEC File No. 1-82)).
 
  4.5   Form of 7.125 percent Debenture, due November 1, 2027, of the Corporation issued on November 5, 1997, pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of September 22, 1997, between the Corporation and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to the Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 3, 1997 and Exhibit 4.5 of the Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1997 (SEC File No. 1-82)).
 
  4.6   Tripartite/Conversion Agreement, dated as of August 8, 2000, among Chase Manhattan Bank and First Union National Bank, and acknowledged by the Corporation, pursuant to which First Union National Bank succeeded Chase Manhattan Bank as trustee under the Indenture dated as of September 22, 1997 (incorporated by reference to the Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Reg. No. 333-43890) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 16, 2000).
 
  4.7   Form of 8.75 percent Note due June 1, 2011, of the Corporation issued on May 30, 2001, pursuant to the Indenture dated September 22, 1997, between the Company and First Union National Bank, as successor Trustee (incorporated by reference to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 30, 2001 (SEC File No. 1-82)).
 
  4.8   Form of 9.5 percent Note due June 1, 2031, of the Corporation issued on May 30, 2001, pursuant to the Indenture dated September 22, 1997, between the Company and First Union National Bank, as successor Trustee (incorporated by reference to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission May 30, 2001 (SEC File No. 1-82)).
 
  4.9   Form of Common Share Certificate of the Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.9 of the Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002 (SEC File No. 1-82)).
 
  4.10   Form of 6.75 percent Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share Certificate of the Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.10 of the Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002 (SEC File No. 1-82)).
 
  10.   Management contracts and compensatory plans and agreements.
 
  10.1   The Corporation’s 1989 Directors Stock Option Plan (the 1989 Directors Plan), as amended to and including June 3, 1992, suspended effective November 6, 1996 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1992 (SEC File No. 1-82)). Form of Stock Option Agreement under the 1989 Directors Plan (incorporated by reference to the Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Reg. No. 33-34362)).
 
  10.2   The Corporation’s 1993 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan (the 1993 Plan), as amended through December 1, 1993, and form of Restricted Stock letter under the 1993 Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Corporation’s 1993 Form 10-K (SEC File No. 1-82)). Amendment to 1993 Plan effective May 7, 1997 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1997 (SEC File No. 1-82)). Amended and restated form of Stock


 

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      Option Agreement, amended through February 5, 1997 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the Corporation’s 1997 Form 10-K (SEC File No. 1-82)). Form of Reload Option Agreement, amended through November 2, 1994, under the 1993 Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Corporation’s 1994 Form 10-K (SEC File No. 1-82)).
 
      Note: Omitted from filing pursuant to the Instruction to Item 601(b) (10) are actual Stock Option Agreements between the Corporation and certain officers, under the 1993 Plan, and certain Directors, under the 1989 Directors Plan, which contain substantial similar provisions to Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 above.
 
  10.3   Description of the Corporation’s Incentive Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Corporation’s 1993 Form 10-K (SEC File No. 1-82)).
 
  10.4   Amended and restated Deferred Compensation Plan for the Directors of the Corporation, dated as of December 3, 1998, effective January 1, 1999 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Corporation’s 1998 Form 10-K (SEC File No. 1-82)).
 
  10.5   Form of Change-of-Control Agreement between the Corporation and certain executives, including all of the current executive officers to be listed in the summary compensation table to the 2003 Proxy Statement.
 
  10.6   Amended and restated form of Severance Agreement between the Corporation and certain executives, including all of the current executive officers to be listed in the summary compensation table to the 2003 Proxy Statement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 of the Corporation’s 1997 Form 10-K (SEC File No. 1-82)).
 
  10.7   The Corporation’s Retirement Plan for Directors, effective January 1, 1988, terminated for active directors effective December 31, 1997 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the Corporation’s 1987 Form 10-K (SEC File No. 1-82)).
 
  10.8   The Corporation’s Supplemental Retirement Plan (which amends, restates and re-names the provisions of the Corporation’s Comprehensive Executive Nonqualified Retirement and Savings Plan other than the supplemental savings provisions of such plan), effective (except as otherwise noted therein) as of January 1, 1997 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the Corporation’s 1997 Form 10-K (SEC File No. 1-82)). First Amendment to Plan, effective January 1, 1998 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the Corporation’s 1998 Form 10-K (SEC File No. 1-82)). Second Amendment to Plan, effective January 1, 1999 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1999 (SEC File No. 1-82)). Third Amendment to Plan, effective as of January 1, 2000 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 of the Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2000 (SEC File No. 1-82)).
 
  10.9   The Corporation’s Supplemental Savings Plan (SSP) (which amends, restates, and replaces the supplemental savings provisions of the Corporation’s Comprehensive Executive Nonqualified Retirement and Savings Plan), effective (except as otherwise noted therein) as of January 1, 1997 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 of the Corporation’s 1997 Form 10-K (SEC File No. 1-82)); as amended by the First Amendment to such SSP, effective as of January 1, 1999 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 of the Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1999 (SEC File No. 1-82)). Second Amendment to SSP, effective as of January 1, 2000 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to the Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2000 (SEC File No. 1-82)).
 
  10.10   The Corporation’s Directors Stock Unit Plan effective January 1, 1997 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to the Corporation’s 1996 Form 10-K (SEC File No. 1-82)) as amended and restated, effective January 1, 1998 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 of the Corporation’s 1997 Form 10-K (SEC File No. 1-82)). First Amendment to Plan, effective as of January 1, 2001 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 of the Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the quarter


 

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      ended June 30, 2000 (SEC File No. 1-82)).
 
  10.11   The Corporation’s 1998 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan (the 1998 Plan) and forms of Reload Option Agreement and Restricted Stock Agreement under the 1998 Plan, effective March 4, 1998 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to the Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1998 (SEC File No. 1-82)), and amended form of Stock Option Agreement, effective June 22, 1999 (incorporated by reference to the Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1999 (SEC File No. 1-82)) and amended Form of Restricted Stock Letter Agreement, effective as of July 8, 2002 (incorporated by reference to the Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2002 (SEC File No. 1-82)). First Amendment to the 1998 Plan, effective as of May 4, 2000 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 of the Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2000 (SEC File No. 1-82)).
 
      Note: Omitted from filing pursuant to the Instruction to Item 601(b) (10) are actual Stock Option Agreements between the Corporation and certain officers under the 1998 Plan, which contain substantially similar provisions to Exhibit 10.11 above.
 
  10.12   Retirement Agreement, dated March 6, 2002, between the Corporation and Manuel J. Iraola (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 of the Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2002 (SEC File No. 1-82)).
 
  10.13   Waiver and Release, effective July 8, 2002, between the Corporation and Manuel J. Iraola (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 of the Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2002 (SEC File No. 1-82)).
 
   11   Computation of per share earnings (previously filed).
 
   12   Computation of ratios of total debt to total capitalization (previously filed).
 
   21   List of Subsidiaries and Investments (previously filed).
 
   23   Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (previously filed).
 
   24   Powers of Attorney executed by certain officers and directors who signed this Annual Report on Form 10-K (previously filed).
 
      Note: Shareholders may obtain copies of Exhibits by making written request to the Secretary of the Corporation and paying copying costs of 10 cents per page, plus postage.

(b)   Reports on Form 8-K:
 
    A report on Form 8-K was filed on November 13, 2002, to disclose the CEO and CFO certifications related to the Company’s Form 10-Q filed on November 13, 2002.


 

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SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

       
    PHELPS DODGE CORPORATION
                  (Registrant)
       
April 14, 2003   By: /s/ Ramiro G. Peru
     
      Ramiro G. Peru
Senior Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

         
/s/ J. Steven Whisler   Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer
and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
  April 14, 2003

       
J. Steven Whisler        
         
/s/ Ramiro G. Peru   Senior Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
  April 14, 2003

       
Ramiro G. Peru        
         
/s/ Stanton K. Rideout   Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
  April 14, 2003

       
Stanton K. Rideout        
         
(Robert N. Burt, Archie W. Dunham, William A. Franke, Marie L. Knowles, Robert D. Krebs,
Jon C. Madonna, Southwood J. Morcott, Gordon R. Parker, William J. Post, Jack E. Thompson, Directors)
  April 14, 2003
     
By:   /s/ Ramiro G. Peru
Ramiro G. Peru
Attorney-in-fact

Certifications

I, J. Steven Whisler, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, certify that:

l.   I have reviewed this Amendment No. 1 to the annual report on Form 10-K of Phelps Dodge Corporation;
 
2.   Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this annual report;
 
3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this annual report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this annual report;


 

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4.   The registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrant and have:

  a)   designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this annual report is being prepared;
 
  b)   evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this annual report (the “Evaluation Date”); and
 
  c)   presented in this annual report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on our evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;

5.   The registrant’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

  a)   all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data and have identified for the registrant’s auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; and
 
  b)   any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal controls; and

6.   The registrant’s other certifying officers and I have indicated in this annual report whether there were significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls subsequent to the date of our most recent evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

April 14, 2003

 
/s/ J. Steven Whisler
J. Steven Whisler
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

I, Ramiro G. Peru, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, certify that:

l.     I have reviewed this Amendment No. 1 to the annual report on Form 10-K of Phelps Dodge Corporation;

2.   Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this annual report;
 
3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this annual report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this annual report;
 
4.   The registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrant and have:

  a)   designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this annual report is being prepared;

 


 

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  b)   evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this annual report (the “Evaluation Date”); and
 
  c)   presented in this annual report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on our evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;

5.   The registrant’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

  a)   all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data and have identified for the registrant’s auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; and
 
  b)   any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal controls; and

6.   The registrant’s other certifying officers and I have indicated in this annual report whether there were significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls subsequent to the date of our most recent evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

April 14, 2003

 
/s/ Ramiro G. Peru
Ramiro G. Peru
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 


 

     
Exhibit Index    
     
3.1   Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Corporation’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1999) as amended by the Certificate of Amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Phelps Dodge Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.3 to the Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the SEC on June 10, 2002 (SEC File No. 1-82)).
     
3.2   Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Corporation, effective as of September 5, 2001 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2001 (SEC File No. 1-82)).
     
4.1   Credit Agreement, effective May 10, 2000, among the Corporation, the Lenders parties thereto, Salomon Smith Barney Inc., Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Trust Company, and Citibank, N.A., as agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of the Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2000 (SEC File No. 1-82)).
     
4.2   Rights Agreement, dated as of February 5, 1998 between the Corporation and The Chase Manhattan Bank (which replaces the Rights Agreement dated as of July 29, 1988 as amended and restated as of December 6, 1989, the rights issued thereunder having been redeemed by the Corporation), which includes the form of Certificate of Amendment setting forth the terms of the Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Shares, par value $1.00 per share, as Exhibit A, the form of Right Certificate as Exhibit B and the Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares as Exhibit C (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 to the Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K and in the Corporation’s Form 8-A, both filed on February 6, 1998 (SEC File No. 1-82)).
     
    Note: Certain instruments with respect to long-term debt of the Corporation have not been filed as Exhibits to this Report since the total amount of securities authorized under any such instrument does not exceed 10 percent of the total assets of the Corporation and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis. The Corporation agrees to furnish a copy of each such instrument upon request of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
     
4.3   Form of Indenture, dated as of September 22, 1997, between the Corporation and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Trustee (incorporated by reference

 


 

     
    to the Corporation’s Registration Statement and Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on Form S-3 (Registration Nos. 333-36415 and 33-44380)) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 25, 1997 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1997 (SEC File No. 1-82)).
     
4.4   Form of 6.375 percent Note, due November 1, 2004, of the Corporation issued on November 5, 1997, pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of September 22, 1997, between the Corporation and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to the Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 3, 1997 and Exhibit 4.4 of Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1997 (SEC File No. 1-82)).
     
4.5   Form of 7.125 percent Debenture, due November 1, 2027, of the Corporation issued on November 5, 1997, pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of September 22, 1997, between the Corporation and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to the Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 3, 1997 and Exhibit 4.5 of the Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1997 (SEC File No. 1-82)).
     
4.6   Tripartite/Conversion Agreement, dated as of August 8, 2000, among Chase Manhattan Bank and First Union National Bank, and acknowledged by the Corporation, pursuant to which First Union National Bank succeeded Chase Manhattan Bank as trustee under the Indenture dated as of September 22, 1997 (incorporated by reference to the Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Reg. No. 333-43890) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 16, 2000).
     
4.7   Form of 8.75 percent Note due June 1, 2011, of the Corporation issued on May 30, 2001, pursuant to the Indenture dated September 22, 1997, between the Company and First Union National Bank, as successor Trustee (incorporated by reference to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 30, 2001 (SEC File No. 1-82)).
     
4.8   Form of 9.5 percent Note due June 1, 2031, of the Corporation issued on May 30, 2001, pursuant to the Indenture dated September 22, 1997, between the Company and First Union National Bank, as successor Trustee (incorporated by reference to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission May 30, 2001 (SEC File No. 1-82)).
     
4.9   Form of Common Share Certificate of the Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.9 of the Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002 (SEC File No. 1-82)).
     
4.10   Form of 6.75 percent Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share Certificate of the Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.10 of the Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002 (SEC File No. 1-82)).
     
10.   Management contracts and compensatory plans and agreements.
     
10.1   The Corporation’s 1989 Directors Stock Option Plan (the 1989 Directors Plan), as amended to and including June 3, 1992, suspended effective November 6, 1996 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1992 (SEC File No. 1-82)). Form of Stock Option Agreement under the 1989 Directors Plan (incorporated by reference to the Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Reg. No. 33-34362)).
     
10.2   The Corporation’s 1993 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan (the 1993 Plan), as amended through December 1, 1993, and form of Restricted Stock letter under the 1993 Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Corporation’s 1993 Form 10-K (SEC File No. 1-82)). Amendment to 1993 Plan effective May 7, 1997 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1997 (SEC File No. 1-82)). Amended and restated form of Stock

 


 

     
    Option Agreement, amended through February 5, 1997 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the Corporation’s 1997 Form 10-K (SEC File No. 1-82)). Form of Reload Option Agreement, amended through November 2, 1994, under the 1993 Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Corporation’s 1994 Form 10-K (SEC File No. 1-82)).
     
    Note: Omitted from filing pursuant to the Instruction to Item 601(b) (10) are actual Stock Option Agreements between the Corporation and certain officers, under the 1993 Plan, and certain Directors, under the 1989 Directors Plan, which contain substantial similar provisions to Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 above.
     
10.3   Description of the Corporation’s Incentive Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Corporation’s 1993 Form 10-K (SEC File No. 1-82)).
     
10.4   Amended and restated Deferred Compensation Plan for the Directors of the Corporation, dated as of December 3, 1998, effective January 1, 1999 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Corporation’s 1998 Form 10-K (SEC File No. 1-82)).
     
10.5   Form of Change-of-Control Agreement between the Corporation and certain executives, including all of the current executive officers to be listed in the summary compensation table to the 2003 Proxy Statement.
     
10.6   Amended and restated form of Severance Agreement between the Corporation and certain executives, including all of the current executive officers to be listed in the summary compensation table to the 2003 Proxy Statement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 of the Corporation’s 1997 Form 10-K (SEC File No. 1-82)).
     
10.7   The Corporation’s Retirement Plan for Directors, effective January 1, 1988, terminated for active directors effective December 31, 1997 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the Corporation’s 1987 Form 10-K (SEC File No. 1-82)).
     
10.8   The Corporation’s Supplemental Retirement Plan (which amends, restates and re-names the provisions of the Corporation’s Comprehensive Executive Nonqualified Retirement and Savings Plan other than the supplemental savings provisions of such plan), effective (except as otherwise noted therein) as of January 1, 1997 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the Corporation’s 1997 Form 10-K (SEC File No. 1-82)). First Amendment to Plan, effective January 1, 1998 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the Corporation’s 1998 Form 10-K (SEC File No. 1-82)). Second Amendment to Plan, effective January 1, 1999 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1999 (SEC File No. 1-82)). Third Amendment to Plan, effective as of January 1, 2000 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 of the Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2000 (SEC File No. 1-82)).
     
10.9   The Corporation’s Supplemental Savings Plan (SSP) (which amends, restates, and replaces the supplemental savings provisions of the Corporation’s Comprehensive Executive Nonqualified Retirement and Savings Plan), effective (except as otherwise noted therein) as of January 1, 1997 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 of the Corporation’s 1997 Form 10-K (SEC File No. 1-82)); as amended by the First Amendment to such SSP, effective as of January 1, 1999 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 of the Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1999 (SEC File No. 1-82)). Second Amendment to SSP, effective as of January 1, 2000 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to the Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2000 (SEC File No. 1-82)).
     
10.10   The Corporation’s Directors Stock Unit Plan effective January 1, 1997 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to the Corporation’s 1996 Form 10-K (SEC File No. 1-82)) as amended and restated, effective January 1, 1998 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 of the Corporation’s 1997 Form 10-K (SEC File No. 1-82)). First Amendment to Plan, effective as of January 1, 2001 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 of the Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the quarter

 


 

     
    ended June 30, 2000 (SEC File No. 1-82)).
     
10.11   The Corporation’s 1998 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan (the 1998 Plan) and forms of Reload Option Agreement and Restricted Stock Agreement under the 1998 Plan, effective March 4, 1998 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to the Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1998 (SEC File No. 1-82)), and amended form of Stock Option Agreement, effective June 22, 1999 (incorporated by reference to the Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1999 (SEC File No. 1-82)) and amended Form of Restricted Stock Letter Agreement, effective as of July 8, 2002 (incorporated by reference to the Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2002 (SEC File No. 1-82)). First Amendment to the 1998 Plan, effective as of May 4, 2000 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 of the Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the quarter
    ended June 30, 2000 (SEC File No. 1-82)).
     
    Note: Omitted from filing pursuant to the Instruction to Item 601(b) (10) are actual Stock Option Agreements between the Corporation and certain officers under the 1998 Plan, which contain substantially similar provisions to Exhibit 10.11 above.
     
10.12   Retirement Agreement, dated March 6, 2002, between the Corporation and Manuel J. Iraola (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 of the Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2002 (SEC File No. 1-82)).
     
10.13   Waiver and Release, effective July 8, 2002, between the Corporation and Manuel J. Iraola (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 of the Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2002 (SEC File No. 1-82)).
     
11   Computation of per share earnings (previously filed).
     
12   Computation of ratios of total debt to total capitalization (previously filed).
     
21   List of Subsidiaries and Investments (previously filed).
     
23   Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (previously filed).
     
24   Powers of Attorney executed by certain officers and directors who signed this Annual Report on Form 10-K (previously filed).

Note: Shareholders may obtain copies of Exhibits by making written request to the Secretary of the Corporation and paying copying costs of 10 cents per page, plus postage.

  EX-10.5 3 p67450a1exv10w5.txt EXHIBIT 10.5 EXHIBIT 10.5 January 1, 2003 Dear : CHANGE OF CONTROL AGREEMENT Phelps Dodge Corporation (the "Corporation") considers the maintenance of a sound and vital senior management organization to be essential to protecting and enhancing the best interests of the Corporation and to providing value to its shareholders. The Corporation recognizes that, as is the case with many publicly held corporations, the continuing possibility of an unsolicited tender offer or other takeover bid for the Corporation is unsettling to you and other senior executives of the Corporation and its principal subsidiaries, and may result in the departure or distraction of key management personnel to the detriment of the Corporation and its shareholders. The Board of Directors of the Corporation (the "Board") and the Compensation and Management Development Committee (the "Committee") of the Board have previously determined that it is in the best interests of the Corporation and its shareholders for the Corporation to minimize these concerns by entering into an agreement (a "Change of Control Agreement") which would provide you with certain benefits in the event your employment with the Corporation terminates under certain limited circumstances related to a Change of Control. The Corporation has had in place for certain individuals similar agreements that expire on December 31, 2002. Accordingly, the Corporation has determined that it is appropriate to replace those expiring agreements with the arrangements set forth in this Change of Control Agreement. These arrangements are being made and entered into to help assure a continuing dedication by you to your duties to the Corporation, notwithstanding the occurrence of a tender offer or other takeover bid. In particular, the Board and the Committee believe it important, should the Corporation receive proposals from third 1 parties with respect to its future, to enable you, without being influenced or distracted by the uncertainties of your own situation, to assess and advise the Board whether such proposals would be in the best interests of the Corporation and its shareholders, and to take such other action regarding such proposals as the Board might determine to be appropriate. The Board and the Committee understand that in the event of a tender offer or other takeover bid that certain senior managers are at risk with respect to continuing employment opportunities with the Corporation. In recognition of that, the Board and the Committee wish to demonstrate to the senior executives that it is the intent of the Board and Committee, in the event of a Change of Control, to assure that senior executives are treated fairly in those circumstances. In view of the foregoing, in order to induce you to remain in the employ of the Corporation or one of its principal subsidiaries and in further consideration of your continued employment with the Corporation, the Corporation and you agree to a Change of Control Agreement as follows: 1. TERMINATION BENEFITS. In the event your employment with the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation terminates by reason of a "Qualifying Termination" (as the term "Qualifying Termination" is defined below) within two years after a "Change of Control" of the Corporation (as "Change of Control" is defined below), you shall receive the benefits set forth in this Change of Control Agreement ("Change of Control Benefits"). In addition, if you have not experienced a Qualifying Termination prior to the first anniversary date of the Change of Control ("Anniversary Date"), then for a period of thirty (30) days beginning immediately after the Anniversary Date (the "Anniversary Window Period"), you will have a one time opportunity to elect to voluntarily terminate your employment with the Corporation (or any subsidiary of the Corporation) and be eligible to receive your Change of Control Benefits. Should you make an election to voluntarily terminate your employment during the Anniversary Window Period, your date of termination must be within that same thirty (30) day time period. If you fail to make an election to voluntarily terminate your employment during the Anniversary Window Period, you will have forfeited any right to such an election for purposes of this Change of Control Agreement. You will continue to be eligible to receive your Change of Control Benefits only if a Qualifying Termination otherwise occurs within two years after a Change of Control. (a) TERMINATION PAYMENTS. The Corporation will pay you as termination compensation within ten calendar days after your employment with the Corporation (or any subsidiary) terminates a lump sum amount equal to the sum of: (i) three times your highest annual base salary (not including any bonuses under the Corporation's Annual Incentive Compensation Plan) paid or payable by the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation to you during the three calendar years ending with the year your employment with the Corporation terminates; plus (ii) three times your Target Bonus; less (iii) any severance, termination, or other cash compensation payable to you under your Severance Agreement with the Corporation or pursuant to 2 any severance policy, plan, or program sponsored by the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation. For purposes of the calculation set forth in this Section 1.(a), Target Bonus shall mean your highest annual base salary during the twelve (12) months immediately preceding your termination of employment times the highest target bonus percentage assigned by the Corporation's Annual Incentive Compensation Plan to any position you held during the twelve (12) months immediately preceding your termination of employment. If after the effective date of this Change of Control Agreement, the Corporation's Annual Incentive Compensation Plan is replaced by another incentive compensation or bonus program, your Target Bonus for purposes of this Section 1, will be the greater of (i) the Target Bonus as determined under Section 1.(a) as of the date of the Change of Control; (ii) the Target Bonus as determined under Section 1.(a) as of your termination date; or (iii) the Target Bonus as determined under Section 1.(a) except that your Target Bonus will be calculated using the highest target bonus percentage assigned by the replacement program to any position you held during the twelve (12) months immediately preceding your termination of employment. (b) BENEFITS CONTINUATION. You will continue to receive medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and life insurance benefits as described in this Section 1. (b). (i) Group Medical, Dental, and Vision. You will receive group medical, dental, and vision coverage in accordance with the terms and conditions of the special insured group medical, dental, and vision plans sponsored by the Corporation for certain senior executives (collectively, the "Insured Plans"). The Insured Plans are designed to be similar to the Corporation's then in effect self-insured active group medical, dental, and vision plans. You will be eligible to participate in the respective Insured Plans until the earlier of (1) the end of the period of thirty-six (36) months following your termination of employment or (2) the day on which you become eligible to receive any group medical, dental, and vision care benefits, as the case may be, under any plan or program of any other employer for active employees. The thirty-six (36) month period referred to above shall run concurrently with the number of months, if any, for which you are entitled to receive continued benefits under your Severance Agreement with the Corporation or pursuant to any severance policy, plan, or program sponsored by the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation. You will be responsible to contribute to the cost of the Insured Plans at the same level, if any, you were required to contribute to receive the similar benefits under the Corporation's group medical, dental, and vision plans as of your termination date. In lieu of the benefits provided above, you may elect to receive eighteen (18) months of Corporation paid continuation of coverage under the Corporation's group medical, dental, and vision plans pursuant to Section 601 et seq. of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as it may be amended or replaced from time to time. (ii) Retiree Medical Insurance. If during the two year period after the date of the Change of Control, but after the date of your termination of employment 3 (which entitles you to benefits under this Change of Control Agreement), you would have been eligible for early or normal retirement under the terms and conditions of any pension or retirement plan sponsored by the Corporation (or any subsidiary of the Corporation) in which you participate, then you will be eligible to participate in any insured medical plan that the Corporation has in place to provide medical benefits similar to those provided by the Corporation's retiree medical plan (the "Retiree Insured Plan"). You will be eligible to participate in the Retiree Insured Plan beginning on the date you would have been eligible for an early or normal retirement had your employment not been terminated and continuing until such time (if any) as the Corporation ceases to provide retiree medical insurance, or the insurance available under the Retiree Insured Plan is no longer available. Until the end of the thirty-six (36) month period following your termination date, the Corporation will pay your full cost of the Retiree Insured Plan. If as of your employment termination date (either because of your Qualifying Termination within the required time period or your voluntary termination during the Anniversary Window Period), you are eligible to participate in the Corporation's retiree medical plan, if any, the cost of your participation in the applicable retiree medical plan will be paid by the Corporation for the thirty-six (36) month period following your termination date. After the end of this thirty-six (36) month period, you will be responsible to pay the applicable retiree contribution percentage to participate in the Corporation's retiree medical plan. Similarly, if you are participating in the Retiree Insured Plan, you will be required to pay the equivalent contribution as if you had been eligible to participate in the Corporation's retiree medical plan. The Corporation reserves the right to amend or terminate its retiree medical plan at any time. Any such amendment or termination that applies equally to all covered individuals also will apply to you. The Corporation also reserves the right to amend or terminate any Retiree Insured Plan as long as a comparable amendment or termination is being made at the same time to the Corporation's retiree medical plan. A Retiree Insured Plan also may be amended if such amendment is required by the insurer and a Retiree Insured Plan may be terminated if the underlying insurance cannot be obtained from a reputable insurer. (iii) Long-Term Disability. With respect to your long-term disability insurance coverage, you will be eligible to purchase an individual long-term disability conversion policy directly from the insurer providing the group benefits under the Corporation's Long-Term Disability Plan as of your termination date. To be eligible for this coverage, you must satisfy the insurer's requirements for coverage in effect on your termination date, and any such conversion coverage is subject to coverage and other limitations imposed by the insurer. The disability benefits and amount of coverage under the conversion policy may be different than those provided to you under the Corporation's Long-Term Disability Plan in effect on your termination date. The Corporation will pay the cost to continue any long-term disability conversion coverage for a period of thirty-six (36) months following your termination date. You will be responsible for the cost of any long-term disability conversion coverage in excess of thirty-six (36) months. 4 (iv) Life Insurance. The disposition of your life insurance policy or policies (the "Policies") issued under the Corporation's Executive Life Insurance Plan ("ELIP") will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the ELIP. The Corporation, within ten calendar days after the date your employment with the Corporation (or any subsidiary) terminates, will pay the insurer of the Policies an amount sufficient to fund the Policies for a period of thirty-six (36) months after your termination date. The Corporation will fund the Policies for this thirty-six (36) month period in a manner similar to the funding level before the Change of Control such that the Policies are funded for the Policies' death benefit and the contribution towards the retiree life insurance portion of the Policies. At the end of this thirty-six (36) month period any additional funding required by the Policies will be your obligation. In lieu of the payment method described above, you may elect, prior to any payment being made, to have the Corporation fund the Policies to the same level with annual installment payments over a three (3) year period. To the extent that any of your life insurance coverage under the ELIP is insured under the Corporation's group term life insurance plan, in accordance with the terms and conditions of that insurance coverage you will be eligible to convert this coverage to individual non-term conversion coverage as of your termination date. To be eligible to receive this conversion coverage you must submit an application to the insurer. Any available conversion coverage is subject to such limitations as may be imposed by the insurer. Should you elect this individual conversion coverage, the Corporation will pay the cost to continue your conversion coverage for a period of thirty-six (36) months following your termination date. You will be responsible for the cost of any conversion coverage in excess of thirty-six (36) months. 2. OTHER BENEFITS; LOANS. (a) INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN. Generally, your participation in the Corporation's Annual Incentive Compensation Plan ("AICP"), and any right that you may have to receive a bonus thereunder for the year in which your employment with the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation terminates or any prior year shall be governed by the terms of the AICP. If you were a participant in the AICP at any time during the calendar year in which a Change of Control occurs, however, you will receive at least a pro rated incentive compensation payment for the year in which the Change of Control occurs. Your pro rated incentive compensation payment will be calculated in two steps. The first step will be to calculate the incentive compensation to which you would be entitled under the AICP, calculated on the basis of the following assumptions: (i) the annual performance period ends on the date of the Change of Control; (ii) the financial performance of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries for the relevant performance period will be equal to the financial performance measured as of the date of the Change of Control, annualized; and (iii) you satisfy all individual subjective performance goals or measures set for you under the AICP at the "target" performance level. The second step will be to multiply the amount determined pursuant to the first step by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days that have elapsed in the calendar year prior to the day of the Change of Control and the denominator of which is 365. 5 (b) RETIREMENT AND SAVINGS PLANS. Any participation by you in, and any terminating distributions and vested rights under, the Phelps Dodge Retirement Plan, the Phelps Dodge Employee Savings Plan, the Phelps Dodge Corporation Supplemental Retirement Plan, and the Phelps Dodge Corporation Supplemental Savings Plan, or any other retirement or savings plan sponsored by the Corporation, regardless of whether such plan qualifies for favorable tax treatment, shall be governed by the terms and conditions of those respective plans, as they may be amended from time to time. (c) LOANS. Any permitted indebtedness owed by you to the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation on account of advances or loans shall become due and payable and may be deducted from the payment referred to in Section 1 above. (d) OUTPLACEMENT SERVICES. You will be eligible to receive outplacement services for a period of up to one year after your termination date at an outplacement firm selected by the Corporation. The cost of these outplacement services will be paid by the Corporation directly to the outplacement firm selected, up to a maximum amount of fifteen percent (15%) of your highest annual base salary in effect during the twelve (12) months immediately preceding your termination date. (e) EXECUTIVE PHYSICALS. You will be eligible for coverage under the Corporation's Executive Physical program for a maximum of thirty-six (36) months after your termination date. The benefits to which you will be eligible, will be the executive physical benefits that were in effect on the date of the Change of Control and any executive physical benefits received will be subject to the terms and conditions of the Executive Physical program as in effect on the date of the Change of Control. (f) FINANCIAL COUNSELING. To the extent you were eligible for financial counseling paid by the Corporation on the date of the Change of Control, you will be eligible to continue receiving such services paid by the Corporation for an additional thirty-six (36) months after your termination date. The Corporation will pay the cost of these financial counseling services directly to the applicable financial counseling firm. 3. CONFIDENTIALITY. In the event your employment with the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation terminates under the circumstances specified in Section 1, you shall retain in confidence any confidential, proprietary, or trade secret information known to you concerning the Corporation and its subsidiaries and their businesses so long as such information is not publicly disclosed by the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation. 6 4. CHANGE OF CONTROL DEFINED. For purposes of this Change of Control Agreement, a "Change of Control" shall be deemed to have taken place at the time: (a) when any "person" or "group" of persons (as such terms are used in Section 13 and 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time (the "Exchange Act")), other than the Corporation or any employee benefit plan sponsored by the Corporation, becomes the "beneficial owner" (as such term is used in Section 13 of the Exchange Act) of 25% or more of the total number of the Corporation's common shares at the time outstanding; or (b) of the approval by the vote of the Corporation's stockholders holding at least 50% (or such greater percentage as may be required by the Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws of the Corporation or by law) of the voting stock of the Corporation of any merger or consolidation with any other corporation (other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Corporation outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the entity surviving such merger or consolidation (the "Surviving Entity") or its direct or indirect parent (the "Survivor Parent")), at least 80% of the combined voting power of the securities of the Corporation or the Surviving Entity or Survivor Parent outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation); sale of assets; liquidation; or reorganization in which the Corporation will not survive as a publicly owned corporation (the transactions described above being collectively referred to as the "Transaction"); provided that a Change of Control will occur in the circumstances described above only if the Transaction is ultimately consummated; or (c) when the individuals who, at the beginning of any period of two years or less, constituted the Board of Directors of the Corporation cease, for any reason, to constitute at least a majority thereof, unless the election or nomination for election of each new director was approved by the vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who were directors at the beginning of such period. 5. QUALIFYING TERMINATION DEFINED. (a) QUALIFYING TERMINATION. For purposes of this Change of Control Agreement, the term "Qualifying Termination" means a termination of your employment with the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation (under circumstances where you are no longer employed by the Corporation or any such subsidiary) (i) by you for Good Reason, or (ii) by the Corporation or a subsidiary without Cause, and (iii) prior to your death or Disability. (b) CAUSE. "Cause" means willful misconduct in the performance of your duties as an employee which results in a material detriment to the Corporation, and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole. 7 (c) DISABILITY. For purposes of this Change of Control Agreement, the term "Disability" shall have the meaning given to that term in the Phelps Dodge Corporation Long-Term Disability Plan. (d) GOOD REASON. For purposes of this Change of Control Agreement, the term "Good Reason" means that you have terminated your employment with the Corporation and all subsidiaries of the Corporation under any of the following circumstances: (i) such termination occurs more than 180 days following the time when a Change of Control takes place and such Change of Control has not been approved by a resolution adopted by the Board as constituted immediately prior to such Change of Control; or (ii) you terminate your employment on account of one or more of the following events (and you have not agreed to such event in writing): (A) the assignment to you of any duties inconsistent, in a way materially adverse to you, with your positions, duties, responsibilities and status with the Corporation and its subsidiaries immediately prior to a Change of Control, or a material reduction in the duties and responsibilities you held immediately prior to such Change of Control; or a change in your reporting responsibilities, titles or offices as in effect immediately prior to such Change of Control; or any removal of you from or any failure to re-elect you to any position with the Corporation or any subsidiary that you held immediately prior to such Change of Control except in connection with your promotion or the termination of your employment; or (B) a reduction by the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation in your base salary as in effect immediately prior to such Change of Control; the failure by the Corporation or any such subsidiary to continue in effect any employee benefit plan or compensation plan (including any incentive compensation or bonus programs) in which you are participating immediately prior to such Change of Control unless you are permitted to participate in other plans providing you with substantially comparable benefits; or the taking of any action by the Corporation or any such subsidiary which would adversely affect your participation 8 in or materially reduce your benefits under any such employee benefit or compensation plan; or (C) the Corporation's or any subsidiary's requiring you to be based anywhere other than a location within 50 miles of your location immediately prior to such Change of Control; or the Corporation's or any subsidiary's requiring you to travel on the Corporation's or any subsidiary's business to an extent substantially more burdensome than your travel obligations immediately prior to such Change of Control. (e) EMPLOYMENT BY SUCCESSORS. For purposes of this Change of Control Agreement, employment by a successor of the Corporation, or a successor of any subsidiary of the Corporation, that has assumed this Change of Control Agreement pursuant to Section 9 shall be considered to be employment by the Corporation or one of its subsidiaries. As a result, if you are employed by such a successor following a Change of Control, you will not be entitled to receive the benefits provided by Sections 1 and 2 unless your employment with the successor is subsequently terminated in a Qualifying Termination within two (2) years after a Change of Control or as a result of your timely election to voluntarily terminate your employment during the Anniversary Window Period as described in Section 1. Solely for purposes of applying the provisions of Sections 1 and 2 and the definitions set forth in Section 5, the successor shall be deemed to be a subsidiary of the Corporation. 6. TAX GROSS-UP. (a) GROSS-UP PAYMENT. In the event that the "Total Payments" made under this Change of Control Agreement or otherwise result in an excise tax being imposed on you pursuant to Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code (the "Code"), the Corporation will provide you with a "Gross-Up Payment," calculated in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6. "Total Payments" as used in this Section 6, means any payments in the nature of compensation (as defined in Code Section 280G and the regulations adopted thereunder), made pursuant to this Change of Control Agreement or otherwise, to or for your benefit, the receipt of which is contingent on a "change in the ownership or effective control" of the Corporation, or a "change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Corporation" (as these phrases are defined in Code Section 280G and the regulations adopted thereunder) and to which Code Section 280G applies. Except as otherwise noted below, this Gross-Up Payment will consist of a single lump sum payment to you. This lump sum payment will be in such an amount that after you have paid (i) the "total presumed federal and state taxes;" and (ii) the excise taxes imposed by Code Section 4999 with respect to the Gross-Up Payment (and any interest or penalties actually imposed), you retain an amount of the Gross-Up Payment equal to the remaining excise taxes imposed by Code Section 4999 on your Total Payments (calculated before the Gross-Up Payment). For purposes of calculating your Gross-Up Payment, your 9 actual federal and state income taxes will not be used. Instead, we will use your "total presumed federal and state taxes." For purposes of this Change of Control Agreement, your "total presumed federal and state taxes" shall be conclusively calculated using a combined tax rate equal to the sum of the maximum marginal federal and applicable state income tax rates and the hospital insurance (or "HI") portion of F.I.C.A. Based on the rates in effect for 2002 for an Arizona resident, the "total presumed federal and state tax rate" is 45.09% (38.6% federal income tax rate plus 5.04% Arizona state income tax rate plus 1.45% HI tax rate). The state tax rate for your actual principal place of residence will be used and no adjustments will be made for the deduction of state taxes on the federal return, any deduction of federal taxes on a state return, the loss of itemized deductions or exemptions, or for any other purpose. (b) CALCULATIONS. The Corporation, at the Corporation's sole expense, will retain a "Consultant" to advise the Corporation with respect to the applicability of any Code Section 4999 excise tax with respect to your Total Payments. The Consultant shall be a law firm, a certified public accounting firm, and/or a firm nationally recognized as providing executive compensation consulting services. All determinations concerning whether a Gross-Up Payment is required pursuant to Section 6 (a) and the amount of any Gross-Up Payment (as well as any assumptions to be used in making such determinations) shall be made by the Consultant selected pursuant to this Section. The Consultant shall provide you and the Corporation with a written notice of the amount of the excise taxes that you are required to pay and the amount of the Gross-Up Payment. The notice from the Consultant shall include any necessary calculations in support of its conclusions. All fees and expenses of the Consultant shall be borne by the Corporation. Any Gross-Up Payment shall be made by the Corporation within fifteen (15) calendar days after the mailing of such notice. As a general rule, the Consultant's determination shall be binding on you and the Corporation. The application of the excise tax rules of Code Section 4999, however, is complex and uncertain and, as a result, the Internal Revenue Service may disagree with the Consultant concerning the amount, if any, of the excise taxes that are due. If the Internal Revenue Service determines that excise taxes are due, or that the amount of the excise taxes that are due is greater than the amount determined by the Consultant, the Gross-Up Payment will be recalculated by the Consultant to reflect the actual excise taxes that you are required to pay (and any related interest and penalties). Any deficiency will then be paid to you by the Corporation within fifteen (15) calendar days of the receipt of the revised calculations from the Consultant. If the Internal Revenue Service determines that the amount of excise taxes that you paid exceeds the amount due, you shall return the excess to the Corporation (along with any interest paid to you on the overpayment) immediately upon receipt from the Internal Revenue Service or other taxing authority. The Corporation has the right to challenge any excise tax determinations made by the Internal Revenue Service. If the Corporation agrees to indemnify you from any taxes, interest and penalties that may be imposed upon you (including any taxes, interest and penalties on the amounts paid pursuant to the Corporation's 10 indemnification agreement), you must cooperate fully with the Corporation in connection with any such challenge. The Corporation shall bear all costs associated with the challenge of any determination made by the Internal Revenue Service and the Corporation shall control all such challenges. The additional Gross-Up Payments called for by the preceding paragraph shall not be made until the Corporation has either exhausted its (or your) rights to challenge the determination or indicated that it intends to concede or settle the excise tax determination. You must notify the Corporation in writing of any claim or determination by the Internal Revenue Service that, if upheld, would result in the payment of excise taxes in amounts different from the amount initially specified by the Consultant. Such notice shall be given as soon as possible but in no event later than fifteen (15) calendar days following your receipt of notice of the Internal Revenue Service's position. 7. TERM OF AGREEMENT. This Change of Control Agreement is effective as of January 1, 2003 and will continue in effect until the later of (a) December 31, 2007 or (b) two years following a Change of Control that occurs prior to December 31, 2007. 8. TERMINATION NOTICE AND PROCEDURE. Any termination of your employment by the Corporation or you within two (2) years after a Change of Control shall be communicated by written notice of termination, all in accordance with the following procedures: (a) The notice of termination shall indicate the specific termination provision in this Change of Control Agreement relied upon and shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances alleged to provide a basis for termination. (b) If the Corporation notifies you of your termination for Cause and you in good faith notify the Corporation that a dispute exists concerning such termination within fifteen (15) calendar days following your receipt of such notice, you may elect to continue your employment during such dispute. If it is thereafter determined that Cause did exist, your termination date shall be the earlier of (i) the date on which the dispute is finally determined, either by mutual written agreement of the parties or pursuant to the arbitration provisions set out below, or (ii) the date of your death. If it is determined that Cause did not exist, your employment shall continue as if the Corporation had not delivered its notice of termination. (c) If the Corporation notifies you of your termination by reason of Disability and you in good faith notify the Corporation that a dispute exists concerning such termination within fifteen (15) calendar days following your receipt of such notice, you also may elect to continue your employment during such dispute. The dispute relating to the existence of a Disability shall be resolved by the opinion of the licensed 11 physician selected by the Corporation; provided, however, that if you do not accept the opinion of the licensed physician selected by the Corporation, the dispute shall be resolved by the opinion of a licensed physician who shall be selected by you; provided further, however, that if the Corporation does not accept the opinion of the licensed physician selected by you, the dispute shall be finally resolved by the opinion of a licensed physician selected by the licensed physicians selected by the Corporation and you, respectively. If it is thereafter determined that a Disability did exist, your termination date shall be the earlier of (i) the date on which the dispute is resolved or (ii) the date of your death. If it is determined that a Disability did not exist, your employment shall continue as if the Corporation had not delivered its notice of termination. (d) If you in good faith notify the Corporation of your termination for Good Reason and the Corporation notifies you that a dispute exists concerning the termination within fifteen (15) calendar days following the Corporation's receipt of such notice, you may elect to continue your employment during such dispute. If it is thereafter determined that Good Reason did exist, your termination date shall be the earlier of (i) the date on which the dispute is finally determined, either by mutual written agreement of the parties or pursuant to the arbitration provisions set out below, (ii) the date of your death, or (iii) one day prior to the second anniversary of a Change of Control, and your payments hereunder shall reflect events occurring after you delivered notice of termination. If it is determined that Good Reason did not exist, your employment shall continue after such determination as if you had not delivered the notice of termination asserting Good Reason. (e) If you do not elect to continue employment pending resolution of a dispute regarding a notice of termination, and it is finally determined that the reason for termination set forth in such notice of termination did not exist, if such notice was delivered by you, you shall be deemed to have voluntarily terminated your employment other than for Good Reason and if delivered by the Corporation, the Corporation will be deemed to have terminated you without Cause. (f) For purposes of this Change of Control Agreement, a transfer from the Corporation to one of its subsidiaries or a transfer from a subsidiary to the Corporation or another subsidiary shall not be treated as a termination of employment. (g) If you elect to continue your employment pending the resolution of a dispute pursuant to Sections 8(b), (c), or (d), the Corporation, in its discretion, may place you on a paid administrative leave until the dispute is resolved. 9. ASSUMPTION BY SUCCESSORS. The Corporation will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation, acquisition, or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries to expressly assume and agree to perform this Change of Control Agreement in the same manner 12 and to the same extent that the Corporation or any subsidiary would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place. Failure of the Corporation to obtain such assumption and agreement prior to the effectiveness of any such succession shall be a breach of this Change of Control Agreement and shall entitle you to compensation from the Corporation in the same amount and on the same terms to which you would be entitled hereunder if you terminate your employment for either Good Reason following a Change of Control, or voluntarily during the Anniversary Window Period, except that for purposes of implementing the foregoing, the date on which any such succession becomes effective shall be deemed your termination date. 10. MISCELLANEOUS. (a) ARBITRATION; RELATED EXPENSES. Any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this Change of Control Agreement shall be settled exclusively by arbitration held in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association then in effect. Judgment may be entered on the arbitrator's award in any court having jurisdiction. The Corporation shall pay on a current basis all legal expenses (including attorney's fees) incurred by you in connection with such arbitration and the entering of such award if you prevail, or substantially prevail, in such proceeding. (b) REPLACEMENT OF OTHER AGREEMENTS. This Change of Control Agreement replaces and supersedes any agreement previously entered into between you and the Corporation regarding the payment of compensation or benefits following a Change of Control. This Change of Control Agreement does not replace or supersede your Severance Agreement with the Corporation or any provision in any stock option or restricted stock plan or agreement or any plan or program to provide retirement or savings benefits. (c) EMPLOYMENT AT WILL. This Change of Control Agreement shall neither obligate the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation to continue you in its employ (or to employ you in any particular office or to perform any specified responsibility) nor obligate you to continue in the employ of the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation. (d) SUCCESSORS. This Change of Control Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of you, your estate and the Corporation and any successor of the Corporation, but neither this Change of Control Agreement nor any rights arising hereunder may be assigned or pledged by you. (e) GOVERNING LAW. This Change of Control Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York. (f) SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Change of Control Agreement as applied to either party or to any circumstances shall be adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be void or unenforceable, the same shall in no way 13 affect any other provision of this Change of Control Agreement or the validity or enforceability of this Change of Control Agreement. (g) AMENDMENT OR WAIVER. Except as otherwise provided in Section 10(j) of this Change of Control Agreement, no provision of this Change of Control Agreement may be modified, waived or discharged unless such modification, waiver or discharge is agreed to in a writing signed by you and such officer as may be designated by the Board or a duly authorized Committee thereof. No waiver by either party hereto at any time of any breach by the other party hereto of any condition or provision of this Change of Control Agreement to be performed by such other party shall be deemed a waiver of any other condition or provision at any time. (h) NO DUTY TO MITIGATE. For purposes of receiving payments under this Change of Control Agreement, you are not under any duty to mitigate the damages resulting from your termination of employment. As a result, you will receive the payments and other benefits provided by this Change of Control Agreement regardless of whether you search for or obtain other work. As provided in Section 1(b), however, your right to receive continued group medical, dental, and vision insurance benefits will terminate if you become eligible to receive any such medical, dental, or vision benefits under any other plan or program of any subsequent employer. (i) FUNDING. The Corporation shall establish a trust to provide for the funding of the Corporation's obligations under this and similar agreements with other executives. The trustee of the trust shall be chosen by the Corporation or any individual or committee to whom the Corporation delegates that responsibility, but the trustee must be a national or state bank or trust company. Prior to the day on which a Change of Control occurs, the Corporation shall transfer to the trustee of the trust an amount equal to the Corporation's total potential liability to you pursuant to Sections 1(a), 2(a), 2(d), 2(e), 2(f), 6 and 10(a). Such amount shall be determined by the Corporation acting in good faith. If it is discovered at any time that the amount initially transferred is less than the total amount called for by the preceding sentence, the shortfall shall be transferred to the trustee immediately upon the discovery of such error. Under the terms of the trust, the trustee shall be obligated to pay to you the amount to which you are entitled pursuant to Sections 1(a), 2(a), 2(d), 2(e), 2(f), 6, and 10(a) unless such amounts are paid in a timely manner by the Corporation or its successors. The other terms and provisions of the trust agreement shall be determined by the Corporation and the trustee. (j) EFFECT OF CHANGE OF LAW. If at any time during the term of this Change of Control Agreement any federal or state law or regulation is adopted or modified in any way that will increase the cost of this Change of Control Agreement to the Corporation, the Corporation reserves the right to unilaterally modify any provision of the Agreement in any manner which it deems appropriate to eliminate the cost increase to the Corporation, including but not limited to eliminating the offending provision or provisions in their entirety. 14 If you are in agreement with the foregoing, please so indicate by signing and returning to the Corporation the enclosed copy of this letter, whereupon this letter shall constitute a binding agreement between you and the Corporation. Very truly yours, PHELPS DODGE CORPORATION ______________________________________ Senior Vice President, Human Resources Agreed: _____________________________________________ _________________________ Date 15 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----