SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Og9mEhfOu8EdoJY3OXHBL1SPTYcYWqYkeC0gKUWclwK98Akt1jgkozYOTf7D7buy ic0CrDYxfNUIGXXGw/3V0g== 0000831259-04-000005.txt : 20040129 0000831259-04-000005.hdr.sgml : 20040129 20040129131746 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000831259-04-000005 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20040129 ITEM INFORMATION: Other events FILED AS OF DATE: 20040129 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FREEPORT MCMORAN COPPER & GOLD INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000831259 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: METAL MINING [1000] IRS NUMBER: 742480931 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-11307-01 FILM NUMBER: 04551532 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1615 POYDRAS ST CITY: NEW ORLEANS STATE: LA ZIP: 70112 BUSINESS PHONE: 5045824000 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FREEPORT MCMORAN COPPER COMPANY INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19910114 8-K 1 f12904fcx8k.htm 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): January 29, 2004

FREEPORT-McMoRan COPPER & GOLD INC.

Delaware

1-9916

74-2480931

(State or other

(Commission

(IRS Employer

jurisdiction of

File Number)

Identification

incorporation or

Number)

organization)

1615 Poydras Street

New Orleans, Louisiana 70112

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (504) 582-4000

Item 5. Other Events and Regulation FD Disclosure.

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. issued a press release dated January 29, 2004, announcing that it has priced $350 million of senior notes due 2014 (see Exhibit 99).

SIGNATURE

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, thereunto duly authorized.

FREEPORT-McMoRan COPPER & GOLD INC.

By: \s\ C. Donald Whitmire, Jr.

----------------------------------------

C. Donald Whitmire, Jr.

Vice President and Controller -

Financial Reporting

(authorized signatory and

Principal Accounting Officer)

Date: January 29, 2004

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.

Exhibit Index

Exhibit

Number

Press release dated January 29, 2004, titled “Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. Prices $350 Million of 6⁷/₈% Senior Notes Due 2014.”

EX-99 3 f12904fcx.htm Press Release -- Conversion of Convertible Notes (F5015083.DOC;1)

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. Prices $350 Million

of 6⁷/₈% Senior Notes Due 2014

NEW ORLEANS, LA, January 29, 2004 -- Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE:FCX) announced today that it has priced $350 million of senior notes due 2014. The senior notes have an interest rate of 6⁷/₈% per year. The offering will generate net proceeds of approximately $344 million, which FCX will use to repay certain Atlantic Copper borrowings, provide funding for its 2004 debt maturities and for other corporate purposes, including additions to working capital and possible additional repayments of debt. The transaction is expected to settle on February 3, 2004.

The notes will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933 or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements. FCX plans to issue the notes only to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A and to persons outside the United States under Regulation S.

# # #

-----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----