Summary of FREEPORT MCMORAN COPPER & GOLD INC

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (the Company) held its 2012 annual meeting of stockholders on June 14, 2012 in Wilmington, Delaware. At the annual meeting, the Company's stockholders (1) elected each of the twelve persons listed below to serve as a director of the Company for a term that will continue until the next annual meeting of stockholders, (2) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the named executive officers, (3) ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the 2012 fiscal year, and (4) failed to approve a stockholder proposal regarding requirements for a director candidate.

Of the 949,114,560 shares of the Company's common stock outstanding as of the record date, 743,777,969 shares were represented at the annual meeting. The independent inspector of elections reported the vote of stockholders as follows:

Proposal 1: Election of twelve directors.

                                           Votes         Broker
         Name             Votes For      Withheld      Non-Votes
Richard C. Adkerson      589,123,668     9,178,138    145,476,163
Robert J. Allison, Jr.   540,425,292    57,876,514    145,476,163
Robert A. Day            584,221,921    14,079,885    145,476,163
Gerald J. Ford           538,366,028    59,935,778    145,476,163
H. Devon Graham, Jr.     582,195,257    16,106,549    145,476,163
Charles C. Krulak        586,647,248    11,654,558    145,476,163
Bobby Lee Lackey         582,276,147    16,025,659    145,476,163
Jon C. Madonna           591,570,072     6,731,734    145,476,163
Dustan E. McCoy          577,116,817    21,184,989    145,476,163
James R. Moffett         582,944,609    15,357,197    145,476,163
B. M. Rankin, Jr.        541,282,281    57,019,525    145,476,163
Stephen H. Siegele       591,989,660     6,312,146    145,476,163

Proposal 2: Approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the named executive officers.

                Votes                      Broker
 Votes For     Against     Abstentions    Non-Votes
403,566,185   192,748,632   1,986,989    145,476,163

Proposal 3: Ratification of appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm.

               Votes
 Votes For    Against    Abstentions
735,474,938   6,655,990   1,647,041

Proposal 4: Stockholder Proposal regarding requirements for a director candidate.

                 Votes                      Broker
 Votes For      Against     Abstentions    Non-Votes
187,583,272   406,639,026    4,079,508    145,476,163