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PHOENIX – Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (NYSE: FCX) announced today that it has completed the sale of $600 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.00% Senior Notes due 2027 and $600 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.25% Senior Notes due 2029.
FCX intends to use the net proceeds from the $1.2 billion senior notes offering to fund its previously announced make-whole redemption of all of its outstanding $728 million aggregate principal amount of 6.875% Senior Notes due 2023, the purchase of approximately $404.9 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.00% Senior Notes due 2021 (the 2021 Notes) and $12.3 million aggregate principal amount of its 3.55% Senior Notes due 2022 (the 2022 Notes) tendered as of 5 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), on Aug. 14, 2019, (the Early Tender Deadline) pursuant to its cash tender offers, and the payment of accrued and unpaid interest, premiums, fees and expenses in connection therewith.
FCX’s previously announced tender offers for up to $430 million aggregate purchase price (exclusive of accrued interest) of its 2021 Notes, 2022 Notes and 3.875% Senior Notes due 2023 (collectively, the Notes) are being made solely pursuant to the terms and conditions, including the acceptance priority levels, set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated Aug. 1, 2019. The financing condition for the tender offers was satisfied upon completion of the senior notes offering.
Based on information received from D.F. King & Co., Inc., the Tender and Information Agent, as of the Early Tender Deadline, FCX expects to accept for purchase tenders of (1) all of the 2021 Notes, (2) a portion of the 2022 Notes using a proration factor of approximately 1.08% and (3) none of the 3.875% Senior Notes due 2023. Settlement of 2021 Notes and 2022 Notes accepted for purchase is expected to occur on Aug. 16, 2019 (the Early Settlement Date).
Holders of 2021 Notes and 2022 Notes who validly tendered and did not validly withdraw their 2021 Notes and 2022 Notes at or prior to the Early Tender Deadline, and whose 2021 Notes and 2022 Notes are accepted for purchase, will be entitled to receive total consideration of $1,031.25 per $1,000 2021 Notes (which includes the $30.00 early tender premium) and $1,017.50 per $1,000 2022 Notes (which includes the $30.00 early tender premium) plus accrued and unpaid interest from the last interest payment date to, but not including, the Early Settlement Date. Notes validly tendered at or prior to the Early Tender Deadline cannot be withdrawn, except as provided for in the Offer to Purchase or as required by applicable law.
FCX does not expect to accept for purchase any Notes tendered after the Early Tender Deadline because the aggregate principal amount of Notes tendered would result in an aggregate purchase price that exceeds $430 million. The tender offers are scheduled to expire at 11:59 p.m., EDT, on Aug. 28, 2019, unless extended, earlier expired or terminated by FCX.
FCX has retained J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and BofA Merrill Lynch as dealer managers for the tender offers. D.F. King & Co., Inc. is the Tender and Information Agent for the tender offers. For additional information regarding the terms of the tender offers, please contact J.P. Morgan Securities LLC collect at (212) 834-6950 or toll-free at (866) 834-4666 or BofA Merrill Lynch collect at (646) 855-0173 or toll-free at (888) 292-0070. Requests for copies of the Offer to Purchase and questions regarding the tendering of Notes may be directed to D.F. King & Co., Inc. at (212) 269-5550 (for banks and brokers) or (800) 628-8510 (all others, toll-free) or email fcx@dfking.com.
FCX is a leading international mining company with headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona. FCX operates large, long-lived, geographically diverse assets with significant proven and probable reserves of copper, gold, and molybdenum. FCX is one of the world’s largest publicly traded copper producers.
FCX’s portfolio of assets includes the Grasberg minerals district in Indonesia, one of the world’s largest copper and gold deposits; and significant mining operations in North America and South America, including the large-scale Morenci minerals district in Arizona and the Cerro Verde operation in Peru. Additional information about FCX is available on FCX’s website at “fcx.com.”
