Freeport-McMoRan Recommends Rejection of Below-Market Price Mini-Tender Offer

By: Freeport-McMoRan Inc. via Business Wire

November 16, 2023 at 20:24 PM EST

Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (NYSE: FCX) has been notified by TRC Capital Investment Corporation (TRC) that it is making an unsolicited “mini-tender” offer to FCX shareholders to purchase up to 3,000,000 shares of FCX’s common stock at a current below-market price of $32.20 per share. TRC’s offer price is approximately 4.4% below the $33.69 per share closing price of FCX’s common stock on November 10, 2023, the last trading day prior to the date of the offer, and approximately 10% below the $35.54 per share closing price of FCX’s common stock on November 16, 2023.

FCX recommends that shareholders not tender their shares. FCX recommends that shareholders who have not responded to TRC’s offer take no action. According to TRC’s current offer documents, FCX shareholders who tender (or have already tendered) shares may withdraw their shares at any time prior to 12:01 a.m. New York City time on December 13, 2023, by following the procedures described in the offer documents.

FCX does not endorse this unsolicited mini-tender offer, and FCX is not affiliated or associated in any way with TRC, TRC’s mini-tender offer or the mini-tender offer documentation. FCX requests that a copy of this press release be included with all distributions of materials related to TRC’s mini-tender offer related to FCX’s common stock.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has cautioned investors about mini-tender offers, stating that mini-tender offers “have been increasingly used to catch investors off guard,” and that investors “may end up selling their securities at below-market prices.” The SEC's guidance to investors on mini-tender offers is available at http://www.sec.gov/investor/pubs/minitend.htm.

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