As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 20, 1997.
Registration No. 33-63376
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
1615 Poydras Street
Delaware New Orleans, Louisiana 70112 74-2480931
(State or other (504) 582-4000 (I.R.S. Employer
jurisdiction of (Address, including zip code, Identification No.)
incorporation or and telephone number, including
organization) area code, of the registrant's
principal executive office)
Henry A. Miller, Esq.
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.
Vice President and General Counsel
1615 Poydras Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70112
(504) 582-4000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service of registrant)
Copies to:
William B. Masters, Esq.
Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent,
Carrere & Denegre, L.L.P.
201 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, Louisiana 70170
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:
From time to time after this Registration Statement becomes effective.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being
offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the
following box. [ ]
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be
offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the
Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with
dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. [X]
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an
offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the
following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of
the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. [ ]
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule
462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the
Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective
registration statement for the same offering. [ ]
If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to
Rule 434, please check the following box. [X]
This Post-Effective Amendment shall become effective in accordance
with Section 8(c) of the Securities Act of 1933 on such date as the
Commission, acting pursuant to Section 8(c), may determine.
Deregistration
In accordance with the undertakings contained in Part II of this
Registration Statement and Item 512 of Regulation S-K, Freeport-McMoRan
Copper & Gold Inc. ("FCX") has filed this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1
to remove from registration the securities registered under this
Registration Statement which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering of those securities.
FCX hereby removes from registration all Special Stock (including
Class A Common Stock) registered by FCX in this Registration Statement.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused
this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to this Registration Statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in New
Orleans, Louisiana, on the 19th day of March, 1997.
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.
(Registrant)
By: /s/ James R. Moffett
________________________________
James R. Moffett
Chairman of the Board
and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to this Registration Statement has been
signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in
the capacities indicated on March 19, 1997.
Signature Title
/s/ James R. Moffett Chairman of the Board, Chief
- ----------------------------- Executive Officer and Director
James R. Moffett (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Richard C. Adkerson Executive Vice President and Chief
- ----------------------------- Financial Officer (Principal
Richard C. Adkerson Financial Officer)
/s/ Michael A. Weaver Controller - Financial Reporting
- ----------------------------- (Principal Accounting Officer)
Michael A. Weaver
/s/ Robert W. Bruce III Director
- -----------------------------
/s/ R. Leigh Clifford Director
- -----------------------------
R. Leigh Clifford
/s/ Leon A. Davis Director
- -----------------------------
Leon A. Davis
/s/ Robert A. Day Director
- -----------------------------
Robert A. Day
/s/ William B. Harrison, Jr. Director
- -----------------------------
William B. Harrison, Jr.
/s/ J. Bennett Johnston Director
- -----------------------------
J. Bennett Johnston
/s/ Henry A. Kissinger Director
- -----------------------------
Henry A. Kissinger
/s/ Bobby Lee Lackey Director
- -----------------------------
Bobby Lee Lackey
/s/ Rene L. Latiolais Director
- -----------------------------
Rene L. Latiolais
/s/ Gabrielle K. McDonald Director
- -----------------------------
Gabrielle K. McDonald
* Director
- -----------------------------
George A. Mealey
/s/ George Putnam Director
- -----------------------------
George Putnam
/s/ B.M. Rankin, Jr. Director
- -----------------------------
B.M. Rankin, Jr.
* Director
- -----------------------------
Wolfgang F. Siegel
/s/ J. Taylor Wharton Director
- -----------------------------
J. Taylor Wharton
/s/ Ward W. Woods, Jr. Director
- -----------------------------
Ward W. Woods, Jr.
*By: /s/ James R. Moffett
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James R. Moffett
Attorney-in-Fact
