Unassociated Document
Filed Pursuant to Rule 433
Registration No. 333-140997

Pricing Term Sheet
March 14, 2007

FREEPORT-MCMORAN COPPER & GOLD INC.

Pricing Term Sheet -- 2015 Fixed Rate Notes

Issuer:
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.
Security description:
Senior Notes
Distribution:
SEC Registered
Face Amount:
$1,500,000,000
Gross proceeds:
$1,500,000,000
Net proceeds to Issuer (before expenses):
$1,470,000,000
Coupon:
8.25%
Maturity:
April 1, 2015
Offering Price:
100% of face amount
Yield to maturity:
8.25%
Spread to Benchmark Treasury:
+374 bps
Benchmark Treasury:
UST 4% due 2/15/2015
Ratings:
B2/B+
Interest Payment Dates:
April 1 and October 1
First Interest Payment Date:
October 1, 2007
Equity Clawback:
Up to 35% at 108.25%
Until:
April 1, 2010
Optional redemption:
 
 
Make-whole call @ T+50 bps prior to April 1, 2011 then:
 
On or after:
Price:
 
April 1, 2011
104.125%
 
April 1, 2012
102.063%
 
April 1, 2013 and thereafter
100.000%
   
Change of control:
Putable at 101% of principal plus accrued interest
CUSIP:
35671DAR6
ISIN:
US35671DAR61
Minimum Denominations/Integral Multiples:
2,000 x 1,000
Trade date:
March 14, 2007
 

 
Settlement date:
T+3; March 19, 2007
Bookrunners:
JPMorgan
 
Merrill Lynch & Co.
Co-Managers:
HSBC
 
Scotia
 
UBS Investors Bank
 
ANZ Securities, Inc.
 
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.
 
Calyon Securities (USA) Inc.
 
Daiwa Securities SMBC Europe Limited
 
Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc.
 
HVB Capital Markets, Inc.
 
ING Financial Markets LLC
 
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International plc
 
Mizuho Securities USA, Inc.
 
Natexis Bleichroeder Inc.
 
RBC Capital Markets Corporation
 
SG Americas Securities, LLC
 
Standard Chartered Bank
 
WestLB Securities Inc.
 
The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus supplement) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus supplement if you request it by calling J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc. toll-free at 1-800-245-8812.

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