GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL
AGREEMENT
FREEPORT-MCMORAN COPPER & GOLD
INC.,
THE SUBSIDIARIES OF FREEPORT-MCMORAN
COPPER & GOLD INC.
FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
N.A.,
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SECTION 1.01. Parent Credit Agreement
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SECTION 1.02. Other Defined Terms
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SECTION 2.02. Guarantee of Payment
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SECTION 2.03. No Limitations
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SECTION 2.04. Reinstatement
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SECTION 2.05. Agreement To Pay;
Subrogation
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SECTION 2.06. Information
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SECTION 3.02. Delivery of the Pledged
Collateral
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SECTION 3.03. Representations, Warranties and
Covenants
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SECTION 3.04. Certification of Limited Liability
Company and Limited Partnership Interests
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SECTION 3.05. Registration in Nominee Name;
Denominations
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SECTION 3.06. Voting Rights; Dividends and
Interest
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Security Interests in Personal
Property
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SECTION 4.01. Security Interest
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SECTION 4.02. Representations and
Warranties
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SECTION 4.04. Other Actions
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SECTION 5.01. Remedies Upon Default
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SECTION 5.02. Application of Proceeds
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SECTION 5.03. Securities Act
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SECTION 5.04. Registration
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SECTION 5.05. No Marshalling of Assets
Required
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SECTION 5.06. Existing JV Restrictions;
Specified Restrictions
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Indemnity, Subrogation and
Subordination
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SECTION 6.01. Indemnity and
Subrogation
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SECTION 6.02. Contribution and
Subrogation
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SECTION 6.03. Subordination
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SECTION 7.01. Equal and Ratable
Security
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SECTION 7.02. Ratable Application of
Proceeds
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SECTION 7.03. Application of Moneys
Distributable to Ratable Obligations
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SECTION 7.04. Delivery of Indentures
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SECTION 7.05. Information as to Secured Parties
and Indenture Trustees
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SECTION 8.01. Exculpatory Provisions
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SECTION 8.02. Delegation of Duties
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SECTION 8.03. Reliance by Collateral
Agent
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SECTION 8.04. Limitations on Duties of
Collateral Agent
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SECTION 8.05. Resignation of the Collateral
Agent
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SECTION 8.06. Co-Collateral Agents; Separate
Collateral Agents
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SECTION 8.07. Representatives of Secured
Parties
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SECTION 8.08. Consent and Agreement by Secured
Parties
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SECTION 9.02. Waivers; Amendment
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SECTION 9.03. Collateral Agent’s Fees and
Expenses; Indemnification
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SECTION 9.04. Successors and Assigns
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SECTION 9.05. Survival of Agreement
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SECTION 9.06. Counterparts; Effectiveness;
Several Agreement
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SECTION 9.07. Severability
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SECTION 9.08. Right of Set-Off
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SECTION 9.09. Governing Law; Jurisdiction;
Consent to Service of Process
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SECTION 9.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
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SECTION 9.12. Security Interest
Absolute
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SECTION 9.13. Termination or Release
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SECTION 9.14. Additional Subsidiaries
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SECTION 9.15. Collateral Agent Appointed
Attorney-in-Fact
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Subsidiary
Guarantors; Subsidiary Grantors
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Pledged Equity
Interests; Specified Pledged Indebtedness
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Form of
Supplement
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GUARANTEE AND
COLLATERAL AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), dated
as of March 19, 2007, among FREEPORT-MCMORAN COPPER & GOLD
INC., a Delaware corporation (“ FCX ”), the
Subsidiaries of FCX from time to time party hereto and JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A., as Collateral Agent.
Reference
is made to (i) the Credit Agreement dated as of March 19,
2007 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, the “ Parent Credit Agreement ”), among
FCX, the Lenders party thereto, the Issuing Banks party thereto,
and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“ JPMCB ”), as
Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, and Merrill Lynch,
Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (“ Merrill
”), as Syndication Agent, and (ii) the Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement dated as of March 19, 2007 (as
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
“ Restated Credit Agreement ” and, together with
the Parent Credit Agreement, the “ Credit Agreements
”), among FCX, PTFI, the lenders party thereto, the issuing
banks party thereto, JPMCB, as administrative agent, collateral
agent, security agent and JAA security agent, U.S. Bank Trust
National Association, as FI trustee, and Merrill, as syndication
agent. The lenders under the Parent Credit Agreement have agreed to
extend credit to FCX and the lenders under the Restated Credit
Agreement have agreed to extend credit to FCX and PTFI, in each
case subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the
applicable Credit Agreement. The obligations of such lenders to
extend such credit are conditioned upon, among other things, the
execution and delivery of this Agreement. The Subsidiary Parties
are affiliates of FCX and PTFI, will derive substantial benefits
from the extension of credit to FCX and PTFI pursuant to the Credit
Agreements and are willing to execute and deliver this Agreement in
order to induce such lenders to extend such credit. Accordingly,
the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION
1.01. Parent Credit Agreement. (a) Except as otherwise
expressly provided herein, capitalized terms used in this
Agreement, not otherwise defined herein and defined in the Parent
Credit Agreement shall have the meanings specified in the Parent
Credit Agreement. Unless the context otherwise requires, all terms
defined in the New York UCC (as defined herein) and not defined in
this Agreement have the meanings specified therein; the term
“instrument” shall have the meaning specified in
Article 9 of the New York UCC.
(b) The
rules of construction specified in Section 1.03 of the Parent
Credit Agreement also apply to this Agreement.
SECTION
1.02. Other Defined Terms . As used in this Agreement, the
following terms have the meanings specified below:
“
Account Debtor ” means any Person who is or who may
become obligated to FCX under, with respect to or on account of an
Account.
“
Article 9 Collateral ” has the meaning assigned
to such term in Section 4.01.
“
Collateral ” means Article 9 Collateral and
Pledged Collateral.
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Credit Agreements ” has the meaning assigned to such
term in the preliminary statement of this Agreement.
“
Cyprus Amax Limited Collateral” means that portion of
the Pledged Collateral (if any) that, pursuant to Section 10.8
of the Cyprus Amax Notes Indenture, is required to equally and
ratably secure the Cyprus Amax Notes Non-Excluded
Obligations.
“
Cyprus Amax Notes ” means the 7-3/8% Notes due 2007 of
PD and outstanding on the Effective Date.
“
Cyprus Amax Noteholders ” means the holders from time
to time of the Cyprus Amax Notes.
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Cyprus Amax Notes Indenture ” means the Indenture
dated as of May 17, 1995, between PD (as successor in interest
to Cyprus Amax Minerals Company, a Delaware corporation), and the
Cyprus Amax Notes Trustee, as amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified on or prior to the Effective Date.
“
Cyprus Amax Notes Obligations ” means at any time the
obligations in respect of Cyprus Amax Notes constituting the
“Securities” (within the meaning of Section 1.1 of
the Cyprus Amax Notes Indenture) at such time.
“
Cyprus Amax Notes Non-Excluded Obligations ” means at
any time the Cyprus Amax Notes Obligations at such time to the
extent that such obligations are required under Section 10.8
of the Cyprus Amax Notes Indenture to be equally and ratably
secured with the Secured Obligations (after giving effect to the
proviso in such Section 10.8 or any such other limitation on
or qualification or exception to such requirement).
“
Cyprus Amax Notes Trustee ” means The Bank of New York
Trust Company, N.A., in its capacity as trustee under the Cyprus
Amax Notes Indenture (or any successor trustee in such
capacity).
“
Excluded Accounts ” means, collectively,
(a) payroll, trust, withholding tax or other fiduciary
accounts, (b) accounts that may be made subject to Liens
pursuant to clause (c), (f), (l) or (n) of Section 6.02
of the Credit Agreements and (c) accounts to the extent
holding cash reserve funds for environmental liabilities,
assurances and reclamations.
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Existing JV Restrictions ” has the meaning assigned to
such term in Section 5.06(a).
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FCX 6-7/8% Notes” means the 6-7/8% Senior Notes due
2014 of FCX and outstanding on the Effective Date.
“
FCX 10-1/8% Notes” means the 10-1/8% Senior Notes due
2010 of FCX and outstanding on the Effective Date.
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FCX 6-7/8% Notes Indenture ” means the Indenture dated
as of February 3, 2004, between FCX and the FCX Notes Trustee,
as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified on or prior to the
Effective Date.
“
FCX 10-1/8% Notes Indenture ” means the Indenture
dated as of January 29, 2003, between FCX and the FCX Notes
Trustee, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified on or prior
to the Effective Date.
“
FCX 6-7/8% Notes Obligations ” means at any time the
obligations in respect of FCX 6-7/8% Notes constituting the
“Securities” (within the meaning of Section 1.01
of the FCX 6-7/8% Notes Indenture) at such time.
“
FCX 10-1/8% Notes Obligations ” means at any time the
obligations in respect of FCX 10-1/8% Notes constituting the
“Securities” (within the meaning of Section 1.01
of the FCX 10-1/8% Notes Indenture) at such time.
“
FCX Noteholders ” means the holders from time to time
of the FCX Notes.
“
FCX Notes” means, collectively, the FCX 6-7/8% Notes
and the FCX 10-1/8% Notes.
“
FCX Notes Indentures” means, collectively, the FCX
6-7/8% Notes Indenture and the FCX 10-1/8% Notes
Indenture.
“
FCX Notes Non-Excluded Obligations ” means at any time
(i) the FCX 6-7/8% Notes Obligations at such time to the
extent that such obligations are required under Section 4.13
of the FCX 6-7/8% Notes Indenture to be equally and ratably secured
with the other Secured Obligations (after giving effect to the
proviso in such Section 4.13 or any such other limitation on
or qualification or exception to such requirement) and
(ii) the FCX 10-1/8% Notes Obligations at such time to the
extent that such obligations are required under Section 4.13
of the FCX 10-1/8% Notes Indenture to be equally and ratably
secured with the other Secured Obligations (after giving effect to
the proviso in such Section 4.13 or any such other applicable
limitation on or qualification or exception to such
requirement).
“
FCX Notes Trustees ” means The Bank of New York, a New
York banking corporation, in its capacity as trustee under each of
the FCX Notes Indentures (or any successor trustee in any such
capacity).
“
Federal Securities Laws ” has the meaning assigned to
such term in Section 5.03.
“
Grantors ” means FCX and the Subsidiary
Grantors.
“
Guaranteed Obligations ” means the Secured Obligations
other than the FCX Notes Non-Excluded Obligations.
“
Guaranteed Parties ” means the Secured Parties other
than the FCX Noteholders and any successor or assign of a FCX
Noteholder.
“
Guarantors ” means FCX and the Subsidiary
Guarantors.
“
Lien ” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any
mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance,
charge or security interest in, on or of such asset and
(b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional
sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any
financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as
any of the foregoing) relating to such asset.
“
Loan Group Default ” means a “Default”
under either Credit Agreement.
“
Loan Group Document Obligations ” means, collectively,
the Obligations and the Obligations (as defined in the Restated
Credit Agreement).
“
Loan Group Documents ” means, collectively, the Loan
Documents and the Loan Documents (as defined in the Restated Credit
Agreement).
“
Loan Group Event of Default ” means an “Event of
Default” under either Credit Agreement.
“
Loan Group Issuing Banks ” means, collectively, the
Issuing Banks and the Issuing Banks (as defined in the Restated
Credit Agreement).
“
Loan Group Lenders ” means, collectively, the Lenders
and the Lenders (as defined in the Restated Credit
Agreement).
“
Loan Group Party ” means, collectively, the Loan
Parties and the Loan Parties (as defined in the Restated Credit
Agreement).
“
Loan Group Revolving Lenders ” means, collectively,
the Revolving Lenders and the Revolving Lenders (as defined in the
Restated Credit Agreement).
“
New York UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as
from time to time in effect in the State of New York.
“
Non-Scheduled Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness of any
Subsidiary that is owing to FCX that is less than $25,000,000 in
the aggregate for all such Indebtedness of such Subsidiary owing to
FCX.
“
Pledged Collateral ” has the meaning assigned to such
term in Section 3.01.
“
Pledged Equity Interests ” has the meaning assigned to
such term in Section 3.01.
“
Pledged Indebtedness ” has the meaning assigned to
such term in Section 3.01.
“
Pledged Securities ” means any promissory notes, stock
certificates or other securities certificates or instruments now or
hereafter included in the Pledged Collateral, including any
certificates or instruments representing or evidencing any Pledged
Collateral.
“
Proceeds ” has the meaning specified in
Section 9-102 of the New York UCC.
“
Secured Obligations ” means (a) the Loan Group
Document Obligations, (b) the due and punctual payment and
performance of all obligations of FCX or any Restricted Subsidiary
under each Permitted Secured Hedge, (c) the due and punctual
payment and performance of all obligations owed from time to time
by FCX or any Restricted Subsidiary to JPMCB, a Loan Group Lender
or an Affiliate of a Loan Group Lender in respect of cash
management services provided to FCX or any Restricted Subsidiary,
(d) the due and punctual payment and performance of all
obligations owed from time to time by FCX or any Restricted
Subsidiary to the Loan Group Revolving Lenders or Affiliates of
Loan Group Revolving Lenders in respect of any Purchasing Card
Program and (e) the FCX Notes Non-Excluded Obligations, in
each case including obligations in respect of overdrafts, temporary
advances, interest and fees; provided that in no event shall
any obligations in respect of any Secured Obligations described in
clause (b), (c) or (d) hereof, in each case provided by
an Affiliate of a Lender, constitute Secured Obligations for the
purpose of any Security Document governed by the laws of Chile or
Indonesia unless (A) in the case of Security Documents
governed by the laws of Chile, such documents have been amended to
identify the Affiliate as a secured party thereunder and
(B) in the case of Security Documents governed by the laws of
Indonesia, the documents evidencing such Permitted Secured Hedge,
cash management service or Purchasing Card Program, as applicable,
contain the following language:
“We [name of
Permitted Secured Hedge Counterparty/Cash Management Provider/Card
Program Provider] hereby confirm that by entering into this [
insert name of contract ] [Permitted Secured Hedge/documents
evidencing cash management services/documents evidencing card
programs], intend to be party to the Third Amended and Restated
FCX/ISI Pledge Agreement (PTII Shares) (the “PTII Pledge
Agreement”) and, after the satisfaction of the Full Stock
Pledge Condition or the Partial Stock Pledge Condition, the Fourth
Amended and Restated FCX Pledge Agreement (PTFI Shares) (the
“PTFI Pledge Agreement”), in each case among JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent (the “Collateral
Agent”) on behalf of the Secured Parties (as defined in the
PTII Pledge Agreement or the PTFI Pledge Agreement, if applicable)
and the applicable Pledgor(s), and agree that we shall be bound by
all the provisions of the PTII Pledge Agreement and, if applicable,
the PTFI Pledge Agreement, as if
we had been an
original party thereto. We further agree to notify the Collateral
Agent of our entering into this [ insert name of contract ]
and agree that the Collateral Agent may rely upon our undertaking
and agreement given herein. We understand that we shall not be
bound by the provisions of the PTII Pledge Agreement nor be
entitled to the benefits thereof until such notice is given to the
Collateral Agent.”
“
Secured Parties ” means (a) the Loan Group
Lenders, (b) the Collateral Agent, (c) the Agents (as
defined in each of the Credit Agreements), (d) the Loan Group
Issuing Banks, (e) each counterparty to a Permitted Secured
Hedge, (f) each Loan Group Lender or Affiliate of any Loan
Group Lender providing cash management services the obligations
under which constitute Secured Obligations, (g) each Loan
Group Revolving Lender and each Affiliate of a Loan Group Revolving
Lender providing any Purchasing Card Program to FCX or any
Restricted Subsidiary, (h) the FCX Noteholders and
(i) the successors and assigns of each of the
foregoing.
“
Security Interest ” has the meaning assigned to such
term in Section 4.01.
“
Specified Pledged Indebtedness ” means Pledged
Indebtedness other than Non-Scheduled Indebtedness.
“
Specified Pledged Securities ” means Pledged
Securities other than in respect of Non-Scheduled
Indebtedness.
“
Specified Restrictions ” has the meaning assigned to
such term in Section 5.06(b).
“
Subsidiary Grantors ” means (a) the Subsidiaries
identified on Schedule I under the caption “Subsidiary
Grantors” and (b) each other Subsidiary that becomes a
party to this Agreement as a Subsidiary Grantor after the Effective
Date.
“
Subsidiary Guarantors ” means (a) the
Subsidiaries identified on Schedule I under the caption
“Subsidiary Guarantors” and (b) each other
Subsidiary that becomes a party to this Agreement as a Subsidiary
Guarantor after the Effective Date.
“
Subsidiary Parties ” means, collectively, the
Subsidiary Grantors and the Subsidiary Guarantors.
SECTION
2.01. Guarantee . Each Guarantor unconditionally guarantees,
jointly with the other Guarantors and severally, as a primary
obligor and not merely as a surety, the due and punctual payment
and performance of the Guaranteed Obligations now existing or at
any time outstanding (it being understood that FCX shall not
guarantee obligations in respect of loans and letters of credit
requested by FCX to the extent FCX is directly obligated in respect
thereof under the Credit Agreements). Each of the
Guarantors
further agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may be extended or
renewed, in whole or in part, without notice to or further assent
from it, and that it will remain bound upon its guarantee
notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guaranteed
Obligation. Each of the Guarantors waives presentment to, demand of
payment from and protest to FCX or any other Loan Group Party of
any of the Guaranteed Obligations, and also waives notice of
acceptance of its guarantee and notice of protest for
nonpayment.
SECTION
2.02. Guarantee of Payment . Each of the Guarantors further
agrees that its guarantee hereunder constitutes a guarantee of
payment when due and not of collection. Each of the Guarantors
waives any right to require that any resort be had by the
Collateral Agent or any other Person to any security held for the
payment of the Guaranteed Obligations or to any balance of any
deposit account or credit on the books of the Collateral Agent or
any other Person in favor of FCX or any other Person.
SECTION
2.03. No Limitations. (a) Except for termination or
release of a Guarantor’s obligations hereunder as expressly
provided in Section 9.13, the obligations of each Guarantor
hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation,
impairment or termination for any reason, including any claim of
waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not
be subject to any defense or set-off, counterclaim, recoupment or
termination whatsoever by reason of the invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations
of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be discharged or impaired or
otherwise affected by (i) the failure of the Collateral Agent
or any other Guaranteed Party to assert any claim or demand or to
enforce any right or remedy under the provisions of any Loan Group
Document or otherwise; (ii) any rescission, waiver, amendment
or modification of, or any release from any of the terms or
provisions of, any Loan Group Document or any other agreement,
including with respect to any other Guarantor under this Agreement;
(iii) the release of any security held by the Collateral Agent
or any other Guaranteed Party for the Guaranteed Obligations or any
of them; (iv) any default, failure or delay, wilful or
otherwise, in the performance of the Guaranteed Obligations; or
(v) any other act or omission that may or might in any manner
or to any extent vary the risk of any Guarantor or otherwise
operate as a discharge of any Guarantor as a matter of law or
equity (other than the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all
the Guaranteed Obligations). Each Guarantor expressly authorizes
the Guaranteed Parties, to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, to take and hold security for the payment and
performance of the Guaranteed Obligations, to exchange, waive or
release any or all such security (with or without consideration),
to enforce or apply such security and direct the order and manner
of any sale thereof in their sole discretion or to release or
substitute any one or more other guarantors or obligors upon or in
respect of the Guaranteed Obligations, all without affecting the
obligations of any Guarantor hereunder.
(b) To
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Guarantor
waives any defense based on or arising out of any defense of FCX or
any other Loan Group Party or the unenforceability of the
Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof from any cause, or the
cessation from any cause of the liability of FCX or any other Loan
Group Party, other than the indefeasible payment in full in cash of
all the Guaranteed
Obligations.
The Collateral Agent and the other Guaranteed Parties may, at their
election, foreclose on any security held by one or more of them by
one or more judicial or nonjudicial sales, accept an assignment of
any such security in lieu of foreclosure, compromise or adjust any
part of the Guaranteed Obligations, make any other accommodation
with FCX or any other Loan Group Party or exercise any other right
or remedy available to them against FCX or any other Loan Group
Party, without affecting or impairing in any way the liability of
any Guarantor hereunder except to the extent the Guaranteed
Obligations have been fully and indefeasibly paid in full in cash
or the guarantee of such Guarantor has been terminated or released
pursuant to Section 9.13. To the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, each Guarantor waives any defense arising out of
any such election even though such election operates, pursuant to
applicable law, to impair or to extinguish any right of
reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy of such
Guarantor against FCX or any other Loan Group Party, as the case
may be, or any security.
SECTION
2.04. Reinstatement . Each of the Guarantors agrees that its
guarantee hereunder shall, to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the
case may be, if at any time payment of any Guaranteed Obligation,
or any part thereof, is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by
the Collateral Agent or any other Guaranteed Party upon the
bankruptcy or reorganization of FCX, any other Loan Group Party or
otherwise.
SECTION
2.05. Agreement To Pay; Subrogation. In furtherance of the
foregoing and not in limitation of any other right that the
Collateral Agent or any other Guaranteed Party has at law or in
equity against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of
any Loan Group Party to pay any Guaranteed Obligation that such
Loan Group Party is obligated to pay, when and as the same shall
become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, after notice of
prepayment or otherwise, each Guarantor hereby promises to and will
forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, to the Collateral Agent for
distribution to the applicable Guaranteed Parties in cash the
amount of such unpaid Guaranteed Obligation. Upon payment by any
Guarantor of any sums to the Collateral Agent as provided above,
all rights of such Guarantor against FCX or any other Loan Group
Party arising as a result thereof by way of right of subrogation,
contribution, reimbursement, indemnity or otherwise shall in all
respects be subject to Article VI.
SECTION
2.06. Information . Each Guarantor assumes all
responsibility for being and keeping itself informed of FCX’s
and each other Loan Group Party’s financial condition and
assets, and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of
nonpayment of the Guaranteed Obligations and the nature, scope and
extent of the risks that such Guarantor assumes and incurs
hereunder, and agrees that none of the Collateral Agent or the
other Guaranteed Parties will have any duty to advise such
Guarantor of information known to it or any of them regarding such
circumstances or risks.
SECTION
3.01. Pledge . As security for the payment or performance,
as the case may be, in full of the Secured Obligations (and, to the
extent provided in Section 7.01(b), the Cyprus Amax Notes
Non-Excluded Obligations), each Grantor hereby assigns and pledges
to the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the
ratable benefit of the Secured Parties (and, to the extent provided
in Section 7.01(b), the Cyprus Amax Noteholders), and hereby
grants to the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the
ratable benefit of the Secured Parties (and, to the extent provided
in Section 7.01(b), the Cyprus Amax Noteholders), a security
interest in, all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest
in, to and under (a) the shares of capital stock and other
Equity Interests owned by it and listed on Schedule II, as
such Schedule may be supplemented from time to time pursuant to
Section 3.02(c), and all certificates representing any of such
Equity Interests (collectively, the “ Pledged Equity
Interests ”); (b)(i) the Indebtedness of any Subsidiary
that is owing to FCX as of the Effective Date, including the
Specified Pledged Indebtedness listed on Schedule II,
(ii) any Indebtedness of any Subsidiary that is owing to FCX
in the future and (iii) all promissory notes and any other
instruments evidencing such Indebtedness (collectively, the “
Pledged Indebtedness ”); (c) subject to
Section 3.06, all payments of principal or interest,
dividends, cash, instruments and other property from time to time
received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of, in
exchange for or upon the conversion of, and all other Proceeds
received in respect of, the securities and instruments referred to
in clauses (a) and (b) above; (d) subject to
Section 3.06, all rights and privileges of such Grantor with
respect to the securities, instruments and other property referred
to in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above; and (e) all
Proceeds of any of the foregoing (the items referred to in clauses
(a) through (e) above being collectively referred to as
the “ Pledged Collateral ”).
TO
HAVE AND TO HOLD the Pledged Collateral, together with all right,
title, interest, powers, privileges and preferences pertaining or
incidental thereto, unto the Collateral Agent, its successors and
assigns, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties (and, to
the extent provided in Section 7.01(b), the Cyprus Amax
Noteholders), forever; subject , however , to the
terms, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth.
SECTION
3.02. Delivery of the Pledged Collateral . (a) Each
Grantor agrees promptly to deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Collateral Agent any and all Specified Pledged
Securities.
(b) FCX
will cause any Indebtedness for borrowed money in excess of
$25,000,000 owed to it by any Subsidiary to be evidenced by a duly
executed promissory note that is pledged and delivered to the
Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms hereof.
(c) Upon
delivery to the Collateral Agent, any Specified Pledged Securities
shall be accompanied by stock powers duly executed in blank or
other instruments of transfer reasonably satisfactory to the
Collateral Agent. Each delivery of Specified Pledged Securities and
each pledge of Pledged Equity Interests or Specified
Pledged
Indebtedness after the Effective Date shall be accompanied by a
schedule describing the Pledged Securities so delivered or the
Pledged Equity Interests or Specified Pledged Indebtedness so
pledged, which schedule shall be attached to Schedule II
hereto and made a part thereof; provided that failure to so
attach any such schedule shall not affect the validity of such
pledge of such Specified Pledged Securities. Each schedule so
delivered shall supplement any prior schedules so delivered and in
the event a schedule is delivered in connection with a pledge that
will be subject to a Specified Restriction the schedule so
delivered shall include a description in reasonable detail of the
applicable restrictions.
(d) Each
Grantor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent at any
time and from time to time to file in any relevant jurisdiction any
initial financing statements with respect to the Pledged Collateral
of such Grantor or any part thereof and amendments thereto that
(i) identify the Pledged Collateral of such Grantor and
(ii) contain the information required by Article 9 of the
Uniform Commercial Code of each applicable jurisdiction for the
filing of any financing statement or amendment, including whether
such Grantor is an organization, the type of organization and any
organizational identification number issued to such Grantor. Each
Grantor agrees to provide such information to the Collateral Agent
promptly upon request.
(e) The
security interests granted in Section 3.01 are granted as
security only and shall not subject the Collateral Agent, any
Cyprus Amax Noteholder or any other Secured Party to, or in any way
alter or modify, any obligation or liability of any Grantor with
respect to or arising out of the Pledged Collateral.
SECTION
3.03. Representations, Warranties and Covenants . The
Grantors jointly and severally represent, warrant and covenant to
and with the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured
Parties and the Cyprus Amax Noteholders that:
(a)
Schedule II correctly sets forth the percentage of the issued
and outstanding units of each class of the Equity Interests of the
issuer thereof represented by the Pledged Equity Interests and
includes sufficient Equity Interests, intercompany Indebtedness and
promissory notes required to satisfy the Collateral and Guarantee
Requirement (as collectively defined in each of the Credit
Agreements);
(b) except to the
extent any failure to be so authorized or issued would not, in the
aggregate, be adverse to the interests of the Secured Parties in
any material respect, the Pledged Equity Interests and Specified
Pledged Indebtedness have been duly and validly authorized and
issued by the issuers thereof and (i) in the case of Pledged
Equity Interests, are fully paid and nonassessable and (ii) in
the case of Pledged Indebtedness, are valid and binding obligations
of the issuers thereof, subject to applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally, concepts of reasonableness and
general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law;
(c) except for the
security interests granted hereunder, each of the Grantors
(i) is and, subject to any transfers made in compliance with
each of the Credit Agreements, will continue to be the direct
owner, beneficially, and to the extent applicable, of record, of
the Equity Interests and Specified Pledged Indebtedness indicated
on Schedule II as owned by such Grantor, (ii) holds the
same free and clear of all Liens, other than Liens created by this
Agreement and Permitted Encumbrances, (iii) will make no
assignment, pledge, hypothecation or transfer of, or create or
permit to exist any security interest in or other Lien on, the
Pledged Collateral, other than Liens created by this Agreement,
Permitted Encumbrances and transfers made in compliance with each
of the Credit Agreements, and (iv) will, to the extent
commercially reasonable, defend its title or interest thereto or
therein against any and all Liens (other than the Lien created by
this Agreement and Permitted Encumbrances), however arising, of all
Persons whomsoever;
(d) except for the
Existing JV Restrictions, the Specified Restrictions, restrictions
expressly permitted by the Credit Agreements, and restrictions and
limitations imposed by the Loan Group Documents or securities laws
generally, the Pledged Collateral is and will continue to be freely
transferable and assignable, and none of the Pledged Collateral is
or will be subject to any option, right of first refusal,
shareholders agreement, charter or by-law provisions or contractual
restriction of any nature that might prohibit, impair, delay or
otherwise affect the pledge of such Pledged Collateral hereunder,
the sale or disposition thereof pursuant hereto or the exercise by
the Collateral Agent of rights and remedies hereunder;
(e) each of the
Grantors has the power and authority to pledge the Pledged
Collateral pledged by it hereunder in the manner hereby done or
contemplated;
(f) no consent or
approval of any Governmental Authority, any securities exchange or
any other Person was or is necessary to the validity of the pledge
effected hereby (other than such consents and approvals as have
been obtained and are in full force and effect and other than the
Existing JV Restrictions or, in the case of a pledge effected after
the Effective Date, any Specified Restriction);
(g) by virtue of
the execution and delivery by the Grantors of this Agreement, when
any Specified Pledged Securities are delivered to the Collateral
Agent in accordance with this Agreement, the Collateral Agent will
obtain a legal, valid and perfected lien upon and security interest
in such Specified Pledged Securities as security for the payment
and performance of the Secured Obligations (and, to the extent
provided in Section 7.01(b), the Cyprus Amax Notes
Non-Excluded Obligations); and
(h) the pledge
effected hereby is effective to vest in the Collateral Agent, for
the benefit of the Secured Parties (and, to the extent provided in
Section 7.01(b), the Cyprus Amax Noteholders), the rights of
the Collateral Agent in the Pledged Collateral as set forth
herein.
SECTION
3.04. Certification of Limited Liability Company and Limited
Partnership Interests . (a) Each Grantor acknowledges and
agrees that each interest in any limited liability company or
limited partnership pledged hereunder that is represented by a
certificate, a “security” within the meaning of
Article 8 of the New York UCC and governed by Article 8
of the Uniform Commercial Code of the applicable jurisdiction shall
at all times hereafter be represented by a certificate, a
“security” within the meaning of Article 8 of the
New York UCC and governed by Article 8 of the Uniform
Commercial Code of such jurisdiction.
(b) Each
Grantor further acknowledges and agrees that (i) the interests
in any limited liability company or limited partnership pledged
hereunder and not represented by a certificate shall not be a
“security” within the meaning of Article 8 of the
New York UCC and shall not be governed by Article 8 of the
Uniform Commercial Code of the applicable jurisdiction and
(ii) the Grantors shall at no time elect to treat any such
interest as a “security” within the meaning of
Article 8 of the New York UCC or issue any certificate
representing such interest (except that the Grantors may elect to
so treat any such interest as a “security” and issue
any certificate representing such interest if simultaneously
therewith the applicable Grantor delivers such certificate to the
Collateral Agent).
(c) In
the event the interests in any limited liability company or limited
partnership not represented by a certificate are pledged by a
Grantor hereunder after the Effective Date such Grantor shall
simultaneously therewith provide the Collateral Agent with the
information required by the applicable jurisdiction for the filing
of a financing statement (or an amendment to a financing statement)
with respect to the uncertificated interests so pledged.
SECTION
3.05. Registration in Nominee Name; Denominations . The
Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties and the Cyprus
Amax Noteholders, shall have the right to hold the Specified
Pledged Securities in the name of the applicable Grantor, endorsed
or assigned in blank or in favor of the Collateral Agent or, at any
time upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a Loan Group
Event of Default (but subject to any applicable Existing JV
Restriction or any applicable Specified Restriction), in its own
name (as pledgee) or the name of its nominee (as pledgee or as
sub-agent). Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a
Loan Group Event of Default, each Grantor will promptly give to the
Collateral Agent copies of any notices or other communications
received by it with respect to Pledged Securities registered in the
name of such Grantor. Upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of a Loan Group Event of Default, the Collateral Agent
shall have the right to exchange the certificates representing
Pledged Securities for certificates of smaller or larger
denominations for any purpose consistent with this
Agreement.
SECTION
3.06. Voting Rights; Dividends and Interest. (a) Unless
and until a Loan Group Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing and the Collateral Agent shall have notified the
Grantors that their rights under this Section 3.06 are being
suspended:
(i) Each Grantor
shall be entitled to exercise any and all voting and/or other
consensual rights and powers inuring to an owner of Pledged Equity
Interests or Pledged Indebtedness or any part thereof for any
purpose consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Credit
Agreements and the other Loan Group Documents.
(ii) The
Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver to each Grantor, or
cause to be executed and delivered to such Grantor, all such
proxies, powers of attorney and other instruments as such Grantor
may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling such Grantor to
exercise the voting and/or consensual rights and powers it is
entitled to exercise pursuant to subparagraph
(i) above.
(iii) Each Grantor
shall be entitled to receive and retain any and all dividends,
interest, principal and other distributions paid on or distributed
in respect of the Pledged Equity Interests and the Pledged
Indebtedness to the extent and only to the extent that such
dividends, interest, principal and other distributions are
permitted by, and otherwise paid or distributed in accordance with,
the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreements, the other Loan
Group Documents and applicable laws; provided that any
noncash dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that
would constitute Pledged Equity Interests or Pledged Indebtedness,
whether resulting from a subdivision, combination or
reclassification of the outstanding Equity Interests of the issuer
of any Pledged Equity Interests or received in exchange for Pledged
Equity Interests or Pledged Indebtedness or any part thereof, or in
redemption thereof, or as a result of any merger, consolidation,
acquisition or other exchange of assets to which such issuer may be
a party or otherwise, shall be and become part of the Pledged
Collateral, and, if any such Pledged Equity Interests or Pledged
Indebtedness shall constitute Specified Pledged Securities, such
Specified Pledged Securities shall be held in trust for the benefit
of the Collateral Agent and shall be forthwith delivered to the
Collateral Agent in the same form as so received (with any
necessary endorsement).
(b) Upon
the occurrence and during the continuance of a Loan Group Event of
Default, after the Collateral Agent shall have notified the
Grantors of the suspension of their rights under paragraph (a)(iii)
of this Section 3.06, then all rights of any Grantor to
dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that such
Grantor is authorized to receive pursuant to paragraph (a)(iii) of
this Section 3.06 shall cease, and all such rights shall
thereupon become vested in the Collateral Agent, which shall have
the sole and exclusive right and authority to receive and retain
such dividends, interest, principal or other distributions. All
dividends, interest, principal or other distributions received by
any Grantor contrary to the provisions of this Section 3.06
shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent,
shall be segregated from other property or funds of such Grantor
and shall be forthwith delivered to the Collateral Agent upon
demand in the same form as so received (with any necessary
endorsement). Any and all money and other property paid over to or
received by the Collateral Agent pursuant to the provisions of this
paragraph (b) shall be retained by the Collateral Agent in an
account to be established by the Collateral Agent upon receipt of
such money or other property and
shall be
applied in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.02.
After all Loan Group Events of Default have been cured or waived
and FCX has delivered to the Collateral Agent a certificate to that
effect, the Collateral Agent shall promptly repay to each Grantor
(without interest) all dividends, interest, principal or other
distributions that such Grantor would otherwise be permitted to
retain pursuant to the terms of paragraph (a)(iii) of this
Section 3.06 and that remain in such account.
(c) Upon
the occurrence and during the continuance of a Loan Group Event of
Default, after the Collateral Agent shall have notified the
Grantors of the suspension of their rights under paragraph (a)(i)
of this Section 3.06, then, subject to any applicable Existing
JV Restriction or Specified Restriction, all rights of any Grantor
to exercise the voting and consensual rights and powers it is
entitled to exercise pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) of this
Section 3.06, and the obligations of the Collateral Agent
under paragraph (a)(ii) of this Section 3.06, shall cease, and
all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Collateral
Agent, which shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority
to exercise such voting and consensual rights and powers;
provided that, unless otherwise directed by Loan Group
Lenders constituting “Required Lenders” under each of
the Credit Agreements, the Collateral Agent shall have the right
from time to time following and during the continuance of a Loan
Group Event of Default to permit the Grantors to exercise such
rights. After all Loan Group Events of Default have been cured or
waived and FCX has delivered to the Collateral Agent a certificate
to that effect, the voting and consensual rights and powers the
Grantors are otherwise entitled to exercise pursuant to paragraph
(a)(i) of this Section 3.06 shall be restored.
(d) Any
notice given by the Collateral Agent to the Grantors suspending
their rights under paragraph (a) of this Section 3.06 may
(i) be given by telephone if promptly confirmed in writing,
(ii) be given to one or more of the Grantors at the same or
different times and (iii) suspend the rights of the Grantors
under paragraph (a)(i) or paragraph (a)(iii) in part without
suspending all such rights (as specified by the Collateral Agent in
its sole and absolute discretion) and without waiving or otherwise
affecting the Collateral Agent’s rights to give additional
notices from time to time suspending other rights so long as a Loan
Group Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
(e) Upon
the occurrence and during the continuance of a Loan Group Event of
Default, each Grantor holding any Pledged Indebtedness under which
the obligor is a Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of
Indonesia hereby expressly authorizes the Collateral Agent (or its
agents) to directly collect any and all amounts owed in respect of
such Pledged Indebtedness from such Subsidiary and to do and
perform all things necessary or useful to claim and receive such
amounts.
Security Interests in Personal
Property
SECTION
4.01. Security Interest . (a) As security for the
payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of the Secured
Obligations, FCX hereby assigns and pledges to the Collateral
Agent, its successors and assigns, for the ratable benefit
of
the Secured
Parties, and hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, its successors
and assigns, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a
security interest (the “ Security Interest ”)
in, all right, title or interest in or to any and all of the
following assets and properties now owned or at any time hereafter
acquired by FCX or in which FCX now has or at any time in the
future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the
“ Article 9 Collateral ”):
(i) all Accounts
the Account Debtor of which is a Subsidiary;
(ii) all Deposit
Accounts (other than Excluded Accounts);
(iii) all
Securities Accounts (other than Excluded Accounts), all Financial
Assets credited thereto and all Security Entitlements held
therein;
(iv) all books and
records pertaining to the Article 9 Collateral; and
(v) to the extent
not otherwise included, all Proceeds and products of any and all of
the foregoing and all collateral security and guarantees given by
any Person with respect to any of the foregoing.
(b) FCX
hereby irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent at any time and
from time to time to file in any relevant jurisdiction any initial
financing statements with respect to the Article 9 Collateral
or any part thereof and amendments thereto that (i) identify
the Article 9 Collateral and (ii) contain the information
required by Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code of the
jurisdiction in which FCX is located for the filing of any
financing statement or amendment, including whether FCX is an
organization, the type of organization and any organizational
identification number issued to FCX. FCX agrees to provide such
information to the Collateral Agent promptly upon
request.
(c) The
Security Interest is granted as security only and shall not subject
the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to, or in any way
alter or modify, any obligation or liability of FCX with respect to
or arising out of the Article 9 Collateral.
SECTION
4.02. Representations and Warranties . FCX represents and
warrants to the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties
that:
(a) FCX
has good and valid rights in and title to the Article 9
Collateral with respect to which it has purported to grant a
Security Interest hereunder and has full power and authority to
grant to the Collateral Agent the Security Interest in such
Article 9 Collateral pursuant hereto and to execute, deliver
and perform its obligations in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, without the consent or approval of any other Person
other than any consent or approval that has been
obtained.
(b) The
Perfection Certificate has been duly prepared, completed and
executed and the information set forth therein, including the exact
legal name of each Grantor, is correct and complete as of the
Effective Date. The Uniform Commercial Code financing statements or
other appropriate filings, recordings or registrations
prepared by the
Collateral Agent based upon the information provided to the
Collateral Agent in the Perfection Certificate for filing in each
governmental, municipal or other office specified in
Schedule 2 to the Perfection Certificate (or specified by
notice from FCX to the Collateral Agent after the Effective Date in
the case of filings, recordings or registrations required by
Section 5.03 or 5.12 of the Credit Agreements), are all the
filings, recordings and registrations with Governmental Authorities
that are necessary to establish a legal, valid and perfected
security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent (for the ratable
benefit of the Secured Parties and, to the extent provided in
Section 7.01(b), the Cyprus Amax Noteholders) in respect of
all Collateral in which the security interests granted hereunder
may be perfected by filing, recording or registration with
Governmental Authorities in the United States (or any political
subdivision thereof) and its territories and possessions, and no
further or subsequent filing, refiling, recording, rerecording,
registration or reregistration with Governmental Authorities is
necessary in any such jurisdiction, except as provided under
applicable law with respect to the filing of continuation
statements.
(c) The
Security Interest constitutes (i) a legal and valid security
interest in all the Article 9 Collateral securing the payment
and performance of the Secured Obligations and (ii) subject to the
filings described in Section 4.02(b), a perfected security
interest in all Article 9 Collateral in which a security
interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registering with
Governmental Authorities a financing statement or analogous
document in the United States (or any political subdivision
thereof) and its territories and possessions pursuant to the
Uniform Commercial Code. The Security Interest is and shall be
prior to any other Lien on any of the Article 9 Collateral
other than Permitted Encumbrances that have priority as a matter of
law and Liens expressly permitted to be prior to or pari passu with
the Security Interest pursuant to Section 6.02 of the Credit
Agreements.
(d) The
Article 9 Collateral is owned by FCX free and clear of any
Lien, except for Liens expressly permitted pursuant to
Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreements. No Grantor has filed or
consented to the filing of (i) any financing statement or
analogous document under the Uniform Commercial Code or any other
applicable laws covering any Collateral or (ii) any assignment
in which a Grantor assigns any Collateral or any security agreement
or similar instrument covering any Collateral with any foreign
governmental, municipal or other office, which financing statement
or analogous document, assignment, security agreement or similar
instrument is still in effect, except, in each case, for Liens
expressly permitted pursuant to Section 6.02 of the Credit
Agreements.
SECTION
4.03. Covenants . (a) Each Grantor agrees promptly to
notify the Collateral Agent in writing of any change (i) in
its legal name, (ii) in its type of organization or corporate
structure, (iii) in its Federal Taxpayer Identification Number
or organizational identification number or (iv) in its
jurisdiction of organization. Each Grantor agrees to promptly
provide the Collateral Agent with certified organizational
documents reflecting any of the changes described in the first
sentence of this paragraph. Each Grantor agrees not to effect or
permit any change referred to in the preceding sentence unless all
filings have been made under the Uniform Commercial Code
or
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