AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER dated as of November 18, 2006 among PHELPS DODGE CORPORATION, FREEPORT-MCMORAN COPPER & GOLD INC. and PANTHER ACQUISITION CORPORATIONMerger Agreement • November 20th, 2006 • Freeport McMoran Copper & Gold Inc • Metal mining • New York
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”) dated as of November 18, 2006 among Phelps Dodge Corporation, a New York corporation (the “Company”), Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), and Panther Acquisition Corporation, a New York corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Subsidiary”).
