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Icahn-Targeted Freeport Said to Work With JPMorgan on Strategy

Freeport may explore cost cuts, capital reduction, asset sales ; Icahn holds about an 8.5 percent stake in the copper producer

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Freeport-McMoRan Inc. is working with JPMorgan Chase & Co. to review its strategy after billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn bought a stake in the company, people familiar with the matter said.

Freeport, the world’s biggest publicly traded copper producer, may consider options including cost cuts and capital reduction plans, as well as asset sales, the people said, asking not to be identified as the information is private. Freeport’s discussions with its advisers are at an early stage and no decisions have been made, the people said.

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Representatives for Freeport and JPMorgan declined to comment.

Read the full story at BLOOMBERG by Dinesh Nair Matthew Monks

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