UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 15
CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION
UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
Commission File Number 001-07791
McMoRan Exploration Co.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
1615 Poydras Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70112
(504) 582-4000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
8% Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock
11.875% Senior Notes due 2014
4% Convertible Senior Notes due 2017
5.75% Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series 1
5.75% Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series 2
(Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)
None
(Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)
Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:
| Rule 12g-4(a)(1) | x | |
| Rule 12g-4(a)(2) | ¨ | |
| Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i) | x | |
| Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii) | ¨ | |
| Rule 15d-6 | ¨ |
Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date:
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share: 1
8% Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock: 6
11.875% Senior Notes due 2014: 59
4% Convertible Senior Notes due 2017: 17
5.75% Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series 1: 20
5.75% Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series 2: 0
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, McMoRan Exploration Co. has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.
| Date: June 17, 2013 | McMoRan Exploration Co. | |||||
| By: | /s/ C. Donald Whitmire, Jr. | |||||
| Name: | C. Donald Whitmire, Jr. | |||||
| Title: | Vice President and Controller | |||||
