UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934


Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  June 14, 2012


McMoRan Exploration Co.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware
 
001-07791
 
72-1424200
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer Identification Number)

1615 Poydras Street
 
New Orleans, Louisiana
70112
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (504) 582-4000

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

McMoRan Exploration Co. (the Company) held its 2012 annual meeting of stockholders on June 14, 2012, in Wilmington, Delaware. At the annual meeting, the Company’s stockholders (1) elected each of the eleven persons listed below to serve as a director of the Company for a term that will continue until the next annual meeting of stockholders, (2) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the named executive officers, and (3) ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the 2012 fiscal year.

Of the 161,564,454 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding as of the record date, 150,114,478 shares were represented at the annual meeting.  The independent inspector of elections reported the vote of stockholders as follows:

Proposal 1:      Election of eleven directors.
 
Name
 
Votes For
 
Votes Withheld
 
Broker Non-Votes
             
Richard C. Adkerson
 
115,673,728
 
685,492
 
33,755,258
A. Peyton Bush, III
 
115,507,363
 
851,857
 
33,755,258
William P. Carmichael
 
115,776,496
 
582,724
 
33,755,258
Robert A. Day
 
115,735,468
 
623,752
 
33,755,258
James C. Flores
 
115,732,720
 
626,500
 
33,755,258
Gerald J. Ford
 
115,066,771
 
1,292,449
 
33,755,258
H. Devon Graham, Jr.
 
115,427,319
 
931,901
 
33,755,258
Suzanne T. Mestayer
 
115,491,719
 
867,501
 
33,755,258
James R. Moffett
 
115,396,900
 
962,320
 
33,755,258
B. M. Rankin, Jr.
 
115,423,791
 
935,429
 
33,755,258
John F. Wombwell
 
115,722,773
 
636,447
 
33,755,258

Proposal 2:
Approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the named executive officers.

Votes For
 
Votes
Against
 
Abstentions
 
Broker
Non-Votes
             
86,746,983
 
29,349,569
 
262,668
 
33,755,258


Proposal 3:
Ratification of appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm.

Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Abstentions
         
149,357,683
 
703,831
 
52,964








 
 
 

 

SIGNATURE


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



 
McMoRan Exploration Co.
   
By:
/s/ Nancy D. Parmelee
   
 
Nancy D. Parmelee
   
 
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
 
(authorized signatory and Principal Financial Officer)
   
Date:  June 15, 2012