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): April 25, 2013

 

SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

1440 E. Missouri Ave., Suite 160, Phoenix, AZ 85014

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(602) 264-1375

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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ITEM 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

On April 25, 2013, Southern Copper Corporation (“SCC” or the “Company”), held its 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The total outstanding voting securities eligible to vote were 845,550,550 shares of Common Stock.  808,461,076 shares, constituting approximately 95.61% of the total outstanding shares eligible to vote at the meeting, were present in person or by proxy.  The stockholders were asked to take the following actions:

 

1.               To elect our twelve directors, who will serve until the 2014 annual meeting.

 

2.               To ratify the selection by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Galaz, Yamazaki, Ruiz Urquiza S.C., a member firm of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, as our independent accountants for calendar year 2013.

 

3.               To approve, by non-binding advisory vote, our executive compensation.

 

PROPOSAL 1 — ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

 

The results of the vote were as follows:

 

		Number of Shares
Name		For		Withheld		Broker Non-Votes
Germán Larrea Mota-Velasco		713,072,816		42,474,113		52,914,147
Oscar González Rocha		709,842,383		45,704,546		52,914,147
Emilio Carrillo Gamboa		753,913,926		1,633,003		52,914,147
Alfredo Casar Pérez		723,138,856		32,408,073		52,914,147
Luis Castelazo Morales		723,129,834		32,417,095		52,914,147
Enrique Castillo Sánchez Mejorada		702,819,061		52,727,868		52,914,147
Xavier García de Quevedo Topete		708,089,543		47,457,386		52,914,147
Daniel Muñiz Quintanilla		723,087,911		32,459,018		52,914,147
Luis Miguel Palomino Bonilla		753,000,251		2,546,678		52,914,147
Gilberto Perezalonso Cifuentes		696,859,908		58,687,021		52,914,147
Juan Rebolledo Gout		723,135,395		32,411,534		52,914,147
Carlos Ruiz Sacristán		752,999,784		2,547,145		52,914,147

 

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PROPOSAL 2 — APPROVAL OF THE APPOINTMENT OF SCC’s INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

 

The results of the vote were as follows:

 

Number of Votes (1 vote per share)

 

 

PROPOSAL 3 — APPROVAL, BY NON-BINDING VOTE, OF SCC’s EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

 

The results of the vote were as follows:

 

Number of Votes (1 vote per share)

 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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

 

 

	SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION
	By:	/s/ Raul Jacob Ruisanchez
	Name:	Raul Jacob Ruisanchez
	Title:	Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer

 

Date:  April 25, 2013

 

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