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 26, 2012 (April 26, 2012)

 

SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

1-14066

 

13-3849074

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification Number)

 

1440 E. Missouri Ave., Suite C-175, 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)

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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ITEM 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

On April 26, 2012, Southern Copper Corporation (“SCC” or the “Company”), held its 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The total outstanding voting securities eligible to vote was 849,978,486 shares of Common Stock.  844,647,877 shares, constituting approximately 99.37% 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 fourteen directors, who will serve until the 2013 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 2012.

 

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

 

708,142,569

 

41,119,549

 

95,385,759

 

Oscar González Rocha

 

710,348,295

 

38,913,823

 

95,385,759

 

Emilio Carrillo Gamboa

 

744,845,768

 

4,416,350

 

95,385,759

 

Alfredo Casar Pérez

 

716,788,180

 

32,473,938

 

95,385,759

 

Luis Castelazo Morales

 

716,798,889

 

32,463,229

 

95,385,759

 

Enrique Castillo Sánchez Mejorada

 

728,002,962

 

21,259,156

 

95,385,759

 

Alberto de la Parra Zavala

 

716,792,997

 

32,469,121

 

95,385,759

 

Xavier García de Quevedo Topete

 

706,163,007

 

43,099,111

 

95,385,759

 

Genaro Larrea Mota-Velasco

 

715,522,270

 

33,739,848

 

95,385,759

 

Daniel Muñiz Quintanilla

 

716,769,260

 

32,492,858

 

95,385,759

 

Luis Miguel Palomino Bonilla

 

716,078,216

 

33,183,902

 

95,385,759

 

Gilberto Perezalonso Cifuentes

 

689,643,862

 

59,618,256

 

95,385,759

 

Juan Rebolledo Gout

 

716,789,064

 

32,473,054

 

95,385,759

 

Carlos Ruiz Sacristán

 

716,076,930

 

33,185,188

 

95,385,759

 

 

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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)

 

In Favor

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

842,911,714

 

864,834

 

684,350

 

N/A

 

 

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)

 

In Favor

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

744,742,008

 

3,878,243

 

641,867

 

95,385,759

 

 

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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

 

Name:

Raul Jacob

 

Title:

Comptroller

 

Date:  April 26, 2012

 

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