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 30, 2014 (April 29, 2014)

 

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)

 

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 29, 2014, Southern Copper Corporation (“SCC” or the “Company”), held its 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The total outstanding voting securities eligible to vote were 833,549,550 shares of Common Stock.   802,326,907 shares, constituting approximately 96.25% 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 2015 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 2014.

 

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		720,855,327		32,287,356		49,184,223
Oscar González Rocha		716,900,431		36,242,252		49,184,223
Emilio Carrillo Gamboa		691,170,417		61,972,266		49,184,223
Alfredo Casar Pérez		728,335,684		24,806,999		49,184,223
Luis Castelazo Morales		729,679,179		23,463,504		49,184,223
Enrique Castillo Sánchez Mejorada		717,916,851		35,225,832		49,184,223
Xavier García de Quevedo Topete		716,595,651		36,547,032		49,184,223
Daniel Muñiz Quintanilla		729,278,368		23,864,315		49,184,223
Luis Miguel Palomino Bonilla		751,571,869		1,570,814		49,184,223
Gilberto Perezalonso Cifuentes		751,613,275		1,529,408		49,184,223
Juan Rebolledo Gout		729,300,213		23,842,470		49,184,223
Carlos Ruiz Sacristán		751,557,937		1,584,746		49,184,223

 

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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
801,098,884		782,092		445,930		0

 

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
749,243,847		3,215,864		682,972		49,184,223

 

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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:	Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer

 

Date:  April 30, 2014

 

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