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, 2019 (April 25, 2019)

 

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 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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Emerging growth company o

 

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ITEM 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

On April 25, 2019, Southern Copper Corporation (the “Company” or “SCC”), held its 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The total outstanding voting securities eligible to vote were 773,044,469 shares of Common Stock.  748,968,732 shares, constituting approximately 96.89 % 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 ten directors, who will serve until the 2020 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 2019.

 

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

 

680,483,580

 

27,298,465

 

41,184,879

 

Oscar González Rocha

 

683,068,070

 

24,715,782

 

41,184,879

 

Vicente Ariztegui Andreve

 

706,348,504

 

1,435,348

 

41,184,879

 

Alfredo Casar Pérez

 

695,577,799

 

12,206,053

 

41,184,879

 

Enrique Castillo Sánchez Mejorada

 

702,372,284

 

5,411,568

 

41,184,879

 

Xavier García de Quevedo Topete

 

678,639,247

 

29,144,605

 

41,184,879

 

Rafael Mac Gregor Anciola

 

706,863,836

 

920,016

 

41,184,879

 

Luis Miguel Palomino Bonilla

 

693,011,226

 

14,772,626

 

41,184,879

 

Gilberto Perezalonso Cifuentes

 

675,342,252

 

32,441,600

 

41,184,879

 

Carlos Ruiz Sacristán

 

692,999,595

 

14,783,305

 

41,184,879

 

 

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

 

747,163,048

 

1,550,956

 

254,727

 

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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
of Adoption

 

Against
Adoption

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-
Votes

 

704,966,953

 

2,549,898

 

267,000

 

41,184,879

 

 

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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/ Andres Carlos Ferrero

 

Name:

Andres Carlos Ferrero

 

Title:

General Counsel

 

 

Date: April 26, 2019

 

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