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): May 1, 2015 (April 30, 2015)

 

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)

 

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 30, 2015, Southern Copper Corporation (“SCC” or the “Company”), held its 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The total outstanding voting securities eligible to vote were 803,766,577 shares of Common Stock.  775,515,574 shares, constituting approximately 96.49% 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 2016 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 2015.

 

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

 

688,081,576

 

42,544,724

 

44,889,273

 

Oscar González Rocha

 

684,314,540

 

46,311,138

 

44,889,273

 

Emilio Carrillo Gamboa

 

685,822,930

 

44,803,370

 

44,889,273

 

Alfredo Casar Pérez

 

721,483,158

 

9,143,142

 

44,889,273

 

Luis Castelazo Morales

 

721,517,452

 

9,108,848

 

44,889,273

 

Enrique Castillo Sánchez Mejorada

 

686,108,394

 

44,517,906

 

44,889,273

 

Xavier García de Quevedo Topete

 

684,359,791

 

46,266,509

 

44,889,273

 

Daniel Muñiz Quintanilla

 

721,510,681

 

9,115,619

 

44,889,273

 

Luis Miguel Palomino Bonilla

 

724,686,787

 

5,939,513

 

44,889,273

 

Gilberto Perezalonso Cifuentes

 

705,215,279

 

25,411,011

 

44,889,283

 

Juan Rebolledo Gout

 

721,509,136

 

9,117,164

 

44,889,273

 

Carlos Ruiz Sacristán

 

728,584,624

 

2,041,676

 

44,889,273

 

 

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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

 

774,283,148

 

699,666

 

532,759

 

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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

 

726,930,127

 

3,025,727

 

670,445

 

44,889,273

 

 

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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/ Hans A. Flury

 

 

Name:

Hans A. Flury

 

 

Title:

Secretary

 

 

 

 

Date:  May 1, 2015

 

 

 

 

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