SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
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Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): March 19, 2004
SOUTHERN PERU COPPER CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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2575 East Camelback Rd. |
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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (602) 977-6500 |
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Item 5. Other Events
Effective on March 19, 2004 the Board of Directors of Southern Peru Copper Corporation (the “Company”) unanimously appointed Mr. Luis Miguel Palomino Bonilla as an independent director of the Company and elected him as member of both its Audit Committee and the Special Committee of Disinterested Directors recently established. Mr. Palomino’s appointment fills the vacancy on the Board created by the resignation of Mr. Pedro-Pablo Kuczynski on February 16, 2004.
The referred Special Committee, recently hired, after a selection process, Goldman Sachs & Co. and Latham & Watkins LLP, as financial and legal advisors, respectively, in order to assist it to carry out its duties. The members of the referred Committee are Messrs. Harold S. Handelsman, Gilberto Pérezalonso, Luis Miguel Palomino Bonilla and Carlos Ruiz Sacristán.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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Armando Ortega, |
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Date: March 22, 2004 |
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