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 27, 2018 (April 26, 2018)

 

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)

 

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ITEM 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

On April 26, 2018, Southern Copper Corporation (the “Company” or “SCC”), held its 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The total outstanding voting securities eligible to vote were 773,028,469 shares of Common Stock.  753,115,311 shares, constituting approximately 97.42 % 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 eleven directors, who will serve until the 2019 annual meeting.

2.               To approve the amendments to the Company’s Directors’ Stock Award Plan and the extension of the term of the plan for five years.

3.               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 2018.

4.     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		680,950,903		30,191,086		41,973,321
Oscar González Rocha		685,841,860		25,300,130		41,973,321
Vicente Ariztegui Andreve		710,595,419		546,570		41,973,321
Alfredo Casar Pérez		703,872,527		7,269,463		41,973,321
Enrique Castillo Sánchez Mejorada		706,956,930		4,185,060		41,973,321
Xavier García de Quevedo Topete		683,819,489		27,322,500		41,973,321
Rafael Mac Gregor Anciola		710,139,612		1,002,377		41,973,321
Daniel Muñiz Quintanilla		708,812,476		2,329,513		41,973,321
Luis Miguel Palomino Bonilla		703,069,805		8,072,185		41,973,321
Gilberto Perezalonso Cifuentes		680,814,728		30,327,261		41,973,321
Carlos Ruiz Sacristán		703,263,681		7,878,308		41,973,321

 

PROPOSAL 2                APPROVAL OF AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPANY’S DIRECTORS’ STOCK AWARD PLAN AND THE EXTENSION OF THE TERM OF THE PLAN FOR FIVE YEARS

 

The results of the vote were as follows:

 

 

PROPOSAL 3 — APPROVAL OF THE APPOINTMENT OF SCC’s INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

 

The results of the vote were as follows:

 

 

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PROPOSAL 4 — APPROVAL, BY NON-BINDING VOTE, OF SCC’s EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

 

The results of the vote were as follows:

 

 

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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 27, 2018

 

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