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EX-99.1 - PRESS RELEASE OF SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION DATED JANUARY 27, 2012 - SOUTHERN COPPER CORP/d291401dex991.htm

 

 

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): January 30, 2012 (January 26, 2012)

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 C-175, 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):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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ITEM 8.01 Other Events.

On January 27, 2012, Southern Copper Corporation issued a press release announcing a cash dividend of $0.19 per share of common stock and a stock dividend of 0.0107 shares of common stock per share of common stock. The stock and cash dividends will be paid on February 28, 2012 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on February 15, 2012. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

 

ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits:

 

99.1

  Press release of Southern Copper Corporation dated January 27, 2012, furnished pursuant to Item 8.01 of this Form 8-K.

 

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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:   Comptroller

Date: January 30, 2011

 

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibits    

    
99.1   Press release of Southern Copper Corporation dated January 27, 2012, furnished pursuant to Item 8.01 of this Form 8-K.

 

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