UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): June 9, 2005

 

SOUTHERN PERU 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)

 

2575 East Camelback Road, Suite 500, Phoenix, Arizona 85016
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

(602) 977-6595

(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 8.01. Other Events.

 

Filed hereto as Exhibit 1.1 is a form of underwriting agreement in connection with the proposed secondary offering by certain stockholders of Southern Peru Copper Corporation: Cerro Trading Company, Inc., SPC Investors, L.L.C., Phelps Dodge Overseas Capital Corporation and Climax Molybdenum BV.  Citigroup and UBS Investment Bank are joint bookrunning managers of the secondary offering.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(c) Exhibits

 

Exhibit 1.1                                          Underwriting Agreement.

 

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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.

 

 

 

SOUTHERN PERU COPPER CORPORATION.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dated:  June 9, 2005

By:

/s/ Armando Ortega

 

 

 

 

Name:

Armando Ortega

 

 

 

Title:

 Secretary

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number

 

Description

 

 

 

Exhibit 1.1

 

Underwriting Agreement.

 

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