SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K/A

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): March 31, 2003

 

 

SOUTHERN PERU COPPER CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

1-14066

 

13-3849074

(State or other

 

(Commission

 

(IRS Employer

jurisdiction of

 

File Number)

 

Identification No.)

organization)

 

 

 

 

 

2575 East Camelback Rd.

 

 

Phoenix, AZ

 

85016

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (602) 977-6500

 

 

 

 

Explanatory Note:

 

ITEM 4.  Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant

 

                As reported on the Company’s Form 8-K  filed on March 21, 2003, the  Audit Committee of the Company dismissed Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte & Touche”) as the Company’s independent auditors on March 14, 2003.  Deloitte & Touche served as the Company’s independent auditors for the year ended December 31, 2002.

 

Deloitte & Touche’s report on the financial statements of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2002 did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, and was not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles.

 

                In connection with the audit for the year ended December 31, 2002 and subsequently through March 31, 2003, there were no disagreements with Deloitte & Touche on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreement(s), if not resolved to the satisfaction of Deloitte & Touche, would have caused Deloitte & Touche to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreement(s) in connection with its report.

 

                The Company provided Deloitte & Touche a copy of this Current Report on Form 8-K prior to its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”). Deloitte & Touche has provided the Company with a letter, addressed to the Commission, which is filed as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

 

ITEM 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(c)      Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

16

 

Letter from Deloitte & Touche LLP to the Securities and Exchange
Commission, dated April 4, 2003.

 

 

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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

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Armando Ortega

 

Its:

Vice President-Legal and

 

 

Secretary

 

Date: April 4, 2003

 

 

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