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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):        June 19, 2025  

 

McEWEN MINING INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Colorado   001-33190   84-0796160
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

150 King Street West, Suite 2800

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

M5H 1J9
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number including area code:       (866) 441-0690

 

 

(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:

 

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

¨  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

¨  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

¨  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock   MUX   New York Stock Exchange

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company ¨

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 5.03.  Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

 

On June 19, 2025, the shareholders of McEwen Mining Inc. (the “Company”) approved at the annual meeting the change of the Company’s name to “McEwen Inc.” (the “Name Change”), as described further below. The form of Articles of Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company (the “Articles of Amendment”) to be filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Colorado to give effect to the Name Change was included as Annex A to the proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under cover of Schedule 14A relating to such annual meeting of shareholders. The Company intends to file the Articles of Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Colorado and to cause the Name Change to become effective on July 7, 2025.

 

Contemporaneously with the effectiveness of the Name Change, the Company will make effective conforming only changes to its Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”) to reflect the Name Change on the cover page and in Section 1.1 of Article I thereof. A copy of the updated Bylaws that will become effective on July 7, 2025 is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.07    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

On June 19, 2025, the Company held its annual meeting of shareholders. Of the 53,934,510 shares outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting, 27,942,541 shares were voted, or approximately 51.81% of the outstanding shares entitled to vote.

 

At the annual meeting, the shareholders: (i) elected the eleven individuals nominated to serve as directors;  (ii) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the named executive officers as described in the proxy statement (“say on pay”); (iii) ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP (“EY”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2025 and (iv) approved the Articles of Amendment to effect the Name Change.

 

Proposal 1

 

Election results for the directors nominated at the meeting are as follows:

 

   Shares Voted    
Name of Nominee   For   Withheld   Broker Non-
Votes
 
Robert R. McEwen   19,138,567   461,348   8,342,616 
Dalia Asterbadi   19,255,822   344,093   8,342,616 
Ian J. Ball   19,294,446   305,469   8,342,616 
Richard W. Brissenden   17,962,491   1,637,424   8,342,616 
Alfred Colas   19,246,961   352,954   8,342,616 
Nicolas Darveau-Garneau   19,283,698   316,217   8,342,616 
Steve Kaszas   19,265,359   334,556   8,342,616 
Michelle Makori   19,266,381   333,534   8,342,616 
Michael Melanson   19,247,964   351,951   8,342,616 
John Florek   16,354,561   3,245,354   8,342,616 
William M. Shaver   19,312,397   287,518   8,342,616 

 

Proposal 2

 

Election results for the proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers are as follows:

 

For   Against   Abstain   Broker Non-Votes
18,735,730   514,236   349,959 8,342,616

 

 

 

Proposal 3

 

Election results for the ratification of the appointment of EY as the independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2025, are as follows:

 

For   Against   Abstain   Broker Non-Votes
27,269,481   523,370   149,687   0

 

Proposal 4

 

Election results for the proposal to approve the Articles of Amendment to effect the Name Change are as follows:

 

For   Against   Abstain   Broker Non-Votes
26,491,461   724,679   726,401   0

 

Item 7.01   Regulation FD Disclosure

 

At the annual meeting, the Company’s senior management made a presentation on the Company’s business, exploration, development efforts, and financial results and condition. A copy of the PowerPoint slides used in connection with the presentation is furnished with this report as Exhibit 99.1.

 

The information furnished under this Item 7.01, including the exhibit, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by reference to such filing.

 

Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)            Exhibits. The following exhibits are furnished or filed with this report, as applicable:

 

Exhibit No.   Description
3.1   Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, effective as of July 7, 2025
99.1   PowerPoint slides dated June 19, 2025
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File – the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document

 

 

 

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.

 

  McEWEN MINING INC.
     
Date: June 25, 2025 By: /s/ Carmen Diges
    Carmen Diges, General Counsel