8-KCorporate ChangesExhibits & Filings

NEWMONT Corp /DE/ 8-K Report, Bylaw Amendment (Jan 12, 2005)

Filed January 12, 2005For Securities:NEMNEMCL

Summary

This Form 8-K filing by Newmont Mining Corporation (NEM) on January 12, 2005, primarily concerns a procedural corporate action. Following the expiration of the rights to purchase Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock on December 31, 2004, the company officially filed a Certificate of Elimination with the Delaware Secretary of State on January 7, 2005. This action formally removes the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock from the company's charter. For investors, this filing indicates the resolution of a previously disclosed corporate event related to preferred stock rights. It is a routine administrative step rather than a significant operational or financial development. Investors can consider this a clean-up item that finalizes a prior event and removes a potentially dilutive class of stock that is no longer active.

Key Highlights

  • 1Newmont Mining Corporation filed a Form 8-K on January 12, 2005.
  • 2The filing reports the elimination of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock.
  • 3This action was taken after the expiration of related stock purchase rights on December 31, 2004.
  • 4A Certificate of Elimination was officially filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on January 7, 2005.
  • 5The filing is classified under Item 5.03 (Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year).

Frequently Asked Questions

The main purpose of this 8-K filing is to formally report the elimination of Newmont's Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock from its corporate charter, following the expiration of the associated purchase rights.

No, this filing is primarily a procedural and administrative corporate action to formalize the removal of a class of preferred stock that is no longer active. It does not indicate significant financial or operational changes.

The rights to purchase shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock expired on December 31, 2004. As a result, Newmont filed a Certificate of Elimination on January 7, 2005, to remove this preferred stock designation from its corporate structure.

A copy of the Certificate of Elimination is attached as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report filed with the SEC.