UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of September 2017
Commission File Number: 001-34244
HUDBAY MINERALS INC.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
25 York Street, Suite 800
Toronto, Ontario
M5J 2V5, Canada
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F [ ] Form 40-F [X]
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): [ ]
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Yes [ ] No [X]
If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- _____________________________
EXPLANATORY NOTE
On September 7, 2017, Hudbay Minerals Inc. (“Hudbay”) filed on the Canadian Securities Administrators’ System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) website at www.sedar.com a press release announcing that Hudbay has entered into an agreement with a syndicate of underwriters (the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which the Underwriters have agreed to purchase, on a bought deal basis, 24,000,000 common shares (the “Shares”) of Hudbay at a price of C$10.10 per Share, for aggregate gross proceeds of C$242,400,000.
The Shares will be offered by way of a short form prospectus to be filed in all of the provinces and territories of Canada pursuant to National Instrument 44-101 Short Form Prospectus Distributions and in the United States to a limited number of "qualified institutional buyers" (as defined in Rule 144A under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended) in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
This communication is not an offer or a solicitation of an offer of common shares for sale in the United States. The Shares have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration.
A copy of the filing is attached to this Form 6-K as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
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SUBMITTED HEREWITH
Exhibits
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SIGNATURE
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, thereunto duly authorized.
| | HUDBAY MINERALS INC. |
| | (registrant) |
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| | By: | /s/ Patrick Donnelly |
| | Name: | Patrick Donnelly |
| | Title: | Vice President and General Counsel |
Date: September 8, 2017
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