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 UNDER THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the month of October, 2019
 
Commission File Number 001-13422
 
AGNICO EAGLE MINES LIMITED
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
 
145 King Street East, Suite 400, Toronto, Ontario M5C 2Y7
(Address of principal executive office)
 
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EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.	 	Exhibit Description	
99.1	 	Press Release dated October 25, 2019 announcing the change of Record Date for the Company’s Q4 dividend	
 
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, thereunto duly authorized.

 	AGNICO EAGLE MINES LIMITED	 	
 	(Registrant)	 	
 	 	
Date: 10/25/2019	By:	/s/ R. Gregory Laing	
 	 	R. Gregory Laing	
 	 	General Counsel, Sr. Vice-President, Legal	
 	 	and Corporate Secretary	

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Exhibit 99.1

 

Stock Symbol:	AEM (NYSE and TSX)	
 	 	
For further information:	Investor Relations	
 	(416) 947-1212	
 
(All amounts expressed in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted)
 
AMENDED DIVIDEND RECORD DATE
 
Toronto (October 25, 2019) — Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (NYSE:AEM, TSX:AEM) (“Agnico Eagle” or the “Company”) today reports a change to the record date for its quarterly cash dividend.  The quarterly cash dividend of $0.175 per common share, payable on December 16, 2019, will now be payable to shareholders of record as of November 27, 2019.  The previously reported record date was November 29, 2019.  The record date has been changed as the New York Stock Exchange will be closed in connection with American Thanksgiving.
 
Agnico Eagle has declared a cash dividend every year since 1983.
 
Dividend Reinvestment Plan
 
Please see the following link for information on the Company’s dividend reinvestment plan: Dividend Reinvestment Plan
 
About Agnico Eagle
 
Agnico Eagle is a senior Canadian gold mining company that has produced precious metals since 1957.  Its operating mines are located in Canada, Finland and Mexico, with exploration and development activities in each of these countries as well as in the United States and Sweden.  The Company and its shareholders have full exposure to gold prices due to its long-standing policy of no forward gold sales.  Agnico Eagle has declared a cash dividend every year since 1983.
 
Further Information
 
For further information regarding Agnico Eagle, contact Investor Relations at info@agnicoeagle.com or call (416) 947-1212.
 
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Forward-Looking Statements
 
The information in this news release has been prepared as at October 24, 2019.  Certain statements contained in this news release constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and “forward-looking information” under the provisions of Canadian provincial securities laws and are referred to herein as “forward-looking statements”.  When used in this news release, the words “anticipate”, “could”, “estimate”, “expect”, “forecast”, “future”, “plan”, “possible”, “potential”, “will” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements.  Such statements include the Company’s expectations regarding the payment of dividends.  Such statements reflect the Company’s views as at the date of this news release and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions, and undue reliance should not be placed on such statements.  Forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon a number of factors and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by Agnico Eagle as of the date of such statements, are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies.  The material factors and assumptions used in the preparation of the forward looking statements contained herein, which may prove to be incorrect, include, but are not limited to, the assumptions set forth herein and in management’s discussion and analysis (“MD&A”) and the Company’s Annual Information Form (“AIF”) for the year ended December 31, 2018 filed with Canadian securities regulators and that are included in its Annual Report on Form 40-F for the year ended December 31, 2018 (“Form 40-F”) filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).  Many factors, known and unknown, could cause the actual results to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward looking statements.  Such factors and other risks that may affect the Company’s ability to achieve the expectations set forth in the forward-looking statements contained in this news release, see the AIF and MD&A filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and included in the Form 40-F filed on EDGAR at www.sec.gov, as well as the Company’s other filings with the Canadian securities regulators and the SEC.  Other than as required by law, the Company does not intend, and does not assume any obligation, to update these forward-looking statements.
 
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