8-K

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): May 26, 2009

COEUR D’ALENE MINES CORPORATION

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Idaho	1-8641	84-0109423
(State or Other Jurisdiction of	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation)		Identification No.)

505 Front Avenue,	83814
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho	(Zip Code)
(Address of Principal Executive Office)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (208) 667-3511

Not Applicable

(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:

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

Effective as of May 26, 2009, at 6:01 p.m. Eastern Time, Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation (the “Company”) amended its Restated and Amended Articles of Incorporation to: (i) reduce the par value of the Company’s common stock from $1.00 per share to $0.01 per share; and (ii) change the total number of authorized shares of common stock from 750,000,000 shares to 150,000,000 shares.

A copy of the amendment is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and is incorporated by reference herein. In addition, a copy of the Company’s updated specimen common stock certificate, which reflects the new par value of the Company’s common stock as $0.01 per share, is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1.

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On May 26, 2009, the Company effected the previously announced reverse stock split of the Company’s common stock at a split ratio of 1-for-10. In connection with the reverse stock split, the Company changed the total number of its authorized shares of common stock from 750,000,000 shares to 150,000,000 shares, which change effectively doubled the number of authorized shares of the Company’s common stock.

The reverse stock split became effective at 6:01 p.m., Eastern Time, on May 26, 2009. As a result of the reverse stock split, every ten shares of the Company’s common stock that were issued and outstanding as of market close on May 26, 2009 were automatically combined into one issued and outstanding share of common stock, subject to the treatment of fractional shares as described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on April 1, 2009 (the “Proxy Statement”). The number of CHESS Depositary Interests (“CDIs”) outstanding were also reduced by the 1-for-10 split ratio.

For additional information regarding the reverse stock split, stockholders and CDI holders should review the Company’s Proxy Statement and the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on May 18, 2009, which summarized the Company’s plans for effecting the reverse stock split.  

The Company issued a press release on May 27, 2009 announcing the completion of the reverse stock split, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

3.1 Articles of Amendment to the Restated and Amended Articles of Incorporation of Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation

4.1 Specimen Common Stock Certificate

99.1 Press Release dated May 27, 2009

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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.

	COEUR D’ALENE MINES CORPORATION
	(Registrant)
Dated:  May 27, 2009	By:  /s/ Mitchell J. Krebs
	Senior Vice President and
	Chief Financial Officer

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EX-3.1

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
TO THE RESTATED AND
AMENDED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF COEUR D’ALENE MINES CORPORATION

        Pursuant to Title 30, Chapter 1, Idaho Code, the undersigned corporation has adopted the following Articles of Amendment to its Restated and Amended Articles of Incorporation:

1.     The name of the corporation is “Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation.”

2.     The following amendment to the Restated and Amended Articles of Incorporation was adopted by the directors at a duly noticed meeting of the board of directors held on March 17, 2009 and presented to and approved by the shareholders of the corporation at a meeting of the shareholders on May 12, 2009, in the manner required by Title 30, Chapter 1, Idaho Code and the corporation’s Restated and Amended Articles of Incorporation:

Paragraph (a) of Article II is hereby amended in its entirety by replacing such existing paragraph (a) of Article II with the following text:

“(a) The corporation is authorized to issue two classes of shares of capital stock to be designated, respectively, “common stock” and “preferred stock”. The total number of such shares which the corporation shall have the authority to issue shall be 160 million. The total number of shares of common stock authorized to be issued shall be 150 million shares, $0.01 par value per share, and the total number of shares of preferred stock authorized to be issued shall be 10 million shares, $1.00 par value per share.”

3.     The date of adoption of the amendment(s) was May 12, 2009.

4.     Manner of adoption:

The amendment consists exclusively of matters which do not require shareholder action pursuant to section 30-1-1002, Idaho Code, and was, therefore, adopted by the board of directors

None of the corporation’s shares have been issued and was, therefore, adopted by the

incorporator board of directors

The number of shares outstanding and entitled to vote was: 673,905,440

The number of shares cast for and assigned each amendment was:

Amended article	Shares for	Shares against
Article II (amendment reducing par value of common stock to $0.01 per share)	348,594,171	74,256,601
Article II (amendment changing authorized number of shares to 160,000,000 shares)	345,765,022	77,434,880

5.     These Articles of Amendment shall be effective at 6:01 p.m. Eastern Time on May 26, 2009.

Dated: May 26, 2009

Signed:	/s/ Dennis E. Wheeler
Name:	Dennis E. Wheeler
Capacity:	Chairman, President
	and Chief Executive Officer

EX-4.1

Coeur d’Alene Mines CORPORATION

        The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM-	as tenants in common	UNIF GIFT MIN ACT-________________	Custodian______________
		(Cust)	(Minor)
TEN ENT-	as tenants by the entireties
JT TEN-	as joint tenants with right		under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
	of survivorship and not as		__________________________________
	tenants in common		(State)
		UNIF TRF MIN ACT- ____________	Custodian (until age__________)
		(Cust)
			_________________ under Uniform Transfers
			(Minor)
			to Minors Act __________________________
			(State)

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

        For Value received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto __________________________________

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING

NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE

_____________________________________

(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE)

__________________________________________________________________________________________ Shares of the Common Stock represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint

__________________________________________________________________________________________ Attorney to transfer the said stock on the books of the within named Corporation with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated__________________________

NOTICE: ______________________________________________________________
The signature(s) to this Assignment must correspond with the name(s) as
written upon the face of the Certificate in every particular, without alteration or
enlargement or any change whatever.

Signature(s) Guaranteed

By________________________________________________________
The signature(s) should be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution
(banks, stockbrokers, savings and loan association and credit unions with
Membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program)
pursuant to S.E.C. Rule 17Ad.

EX-99.1

COEUR ANNOUNCES COMPLETION OF 1-for-10 REVERSE STOCK SPLIT ON NYSE

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho – May 27, 2009 — Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation (NYSE:CDE, TSX:CDM, ASX:CXC) announced today that its previously disclosed 1-for-10 reverse stock split was completed effective as of 6:01 p.m., Eastern time, on May 26, 2009. Trading of Coeur’s common stock on the NYSE will begin on a split-adjusted basis at the open of trading today, May 27, 2009, under Coeur’s new CUSIP number, 192108504 (Old CUSIP Number: 192108108). It is expected that the common stock will commence trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange on a split-adjusted basis at the opening of the market on or about May 29, 2009.

As a result of the reverse stock split, every 10 shares of Coeur’s common stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time were combined into one (1) share of common stock, subject to the elimination of fractional shares. Additional terms and procedures governing the reverse stock split were previously disclosed by the Company in its press release issued by the Company on May 18, 2009 and are set forth in more detail in Coeur’s definitive proxy statement, dated April 1, 2009, which is available on the SEC’s website, www.sec.gov, and the Company’s website, www.coeur.com.

The number of shares of Coeur common stock issued and outstanding have been reduced from approximately 686,320,000 shares, to approximately 68,632,000 shares post-split, without accounting for fractional shares. The number of shares reserved for issuance under Coeur’s equity compensation plans have been reduced proportionately.

The Company has posted a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document to its website at www.coeur.com.

About Coeur
Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation is one of the world’s leading silver companies and also a significant gold producer. Coeur will have its first full year of production this year at the world’s largest pure silver mine — San Bartolomé in Bolivia – and began production in March at another world-leading silver mine – Palmarejo in Mexico.  The Company also operates underground mines in southern Chile and Argentina and one surface mine in Nevada; and owns non-operating interests in two low-cost mines in Australia. The Company also owns a major gold project — Kensington in Alaska — and conducts exploration activities in Argentina, Chile and Mexico.  Coeur common shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol CDE, the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol CDM, and its CHESS Depositary Interests are traded on the Australian Securities Exchange under symbol CXC. 

For Additional Information:
Investors
Director of Investor Relations
Karli Anderson, 208-665-0345

Media
Director of Corporate Communications
Tony Ebersole, 208-665-0777

Cautionary Statement

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of securities legislation in the United States, Canada, and Australia, including statements regarding anticipated operating results. Such statements are subject to numerous assumptions and uncertainties, many of which are outside the control of Coeur. Operating, exploration and financial data, and other statements in this presentation are based on information that Coeur believes is reasonable, but involve significant uncertainties affecting the business of Coeur, including, but not limited to, future gold and silver prices, costs, ore grades, estimation of gold and silver reserves, mining and processing conditions, construction schedules, currency exchange rates, and the completion and/or updating of mining feasibility studies, changes that could result from future acquisitions of new mining properties or businesses, the risks and hazards inherent in the mining business (including environmental hazards, industrial accidents, weather or geologically related conditions), regulatory and permitting matters, risks inherent in the ownership and operation of, or investment in, mining properties or businesses in foreign countries, as well as other uncertainties and risk factors set out in filings made from time to time with the SEC, the Canadian securities regulators, and the Australian Securities Exchange, including, without limitation, Coeur’s reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q. Actual results, developments and timetables could vary significantly from the estimates presented. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Coeur disclaims any intent or obligation to update publicly such forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Additionally, Coeur undertakes no obligation to comment on analyses, expectations or statements made by first parties in respect of Coeur, its financial or operating results or its securities.

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