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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM 20-F/A
(AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM 20-F)

o    REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
OR
ý    ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012
OR
o    TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
OR
o    SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of event requiring this shell company report                           
For the transition period from                             to                            

Commission file number: 1-13422


AGNICO-EAGLE MINES LIMITED
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Not Applicable
(Translation of Registrant's Name into English)

Ontario, Canada
(Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)

145 King Street East, Suite 400
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5C 2Y7
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

R. Gregory Laing
145 King Street East, Suite 400
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5C 2Y7
Telephone: 416-947-1212 Fax: 416-367-4681
(Name, Telephone, E-mail and/or Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person)


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

Common Shares, without par value
(Title of Class)
  The Toronto Stock Exchange and
the New York Stock Exchange
(Name of exchange on which registered)

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None

Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act:
None
(Title of Class)

Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer's classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report.

172,006,593 Common Shares as of December 31, 2012

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

Yes    ý            No        o

If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Act.

Yes    o            No    ý

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes    ý            No    o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

Yes    ý            No    o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of "accelerated filer and large accelerated filer" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one)

Large Accelerated Filer ý        Accelerated Filer o        Non-Accelerated Filer o

Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:

U.S. GAAP ý        International Financial Reporting Standards as issued        Other o
        by the International Accounting Standards Board o

If "Other" has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow.

Item 17    o            Item 18    o

If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act):

Yes    o            No    ý





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EXPLANATORY NOTE   1

ITEM 19 EXHIBITS   2

SIGNATURES   3

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report on Form 20-F of Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited (the "Company") for the year ended December 31, 2012, filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on March 28, 2013 (the "Original Report"), is being filed solely for the purpose of amending Exhibit 15.01 to the Original Report.

Other than as expressly set out above, this Amendment No. 1 does not amend, update, restate or reproduce any other information or disclosure included in the Original Report or reflect any events that have occurred since the date of the Original Report.

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ITEM 19   EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.   Description

1.01*   Articles of Amalgamation of the Company.

1.02*   By-Law No. 1 of the Company.

4.01   Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of August 4, 2011, between the Company, the guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto and The Bank of Nova Scotia (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.01 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F (File No. 001-13422) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, filed with the SEC on March 29, 2012).

4.02*   Amendment No. 1 to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of July 20, 2012, between the Company, the guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto and The Bank of Nova Scotia.

4.03*   Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan.

4.04*   Amended and Restated Incentive Share Purchase Plan.

4.05*   Restricted Share Unit Plan for Directors, Senior Executives and Employees of Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited, as amended.

4.06   Warrant Indenture, dated as of April 4, 2009, between the Company and Computershare Trust Company of Canada (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.05 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F (File No. 001-13422) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, filed with the SEC on March 26, 2010).

4.07   Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 7, 2010, between the Company and the purchasers party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.05 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F (File No. 001-13422) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, filed with the SEC on March 28, 2011).

4.08*   Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 24, 2012, between the Company and the purchasers party thereto.

4.09*   Credit Agreement, dated as of June 26, 2012, between the Company, the guarantors party thereto and the Bank of Nova Scotia relating to a C$150 million uncommitted letter of credit facility.

8.01*   List of subsidiaries of the Company.

11.01*   Code of Business Conduct and Ethics of the Company.

12.01**   Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Subsections (A) and (B) of Section 1350, Chapter 63 of Title 18, United States Code) (Sean Boyd).

12.02**   Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Subsections (A) and (B) of Section 1350, Chapter 63 of Title 18, United States Code) (David Smith).

13.01*   Certification pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Sean Boyd).

13.02*   Certification pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (David Smith).

15.01**   Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

15.02   Audit Committee Charter (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 15.04 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F (File No. 001-13422) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005 filed with the SEC on March 28, 2006).

15.03*   Consent of Daniel Doucet.

101*   The following financial information from Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited's Comparative Audited Consolidated Financial Statements, formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language) and furnished electronically herewith: (i) the Consolidated Statements of Income; (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow; (iii) the Consolidated Balance Sheets; (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity; (v) the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income; and (vi) the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, tagged as blocks of text.

*
Previously filed with the Original Report.

**
Filed herewith.

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SIGNATURES

The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 20-F and that it has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this Amendment No. 1 to Form 20-F on its behalf.

    AGNICO-EAGLE MINES LIMITED
Toronto, Canada
April 2, 2013
     
    By: /s/ DAVID SMITH
David Smith
Senior Vice-President, Finance and
Chief Financial Officer

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