HECLA MINING CO/DE/ — Director's Dealing 2016

Apr 12, 2016

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: HECLA MINING CO/DE/ (HL)
CIK: 0000719413
Period of Report: 2016-04-11

Reporting Person: BAKER PHILLIPS S JR (Director, President & CEO)

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2016-04-11	Phantom Units	$0	A	39098	Acquired		Common Stock (39098)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: These Phantom Units have been credited to Mr. Baker's company stock account under the Key Employee Deferred Compensation Plan as a result of a company matching contribution under the Key Employee Deferred Compensation Plan, with each unit representing the right to receive one share of company common stock upon retirement or other distribution event.

F2: The Phantom Units do not have an exercisable date and/or expiration date because they are deferred until a distribution event under the Key Employee Deferred Compensation Plan.

F3: Consists of 1,862,459 shares held directly, 713,215 shares held in the Key Employee Deferred Compensation Plan, and 362,811 unvested restricted stock units.