HECLA MINING CO/DE/ — Director's Dealing 2017

Jun 9, 2017

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: HECLA MINING CO/DE/ (HL)
CIK: 0000719413
Period of Report: 2017-06-07

Reporting Person: HALL LINDSAY A (Sr. VP & CFO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2017-06-07	Common Stock	A	58773	$5.87	Acquired	114150	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2017-06-07	Performance Rights	$0	A	20443	Acquired	2020-01-01	Common Stock (20443)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Award of restricted stock units that vest as follows: 19,591 shares on June 21, 2018; 19,591 shares on June 21, 2019; and 19,591 shares on June 21, 2020.

F2: Total number of unvested restricted stock units held by Mr. Hall.

F3: Mr. Hall was awarded performance rights representing the contingent right to receive between $60,000 and $240,000 worth of Hecla Mining Company common stock based on Hecla Mining Company's Total Shareholder Return performance over the 3-year period (January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2019) relative to our peers. Examples of the potential grant of shares to Mr. Hall under this plan are as follows: 100th percentile rank among peers = maximum award at 200% of target ($240,000 in stock); 60th percentile rank among peers = target award at grant value ($120,000 in stock); and 50th percentile rank among peers = threshold award at 50% of target ($60,000 in stock).

F4: The number shown in Column 5 of Table II assumes a target payout (i.e., $120,000 worth of common stock), with the common stock valued at the closing price on the day of the award ($5.87). The actual number of shares received (if any) by Mr. Hall will depend on the Total Shareholder Return performance over the 3-year period and will be determined following the termination of that period.