HECLA MINING CO/DE/ — Director's Dealing 2023

Feb 28, 2023

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: HECLA MINING CO/DE/ (HL)
CIK: 0000719413
Period of Report: 2023-02-24

Reporting Person: Roberts Lauren M (Sr. VP - COO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2023-02-24	Common Stock	M	99010	—	Acquired	796962	Direct
2023-02-24	Common Stock	F	28798	$4.98	Disposed	768164	Direct
2023-02-27	Common Stock	J	8444	—	Acquired	8444	Indirect

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2023-02-24	Performance rights	$0	M	49505	Acquired	2022-12-31	Common Stock (49505)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: On June 22, 2020, Mr. Roberts was awarded performance rights. The performance rights represented a contingent right to receive between $75,000 and $300,000 worth of Hecla Mining Company common stock based on Hecla's total shareholder return performance over the 3-year period from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2022, based on the following percentile rank within Hecla's peer group companies: (1) 100th percentile rank among peers = maximum award at 200% of target (i.e., $300,000 worth of common stock); (2) 60th percentile rank among peers = target award at grant value (i.e., $150,000 worth of common stock); or (3) 50th percentile rank among peers = threshold payout at 50% of target (i.e., $75,000 worth of common stock).

F2: In reporting the number of performance rights at the time of the award, Mr. Roberts assumed a target payout (i.e., $150,000 worth of common stock), with the common stock valued at the closing price on the day of the award ($3.03), and therefore reported an award of 49,505 performance rights. Based on Hecla Mining Company's total shareholder return ranking, Mr. Robert's award value was $300,000, and he therefore received 99,010 shares in settlement of the award (with the shares valued at the $3.03 closing price on June 22, 2020).

F3: Consists of outstanding performance rights.

F4: See footnotes (1) and (2). Shares received upon settlement of performance rights awarded in June 2020.

F5: Consists of 346,515 shares held directly, 339,119 shares held in the Key Employee Deferred Compensation Plan, and 111,328 unvested restricted stock units.

F6: Shares withheld for tax liability on the 99,010 performance rights that vested.

F7: Consists of 317,717 shares held directly, 339,119 shares held in the Key Employee Deferred Compensation Plan, and 111,328 unvested restricted stock units.

F8: Held as 703.724 units in Mr. Robert's 401(k) account under the Hecla Mining Company Capital Accumulation Plan, and estimated to be 8,444 shares.