Sr. VP & CFO Lawlar Russell Douglas covered exercise/tax liability with 33,796 shares, was granted 65,399 shares and acquired 20,105 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 6% to 495,774 units (SEC Form 4)
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Mining & Quarrying of Nonmetallic Minerals (No Fuels)
Industrials
| FORM 4 |
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
HECLA MINING CO/DE/ [ HL ] |
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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3. Date of Earliest Transaction
(Month/Day/Year) 06/23/2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year) |
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ||||||||||
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) | 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | |||
| Code | V | Amount | (A) or (D) | Price | ||||||
| Common Stock | 06/23/2025 | F | 33,796(1) | D | $5.82 | 495,774(2) | D | |||
| Common Stock | 06/23/2025 | A | 65,399(3) | A | $5.82 | 495,774(4) | D | |||
| Common Stock | 06/23/2025 | J | 20,105(5) | A | $0 | 20,105 | I | 401(k) Plan | ||
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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||||||||||
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) | 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) | 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) | 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | ||||
| Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||||||
| Performance rights | $0 | 06/23/2025 | A | 65,399(6) | 01/01/2028 | 01/01/2028 | Common Stock | 65,399 | $0 | 495,774(7) | D | ||||
| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. Mr. Lawlar was awarded (i) 44,018 restricted stock units on June 21, 2022; 44,401 restricted stock units on June 21, 2023; and 71,180 restricted stock units on June 21, 2024. One-third of those restricted stock units vested on June 23, 2025. To cover his tax liability on those vested units, Hecla Mining Company withheld 33,796 shares. |
| 2. Consists of 201,934 shares held directly, 166,188 performance-based units, and 127,652 unvested restricted stock units. |
| 3. Award of restricted stock units that vest as follows: 21,800 shares on June 21, 2026; 21,800 shares on June 21, 2027; and 21,799 shares on June 21, 2028. |
| 4. See footnote 2. |
| 5. Held as 1,679.279 units in Mr. Lawlar's 401(k) account under the Hecla Mining Company Capital Accumulation Plan and estimated to be 20,105 shares. |
| 6. Mr. Lawlar was awarded performance rights representing the contingent right to receive between $380,625 and $761,250 worth of Hecla Mining Company common stock based on Hecla Mining Company's Total Shareholder Return performance over the 3-year period (January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2027) relative to our peers. Examples of the potential grant of shares to Mr. Lawlar under this plan are as follows: 100th percentile rank among peers = maximum award at 200% of target ($761,250 in stock); 50th percentile rank among peers = target award at grant value ($380,625 in stock), and 0 percentile rank among peers = threshold award below 25% of target. |
| 7. See footnote 2. |
| Tami D. Whitman, Attorney-in-Fact for Russell D. Lawlar | 06/25/2025 | |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
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