David Sienko - Feb 24, 2023 Form 4 Insider Report for HECLA MINING CO/DE/ (HL)

Signature
Tami D. Whitman, Attorney-in-Fact for David C. Sienko
Stock symbol
HL
Transactions as of
Feb 24, 2023
Transactions value $
-$153,294
Form type
4
Date filed
2/28/2023, 05:49 PM
Previous filing
Jun 24, 2022
Next filing
Jun 23, 2023

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction HL Common Stock Options Exercise $0 +66K +8.81% $0.00 816K Feb 24, 2023 Direct F4, F5
transaction HL Common Stock Tax liability -$153K -30.8K -3.77% $4.98 785K Feb 24, 2023 Direct F6, F7
transaction HL Common Stock Other $0 +6.8K $0.00 6.8K Feb 27, 2023 Held in 401(k) Plan F8

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Underlying Class Amount Exercise Price Ownership Footnotes
transaction HL Performance rights Options Exercise $0 +33K +584.54% $0.00 38.6K Feb 24, 2023 Common Stock 33K $0.00 Direct F1, F2, F3
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 On June 22, 2020, Mr. Sienko was awarded performance rights. The performance rights represented a contingent right to receive between $50,000 and $200,000 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., $200,000 worth of common stock); (2) 60th percentile rank among peers = target award at grant value (i.e., $100,000 worth of common stock); or (3) 50th percentile rank among peers = threshold payout at 50% target (i.e., $50,000 worth of common stock).
F2 In reporting the number of performance rights at the time of the award, Mr. Sienko assumed a target payout (i.e. $100,000 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 33,003 performance rights. Based on Hecla Mining Company's total shareholder return ranking, Mr. Sienko's award value was $200,000, and he therefore received 66,006 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 747,954 shares held directly, and 67,565 unvested restricted stock units.
F6 Shares withheld for tax liability on 66,006 performance rights that vested.
F7 Consists of 717,172 shares held directly, and 67,565 unvested restricted stock units.
F8 Consists of 566.317 units in Mr. Sienko's 401(k) account under Hecla Mining Company's Capital Accumulation Plan, and estimated to be 6,795 shares.