Robert D. Brown - Feb 28, 2022 Form 4 Insider Report for HECLA MINING CO/DE/ (HL)

Signature
Tami D. Whitman, Attorney-in-Fact for Robert D. Brown
Stock symbol
HL
Transactions as of
Feb 28, 2022
Transactions value $
-$369,153
Form type
4
Date filed
3/2/2022, 06:40 PM
Previous filing
Jun 23, 2021
Next filing
Jun 23, 2022

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction HL Common Stock Options Exercise $0 +120K +40.76% $0.00 414K Feb 28, 2022 Direct F4, F5
transaction HL Common Stock Tax liability -$369K -64.1K -15.49% $5.76 350K Feb 28, 2022 Direct F6, F7

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 +62.5K $0.00 48K Feb 28, 2022 Common Stock 62.5K $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 21, 2019, Mr. Brown was awarded performance rights. The performance rights represented a contingent right to receive between $57,500 and $230,000 worth of Hecla Mining Company common stock based on Hecla's total shareholder return performance over the 3-year period from January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2021, 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. $230,000 worth of common stock); (2) 60th percentile rank among peers = target award at grant value (i.e. $115,000 worth of common stock); or (3) 50th percentile rank among peers = threshold payout at 50% target (i.e. $57,500 worth of common stock).
F2 In reporting the number of performance rights at the time of the award, Mr. Brown assumed a target payout (i.e. $115,000 worth of common stock), with the common stock valued at the closing price on the day of the award ($1.84), and therefore reported an award of 62,500 performance rights. Based on Hecla Mining Company's total shareholder return ranking, Mr. Brown's award value was $220,417, and he therefore received 119,792 shares in settlement of the award (with the shares valued at the $1.84 closing price on June 21, 2019).
F3 Consists of outstanding performance rights.
F4 See footnotes (1) and (2). Shares received upon settlement of performance rights awarded in June 2019.
F5 Consists of 331,030 shares held directly, and 82,682 unvested restricted stock units.
F6 Shares withheld for tax liability on 119,792 performance rights that vested.
F7 Consists of 266,941 shares held directly, and 82,682 unvested restricted stock units.