Hecla's stock symbol is 'HL'. Hecla's stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), where it has been listed since 1964.

There are 285.2 million common shares outstanding, as of December 31, 2012.

Yes, but not for many years. Hecla's stock split one-for-one in May 1968 and three-for-two in February 1981. Details of each stock split are as follows:

 

Record Date	Payable Date	Factor
5/10/68	6/10/68	1 for 1
2/10/81	3/24/81	3 for 2

Hecla pays a silver price-linked common stock dividend based on Hecla's average realized silver price for the preceding quarter. Realized prices are calculated by dividing gross revenues for each metal by the payable quantities of each metal included in concentrate and doré sold during the period. Any quarterly Common Stock dividend declared by Hecla will increase or decrease by $0.01 per share ($0.04 annually) for each $5.00 per ounce incremental increase or decrease in the average realized silver price in the preceding quarter. If you are a Common Stock shareholder who has moved and you have not received your dividend payments, please contact Hecla's transfer agent, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company at 800-937-5449.

Hecla also pays an annual minimum common stock dividend of $0.01 per share to be paid quarterly at $0.0025 per share. If you are a Common Stock shareholder who has moved and you have not received your dividend payments, please contact Hecla's transfer agent, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company at 800-937-5449.

Hecla pays a $0.875 per share dividend on its Series B Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock (HL-PrB) each quarter. Dividends are typically paid to shareholders of the Series B Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock on January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1. If you are a Preferred B shareholder who has moved and you have not received your dividend payments, please contact Hecla's transfer agent, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company at 800-937-5449.

The declaration and payment of dividends remains at the sole discretion of the Board of Directors and will depend on Hecla's financial results, cash requirements (including for preferred dividends, operations, capital projects, exploration and development, litigation and settlements, acquisitions, and other items), future prospects and other factors deemed relevant by the Board.

Hecla does not administer a direct purchase plan or a direct reinvestment plan. Shares can be purchased through a direct or online brokerage firm.

If your shares are held in a brokerage account, simply contact your broker and make your intent known. The broker will sell the shares for you and place the proceeds, less commission, in your brokerage account. To sell shares in certificate form, you must have an account with a broker. You then physically sign the shares over to your broker.

Hecla sold its interest in the below-listed companies.  If you hold shares in any of these companies, please contact the below-listed individuals for information on your shares.

 

Name	Date Sold	Contact
Silver Mountain Lead Mines, Inc.	3/25/99	William L. Campbell, Jr. Phone: (509) 922-3035
Nine Corporation	3/25/99	William L. Campbell, Jr. Phone: (509) 922-3035
Moonlight Mining Company	3/25/99	William L. Campbell, Jr. Phone: (509) 922-3035
Wall Street Mining Company	5/25/99	William L. Campbell, Jr. Phone: (509) 922-3035
Abot Mining Company	6/30/00	Greg Lipsker Phone: (509) 455-9077 (or) Columbia Stock Transfer Phone:  (208) 664-3544
Consolidated Silver Corporation (ConSil Corp.)	7/10/01	Nathan Drage Phone: (801) 273-9300 (or) Computershare Phone:  (604) 661-9400

The state of incorporation should be on the front of the stock certificate.  Contact the Secretary of State (Corporation’s Division) for that state.  They should be able to give you information on that company.  You can also do searches through the Secretary of State’s website to find the information you need.

American Stock Transfer & Trust Company can provide account information to Hecla shareholders Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (ET) when they call 800-937-5449.  American Stock Transfer & Trust Company can also provide the following information:

Account Information
Account Balance
Statement of Certificate History
Instructions for Lost Certificates
Shareholder Change of Address

Transfer Instructions
Establishing a Beneficiary
From Individual into Joint Tenant
Removal of Joint Tenant
Establishing a Trust Account
Change of Owner’s Name
Establishing a Custodial Account

You may also visit American Stock Transfer & Trust Company’s web site to review your account information.  Visit American Stock Transfer & Trust for more information.

Hecla was originally incorporated in the state of Idaho in 1891, in 1898 in the state of Washington and then incorporated in the state of Delaware on March 21, 1983.

Here is a list of all mergers and acquisitions of Hecla Mining Company, including the number of shares exchanged for each merged company for Hecla common stock, if applicable:

 

Date	Company	Exchange Share Ratio
10/31/58	Polaris Mining Company	6 Polaris shares = 1 Hecla shares
1/29/64	Lucky Friday Silver-Lead Mines Company	No share exchange
10/20/81	Day Mines, Inc.	1 Day share = 1.8 Hecla shares
7/26/84	Ranchers Exploration and Development Corporation	1 Ranchers share = 1.55 Hecla shares
5/5/89	Geodome Resources	No share exchange
12/17/90	Indusmin, Inc.	No share exchange
6/26/91	CoCa Mines, Inc.	1 CoCa share = .24149 Hecla share
5/11/94	Equinox Resources	1 Equinox share = .3 Hecla share
4/16/08	Remaining 70.3% interest in Greens Creek Joint Venture held by Rio Tinto subsidiary	No share exchange
11/6/08	Independence Lead Mines Company - Assets	1 ILM share = 1.2 Hecla shares
12/13/11	Remaining 30% interest in the San Juan Silver project held by Emerald Mining & leasing, LLC; Golden 8 Mining, LLC; and AgX Resources, Inc.	No share exchange

If you are a beneficial owner or a shareholder of record of Hecla common stock, you should receive the most current Hecla Annual Report in the mail in early April of each year.

You may also access our most current Annual Report and Proxy Statement, in early April, by visiting our web site www.hecla-mining.com and selecting Investors.

Starting in January 2008, in accordance with rules and regulations recently adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, instead of mailing a printed copy of our proxy materials to each shareholder of record, we may now furnish proxy materials to our shareholders on the Internet. We do also provide our most current Annual Report (the “Annual Report”) when available on the Internet.  If you receive a Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Matters (the “Notice”) by mail, you will not receive a printed copy of the proxy materials or our Annual Report by mail. Instead, the Notice will instruct you as to how you may access and review all of the important information contained in the proxy materials and the Annual Report. The Notice will also instruct you as to how you may submit your proxy on the Internet. If you receive a Notice by mail and would like to receive a printed copy of our proxy materials and the Annual Report, not including a proxy card, you should follow the instructions for requesting such materials included in the Notice.

Additionally, a number of brokers and banks are participating in a program provided by Broadridge Financial Services that offers the means to receive shareholder material (Annual Report and Proxy Statement) and grant proxies to vote shares by means of the Internet. If your shares are held in an account with a broker or bank participating in the Broadridge program you may use the following link to sign up for electronic delivery: Open Enrollment.

Our Annual Meeting of Shareholders for calendar year ended December 31, 2012, will be held on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time at The Rosewood Hotel Georgia, 801 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Broadridge Financial Services will mail the most current Annual Report and Proxy Statement for Hecla’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders sometime in late March or early April each year.  Shareholders whose shares are kept in a brokerage account will receive their proxy materials directly from their broker.

Additionally, a number of brokers and banks are participating in a program through Broadridge Financial Services that offers the means to receive shareholder material (Annual Report and Proxy Statement) and grant proxies to vote shares by means of the Internet.  If your shares are held in an account with a broker or bank participating in the Broadridge program you may use the following link to sign up for electronic delivery:  Open Enrollment.

Silver production is estimated to be approximately 8 to 9 million ounces.

Total cash cost in 2013 is estimated to be approximately $5.00 per ounce of silver produced, net of by-product credits, based on current metals prices.

No.

Silver is a wonderfully useful and versatile metal used in photography, jewelry and silverware, and a variety of industrial uses (such as electronics, environmental, medical, and superconductivity). You may visit www.silverinstitute.org for more information on silver uses and the worldwide silver market.