hl20160523_8k.htm

 



UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

____________________

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 23, 2016

 

HECLA MINING COMPANY
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

1-8491

77-0664171

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 
6500 North Mineral Drive, Suite 200

Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 83815-9408

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

 

(208) 769-4100

(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

N/A
(Former name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

 X     Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
     Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12(b))
     Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
     Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 



 

 
 

 

 

Item 8.01 Other Events

 

On May 24, 2016, Hecla Mining Company issued a news release announcing that we and our wholly owned subsidiary, HL Idaho Corp., entered into a Merger Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Mines Management, Inc. (“MMI”). Under the terms of the Agreement, we have agreed to issue 0.2218 shares of our common stock in exchange for each outstanding share of MMI common stock, of which there are approximately 32,000,000 issued and outstanding shares. A copy of the news release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, and is incorporated herein by reference.

  

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit Number

 

Description

     

99.1

 

News Release dated May 24, 2016. *

     
    * Filed herewith

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated:      May 24, 2016

 

 

Hecla Mining Company

 

   

 

 

 

 

By:  

/s/ David C. Sienko  

 

 

David C. Sienko

Vice President & General Counsel