-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, EFaf6Bm73Pxkag7+QPJc9wOFS7ngq9iciIHhWWSQ+Hgd3esQCGp0L7g48OCOaK/W oqRWp9aY8dNWEkjnoWQrmw== 0000897101-08-000220.txt : 20080201 0000897101-08-000220.hdr.sgml : 20080201 20080201171034 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000897101-08-000220 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20080201 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20080201 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080201 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HECLA MINING CO/DE/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000719413 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MINING, QUARRYING OF NONMETALLIC MINERALS (NO FUELS) [1400] IRS NUMBER: 820126240 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-08491 FILM NUMBER: 08569467 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6500 N MINERAL DRIVE SUITE 200 STREET 2: NONE CITY: COEUR D'ALENE STATE: ID ZIP: 83815-9408 BUSINESS PHONE: 2087694100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6500 N MINERAL DRIVE SUITE 200 STREET 2: NONE CITY: COEUR D'ALENE STATE: ID ZIP: 83815-9408 8-K 1 hecla080488_8k.htm FORM 8-K DATED FEBRUARY 1, 2008 HECLA MINING COMPANY FORM 8-K DATED FEBRUARY 1, 2008
 
 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington D.C. 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): February 1, 2008

 

Hecla Mining Company

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

1-8491

77-0664171

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o   Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o   Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14-d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 


 
 


Item 8.01. Other Events.

 

Effective as of February 1, 2008, Hecla Mining Company’s 6.5% Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (“Convertible Preferred”) was approved for listing and began trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). Shares of our Convertible Preferred trade on the NYSE under the symbol “HL-PC”.

 

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.

 

 

 

 

HECLA MINING COMPANY

 

By: 


/s/ Philip C. Wolf

 

 

 

Name:

Philip C. Wolf

 

 

 

Title:

Senior Vice President

 

Dated: February 1, 2008

 

 







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