HL Hecla Mining Company

Item 5.07 – Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

At the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Hecla Mining Company (“our,” “we,” or “Hecla”) held on May 19, 2016, our shareholders were asked to consider and vote upon the following five proposals: (1)  election of three nominees to our Board of Directors to hold office until the 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified; (2)  amendments to our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws to remove certain 80% supermajority voting provisions; (3) amendments to our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws to permit shareholders to call special meetings of shareholders under certain circumstances; (4) ratification of the Audit Committee’s appointment of BDO USA, LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016; and (5) approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of our named executive officers.

On the record date of March 23, 2016, there were 380,842,223 shares of Hecla common stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. The count of shares present at the meeting, in person or proxy, was 296,141,986, or 78% of the outstanding voting shares of Hecla. For each proposal, the results of shareholder voting were as follows:

Proposal 1 .    Election of Three D irector N ominees . The shareholders elected each of the director nominees proposed by our Board of Directors to serve until the 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until such nominee’s successor is duly elected and qualified. The following is a breakdown of the voting results:

Proposal 2 . Approval of Amendments to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws to Remove Certain 80% Supermajority Voting Provisions . The following is a breakdown of the voting results on the amendments:

The affirmative vote by at least 80% of our outstanding shares of common stock eligible to vote was required for approval of Proposal 2. The proposal received the affirmative vote of only 47% of the outstanding shares, which was not enough for it to pass.

Proposal 3 . Approval of Amendments to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws to Permit Shareholders to Call Special Meetings of Shareholders under Certain Circumstances . The following is a breakdown of the voting results on the amendments:  

The affirmative vote by at least 80% of our outstanding shares of common stock eligible to vote was required for approval of Proposal 3. The proposal received the affirmative vote of only 47% of the outstanding shares, which was not enough for it to pass.

Proposal 4 . Ratification of the Appointment of BDO USA, LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. Our shareholders ratified the appointment of BDO USA, LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016. The following is a breakdown of the voting results:

There were no broker non-votes with respect to Proposal 4.

Proposal 5 .    Advisory V ote on E xecutive C ompensation . Our shareholders approved the compensation of Hecla’s named executive officers. The following is a breakdown of the voting results: