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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): March 27, 2015

 

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

 

 

Delaware

1-8491

77-0664171

(State or Other Jurisdiction

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

of Incorporation)

    

 


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))

 

 

 
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Item 8.01 Other Events

 

On March 27, 2015, Hecla Mining Company issued a news release announcing that we and our wholly owned subsidiary, RHL Holdings, Inc., entered into a Merger Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Revett Mining Company, Inc. (“Revett”). Under the terms of the Agreement, we have agreed to issue 0.1622 shares of our common stock in exchange for each outstanding share of Revett common stock, of which there are 38,548,989, excluding Revett shares owned by Hecla. 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

 

 

(c)

Exhibits

 

 

99.1

News Release dated March 27, 2015. *

 

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*     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.

 

 

HECLA MINING COMPANY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

    /s/ David C. Sienko

 

 

 

    David C. Sienko

 

 

 

    Vice President and General Counsel

 

 

Dated: March 27, 2015

 

 

 

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