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| 8-K - FORM 8-K - HECLA MINING CO/DE/ | hecla_8k-052110.htm |
| EX-99.1 - EXHIBIT 99.1 - HECLA MINING CO/DE/ | ex99-1.htm |
Exhibit
3.1
CERTIFICATE
OF AMENDMENT
OF
CERTIFICATE
OF INCORPORATION
OF
HECLA
MINING COMPANY
The
corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware does hereby certify:
FIRST: That at a
meeting of the Board of Directors of Hecla Mining Company resolutions were duly
adopted setting forth a proposed amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation
of said corporation, declaring said amendment to be advisable and calling a
meeting of the shareholders of said corporation for consideration
thereof. The resolution setting forth the proposed amendment is as
follows:
RESOLVED,
that the Certificate of Incorporation of this corporation be amended by changing
the Article thereof numbered “IV” so that as amended, said Article shall be and
read as follows:
ARTICLE
IV.
CAPITAL
STOCK
Section
1. Authorized Capital
Stock. The Corporation shall be authorized to issue two
classes of shares of Capital Stock to be designated, respectively, “Preferred
Stock” and “Common Stock”; the total number of shares of capital stock which the
Corporation shall have authority to issue is 505,000,000; the total number of
shares of Preferred Stock shall be 5,000,000, and each such share shall have a
par value of $0.25; the total number of shares of Common Stock shall be
500,000,000, and each such share shall have a par value of $0.25.
SECOND: An Annual
Meeting of the Shareholders of said Corporation was duly called and held on May
21, 2010, upon notice in accordance with Section 222 of the General Corporation
Law of the State of Delaware, at which meeting the necessary number of shares as
required by statute were voted in favor of the amendment.
THIRD: This
amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 242
of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, Hecla Mining Company has caused this Certificate of Amendment
to be executed this 25th day
of May 2010.
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By:
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/s/ David C. Sienko | |
| David C. Sienko | |||
| Vice President and General Counsel |
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STATE
OF IDAHO
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County
of Kootenai
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On this 25th day
of May 2010, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the State of
Idaho, personally appeared David C. Sienko, known or identified to me to be the
Vice President and General Counsel of Hecla Mining Company, the officer who
executed the instrument on behalf of said corporation, and acknowledged to me
that such corporation executed the same.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed my notarial seal the day and year in this certificate first
above written.
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By:
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/s/ Tami D. Hansen | ||
| Notary Public in and for the State of Idaho | |||
| Residing at Otis Orchards, Washington | |||
| My Commission Expires: 9/12/2015 |