---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000706129-22-000068"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HBNC"
cik: "0000706129"
company_name: "HORIZON BANCORP INC /IN/"
filed_at: "2022-06-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T23:26:48.531087+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Horizon Bancorp elects Michele Magnuson as Lead Director, succeeding Daniel Hopp

## Summary
- Daniel Hopp's three-year term as Lead Director expires June 30, 2022; he did not seek re-election due to mandatory retirement age by year-end 2022.
- Michele M. Magnuson elected Lead Director effective July 1, 2022, for a three-year term expiring June 30, 2025.
- Magnuson has over 33 years of banking experience, previously President and CFO of LaPorte Bancorp and its bank subsidiary.
- The decision was not the result of any disagreement with the board or management, per the filing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000706129-22-000068
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HBNC
- cik: 0000706129
- company_name: HORIZON BANCORP INC /IN/
- filed_at: 2022-06-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/706129/000070612922000068/0000706129-22-000068-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/706129/000070612922000068/hbnc-20220621.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000706129-22-000068.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michele M. Magnuson was elected as Lead Director at HORIZON BANCORP INC /IN/.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Lead Director
  source text: Michele M. Magnuson (formerly, Thompson) was elected to serve as Lead Director.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/706129/000070612922000068/0000706129-22-000068-index.htm
- Executive change
  Daniel Hopp departed as Lead Director at HORIZON BANCORP INC /IN/.
  - Action: chose not to seek another term
  - Role: Lead Director
  source text: The Board held this election because the current three–year term of Daniel Hopp, Lead Director, expires on June 30, 2022, and he will reach HBNC’s mandatory retirement age by year–end 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/706129/000070612922000068/0000706129-22-000068-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.