---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000706129-24-000005"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HBNC"
cik: "0000706129"
company_name: "HORIZON BANCORP INC /IN/"
filed_at: "2024-01-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T20:17:14.058521+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Horizon Bancorp director Peter Pairitz to retire at 2024 annual meeting

## Summary
- Peter L. Pairitz will not stand for re-election at the 2024 annual meeting; retires from board of Horizon Bank.
- Pairitz served as Chair of the Compensation Committee; retirement not due to any disagreement with management.
- Board thanked Pairitz for his years of service; no replacement named yet.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000706129-24-000005
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HBNC
- cik: 0000706129
- company_name: HORIZON BANCORP INC /IN/
- filed_at: 2024-01-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/706129/000070612924000005/0000706129-24-000005-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/706129/000070612924000005/hbnc-20240119.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000706129-24-000005
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000706129-24-000005.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000706129-24-000005.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Peter L. Pairitz departed as Director at HORIZON BANCORP INC /IN/.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Director
  source text: Peter L. Pairitz, a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Horizon Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”), submitted notice on January 19, 2024 that he will retire from the Board at the end of his current term and will not stand for re-election at the Company's 2024 annual meeting of shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/706129/000070612924000005/0000706129-24-000005-index.htm

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