---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000706129-24-000048"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HBNC"
cik: "0000706129"
company_name: "HORIZON BANCORP INC /IN/"
filed_at: "2024-05-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T23:29:07.665510+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Horizon Bancorp annual meeting: all four proposals approved by shareholders

## Summary
- Elected directors Lawrence E. Burnell, Julie S. Freigang, Thomas M. Prame for three-year terms.
- Advisory vote to approve executive compensation passed with 26.4M for, 956K against, 458K abstain.
- Annual frequency for say-on-pay advisory vote preferred (25.3M votes for 1 year).
- Ratification of FORVIS as independent auditor approved with 34.4M for.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000706129-24-000048
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HBNC
- cik: 0000706129
- company_name: HORIZON BANCORP INC /IN/
- filed_at: 2024-05-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/706129/000070612924000048/0000706129-24-000048-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/706129/000070612924000048/hbnc-20240502.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  HORIZON BANCORP INC /IN/ shareholders approved Ratification of Independent Auditors at the 2024-05-02 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-02
  source text: The Company's shareholders voted to approve the ratification of the appointment of FORVIS, LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/706129/000070612924000048/0000706129-24-000048-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HORIZON BANCORP INC /IN/ shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Frequency of Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation at the 2024-05-02 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-02
  source text: The Company's shareholders voted in favor of the holding an advisory vote on the frequency of the advisory vote to approve executive compensation of the Company's named executive officers annually, as disclosed in the proxy statement.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/706129/000070612924000048/0000706129-24-000048-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HORIZON BANCORP INC /IN/ shareholders approved Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation at the 2024-05-02 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-02
  source text: The Company's shareholders voted to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers, as disclosed in the proxy statement.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/706129/000070612924000048/0000706129-24-000048-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HORIZON BANCORP INC /IN/ shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-05-02 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-02
  source text: The Company's shareholders elected three directors to the Board of Directors to serve for three–year terms until the 2027 annual meeting of shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/706129/000070612924000048/0000706129-24-000048-index.htm

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