---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000706129-24-000072"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HBNC"
cik: "0000706129"
company_name: "HORIZON BANCORP INC /IN/"
filed_at: "2024-05-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T02:55:27.609828+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Horizon Bancorp names John Stewart CFO; Secor transitions to CAO role

## Summary
- John Stewart appointed EVP & CFO effective May 20, 2024; base salary $440K, signing bonus $200K, 79,590 restricted stock shares.
- Mark Secor, CFO for 16 years, becomes Chief Administration Officer; bonus amended to $53,254.88 for extra CFO days.
- Stewart previously Deputy CFO of $30B First Interstate BancSystem; brings 22 years financial services experience.
- Secor oversaw Horizon's growth from $893M to $7.8B and integration of 12 mergers during tenure.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000706129-24-000072
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HBNC
- cik: 0000706129
- company_name: HORIZON BANCORP INC /IN/
- filed_at: 2024-05-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/706129/000070612924000072/0000706129-24-000072-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/706129/000070612924000072/hbnc-20240513.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000706129-24-000072
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000706129-24-000072.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000706129-24-000072.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mark E. Secor changed role as Executive Vice President and Chief Administration Officer at HORIZON BANCORP INC /IN/.
  - Action: transitioned
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Administration Officer
  source text: Mark E. Secor, our current Executive Vice President and CFO, will transition into the role of Executive Vice President and Chief Administration Officer ("CAO") of both Horizon and the Bank, effective as of Mr. Stewart's appointment.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/706129/000070612924000072/0000706129-24-000072-index.htm
- Executive change
  John R. Stewart was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at HORIZON BANCORP INC /IN/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: appoint him to serve as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer ("CFO") of both Horizon and its wholly-owned bank subsidiary, Horizon Bank (the "Bank"), to be effective as of May 20, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/706129/000070612924000072/0000706129-24-000072-index.htm

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