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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000706129-25-000081"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HBNC"
cik: "0000706129"
company_name: "HORIZON BANCORP INC /IN/"
filed_at: "2025-05-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T23:17:21.298362+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Horizon Bancorp shareholders elect three directors, approve say-on-pay and auditor ratification

## Summary
- Quorum 83.84% (36.9M of 44.0M shares) represented at May 1, 2025 annual meeting.
- Directors Kevin W. Ahern, Eric P. Blackhurst, Brian W. Maass elected for 3-year terms; each received >30M votes for.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 29.7M for, 980,463 against, 569,210 abstain.
- Ratification of FORVIS, LLP as independent auditor for 2025 approved: 36.1M for, 691,137 against, 114,614 abstain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000706129-25-000081
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HBNC
- cik: 0000706129
- company_name: HORIZON BANCORP INC /IN/
- filed_at: 2025-05-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/706129/000070612925000081/0000706129-25-000081-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/706129/000070612925000081/hbnc-20250501.htm

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