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Issuer:     HORIZON BANCORP INC /IN/ (HBNC)
CIK:        0000706129
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-05-23T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000706129-25-000094
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.35
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Horizon Bancorp expands board to 13, appoints Samuels and Walker as directors
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- Board increased from 11 to 13 members; elected Michele A. Samuels (Class of 2027) and Brian Walker (Class of 2028) effective May 20, 2025.
- Samuels (62) is SVP, General Auditor & Compliance Officer at BCBSM; Walker (63) is retired CEO of Herman Miller. Both deemed independent.
- Samuels assigned to Audit and Operations & Security Committees; Walker to Compensation and ERM/Credit Policy Committees.
- Eric P. Blackhurst resigned as Chair of Governance and Nominating Committee on May 19; Michele M. Magnuson appointed Chair on May 20.
- Blackhurst's resignation not due to disagreement; he remains Chairman of the Board (role assumed May 1, 2025).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/706129/000070612925000094/0000706129-25-000094-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/706129/000070612925000094/hbnc-20250520.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000706129-25-000094

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