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Issuer:     HORIZON BANCORP INC /IN/ (HBNC)
CIK:        0000706129
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-17T20:07:16+00:00
Accession:  0000706129-26-000066
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.20
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Horizon Bancorp expands board to 13, appoints Ritter and Sulerzyski as independent directors
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- Board increased from 11 to 13 members; Ritter and Sulerzyski appointed to Class of 2027, effective Aug 17, 2026.
- Ritter is retired EVP/CISO of WorldPay; Sulerzyski is retired President/CEO of Peoples Bancorp, grew People's Bank from $1.7B to $9.2B.
- Both deemed independent under Nasdaq/SEC rules; assigned to Enterprise Risk Management, Operations/Cyber, and Wealth committees.
- They receive standard non-employee director compensation per proxy filed March 20, 2026; no material transactions disclosed.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/706129/000070612926000066/0000706129-26-000066-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/706129/000070612926000066/hbnc-20260817.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000706129-26-000066

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