---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000732417-26-000033"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HBIA"
cik: "0000732417"
company_name: "HILLS BANCORPORATION"
filed_at: "2026-04-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T07:28:54.366619+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hills Bancorporation engages Crowe LLP as new independent auditor for FY2026

## Summary
- Audit Committee approved Crowe LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending Dec 31, 2026.
- No consultations with Crowe regarding accounting principles or audit opinions prior to engagement.
- No disagreements or reportable events as defined by Regulation S-K with respect to Crowe.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000732417-26-000033
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HBIA
- cik: 0000732417
- company_name: HILLS BANCORPORATION
- filed_at: 2026-04-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/732417/000073241726000033/0000732417-26-000033-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/732417/000073241726000033/hbia-20260402.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000732417-26-000033
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000732417-26-000033.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000732417-26-000033.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: b36a7a04f02e3a437164e8ee639febc40995bd8e
  claim: HILLS BANCORPORATION engaged Crowe LLP as its auditor.
  evidence_excerpt: On April 2, 2026, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Hills Bancorporation (the “Company”) approved the engagement of Crowe LLP (“Crowe”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/732417/000073241726000033/0000732417-26-000033-index.htm

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