---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000732417-26-000063"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HBIA"
cik: "0000732417"
company_name: "HILLS BANCORPORATION"
filed_at: "2026-05-18T17:53:42+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-18T17:55:25.901273+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hills Bancorporation amends bylaws to default to uncertificated book entry shares

## Summary
- Board approved amendment to Bylaws on May 12, 2026.
- New section added to Article VI regarding issuance of paper certificates.
- Default form of share ownership will be uncertificated book entry registration.
- Board also authorized a restatement of the Bylaws as amended.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000732417-26-000063
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HBIA
- cik: 0000732417
- company_name: HILLS BANCORPORATION
- filed_at: 2026-05-18T17:53:42+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/732417/000073241726000063/0000732417-26-000063-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/732417/000073241726000063/hbia-20260512.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000732417-26-000063.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  HILLS BANCORPORATION: Amended Bylaws to add Section 1 to Article VI regarding issuance of paper certificates for shares; default form of share ownership changed to uncertificated book entry registration (effective 2026-05-12).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2026-05-12
  source text: On May 12, 2026, the Board of Directors of Hills Bancorporation approved an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Company’s Bylaws (the “Bylaws”) to include a new section 1 to Article VI regarding issuance of paper certificates for shares, including that the default form of share ownership will be uncertificated book entry registration.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/732417/000073241726000063/0000732417-26-000063-index.htm

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