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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000775215-26-000033"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HBT"
cik: "0000775215"
company_name: "HBT Financial, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-03-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T09:08:25.976399+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# HBT Financial appoints Michael J. Morton to Board of Directors, effective April 1, 2026

## Summary
- Appointed to both HBT Financial and Heartland Bank and Trust Company boards.
- Term expires at 2026 Annual Meeting; eligible for re-election at that time.
- Morton served as Vice Chair of U.S. Commercial Banking at BMO from 2020 to 2023.
- Previously EVP and Chief Credit Officer of MB Financial (2014-2019); nearly 40 years of banking experience.
- Compensated under standard non-employee director program; no related-party transactions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000775215-26-000033
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HBT
- cik: 0000775215
- company_name: HBT Financial, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-03-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/775215/000077521526000033/0000775215-26-000033-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/775215/000077521526000033/hbt-20260324.htm

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