---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000893847-23-000015"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HWBK"
cik: "0000893847"
company_name: "HAWTHORN BANCSHARES, INC."
filed_at: "2023-06-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T20:26:33.043161+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hawthorn Bancshares CFO Stephen E. Guthrie to retire effective Sept 1, 2023

## Summary
- Stephen E. Guthrie, SVP and CFO of Hawthorn Bancshares and Hawthorn Bank, notified of retirement on June 20, 2023.
- Retirement effective September 1, 2023.
- No replacement or interim CFO has been announced.
- Departure is voluntary retirement, not a termination under cloud.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000893847-23-000015
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HWBK
- cik: 0000893847
- company_name: HAWTHORN BANCSHARES, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-06-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/893847/000089384723000015/0000893847-23-000015-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/893847/000089384723000015/hwbk-20230620.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000893847-23-000015.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Stephen E. Guthrie departed as Chief Financial Officer at HAWTHORN BANCSHARES, INC..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On June 20, 2023, Stephen E. Guthrie, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of each of Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc. (the "Company") and Hawthorn Bank (the "Bank"), notified the Company of his decision to retire from the Company and Bank, effective September 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/893847/000089384723000015/0000893847-23-000015-index.htm

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