---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000893847-23-000025"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HWBK"
cik: "0000893847"
company_name: "HAWTHORN BANCSHARES, INC."
filed_at: "2023-12-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T07:10:36.257829+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hawthorn Bancshares dismisses KPMG, engages FORVIS as new auditor for FY2024

## Summary
- KPMG dismissed effective after completing audit of FY2023; no adverse opinions or disagreements in prior two years.
- FORVIS selected as new independent registered public accounting firm for FY2024, starting with Q1 2024 review.
- Audit Committee and Board approved both actions on December 20, 2023; KPMG notified December 21, 2023.
- No reportable events or disagreements occurred during 2022, 2021, or interim period through Notice Date.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000893847-23-000025
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HWBK
- cik: 0000893847
- company_name: HAWTHORN BANCSHARES, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-12-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- 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/893847/000089384723000025/0000893847-23-000025-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/893847/000089384723000025/hwbk-20231220.htm

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## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  HAWTHORN BANCSHARES, INC. dismissed KPMG LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: dismissal
  - Auditor: KPMG LLP
  source text: the Audit Committee and the Board approved the dismissal of KPMG as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/893847/000089384723000025/0000893847-23-000025-index.htm
- Auditor Changes
  HAWTHORN BANCSHARES, INC. engaged FORVIS, LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: FORVIS, LLP
  source text: the Company notified FORVIS, LLP ("FORVIS") that it had been selected to serve as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/893847/000089384723000025/0000893847-23-000025-index.htm

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