secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     HAWTHORN BANCSHARES, INC. (HWBK)
CIK:        0000893847
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-29T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000893847-26-000057
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.30
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Hawthorn Bancshares appoints Grant Burcham to board of directors effective April 29, 2026
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- Grant T. Burcham appointed to boards of Company and Hawthorn Bank as Class III director, term expiring at 2028 annual meeting.
- Burcham is former Chairman and CEO of Missouri Bank & Trust, acquired by BOK Financial in 2016.
- He is Managing Partner of Big Bear Ventures and Chairman of CyTek Corporation (managed IT/cybersecurity).
- Previously served on Country Club Bank board; recognized as EY Entrepreneur of the Year.
- Compensation per standard non-employee director arrangements described in April 17, 2026 proxy statement.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/893847/000089384726000057/0000893847-26-000057-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/893847/000089384726000057/hwbk-20260429.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000893847-26-000057

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