---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000893847-26-000076"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HWBK"
cik: "0000893847"
company_name: "HAWTHORN BANCSHARES, INC."
filed_at: "2026-06-08T20:27:34+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-08T20:29:15.019621+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hawthorn Bancshares annual meeting elects directors, approves RSU plan for non-employee directors

## Summary
- Shareholders elect four Class I directors (Bruegenhemke, Eden, Freeman, Holtaway) each with >94% support excluding broker non-votes.
- Ratification of Forvis Mazars as independent auditor for 2026: 4,858,332 for, 155,391 against.
- Advisory vote to approve executive compensation passed with 3,378,004 for (94% of votes cast excluding broker non-votes).
- Board approved form of restricted stock unit agreement for non-employee directors; RSUs vest 100% on first anniversary of grant.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000893847-26-000076
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HWBK
- cik: 0000893847
- company_name: HAWTHORN BANCSHARES, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-06-08T20:27:34+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/893847/000089384726000076/0000893847-26-000076-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/893847/000089384726000076/hwbk-20260602.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  HAWTHORN BANCSHARES, INC. shareholders approved Advisory (Non-binding) Vote to Approve Executive Compensation at the 2026-06-02 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-02
  source text: Proposal 3: Advisory (Non-binding) Vote to Approve Executive Compensation. Hawthorn's shareholders approved the compensation of the Company's executives disclosed in the proxy statement: Number of Shares Voted "For" Number of Shares Voted "Against" Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 3,378,004 89,611 112,987 1,536,250
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/893847/000089384726000076/0000893847-26-000076-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HAWTHORN BANCSHARES, INC. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2026-06-02 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-02
  source text: Proposal 1: Election of Directors. Hawthorn's shareholders elected four (4) Class I director nominees to serve a three-year term expiring at the Company's 2029 annual meeting of shareholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified or until their respective earlier resignation or removal: Name of Director Nominee Number of Shares Voted "For" Number of Shares Voted "Against" Abstentions Broker Non-Votes Kathleen L. Bruegenhemke 3,454,668 8,413 117,520 1,536,250 Douglas T. Eden 3,393,288 38,345 148,968 1,536,250 Philip D. Freeman 2,925,051 544,135 111,416 1,536,250 Jonathan D. Holtaway 3,409,752 21,881 148,968 1,536,250
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/893847/000089384726000076/0000893847-26-000076-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HAWTHORN BANCSHARES, INC. shareholders approved Advisory (Non-binding) Vote on Frequency of Votes on Executive Compensation at the 2026-06-02 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-02
  source text: Proposal 4: Advisory (Non-binding) Vote on Frequency of Votes on Executive Compensation. Hawthorn's shareholders approved the frequency of votes on compensation of the Company's executives disclosed in the proxy statement every 1 year: Every 1 Year Every 2 Years Every 3 Years Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 3,242,779 79,661 149,785 108,376 1,536,250
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/893847/000089384726000076/0000893847-26-000076-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HAWTHORN BANCSHARES, INC. shareholders approved Ratification and Approval of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2026-06-02 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-02
  source text: Proposal 2: Ratification and Approval of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. Hawthorn's shareholders ratified the appointment of Forvis Mazars, LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026: Number of Shares Voted "For" Number of Shares Voted "Against" Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 4,858,332 155,391 103,130 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/893847/000089384726000076/0000893847-26-000076-index.htm

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