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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000893847-26-000081"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HWBK"
cik: "0000893847"
company_name: "HAWTHORN BANCSHARES, INC."
filed_at: "2026-07-14T21:23:04+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-14T21:24:04.275565+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hawthorn Bancshares receives all regulatory approvals for FSC Bancshares acquisition; closing expected Q3 2026

## Summary
- Received all required regulatory approvals and non-objections as of July 10, 2026.
- Transaction remains subject to FBI shareholder approval and other customary closing conditions.
- Expected to close in the third quarter of 2026.
- Originally announced on April 29, 2026 via Agreement and Plan of Reorganization.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000893847-26-000081
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HWBK
- cik: 0000893847
- company_name: HAWTHORN BANCSHARES, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-07-14T21:23:04+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/893847/000089384726000081/0000893847-26-000081-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/893847/000089384726000081/hwbk-20260710.htm

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