---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-049679"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HTH"
cik: "0001265131"
company_name: "Hilltop Holdings Inc."
filed_at: "2026-04-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T02:44:35.221458+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hilltop Holdings appoints Dana Bober and Stephen Haworth to board

## Summary
- Appointed Dana Bober, former Ernst & Young partner, as independent director and Audit Committee member.
- Appointed Stephen Haworth, Vice Chairman of Flexpoint Ford, as independent director and Audit and Compensation Committees member.
- Each new director granted $200,000 in restricted stock units, cliff vesting on April 23, 2029.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-049679
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HTH
- cik: 0001265131
- company_name: Hilltop Holdings Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-04-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1265131/000110465926049679/0001104659-26-049679-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1265131/000110465926049679/tm2612862d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-049679
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-049679.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-049679.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Stephen Haworth was appointed as Director at Hilltop Holdings Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On April 23, 2026, the Board of Directors of Hilltop Holdings Inc., or the Company, appointed Dana Bober and Stephen Haworth as directors of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1265131/000110465926049679/0001104659-26-049679-index.htm
- Executive change
  Dana Bober was appointed as Director at Hilltop Holdings Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On April 23, 2026, the Board of Directors of Hilltop Holdings Inc., or the Company, appointed Dana Bober and Stephen Haworth as directors of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1265131/000110465926049679/0001104659-26-049679-index.htm

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