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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-23-010456"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HBT"
cik: "0000775215"
company_name: "HBT Financial, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T15:14:16.309927+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# HBT Financial stockholders elect all 9 director nominees and ratify auditor at annual meeting

## Summary
- All 9 director nominees elected; vote range from 27.2M to 28.9M votes for.
- Ratification of RSM US LLP as independent auditor received 30,249,447 votes for, 3,425 against, 2,985 abstain.
- Annual meeting held May 23, 2023; results filed May 25, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-23-010456
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HBT
- cik: 0000775215
- company_name: HBT Financial, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/775215/000155837023010456/0001558370-23-010456-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/775215/000155837023010456/hbt-20230523x8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  HBT Financial, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-05-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-23
  source text: Proposal 1: Election of Directors The Company’s stockholders elected the following nominees for director to serve as directors for a term expiring in 2024 or until his or her successor shall have been elected and qualified. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Name Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Roger A. Baker ​ 28,721,389 ​ 213,230 ​ 1,321,238 C. Alvin Bowman ​ 27,248,666 ​ 1,685,953 ​ 1,321,238 Eric E. Burwell ​ 27,527,790 ​ 1,406,829 ​ 1,321,238 Patrick F. Busch ​ 28,497,473 ​ 437,146 ​ 1,321,238 J. Lance Carter ​ 28,804,617 ​ 130,002 ​ 1,321,238 Allen C. Drake ​ 27,564,081 ​ 1,370,538 ​ 1,321,238 Fred L. Drake ​ 28,626,123 ​ 308,496 ​ 1,321,238 Linda J. Koch ​ 28,870,167 ​ 64,452 ​ 1,321,238 Gerald E. Pfeiffer ​ 27,721,300 ​ 1,213,319 ​ 1,321,238 ​ ​
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/775215/000155837023010456/0001558370-23-010456-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HBT Financial, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the Appointment of RSM US LLP as the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Year Ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-05-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-23
  source text: Proposal 2: Ratification of the Appointment of RSM US LLP as the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Year Ending December 31, 2023 The appointment of RSM US LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the year ending December 31, 2023 was ratified. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 30,249,447 ​ 3,425 ​ 2,985 ​ —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/775215/000155837023010456/0001558370-23-010456-index.htm

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