# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000775215
**File Stem:** 0000775215-25-000060
**Filing Date:** 2025-12
**Character Count:** 7752
**Document Hash:** eb8da02c2fe94b08f744c2d7d224b53e
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0000775215-25-000060.hdr.sgml**: 20251218

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000775215-25-000060

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 14

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20251216

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Other Events

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20251218

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20251218

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** HBT Financial, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000775215
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 02 Finance
- **EIN:** 371117216
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-39085
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251581257

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 401 N. HERSHEY ROAD
- **CITY:** BLOOMINGTON
- **STATE:** IL
- **ZIP:** 61702
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** (309) 662-4444

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 401 N. HERSHEY ROAD
- **CITY:** BLOOMINGTON
- **STATE:** IL
- **ZIP:** 61702

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** HEARTLAND BANCORP, INC.
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20190624

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** HEARTLAND BANCORP
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19850822

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**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549**

**FORM 8-K**

**CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO**

**SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE**

**SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934**

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): December 16, 2025

**HBT FINANCIAL, INC.**

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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|:---|:---|:---|
| **Delaware** | **001-39085** | **37-1117216** |
| (State or other jurisdiction<br>of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer<br>Identification Number) |
| **401 North Hershey Rd**<br>**Bloomington, Illinois** | | **61704** |
| (Address of principal executive<br>offices) | | (Zip Code) |

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**(309) 662-4444**

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

**N/A**

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (*see* General Instruction A.2. below):

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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|:---|:---|:---|
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share | HBT | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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**Item 8.01 Other Events.**

On December 16, 2025, the Board of Directors of HBT Financial, Inc. (the "Company") approved a new stock repurchase program (the "Program") that takes effect upon the expiration of the Company's current stock repurchase program on January 1, 2026. The Company will not execute additional repurchases under the current program after January 1, 2026. The new Program authorizes the Company to repurchase up to $30 million of its common stock.

Stock repurchases under the Program may be made from time to time on the open market, in privately negotiated transactions, or in any other manner that complies with the applicable securities law (including pursuant to the safe harbor provided under Rule 10b-18 of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended), at the discretion of the management of the Company. The Program will be in effect until January 1, 2027, with the timing of purchases and number of shares repurchased under the Program dependent upon a variety of factors including price, trading volume, corporate and regulatory requirements, and market conditions. The Company is not obligated to purchase any shares under the Program, and the Program may be suspended or discontinued at any time without notice.

A copy of the press release announcing the Program is attached as Exhibit 99.1.

**Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits**

**Exhibit Number&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Description of Exhibit**

<u>[99.1](hbt-20251216x8kex991.htm)</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Press Release dated December 18, 2025.

104&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

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**SIGNATURES**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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|:---|:---|:---|
| | **HBT FINANCIAL, INC.** | **HBT FINANCIAL, INC.** |
| | By: | /s/ Peter R. Chapman |
| | | Name: Peter R. Chapman |
| | | Title: Chief Financial Officer |
| Date: December 18, 2025 |  |  |

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## Exhibit 99.1

**EXHIBIT 99.1**

![hbt-logoa.jpg](hbt-logoa.jpg)

**HBT FINANCIAL, INC. ANNOUNCES AUTHORIZATION OF NEW $30 MILLION STOCK REPURCHASE PROGRAM**

**Bloomington, IL, December 18, 2025** – HBT Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: HBT) (the "Company" or "HBT Financial") announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a new stock repurchase program (the "Program") that takes effect upon the expiration of the Company's current stock repurchase program on January 1, 2026. The Company will not execute additional repurchases under the current program after January 1, 2026. The new Program authorizes the Company to repurchase up to $30 million of its common stock.

Stock repurchases under the Program may be made from time to time on the open market, in privately negotiated transactions, or in any other manner that complies with the applicable securities law (including pursuant to the safe harbor provided under Rule 10b-18 of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended), at the discretion of the management of the Company. The Program will be in effect until January 1, 2027, with the timing of purchases and number of shares repurchased under the Program dependent upon a variety of factors including price, trading volume, corporate and regulatory requirements, and market conditions. The Company is not obligated to purchase any shares under the Program, and the Program may be suspended or discontinued at any time without notice.

**About HBT Financial, Inc.**

HBT Financial, Inc., headquartered in Bloomington, Illinois, is the holding company for Heartland Bank and Trust Company, and has banking roots that can be traced back to 1920. HBT Financial provides a comprehensive suite of financial products and services to consumers, businesses, and municipal entities throughout Illinois and eastern Iowa through 66 full-service branches. As of September 30, 2025, HBT Financial had total assets of $5.0 billion, total loans of $3.4 billion, and total deposits of $4.3 billion.

**CONTACT:**

Peter Chapman

HBTIR@hbtbank.com

(309) 664-4556

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