# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000775215
**File Stem:** 0000775215-26-000059
**Filing Date:** 2026-5
**Character Count:** 6120
**Document Hash:** 86e9cfc1bc60375eda38f7989297727f
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0000775215-26-000059.hdr.sgml**: 20260521

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000775215-26-000059

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 11

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260519

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260521

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260521

**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:** 261008481

**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): May 19, 2026

**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 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders**

On May 19, 2026, HBT Financial, Inc. (the "Company") held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Set forth below are the final voting results for each proposal submitted to a vote of the stockholders at the Company's Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

**Proposal 1: Election of Directors**

The Company's stockholders elected the following nominees for director to serve until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified.

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| **Name** | **Votes For** | **Votes Withheld** | **Broker Non-Votes** |
| James T. Ashworth | 27059117 | 2376732 | 2625219 |
| Roger A. Baker | 25000775 | 4435074 | 2625219 |
| C. Alvin Bowman | 28718944 | 716905 | 2625219 |
| Eric E. Burwell | 28991291 | 444558 | 2625219 |
| Patrick F. Busch | 27007149 | 2428700 | 2625219 |
| J. Lance Carter | 27013170 | 2422679 | 2625219 |
| Allen C. Drake | 25580054 | 3855795 | 2625219 |
| Fred L. Drake | 26987539 | 2448310 | 2625219 |
| Linda J. Koch | 29175783 | 260066 | 2625219 |
| Michael J. Morton | 29251868 | 183981 | 2625219 |
| Gerald E. Pfeiffer | 29128103 | 307746 | 2625219 |
| Nancy L. Ruyle | 29315448 | 120401 | 2625219 |

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**Proposal 2: Advisory (Non-Binding) Vote to Approve Executive Compensation**

The Company's stockholders approved, in a non-binding advisory vote, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers.

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| | | | |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| **Votes For** | **Votes Against** | **Abstentions** | **Broker Non-Votes** |
| 29,046,470 | 200,525 | 188,854 | 2,625,219 |

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**Proposal 3: Ratification of the Appointment of RSM US LLP as the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Year Ending December 31, 2026**

The appointment of RSM US LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the year ending December 31, 2026 was ratified.

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| | | | |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| **Votes For** | **Votes Against** | **Abstentions** | **Broker Non-Votes** |
| 31,873,848 | 37,991 | 149,229 |  |

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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: May 21, 2026 |  |  |

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