# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000706129
**File Stem:** 0000706129-26-000036
**Filing Date:** 2026-4
**Character Count:** 7394
**Document Hash:** 343154fa459c73cba2562629ebc67484
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0000706129-26-000036.hdr.sgml**: 20260401

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000706129-26-000036

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 13

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260401

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Results of Operations and Financial Condition

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260401

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260401

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** HORIZON BANCORP INC /IN/
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000706129
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 02 Finance
- **EIN:** 351562417
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** IN
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 000-10792
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26828110

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 515 FRANKLIN STREET
- **CITY:** MICHIGAN CITY
- **STATE:** IN
- **ZIP:** 46360
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 2198790211

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 515 FRANKLIN STREET
- **CITY:** MICHIGAN CITY
- **STATE:** IN
- **ZIP:** 46360

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** HORIZON BANCORP /IN/
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19920703

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** CITIZENS MICHIANA FINANCIAL CORP
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19861021

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**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**WASHINGTON, DC 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)**: April 1, 2026** 

**HORIZON BANCORP, INC.** 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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| **Indiana** | **000-10792** | **35-1562417** |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |

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**515 Franklin Street** 

**Michigan City, IN 46360** 

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

**(219) 879-0211** 

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

**Not Applicable**

(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:

☐ 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, no par value | HBNC | 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 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition**

Horizon Bancorp, Inc. issued a press release announcing that the Company's financial results for the first quarter of 2026 will be released after the market close on Wednesday, April 22, 2026. Management will also host a conference call to discuss the Company's financial results for the first quarter of 2026 on Thursday, April 23, 2026 at 7:30 a.m. CT (8:30 a.m. ET).

The press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

**Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits**

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| **EXHIBIT INDEX** | **EXHIBIT INDEX** | **EXHIBIT INDEX** |
| **Exhibit No.** | **Description** | **Location** |
| 99.1 | <u>[Press release announcing the scheduled release of f](finalhbnc-2026q1xnotific.htm)[irst](finalhbnc-2026q1xnotific.htm)[quarter 202](finalhbnc-2026q1xnotific.htm)[6](finalhbnc-2026q1xnotific.htm)[earnings and conference call](finalhbnc-2026q1xnotific.htm)</u> | Attached |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (Embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | 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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| Date: | April 1, 2026 | HORIZON BANCORP, INC. | HORIZON BANCORP, INC. |
|  |  | By: | /s/ John R. Stewart, CFA |
|  |  |  | John R. Stewart, CFA |
|  |  |  | Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer |

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## Exhibit 99.1

![](finalhbnc-2026q1xnotific001.jpg)

1 Contact: John R. Stewart Chief Financial Officer Phone: 219-814-5833 Date: April 1, 2026 Horizon Bancorp, Inc. Announces Conference Call to Review First Quarter Results on April 23 MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., April 1, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- (NASDAQ GS: HBNC) – Horizon Bancorp, Inc. ("Horizon" or the "Company") will host a conference call at 7:30 a.m. CT on Thursday, April 23, 2026 to review its first quarter 2026 financial results. The Company's first quarter 2026 news release will be published after markets close on Wednesday, April 22, 2026. It will be available at investor.horizonbank.com. Participants may access the live conference call on April 23, 2026 at 7:30 a.m. CT (8:30 a.m. ET) by dialing 1-833-974-2379 from the United States and Canada, or 1-412-317-5772 from international locations and requesting the "Horizon Bancorp Call." Please dial in approximately 10 minutes prior to the call. A telephone replay of the call will be available approximately one hour after the end of the conference call through May 23, 2026. The telephone replay may be accessed by dialing 1-855- 669-9658 from the United States and Canada, or 1-412-317-0088 from other international locations and entering the access code 2139263. About Horizon Bancorp, Inc. Horizon Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: HBNC) is the $6.4 billion-asset (as of December 31, 2025) commercial bank holding company for Horizon Bank, which serves customers across diverse and economically attractive Midwestern markets through convenient digital and virtual tools, as well as its Indiana and Michigan branches. Horizon's retail offerings include prime residential and other secured consumer lending to in-market customers, as well as a range of personal banking and wealth management solutions. Horizon also provides a comprehensive array of in-market business banking and treasury management services, as well as equipment financing solutions for customers regionally and nationally, with commercial lending representing over half of total loans. More information on Horizon, headquartered in Northwest Indiana's Michigan City, is available at horizonbank.com and investor.horizonbank.com.

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