hb_8k0320.htm
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): March 20, 2012
 
 
Horizon Bancorp
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
     
     
Indiana
000-10792
35-1562417
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
   
   
515 Franklin Square, Michigan City, Indiana
46360
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
 
 
(219) 879-0211
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
 
 
N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
 
 
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Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

On March 20, 2012, the Board of Directors of Horizon Bancorp (the “Company”) amended Section 7.5 of the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”) to delete the requirement that employees, including officers, retire no later than the calendar year during which the employee reaches age 75, and to make other conforming amendments to reflect the deletion of Section 7.5. A copy of the Bylaws as amended is attached as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report. The foregoing summary of the revisions is qualified in its entirety by reference to Exhibit 3.1.
 
 
 
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
(d) Exhibits.
 
          Exhibit 3.1    Horizon Bancorp Amended and Restated Bylaws, as amended March 20, 2012.
 


 
 
 


 
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 hereto duly authorized.
 
 
Date: March 22, 2012
Horizon Bancorp
     
 
By:
 /s/ Craig M. Dwight
   
Craig M. Dwight
   
President and Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit No.
  
Description
  
Location
3.1
  
Horizon Bancorp Amended and Restated Bylaws, as amended March 20, 2012
  
Attached