hb_8k0420.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):  April 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 8.01 Other Events
 
On April 20, 2012, the Board of Directors of Horizon Bancorp (the “Company”) adopted Ownership Guidelines (the “Guidelines”). The Guidelines include requirements that the members of the Boards of Directors of the Company and its wholly owned banking subsidiary and the Company’s executive and senior officers attain and maintain a level of ownership of the Company’s common stock having a value at least equal to the following ownership thresholds specified in the Guidelines:
 
 
Participant
  
Ownership Thresholds
 
Director
  
3 times amount of annual retainer
 
Chief Executive Officer
  
3 times base salary
 
Named Executive Officers (other than Chief Executive Officer)
  
2 times base salary
 
Senior Officers
  
1 time base salary

 
Until a participant meets the Ownership Threshold, or, if after meeting the Ownership Threshold, a participant’s stock ownership falls below the Ownership Threshold due to stock price fluctuations, then the participant must retain, when acquiring additional shares of the Company’s common stock, that number of shares having a value equal to the following:
 
 
Participant
  
Percentage of After-Tax Profit Associated with the Acquired Shares
 
Director and Chief Executive Officer
  
75%
 
Named Executive Officers (other than the Chief Executive Officer) and Senior Officers
  
50%

 



 
 
 

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: May 2, 2012
Horizon Bancorp
     
     
 
By:
 /s/ Mark E. Secor
   
Mark E. Secor,
Chief Financial Officer