hb_8k0403.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 3, 2014
 
 
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 3, 2014, Horizon Bancorp (“Horizon”) completed its previously announced acquisition of SCB Bancorp, Inc. (“SCB”) pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 12, 2013, between Horizon and SCB. At the effective time of the acquisition, SCB merged with and into Horizon, with Horizon surviving the merger, and Summit Community Bank, a Michigan-chartered commercial bank and wholly-owned subsidiary of SCB, merged with and into a wholly-owned subsidiary of Horizon, Horizon Bank, N.A., with Horizon Bank N.A. as the surviving bank.
 
Additional details about the merger are included in the press release that Horizon issued on April 3, 2014, which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.
 
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
 
(d) Exhibits
    
       
 
Exhibit No.
  
Description
 
99.1
  
Press release issued on April 3, 2014

 



 


 
 
 

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: April 3, 2014
Horizon Bancorp
     
     
 
By:
 /s/ Craig M. Dwight 
   
Craig M. Dwight,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 
 
 

EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit No.
  
Description
  
Location
99.1
  
Press release issued on April 3, 2014
  
Attached