{"url_path":"/sec/hbnc/8-k/2026-06-30/item-8-01","section_key":"item-8-01","section_title":"Item 8.01 Other Events","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-06-30","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/706129/0000706129-26-000054-index.html","accession_number":"0000706129-26-000054","cik":"0000706129","ticker":"HBNC","issuer_name":"HORIZON BANCORP INC /IN/","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/706129/0000706129-26-000054-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0000706129","primary_entity_name":"HORIZON BANCORP INC /IN/"},"word_count":765,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 8.01 Other Events\n\nHorizon Bancorp, Inc. (“Horizon” or the “Company”) today announced that on June 24, 2026, a jury returned a civil verdict against the Company’s subsidiary, Horizon Bank (the “Bank”), in a lawsuit stemming from 2018 related to a unique circumstance involving the repossession and credit reporting of a single vehicle financed through our legacy indirect auto business. The jury awarded total damages approaching $3.0 million, including $2.5 million of punitive damages. The Company strongly disagrees with the outcome and intends to challenge the decision via an appeal process. As a result of this event, the Company intends to add an approximate $3.0 million in pre-tax expense to its existing reserve for this case during the second quarter, which it will maintain until the appeal process is finalized.\n\nThe Company discontinued new originations in the indirect auto finance business in 2023 and exited a significant majority of its remaining credit exposure in 2024. The Company does not anticipate any broader exposure related to this matter. The Company does not view this event as a disruption to its core community bank model and looks forward to providing its second quarter results during its upcoming earnings call in July.\n\nForward Looking Statements\n\nThis report may contain forward-looking statements regarding the financial performance, business prospects, growth, and operating strategies of Horizon. For these statements, Horizon claims the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements in this report should be considered in conjunction with the other information available about Horizon, including the information in the filings we make with the SEC. Forward-looking statements provide current expectations or forecasts of future events and are not guarantees of future performance. The forward-looking statements are based on management’s expectations and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. We have tried, wherever possible, to identify such statements by using words such as “anticipate,” “estimate,” “project,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “will” and similar expressions in connection with any discussion of future operating or financial performance.\n\nAlthough management believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements. Risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially include: changes in the level and volatility of interest rates, changes in spreads on earning assets and changes in interest bearing liabilities; increased interest rate sensitivity; the aggregate effects of elevated inflation levels in recent years; loss of key Horizon personnel; increases in disintermediation; potential loss of fee income, including interchange fees, as new and emerging alternative payment platforms take a greater market share of the payment systems; estimates of fair value of certain of Horizon’s assets and liabilities; changes in prepayment speeds, loan originations, credit losses, market values, collateral securing loans and other assets; changes in sources of liquidity; macroeconomic conditions and their impact on Horizon and its customers; legislative and regulatory actions and reforms; changes in accounting policies or procedures as may be adopted and required by regulatory agencies; litigation, regulatory enforcement, and legal compliance risk and costs; rapid technological developments and changes; cyber terrorism and data security breaches; the rising costs of cybersecurity; the ability of the U.S. federal government to manage federal debt limits; the inability to realize cost savings or revenues or to effectively implement integration plans and other consequences associated with mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures; acts of terrorism, war and global conflicts; and supply chain disruptions and delays. These and additional factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking\n\n2\n\nstatements are discussed in Horizon’s reports (such as the Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC and available at the SEC’s website (www.sec.gov). Undue reliance should not be placed on the forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Horizon does not undertake, and specifically disclaims any obligation, to publicly release the result of any revisions that may be made to update any forward-looking statement to reflect the events or circumstances after the date on which the forward-looking statement is made, or reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except to the extent required by law.\n\n3\n\nSIGNATURES\n\nPursuant 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.\n\nDate:June 30, 2026HORIZON BANCORP, INC.\n\nBy:/s/ John R. Stewart, CFA\n\nJohn R. Stewart, CFA\n\nExecutive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer\n\n4"}