Horizon Bancorp (NASDAQ:HBNC) Files An 8-K Other Events

Horizon Bank, N.A. (the “Bank”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Horizon Bancorp (“Horizon”), has filed an application with the Indiana Department of Financial Institutions (“DFI”) to convert from a national bank to an Indiana state-chartered bank. The DFI recently completed its pre-conversion examination of the Bank. Horizon and the Bank currently anticipate that approval of the conversion may be received from the DFI before the end of the second calendar quarter of 2017.

Forward Looking Statements

This Report on Form 8-K and the exhibits hereto may contain forward-looking statements regarding the financial performance, business prospects, growth and operating strategies of Horizon. For these statements, Horizon claims the protections of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements in this Report on Form 8-K and the exhibits hereto should be considered in conjunction with the other information available about Horizon, including the information in the filings we make with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 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.

Although 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 risk factors relating to the banking industry and the other factors detailed from time to time in Horizon’s reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including those described in Horizon’s Annual Report on Form 10-K. 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.

About Horizon Bancorp (NASDAQ:HBNC)
Horizon Bancorp is a bank holding company. The Company provides a range of banking services in Northwestern and Central Indiana and Southwestern Michigan through its bank subsidiary, Horizon Bank, N.A. (the Bank), and other affiliated entities and Horizon Risk Management, Inc. The Bank is a full-service commercial bank offering commercial and retail banking services, corporate and individual trust and agency services and other services incident to banking. Horizon Risk Management, Inc. is a captive insurance company. The Bank’s loan portfolio consists of commercial loans, real estate loans, mortgage warehouse loans and consumer loans. The Bank’s investment securities include both securities available for sale and held to maturity. Its deposits include noninterest-bearing demand deposits, interest-bearing demand deposits, savings deposits, money market deposits and time deposits. The Bank maintains approximately 54 full service offices. Horizon Bancorp (NASDAQ:HBNC) Recent Trading Information
Horizon Bancorp (NASDAQ:HBNC) closed its last trading session up +0.13 at 25.41 with 29,106 shares trading hands.