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This page provides access to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings for HBT Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: HBT), the Bloomington, Illinois-based holding company for Heartland Bank and Trust Company. Through these filings, investors can review the company’s detailed financial information, risk disclosures, and material corporate events.
HBT Financial’s Annual Reports on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q describe its commercial banking activities, loan and deposit portfolios, asset quality metrics, capital ratios under Basel III, and the use of non-GAAP measures such as adjusted net income and tangible book value per share. These reports also include management’s discussion and analysis of results of operations and financial condition.
Current Reports on Form 8-K highlight specific events that HBT Financial has determined to be material. Recent examples include the entry into a material definitive agreement for the proposed merger with CNB Bank Shares, Inc., declarations of quarterly cash dividends on common stock, and a notice of full redemption of the company’s 4.50% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due 2030. Earnings releases and investor presentations furnished as exhibits to Form 8-K provide additional context on quarterly performance and strategic direction.
Investors researching capital management and shareholder returns can use the filings to track dividend declarations, stock repurchase program authorizations and activity, and changes in regulatory capital ratios. Filings also describe the conditions and regulatory approvals required for announced mergers, as well as voting and support agreements related to such transactions.
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HBT Financial, Inc. is asking stockholders to vote at its virtual 2026 Annual Meeting on May 19, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. Central time. Investors will elect 12 directors, approve on an advisory basis executive compensation, and ratify RSM US LLP as independent auditor for 2026.
The record date is March 20, 2026, when 36,399,305 common shares were outstanding, each with one vote. The proxy also describes board and committee structure, director independence, related-party policies, and a pay program that paid 2025 executive cash incentives at 149.09% of target and granted RSUs and PRSUs tied to multi‑year performance.
HBT Financial, Inc. director Michael Morton filed an initial Form 3, which is a required statement of beneficial ownership for new insiders. The available data shows no reported transactions, no listed holdings, and no derivative positions in this filing.
HBT Financial, Inc. filed a current report announcing that its Boards of Directors for both HBT Financial and Heartland Bank and Trust Company increased their size and appointed Michael J. Morton as a director, effective April 1, 2026. His initial term will run until the 2026 Annual Meeting, when he will be eligible for re-election.
Morton brings nearly 40 years of banking experience, including roles as Vice Chair of U.S. Commercial Banking at Bank of Montreal from 2020 to 2023 and Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer of MB Financial, Inc. from 2014 to 2019. He will be compensated under HBT Financial’s existing non-employee director compensation program, with no special arrangements or related-party relationships disclosed.
As of December 31, 2025, HBT Financial reported total assets of $5.1 billion, total loans of $3.5 billion, and total deposits of $4.4 billion, operating through 83 full-service branches across Illinois, eastern Iowa, and suburban St. Louis.
HBT Financial, Inc. executive Lawrence J. Horvath, EVP & Chief Lending Officer, sold 5,000 shares of common stock in an open-market transaction on March 16, 2026 at $26.60 per share. Following this sale, he directly holds 58,609 shares of HBT Financial common stock.
HBT Financial director Patrick F. Busch reported an open-market sale of 15,000 shares of Common Stock at a weighted average price of $26.48 per share. The sale was executed on behalf of the Patrick F Busch Declaration of Trust dated May 6, 2014, reflecting indirect ownership.
After the transaction, the trust held 174,544 shares indirectly. Separately, Busch also reported direct ownership of 48,500 shares of HBT Financial common stock. The shares sold on March 16, 2026 were executed in multiple trades within a price range of $26.41 to $26.56.
HBT submitted a Form 144 notice to sell 15,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par value. The proposed sale is tied to brokerage arrangements at Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith (225 Liberty Street, 29th Floor, New York, NY). The filing lists multiple prior acquisitions from the public market on 09/09/2020, 09/08/2020, 09/04/2020 and 05/15/2020 with share amounts of 3,547, 4,453, 4,000 and 3,000, respectively.
Lawrence Horvath reported a sale of 1,764 shares of Common Stock for aggregate proceeds of $47,557.44 on 02/28/2026. The filing lists prior open‑market purchases of Common shares on 02/28/2023 (1,147 shares) and 02/28/2025 (3,853 shares) attributed to the issuer. The notice is a Form 144 securities sale filing under the securities rules.
HBT Financial, Inc. director Eric E. Burwell reported an open-market purchase of 4,000 shares of common stock at $26.24 per share. The transaction was made indirectly through the Eric E. Burwell Trust dated 12/21/2007, which now holds 35,820 shares following this purchase.
HBT Financial, Inc. entered into a Subordinated Note Purchase Agreement and issued $85 million of 5.75% fixed-to-floating rate subordinated notes due 2036 in a private placement to institutional investors. The notes carry a fixed 5.75% coupon until March 15, 2031, then reset quarterly to three‑month SOFR plus 233 basis points.
The notes are unsecured, subordinated obligations of HBT Financial, intended to qualify as Tier 2 regulatory capital, and are not guaranteed by subsidiaries. The company may redeem them, in whole or in part, at par plus accrued interest on or after March 15, 2031, and earlier only in limited circumstances defined in the indenture.
HBT Financial plans to use the net proceeds for general corporate purposes, which may include potential share repurchases. The company also agreed to a registration rights framework to later exchange these privately placed notes for registered subordinated notes with substantially the same terms.
HBT Financial, Inc. reports that as of December 31, 2025 it had total assets of $5.1 billion, loans held for investment of $3.5 billion, and total deposits of $4.4 billion. The Illinois-based community bank operates 66 full-service branches across Illinois and eastern Iowa, offering commercial, agricultural, residential, deposit, and wealth management services.
The company emphasizes conservative credit culture, strong profitability, and disciplined organic and acquisition-driven growth. It completed the Town and Country acquisition in 2023 and, as a subsequent event, closed the CNB Bank Shares, Inc. acquisition on March 1, 2026, adding a franchise with $1.8 billion in assets. Total CNB consideration was 5.5 million HBT shares plus $34 million in cash, valued at approximately $182 million. HBT highlights capital ratios above “well capitalized” thresholds and details extensive regulatory, credit, interest rate, liquidity, technology, and economic risk factors.