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):  January 20, 2016
 
 
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 5.02.  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On January 20, 2016, Charley E. Gillispie announced his plans to retire from Horizon Bancorp’s (the “Company”) Board of Directors and will not stand for re-election at the Company’s annual meeting to be held in May 2016.  Mr. Gillispie will serve on the Board through the annual meeting date of May 5, 2016.
Additional information about Mr. Gillispie’s announcement is included in the press release attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
 
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
 
(d) Exhibits
    
       
 
Exhibit No.
  
Description
 
99.1
  
Press Release issued January 20, 2016


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: January 20, 2016
 
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 January 20, 2016
  
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