HBT Financial filings document the formal disclosure record for a bank holding company whose primary operating subsidiary is Heartland Bank and Trust Company. The record includes 8-K reports on operating and financial results, Regulation FD investor presentations, cash dividends on common stock, board appointments and completed bank merger activity.
Other filings describe capital-structure matters, including the private placement of fixed-to-floating rate subordinated notes, related material agreements and registration rights. Proxy materials cover director elections, executive compensation, shareholder voting matters and governance practices for HBT Financial and Heartland Bank.
DRAKE ALLEN C reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
HBT Financial, Inc. director Allen C. Drake reported an equity award and updated holdings in the company’s common stock. He received a grant of 600 restricted stock units under the HBT Financial, Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan, which fully vest on February 28, 2027. After this grant, his directly held common stock position is 4,000 shares. The filing also shows large indirect interests represented by trust certificates issued by the Heartland Bancorp, Inc. Voting Trust, including certificates held by him personally and by his spouse, for which he disclaims beneficial ownership except to the extent of his pecuniary interest.
PFEIFFER GERALD E reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
HBT Financial director Gerald E. Pfeiffer reported receiving a grant of 600 restricted stock units (RSUs) of common stock on February 28, 2026 under the HBT Financial, Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan. The RSUs fully vest on February 28, 2027. After this grant, he directly holds 59,785 common shares, with an additional 5,162 shares reported as indirectly owned by his wife.
HBT Financial EVP & CFO Peter Robert Chapman reported multiple equity-related transactions in HBT Financial, Inc. common stock. He acquired 2,592 restricted stock units that vest in three annual installments through February 28, 2029. He also acquired 4,226 shares upon settlement of a performance restricted stock unit award granted on February 28, 2023. In connection with these vestings, 4,308 shares and 1,787 shares were withheld at $26.96 per share to cover tax obligations, leaving him with 25,996 directly owned shares.
HBT Financial, Inc. director and President and CEO James Lance Carter reported equity compensation and related tax-withholding transactions in common stock. He received 5,322 restricted stock units under the HBT Financial, Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan, vesting 33% on February 28, 2027, 33% on February 29, 2028, and 34% on February 28, 2029. He also acquired 6,182 shares of common stock upon settlement of a performance restricted stock unit award granted on February 28, 2023. To cover tax obligations on vested restricted stock units and performance restricted stock units, 1,664 shares and 1,811 shares, respectively, were disposed of at a price of $26.96 per share. Following these transactions, his directly held common stock position was reported as 147,074 shares.
HBT Financial, Inc. executive Andrea E. Zurkamer reported equity compensation activity involving the company’s common stock. On February 28, 2026, she received 1,047 restricted stock units (RSUs) under the Omnibus Incentive Plan, which vest in three annual installments through February 28, 2029. She also acquired 1,289 shares upon settlement of a performance RSU award originally granted on February 28, 2023. To cover related tax obligations on these vestings, a total of 345 shares and 445 shares were withheld in separate tax-withholding dispositions at a price of $26.96 per share. After these grant, vesting, and withholding transactions, Zurkamer directly owned 14,688 shares of HBT Financial common stock.
HBT Financial Executive Chairman Fred L. Drake reported equity compensation activity involving company common stock. He received 2,596 restricted stock units under the Omnibus Incentive Plan, which vest in three installments through February 2029. He also acquired 7,830 shares upon settlement of a performance restricted stock unit award granted on February 28, 2023.
To cover tax obligations on these vestings, 1,466 shares and 2,322 shares were withheld at a price of $26.96 per share. After these transactions, Drake directly held 14,343 shares. Indirectly, 61,557 shares are held by the Fred L. Drake Revocable Trust, and 17,210,400 shares are held by the Heartland Bancorp, Inc. Voting Trust, over which he has sole voting and investment control, while disclaiming beneficial ownership beyond his pecuniary interest.
HBT Financial EVP & Chief Retail Officer Diane H. Lanier reported two equity award acquisitions. She received 889 restricted stock units under the HBT Financial, Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan, vesting 33% on February 28, 2027, 33% on February 29, 2028, and 34% on February 28, 2029. She also acquired 1,434 shares of common stock upon settlement of a performance restricted stock unit award originally granted on February 28, 2023. Both holdings are reported as directly owned common stock with no purchase price per share disclosed, reflecting compensation-related grants rather than open-market buying.
HBT Financial EVP & Chief Lending Officer Lawrence J. Horvath reported equity award activity in HBT Financial, Inc. common stock. He received 1,916 restricted stock units that vest in three annual installments through February 28, 2029, and 2,975 shares were acquired upon settlement of a prior performance-based RSU award granted on February 28, 2023. In connection with vesting, 748 shares and 1,016 shares were withheld to cover tax obligations on the time-based and performance RSUs, respectively, reducing the shares issued to him outright.
HBT Financial, Inc. executive Mark W. Scheirer reported equity compensation activity in common stock. He acquired 1,557 restricted stock units under the HBT Financial, Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan, which vest in three installments: 33% on February 28, 2027, 33% on February 29, 2028, and 34% on February 28, 2029. He also acquired 1,611 shares of common stock upon settlement of a performance restricted stock unit award originally granted on February 28, 2023. To cover tax obligations on these vestings, 500 shares and 557 shares were disposed of at a price of $26.96 per share through share withholding, rather than open-market sales. Following these transactions, he directly owns 7,317 common shares, and indirectly holds 24,272 shares through the MLNT Family Trust dated May 7, 2020.
HBT Financial director Patrick F. Busch reported a small tax-related share disposition. On February 28, 2026, 461 shares of HBT Financial common stock were withheld at $26.96 per share to satisfy taxes on vested restricted stock units.
After this tax-withholding disposition, Busch directly holds 48,500 common shares. In addition, 189,544 shares are held indirectly through the Patrick F Busch Declaration of Trust dated 5/6/14.