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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-21-157035
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8 POS
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210511
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210511
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20210511

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HORIZON BANCORP INC /IN/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000706129
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
		IRS NUMBER:				351562417
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			IN
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8 POS
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-189420
		FILM NUMBER:		21909727

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		515 FRANKLIN STREET
		CITY:			MICHIGAN CITY
		STATE:			IN
		ZIP:			46360
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2198790211

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		515 FRANKLIN STREET
		CITY:			MICHIGAN CITY
		STATE:			IN
		ZIP:			46360

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	HORIZON BANCORP /IN/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CITIZENS MICHIANA FINANCIAL CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19861021
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;11, 2021 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration Statement <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-189420</FONT> </B></P>
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>TO </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>HORIZON BANCORP, INC. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Indiana</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">35-1562417</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or Other Jurisdiction of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Incorporation or Organization)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification Number)</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>515 Franklin Street </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Michigan City, Indiana 46360 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Horizon Bancorp 2013 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Horizon Bancorp, Inc. 2021 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full Title of the Plans) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Todd A. Etzler </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Executive Vice President and General Counsel </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>515 Franklin Street </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Michigan City, IN 46360 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(219) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">879-0211</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of Agent for Service) </B></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>With a copy to: </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Curt W. Hidde, Esq. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Barnes&nbsp;&amp; Thornburg LLP </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>11 South Meridian Street </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Indianapolis, IN 46204 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(317) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">236-1313</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT> filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting company,&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Exchange Act. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Large&nbsp;Accelerated&nbsp;Filer</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9744;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9744;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Smaller&nbsp;Reporting&nbsp;Company</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Horizon Bancorp, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) first filed this Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) to register 691,700 common shares potentially issuable as awards under its 2013 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the &#147;2013 Plan&#148;). On May&nbsp;6, 2021 (the &#147;Effective
Date&#148;), the shareholders of the Registrant approved the Horizon Bancorp, Inc. 2021 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (the &#147;2021 Plan&#148;). The total number of common shares of the Registrant, no par value (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), that
may be granted under the 2021 Plan includes, in addition to 1,400,000 new shares of Common Stock (subject to a new Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> filed on May&nbsp;11, 2021), (i) the 387,548 common shares
that remained available for issuance under the 2013 Plan as of the Effective Date, and (ii)&nbsp;shares that are subject to currently outstanding awards under the 2013 Plan that subsequently are cancelled, forfeited, lapse or are otherwise
terminated or settled without a distribution of shares under the terms of the 2013 Plan that become available for future awards under the 2021 Plan as provided for in the 2021 Plan (the shares described in (i)&nbsp;and (ii), the &#147;2013 Plan
Shares&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As a result, the Registrant is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (the &#147;Post-Effective Amendment&#148;) pursuant to Item 512(a)(1)(iii) of Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-K</FONT> and SEC Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation 126.43 so that the Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> covers the 2013 Plan Shares that are now issuable under the 2021 Plan. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Since this
Post-Effective Amendment is being filed solely to provide that a portion of the shares originally registered for issuance under the Registrant&#146;s 2013 Plan 1995 may instead be issued under the registrant&#146;s 2021 Plan, no additional
registration fee is required pursuant to SEC Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation 126.43, and therefore, the Calculation of Registration Fee table was omitted. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART I </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The information specified in Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I of Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> is omitted from this Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities
Act&#148;), and the introductory note to Part I of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8.</FONT> The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> will be delivered to the
participants in the Horizon Bancorp 2013 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan covered by this Registration Statement as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. Such documents are not required to be, and are not, filed with the Commission
either as part of this Registration Statement or as a prospectus or prospectus supplement pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents of the Registrant filed with the Commission are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Annual Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/706129/000070612921000006/hbnc-20201231.htm">Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A> filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), for the Registrant&#146;s fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2020, filed with
the Commission on February&nbsp;
26, 2021. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/706129/000070612921000046/hbnc-20210331.htm">Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT></A> for the quarterly period ended March&nbsp;31, 2021 (filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;30, 2021); </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed with the Commission on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/706129/000070612921000019/hbnc-20210317.htm">March&nbsp;17
</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/706129/000070612921000048/hbnc-20210504.htm">May&nbsp;
4</A>, and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/706129/000119312521157013/d377188d8k.htm">May&nbsp;11, 2021</A>; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock found under the caption &#147;Description of Common Stock&#148; in the
Registrant&#146;s <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/706129/000119312521003194/d105928d8a12ga.htm">Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A</FONT></A> filed under the Exchange Act with the Commission on
January&nbsp;6, 2021, and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents subsequently filed by
the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">post-effective</FONT> amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered
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sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless specifically stated to the contrary in such filing, none of the information that the Registrant discloses under Items 2.02 or 7.01 of any Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT>
(including the related exhibits under Item 9.01) that it may from time to time furnish to the Commission will be incorporated by reference into, or otherwise be included in or deemed to be a part of, this Registration Statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that also is incorporated or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes
such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. Subject to the foregoing, all information in this Registration Statement is
so qualified in its entirety by the information appearing in the documents incorporated herein by reference. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&nbsp;6.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant is an Indiana corporation, and its officers and directors (and those who have agreed to such positions) are entitled to be
indemnified under Indiana law and our articles of incorporation against certain liabilities and expenses. Chapter 37 of The Indiana Business Corporation Law (the &#147;IBCL&#148;) requires a corporation, unless its articles of incorporation provide
otherwise, to indemnify a director or an officer of the corporation who is wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative and whether formal or informal, against reasonable expenses, including counsel fees, incurred in connection with the proceeding. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The IBCL also permits a corporation to indemnify a director or an officer who is made a party to a proceeding because the individual was a
director or an officer of the corporation against liability incurred in the proceeding if the individual&#146;s conduct was in good faith and the individual reasonably believed, in the case of conduct in the individual&#146;s official capacity with
the corporation, that the conduct was in the corporation&#146;s best interests, and in all other cases, that the individual&#146;s conduct was at least not opposed to the corporation&#146;s best interests. In a criminal proceeding, the individual
must also either have had reasonable cause to believe the individual&#146;s conduct was lawful or no reasonable cause to believe the individual&#146;s conduct was unlawful. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The IBCL also permits a corporation to pay for, or reimburse, reasonable expenses incurred before the final disposition of a proceeding and
permits a court of competent jurisdiction to order a corporation to indemnify a director or officer if the court determines that the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification in view of all the relevant circumstances, whether or
not the person met the standards for indemnification otherwise provided in the IBCL. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant&#146;s articles of incorporation
provide for mandatory indemnification of officers and directors (and those who have agreed to such positions) if they are wholly successful on the merits of a proceeding and satisfy the standards of conduct specified by the IBCL set forth above. The
articles of incorporation also provide that any director or officer of Horizon (or any person who is serving at the request of Horizon as a director or officer of another entity) shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Registrant to the same
extent as the Registrant&#146;s directors and officers. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In any proceeding, an officer or director is entitled to be indemnified against
all liabilities and expenses related to the proceeding including attorneys&#146; fees, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement. The Registrant&#146;s articles of incorporation also provide such persons with certain
rights to be paid or reimbursed for expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of the final disposition. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
Registrant&#146;s articles of incorporation also provide that the Registrant has the discretion to indemnify employees and agents to the same extent, and on the same basis, as it is required to indemnify its officers and directors. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant&#146;s articles of incorporation also authorize the Registrant to maintain insurance to protect itself and any director,
officer, employee or agent against expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Registrant would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the IBCL or pursuant to its articles of incorporation. The
Registrant currently maintains such insurance. </P>
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indemnification would be required under the above, and the Registrant does not know of any threatened claims, actions, suits or proceedings which may result in a request for such indemnification. </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Exemption from Registration Claimed. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Exhibits. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/706129/000090883418000092/hb_8k0515ex31.htm">Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Horizon Bancorp, Inc. effective May&nbsp;
16, 2018 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Registrant&#146;s Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;16, 2018). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/706129/000090883420000013/hb_8k01222020ex.htm">Amended and Restated Bylaws of Horizon Bancorp, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Registrant&#146;s Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;23, 2020). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/706129/000090883418000048/hb_def14a.htm">Amended and Restated Horizon Bancorp 2013 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix B to Registrant&#146;s definitive proxy
 statement for its 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, filed as a DEF 14A on March&nbsp;16, 2018) </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">*</SUP></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d489756dex51.htm">Opinion of Barnes&nbsp;&amp; Thornburg LLP regarding legality of securities being offered. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d489756dex231.htm">Consent of BKD, LLP. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d489756dex51.htm">Consent of Barnes&nbsp;&amp; Thornburg LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>24.1<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">*</SUP></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="#tx489756_1">Limited Power of Attorney (included in signature page). </A></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Filed herewith </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&nbsp;9.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Undertakings. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">post-effective</FONT> amendment to this Registration Statement: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To include
any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus
any facts or events arising after the effective date of this registration statement (or the most recent <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">post-effective</FONT> amendment hereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
in the information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a
20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this
registration statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">provided, however, that the undertakings
set forth in paragraphs (i)&nbsp;and (ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">post-effective</FONT> amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or
furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">post-effective</FONT> amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a
post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant
to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as
indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in
the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other
than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person
in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification
by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Michigan
City, Indiana, on this 11<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> day of May, 2021. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">HORIZON BANCORP, INC.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Craig M. Dwight</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Craig M. Dwight</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Chairman and Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The undersigned directors and officers of the Registrant do hereby appoint each of Todd A. Etzler and
Mark E. Secor as the true and lawful <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorney-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agent, with full power of substitution and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">re-substitution,</FONT> for such
person and in such person&#146;s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission granting unto said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorney-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorney-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and
agent, or a substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the dates indicated. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Signature and Title</B></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">May&nbsp;11, 2021</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Craig M. Dwight</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Craig M. Dwight, Chairman,</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chief Executive Officer and
Director</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">May&nbsp;11, 2021</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Mark E. Secor</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mark E. Secor, Chief Financial</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Officer (and Principal Accounting
Officer)</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">[BARNES&nbsp;&amp; THORNBURG LLP LETTERHEAD] </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">May&nbsp;11, 2021 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Horizon Bancorp, Inc. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">515 Franklin Street </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Michigan City, IN 46360 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">RE: Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies and Gentlemen: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We refer to the
Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 (the &#147;Post-Effective Amendment&#148;) to Registration Statement <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-189420</FONT> on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (the &#147;Registration
Statement&#148;) being filed by Horizon Bancorp, Inc., an Indiana corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), covering common
shares, no par value, of the Company (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), which may be issued under the Horizon Bancorp, Inc. 2021 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (the &#147;2021 Plan&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On May&nbsp;6, 2021 (the &#147;Effective Date&#148;), the shareholders of the Company approved the 2021 Plan. The total number of shares of
Common Stock that may be granted under the 2021 Plan includes, in addition to 1,400,000 new shares of Common Stock (included by the Company on a new Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> filed on May&nbsp;11,
2021), (i) the 387,548 common shares that remained available for issuance under the Horizon Bancorp 2013 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (the &#147;2013 Plan&#148;) as of the Effective Date, and (ii)&nbsp;the undelivered shares subject to outstanding
awards granted under the 2013 Plan that become available for future awards under the 2021 Plan as provided for in the 2021 Plan (the shares described in (i)&nbsp;and (ii), the &#147;2013 Plan Shares&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This opinion letter is being delivered in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-K</FONT> under the Securities Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have examined the Post-Effective Amendment, the Registration
Statement, the Company&#146;s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and Amended and Restated <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">By-laws,</FONT> the 2021 Plan, the resolutions adopted by the board of directors of the Company relating to the
Registration Statement, the 2013 Plan, the 2021 Plan, and the proposal adopted by the shareholders of the Company relating to the 2021 Plan at the Company&#146;s 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. We have also examined originals, or copies of
originals certified to our satisfaction, of such agreements, documents, certificates and statements of the Company and other corporate documents and instruments, and have examined such questions of law, as we have considered relevant and necessary
as a basis for this opinion letter. We have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all persons and the conformity with the original documents of any copies
thereof submitted to us for examination. As to facts relevant to the opinions expressed herein, we have relied without independent investigation or verification upon, and assumed the accuracy and completeness of, certificates, letters and oral and
written statements and representations of public officials and officers and other representatives of the Company. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have also assumed
that there are no agreements or understandings between or among the Company and any participants in the plans that would expand, modify or otherwise affect the terms of the plans or the respective rights or obligations of the participants
thereunder. Finally, we have assumed the accuracy of all other information provided to us by the Company during the course of our investigations, on which we have relied in issuing the opinion expressed below. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The opinions expressed below are subject to the assumptions that: (i)&nbsp;the Post-Effective Amendment (including, as applicable, all
necessary further post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement) shall have become effective under the Securities Act; (ii)&nbsp;all actions required to be taken under the plans by the Board of Directors of the Company or any committee
thereof shall have been taken by the Board of Directors of the Company or such committee, respectively; (iii)&nbsp;such Shares shall </P>
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have been duly issued and delivered in accordance with the terms of the 2021 Plan and the terms of any other agreement relating to any grants thereunder of the Shares; (iv)&nbsp;upon any issuance
of the Shares, there will be a sufficient number of authorized but unissued shares of common stock under the Company&#146;s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation available for issuance of the Shares; and (v)&nbsp;all applicable provisions
of the &#147;blue sky&#148; and securities laws of the various states and other jurisdictions in which the Shares may be offered and sold shall have been complied with. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that each 2013 Plan Share that is newly issued pursuant to the 2021 Plan will be validly issued,
fully paid and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-assessable</FONT> when: (i)&nbsp;the Post-Effective Amendment shall have become effective under the Securities Act; (ii)&nbsp;such 2013 Plan Share shall have been duly issued and delivered in
accordance with the 2021 Plan; and (iii)&nbsp;certificates representing such 2013 Plan Share shall have been duly executed, countersigned and registered and duly delivered to the person entitled thereto against payment of the agreed consideration
therefor (in an amount not less than the par value thereof) or, if any 2013 Plan Share is to be issued in uncertificated form, the Company&#146;s books shall reflect the issuance of such 2013 Plan Share to the person entitled thereto against payment
of the agreed consideration therefor, all in accordance with the 2021 Plan. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This opinion letter is based as to matters of law solely on
the Indiana Business Corporation Law, as amended. We express no opinion herein as to any other laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, or regulations, including any federal or state securities laws. As used herein, the term &#147;Indiana Business
Corporation Law, as amended&#148; includes the statutory provisions contained therein, all applicable provisions of the Indiana Constitution and reported judicial decisions interpreting these laws. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The opinion expressed herein is rendered as of the date hereof and is based on existing law, which is subject to change. Where our opinion
expressed herein refers to events to occur at a future date, we have assumed that there will have been no changes in the relevant law or facts between the date hereof and such future date. We do not undertake to advise you of any changes in the
opinion expressed herein from matters that may hereafter arise or be brought to our attention or to revise or supplement such opinion should the present laws of any jurisdiction be changed by legislative action, judicial decision or otherwise. Our
opinion expressed herein is also limited to the matters expressly stated herein, and no opinion is implied or may be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated herein. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are
&#147;experts&#148; within the meaning of Section&nbsp;11 of the Securities Act or within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section&nbsp;7 of the Securities Act. </P>
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<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> of our reports, dated February&nbsp;26, 2021, on our audits of the consolidated financial statements of Horizon Bancorp, Inc. as of December&nbsp;31, 2020 and 2019 and for each of the years in the
three-year period ended December&nbsp;31, 2020 and our audit of the internal control over financial reporting of Horizon Bancorp, Inc. as of December&nbsp;31, 2020, which reports are included in the Annual Report on Form <FONT
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