<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001415889-22-001786.txt : 20220224
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001415889-22-001786
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20220222
FILED AS OF DATE:		20220224
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20220224

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PFEIFFER GERALD E
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001789592

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-39085
		FILM NUMBER:		22671042

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		401 N. HERSHEY ROAD
		CITY:			BLOOMINGTON
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			61702

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HBT Financial, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000775215
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
		IRS NUMBER:				371117216
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		401 N. HERSHEY ROAD
		CITY:			BLOOMINGTON
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			61702
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(309) 662-4444

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		401 N. HERSHEY ROAD
		CITY:			BLOOMINGTON
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			61702

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	HEARTLAND BANCORP, INC.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20190624

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	HEARTLAND BANCORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19850822
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        <issuerName>HBT Financial, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>HBT</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>PFEIFFER GERALD E</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O HBT FINANCIAL, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>401 N. HERSHEY ROAD</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>BLOOMINGTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>IL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>61704</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isDirector>true</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>false</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>false</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>false</isOther>
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        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, $0.01 par value</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2022-02-22</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>550</value>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>56050</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
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                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By wife</value>
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        <footnote id="F1">The reporting person received 550 restricted stock units (&quot;RSUs&quot;) under the HBT Financial, Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan. The RSUs fully vest on February 28, 2023.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Renee K. Fehr, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2022-02-24</signatureDate>
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<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:16px; font-size:12pt" align="center"><b>October 14, 2021</b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:16px; font-size:12pt" align="center"><b>POWER OF ATTORNEY</b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:16px; text-indent:48px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of J. Lance Carter, Fred L. Drake, Matthew J. Doherty, Andrea E. Zurkamer and Renee K. Fehr signing singly, as the undersigned<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to: (i) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s capacity as an officer and/or director and/or owner of greater than 5% of the outstanding common stock of HBT Financial, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the <font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&ldquo;</font><u>Company</u><font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rdquo;</font>), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder; (ii) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and (iii) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s discretion.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:16px; text-indent:48px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. &nbsp;The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:16px; text-indent:48px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:16px; text-indent:48px; font-size:12pt" align="justify"><b>IN WITNESS WHEREOF</b>, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of date first written above.</p>
<p style="margin:0px; padding-left:336px; font-size:12pt"><b>Gerald E. Pfeiffer</b></p>
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<p style="margin:0px; padding-left:336px; font-size:12pt"><u>/s/ Gerald E. Pfeiffer</u></p>
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<p style="margin:0px" align="center">[Signature Page to Power of Attorney]</p>
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