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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001415889-15-001973
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20150603
ITEM INFORMATION:		Shareholder Nominations Pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 14a-11
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150603
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150603

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HAWTHORN BANCSHARES, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000893847
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021]
		IRS NUMBER:				431626350
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MO
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-23636
		FILM NUMBER:		15909946

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		132 EAST HIGH STREET
		CITY:			JEFFERSON CITY
		STATE:			MO
		ZIP:			65101
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(573)761-6100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P. O. BOX 688
		CITY:			JEFFERSON CITY
		STATE:			MO
		ZIP:			65102

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	EXCHANGE NATIONAL BANCSHARES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19940323
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	<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc. </font><br><font style="DISPLAY: inline; font-size: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(Exact name of small business issuer as specified in its charter)</font>
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	<font style="DISPLAY: inline; font-size: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):</font>
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	</p><div class="left" style="text-align:left;"><font style="display: inline; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman;"><b>Item 5.08  Shareholder Director Nominations.</b></font></div>

<p align="left" style="clear:both;"><font style="display: inline; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman;text-align:left;">The Board of Directors of Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc. announced that at the Company's June 2, 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Frank E. Burkhead and Gus S. Wetzel, II were re-elected as Class II directors to serve three-year terms expiring 2018.<br><br>
Shareholders also approved ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015.</font></p>

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	</p><div class="left" style="text-align:left;"><font style="display: inline; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman;"><b>Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.</b></font></div>

<p align="left" style="clear:both;"><font style="display: inline; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman;text-align:left;">The full text of this press release is furnished as an exhibit to this report on Form 8-k.</font></p>


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        <div style="float:left; width:49%; text-align:left;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman;">Date:&nbsp;&nbsp; <i>June 3, 2015</i></font></div>
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				<div><font style="display: inline;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman;">Hawthorn Bancshares Announces Results of 2015 Annual Meeting</font></div>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">JEFFERSON CITY, MO.</font> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">&#8212; June 3, 2015</font> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">&#8212;</font> The Board of Directors of Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: HWBK) announced that at the Company&#8217;s June 2, 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Frank E. Burkhead and Gus S. Wetzel, II&#160;&#160;were re-elected as Class II directors to serve three-year terms expiring 2018.</font></div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Mr. Burkhead has served as director of Hawthorn Bancshares since 2014 and is currently the co-owner of Burkhead &amp; Associates LLC and Burkhead Wealth Management in Jefferson City, Missouri.&#160;&#160;Mr. Wetzel has served as director since 1974 and is a physician/surgeon with the Wetzel Clinic in Clinton, Missouri.</font></div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Other members of the 6 member board include Chairman, CEO &amp; President David T. Turner, Philip D. Freeman, Kevin L. Riley, and James E. Smith.&#160;&#160;The Company&#8217;s advisory directorate is composed of Charles G. Dudenhoeffer, Jr., David R. Goller, James R. Loyd and Julius F. Wall.</font></div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Shareholders also approved ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015.</font></div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">About Hawthorn Bancshares</font></div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc., a financial-bank holding company headquartered in Jefferson City, Missouri, is the parent company of Hawthorn Bank of Jefferson City, Missouri with additional Missouri locations in Lee's Summit, Springfield, Branson, Independence, Liberty, Columbia, Clinton, Windsor, Collins, Osceola, Warsaw, Belton, Drexel, Harrisonville, California, and St. Robert.</font></div>

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