<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001654954-19-000923.txt : 20190201
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20190131175216
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001654954-19-000923
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20190130
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190201
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190131

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:		19557067

	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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0-23636</font></div>
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<font style="font-size: 17px">Hawthorn Bancshares,
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132 East High Street, PO Box 688, Jefferson City, Missouri
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On January 30, 2019 Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc. issued a press
release announcing its Board of Directors approved a quarterly cash
dividend of 10 cents per common share payable April 1, 2019 to
shareholders of record at the close of business on March 15,
2019.</font></div>
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Exhibit No. 99.1 Hawthorn Bancshares Announces Cash
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Bancshares Announces Cash Dividend</font></a></div>
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Jefferson City, MO.</font> <font style="font-weight: bold">&#x2014;
January 30, 2019</font> <font style="font-weight: bold">&#x2014;</font> Hawthorn Bancshares of Jefferson
City, MO (NASDAQ: HWBK) announced today that its Board of Directors
approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 per share payable April
1, 2019 to shareholders of record at the close of business on March
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">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 locations in the Missouri
communities of Lee's Summit, Liberty, Springfield, Branson,
Independence, Columbia, Clinton, Osceola, Warsaw, Belton, Drexel,
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Statements made in this press release that suggest Hawthorn
Bancshares' or management's intentions, hopes, beliefs,
expectations, or predictions of the future include "forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. It is important to note that
actual results could differ materially from those projected in such
forward-looking statements. Additional information concerning
factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from
those projected in such forward-looking statements is contained
from time to time in the company's quarterly and annual reports
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