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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001654954-19-007894
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20190702
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190702
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190702

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:		19938219

	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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Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc.</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">On July
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broad-market Russell 3000 Index at the conclusion of the 2019
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at the conclusion of the 2019 Russell indexes annual
reconstitution, effective after the US market opens on July 1,
according to a preliminary list of additions posted June 7.</font>
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<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Membership in the
Russell 3000&#xAE; Index, which remains in place for one year,
means the automatic inclusion of Hawthorn Bancshares&#x2019; common
stock in index funds designed to track stocks included in the
Russell 3000&#xAE; Index. FTSE Russell determines membership for
its Russell indexes primarily by objective, market-capitalization
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reconstitution, go to the "Russell Reconstitution" section on the
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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, Independence,
Columbia, Clinton, Osceola, Warsaw, Belton, Drexel, Harrisonville,
California and St. Robert, Missouri.&#xA0;</font>
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<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">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
filed with the Securities and Exchange
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