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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001558370-19-008661
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20190918
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190919
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190919

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:		191101348

	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;color:#000000;">Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;color:#000000;">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;color:#000000;">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)</font></p>
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			<font style="display:inline;color:#000000;font-size:9pt;">Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:</font>
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						<font style="display:inline;color:#000000;font-size:9pt;">Title of each class</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;color:#000000;font-size:9pt;">Common Stock, $1.00 par value</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;color:#000000;font-size:9pt;">HWBK</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;color:#000000;font-size:9pt;">The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC</font></p>
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			<font style="display:inline;color:#000000;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&#xA7;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&#xA7;240.12b-2 of this chapter).&nbsp;&nbsp;</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;color:#000000;">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;13(a) of the Exchange Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Segoe UI Symbol;color:#000000;">&#x2610;</font><font style="display:inline;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">Item 8.01 Other Events.</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;color:#000000;">On September 19, 2019 Hawthorn Bancshares issued a press release announcing&nbsp;the authorization of funds for the repurchase of shares of its common stock pursuant to its Common Stock Repurchase Program. A copy of the press release is attached to this report as an exhibit.</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.</font>
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			<font style="font-weight:bold;color:#000000;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:2pt;height:100%;text-indent:0pt;">Exhibit No.<font style="font-weight:bold;color:#000000;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:2pt;height:100%;text-indent:0pt;;font-size: 10pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 36pt 0pt 0pt;"></font></font><font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;"></font><font style="font-weight:bold;color:#000000;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:2pt;height:100%;text-indent:0pt;">Description &nbsp; &nbsp;</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">99.1<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;;font-size: 10pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 60pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><a href="ex-99d1.htm"></font><font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Press release, dated September&nbsp;19, 2019, issued by Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc. announcing its authorization of funds for its Common Stock Repurchase Program</a></font><font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">SIGNATURES</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;color:#000000;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</font>
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						<font style="display:inline;color:#000000;">Dated: September&nbsp;19, 2019</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc.</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;color:#000000;">By: /s/ David T. Turner &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-style:italic;color:#000000;"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Name: David T. Turner</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-style:italic;color:#000000;"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Title: Chairman, CEO &amp; President</font></p>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Exhibit 99.1</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:14pt;">Hawthorn Bancshares </font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold;color:#444444;font-size:14pt;">Announces Authorization of Funds for Its Common Stock Repurchase Program</font><font style="display:inline;font-size:14pt;">&nbsp;</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold;color:#444444;font-size:10pt;">Jefferson City, Mo&nbsp;&#x2014;&nbsp;September 19, 2019&nbsp;&#x2014;&nbsp;</font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Verdana;color:#444444;font-size:10pt;">Hawthorn Bancshares Inc. (NASDAQ: HWBK), yesterday announced that the Board of Directors authorized the purchase of up to $5.0 million market value of Hawthorn Bancshares&#x2019; common stock. </font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:Verdana;color:#444444;font-size:10pt;">Management was given discretion to determine the number and pricing of the shares to be purchased, as well as, the timing of any such purchases. The Company intends to purchase its shares through broker dealers selected in compliance with applicable securities laws at prices for the common stock prevailing from time to time in NASDAQ&#x2019;s National Market. </font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:Verdana;color:#444444;font-size:10pt;">The repurchased shares will be held in treasury and may be used by the Company for general corporate purposes, including stock-based employee benefit plans and stock dividends. It is expected that the stock repurchases will be funded by cash generated through cash on hand, operations and other sources. At September 18, 2019, the Company had 6,276,236 common shares outstanding. </font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold;color:#444444;font-size:10pt;">About Hawthorn Bancshares</font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Verdana;color:#444444;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:Verdana;color:#444444;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 with locations in the Missouri communities of Lee's Summit, Liberty, Springfield, Independence, Columbia, Clinton, Osceola, Warsaw, Belton, Drexel, Harrisonville, California and St. Robert. </font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:Verdana;font-style:italic;color:#444444;font-size:10pt;">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.</font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Verdana;color:#444444;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Verdana;font-style:italic;color:#444444;font-size:10pt;">It is important to note that actual results could differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements.</font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Verdana;color:#444444;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Verdana;font-style:italic;color:#444444;font-size:10pt;">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 Commission.</font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Verdana;color:#444444;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold;color:#444444;font-size:10pt;">Hawthorn Bancshares Inc.<br /></font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Verdana;color:#444444;font-size:10pt;">Bruce Phelps, </font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:Verdana;color:#444444;font-size:10pt;">Chief Financial Officer</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:Verdana;color:#444444;font-size:10pt;">TEL: 573.761.6100<br />Fax: 573.761.6272<br /></font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Verdana;font-size:10pt;">www.HawthornBancshares.com</font>
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