<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000893847-25-000028.txt : 20250801
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000893847-25-000028
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250630

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HAWTHORN BANCSHARES, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000893847
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	02 Finance
		EIN:				431626350
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MO
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	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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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i639cb2f0cd50478f9c73f5aaa7e1774c_1"></div><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">HAWTHORN BANCSHARES, INC.</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">132 East High Street, Box 688</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Jefferson City, Missouri 65102</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">June 30, 2025</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Via EDGAR</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Securities and Exchange Commission</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Division of Corporation Finance</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">100 F Street, N.E.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Attn&#58; Madeleine Joy Mateo</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.408%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:7.880%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:89.312%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Re&#58;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-right:-2.63pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc.</font></div><div style="padding-right:-2.63pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Registration Statement on Form S-3</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-right:-2.63pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">File No. 333-288274&#160;</font></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Ladies and Gentlemen&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Pursuant to Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc., a Missouri corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), hereby respectfully requests that the effective date of the above referenced Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-288274) be accelerated by the Securities and Exchange Commission to 4&#58;00 p.m., Eastern Time, on July 2, 2025, or as soon as practicable thereafter.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company respectfully requests that it be notified when this request for acceleration has been granted by a telephone call or email to Scott Gootee of Stinson LLP at (816) 691-3263 or scott.gootee&#64;stinson.com and that such effectiveness also be confirmed in writing.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:38.002%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:59.798%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Respectfully,</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-right:-2.63pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">HAWTHORN BANCSHARES, INC.</font></div><div style="padding-right:-2.63pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">By&#58; 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Hafner</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-right:-2.63pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Title&#58; Chief Financial Officer</font></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">cc&#58;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Scott Gootee, Stinson LLP</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div></body></html>
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