Horizon Bancorp Inc
Business Description
Horizon Bancorp is a registered bank holding company incorporated in Indiana
and headquartered in Michigan City, Indiana. Horizon provides a broad range
of banking services in Northern and Central Indiana and Southwestern and Central
Michigan through its bank subsidiary, Horizon Bank, N.A. (the “Bank”)
and other affiliated entities and Horizon Risk Management, Inc. Horizon operates
as a single segment, which is commercial banking. Horizon’s common stock
is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol HBNC. The Bank
was chartered as a national banking association in 1873 and has operated continuously
since that time. The Bank is a full-service commercial bank offering commercial
and retail banking services, corporate and individual trust and agency services
and other services incident to banking. Horizon Risk Management, Inc. is a captive
insurance company incorporated in Nevada and was formed as a wholly owned subsidiary
of Horizon.
The Bank has wholly-owned direct and indirect subsidiaries: Horizon Investments,
Inc. (“Horizon Investments”), Horizon Properties, Inc. (“Horizon
Properties”), Horizon Insurance Services, Inc. (“Horizon Insurance”)
and Horizon Grantor Trust. Horizon Investments manages the investment portfolio
of the Bank. Horizon Properties manages the real estate investment trust. Horizon
Insurance is used by the Company’s Wealth Management to sell certain insurance
products. Horizon Grantor Trust holds title to certain company owned life insurance
policies.
Horizon formed Horizon Bancorp Capital Trust II in 2004 (“Trust II”)
and Horizon Bancorp Capital Trust III in 2006 (“Trust III”) for
the purpose of participating in pooled trust preferred securities offerings.
The Company assumed additional debentures as the result of the acquisition of
Alliance Financial Corporation in 2005, which formed Alliance Financial Statutory
Trust I (“Alliance Trust”). The Company also assumed additional
debentures as the result of the acquisition of American Trust & Savings
Bank (“American”) in 2010, which formed Am Tru Statutory Trust I
(“Am Tru Trust”). The Company also assumed additional debentures
as the result of the Heartland transaction, which formed Heartland (IN) Statutory
Trust II (“Heartland Trust”).
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