Form 8-K HORIZON BANCORP /IN/ For: Dec 16

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 8.01��Other Events

On December 16, 2014, the Board of Directors of Horizon Bancorp (the Company) approved an increase in the Companys quarterly cash dividend from $0.13 to $0.14 per share payable on January 16, 2015 to shareholders of record on January 2, 2015. Additional information about the dividend increase is included in the press release attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01��Financial Statements and Exhibits

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereto duly authorized.

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EXHIBIT INDEX

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Contact: Mark E. Secor

Chief Financial Officer

Phone: (219) 873-2611

Fax: (219) 874-9280

Date: December 17, 2014

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

HORIZON BANCORP ANNOUNCES A 7.7% QUARTERLY DIVIDEND INCREASE

Michigan City, Indiana  Horizon Bancorp (NASDAQ GM: HBNC) announced today that its Board of Directors has approved an increase in its quarterly dividend from 13 cents to 14 cents per share. This represents a 7.7% increase and a dividend yield of 2.25% based on the price per share of $24.84 as of the close of business on December 16, 2014, the date on which the Board approved the increase.� The dividend will be paid on January 16, 2015 to shareholders of record on January 2, 2015.

Horizon Bancorp is a locally owned, independent, commercial bank holding company serving Northern and Central Indiana and Southwest and Central Michigan through its commercial banking subsidiary Horizon Bank, NA.� Horizon also offers mortgage-banking services throughout the Midwest. Horizon Bancorp may be reached online at www.horizonbank.com.� Its common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol HBNC.

This press release may contain forward-looking statements regarding the financial performance, business prospects, growth and operating strategies of Horizon. For these statements, Horizon claims the protections of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements in this press release should be considered in conjunction with the other information available about Horizon, including the information in the filings we make with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements provide current expectations or forecasts of future events and are not guarantees of future performance. The forward-looking statements are based on managements expectations and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. We have tried, wherever possible, to identify such statements by using words such as anticipate, estimate, project, intend, plan, believe, will and similar expressions in connection with any discussion of future operating or financial performance.� Although management believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements. Risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially include risk factors relating to the banking industry and the other factors detailed from time to time in Horizons reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including those described in its Form 10-K.� Undue reliance should not be placed on the forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Horizon does not undertake, and specifically disclaims any obligation, to publicly release the result of any revisions that may be made to update any forward-looking statement to reflect the events or circumstances after the date on which the forward-looking statement is made, or reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except to the extent required by law.

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Contact:	Horizon Bancorp
�	Mark E. Secor
�	Chief Financial Officer
�	(219) 873-2611
�	Fax: (219) 874-9280

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