MICHIGAN CITY, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Horizon Bancorp (NASDAQ: 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 CentralMichigan 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 management’s 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
Horizon’s 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.
Horizon Bancorp
Mark E. Secor
Chief Financial Officer
(219)
873-2611
Fax: (219) 874-9280
Source: Horizon Bancorp