HBNC Horizon Bancorp Inc

Item 8.01.

Other Events

On July 12, 2016, Horizon Bancorp (“Horizon”) and CNB Bancorp (“CNB”) issued a joint press release announcing the signing of a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein (including approval by CNB’s shareholders), CNB will merge with a subsidiary of Horizon, with CNB surviving the merger and becoming a subsidiary of Horizon (until a later anticipated merger with and into Horizon). Thereafter, CNB’s wholly owned banking subsidiary, The Central National Bank and Trust Company, headquartered in Attica, Indiana, will merge with and into Horizon’s wholly owned banking subsidiary, Horizon Bank, N.A., headquartered in Michigan City, Indiana. A copy of the joint press release announcing the transaction is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

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Forward Looking Statements

This communication 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 communication should be considered in conjunction with the other information available about Horizon, including the information in the filings we make with the SEC. 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 SEC, including those described in “Item 1A Risk Factors” of Part I of Horizon’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015. 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.