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Hawthorn Bancshares Announces Results of 2010 Annual Meeting

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  Published in Business and Finance on Thursday, June 3rd 2010 at 12:30 GMT by Market Wire
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LEE'S SUMMIT, Mo.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--The Board of Directors of Hawthorn Bancshares Inc. (NASDAQ: HWBK) announced that at its June 1, 2010 Annual Meeting of Shareholders voters re-elected Kevin L. Riley and David T. Turner as Class III directors to serve three-year terms expiring 2013.

Mr. Riley has served as Director of Hawthorn Bancshares since 1995 and is currently co-owner of two automobile dealerships in Jefferson City, Mo. Mr. Turner has served as Director since 1997 and as President of Hawthorn Bancshares since 2002.

Other members of the 6-member board include Chairman & CEO James E. Smith, Charles G. Dudenhoeffer, Jr., Philip D. Freeman, and Gus S. Wetzel, II. The Companya™s advisory directorate is composed of Harold G. Butzer, David R. Goller, James R. Loyd and Julius F. Wall.

Shareholders also approved ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010, and the shareholder advisory vote on executive pay.

About Hawthorn Bancshares

Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc., a financial-bank holding company headquartered in Lee's Summit, Missouri, is the parent company of Hawthorn Bank of Jefferson City with locations in Lee's Summit, Springfield, Branson, Independence, Raymore, Columbia, Clinton, Windsor, Collins, Osceola, Warsaw, Belton, Drexel, Harrisonville, California, and St. Robert.

Statements made in this press release that suggest Hawthorn Bancshares' or management's intentions, hopes, beliefs, expectations, or predictions of the future include "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.It is important to note that actual results could differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements.Additional information concerning factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements is contained from time to time in the company's quarterly and annual reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.