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Hawthorn Bancshares Executive Compensation (FY25)

HWBK · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Brent Giles
Latest say-on-pay support
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June 2, 2026
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Data as of October 27, 2026Latest filing (8-K): June 8, 2026
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What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025
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Chief executive total compensation — Brent Giles: $860,453 → $938,831 (9.1% higher)
Say-on-pay support: 97.1% → 97.4% (0.3 points higher)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Hawthorn Bancshares' chief executive and what were they paid?
Total compensation for Brent Giles, Chief Executive Officer, came to $938,831 in fiscal 2025. Giles' total was 9.1% higher than the $860,453 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was Hawthorn Bancshares' say-on-pay result?
For fiscal 2025, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 97.4% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held June 2, 2026.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2022
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
David Turner
Chairman and Former Chief Executive Officer
◇◇——◇—◇◇
Kathleen Bruegenhemke
Senior Vice President Secretary & Risk Officer
◇◇——◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
David Turner
Chairman and Former Chief Executive Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇———◇—◇◇
Brent Giles
Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Gregg Bexten
President
◇◇——◇—◇◇
Kathleen Bruegenhemke
Senior Vice President Secretary & Risk Officer
◇———◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Brent Giles
Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Gregg Bexten
President
◇———◇—◇◇
Martin Weishaar
Executive Vice President, General Counsel
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Brent Giles
Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Gregg Bexten
President
◇———◇—◇◇
Martin Weishaar
EVP, Chief Administrative Officer & General Counsel
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Equity awards granted

Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2023
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
Brent GilesRSU———◇——◇
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Brent GilesRSU◇◇——
Martin WeishaarRSU◇◇——
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Severance and change in control

The terms as written in the agreements.
Brent Giles
Chief Executive Officer · Employment agreement
Severance multiple◇
Severance base◇
Gregg Bexten
President · Change-in-control agreement
Change-in-control multiple◇
Martin Weishaar
EVP, Chief Administrative Officer & General Counsel · Severance agreement
Change-in-control multiple◇

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Kevin L. Riley
◇—————◇
Philip D. Freeman
Lead independent director
◇—————◇
Frank E. Burkhead
◇—————◇
Gus S. Wetzel III
◇—————◇
Jonathan D. Holtaway
◇—————◇
Douglas T. Eden
◇—————◇
David T. Turner
Board chair
◇—————◇
Jonathan L. States
◇—————◇
Shawna M. Hettinger
◇—————◇
Earlier years are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
Board cash retainer◇
Board meeting fee◇
Committee meeting fee◇

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025June 2, 2026=◇◇◇
2024June 3, 2025=◇◇◇
2023June 4, 2024=◇◇◇
2022June 6, 2023=◇◇◇
2021June 7, 2022=◇◇◇
2020June 8, 2021=◇◇◇
2019June 2, 2020=◇◇◇
2016June 6, 2017=◇◇◇

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- Brent Giles (Chief Executive Officer), FY2025 total compensation $938,831 (base salary $463,500) [exec_comp, SEC accession 0000893847-26-000041, filed 2026-04-17]

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Citations

Every figure on this page is cited to the document that reported it. Select any figure to see its citation.
119 figures on this page: 111 cited to the filing that reported them, 8 calculated from figures it prints.
111 cited to the filing
8 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0000893847-26-000076
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  2. 0000893847-26-000041
    Change in Control and Severance Agreements · Director Compensation · Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year End · Summary Compensation Table
  3. 0000893847-25-000018
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  4. 0000893847-24-000013
    Advisory Approval of the Compensation of our Executives
  5. 0000893847-24-000005
    Summary Compensation Table
  6. 0000893847-23-000014
    Advisory Approval of the Compensation of our Executives
  7. 0000893847-22-000017
    Advisory Approval of the Compensation of our Executives
  8. 0001558370-21-008198
    Advisory Approval of the Compensation of our Executives
  9. 0001415889-20-001503
    Advisory Approval of the Compensation of our Executives
  10. 0001415889-17-001027
    Advisory Approval of the Compensation of our Executives
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APA
Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
BibTeX
@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}
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