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

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):  January 18, 2017

 


 

MainSource Financial Group, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Indiana
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

0-12422
(Commission File Number)

 

35-1562245
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

2105 N. State Road 3 Bypass

Greensburg, Indiana 47240

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (812) 663-6734

 


 

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):

 

o                                    Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

On January 18, 2017, Charles J. Thayer informed the Board of Directors of MainSource Financial Group, Inc. (the “Company”) of his intention to retire as a member of the Board of Directors effective as of May 3, 2017, the date of the Company’s 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.  Mr. Thayer has served as Lead Director in 2016 and has served on the Board of Directors of the Company since 2011.

 

Item 8.01  Other Events.

 

In anticipation of Mr. Thayer’s retirement, the Board of Directors has elected Kathie Bardwell to succeed Thayer as Lead Director of the Board effective with the January 23, 2017 meeting of the Board and continuing until January 2018 or until a successor lead director is chosen.  The Board also elected Vince Berta to succeed Bardwell as Chair of the Audit Committee effective the same date.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date:  January 19, 2017

 

 

MAINSOURCE FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Archie M. Brown, Jr.

 

 

Archie M. Brown, Jr.

 

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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