UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 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) – November 15, 2011
HILLS BANCORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Commission File Number 0-12668
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Iowa
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42-1208067
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(IRS Employer Identification No.)
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131 Main Street, Hills, Iowa 52235
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(Address of principal executive office)
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Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (319) 679-2291
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:
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Item 8.01 Other Events
Hills Bancorporation closed its public offering of common stock on November 15, 2011. The gross proceeds of the offering were $25,997,580, or $25,837,580 net of estimated offering expenses of $160,000. The Company sold a total of 412,660 shares of its common stock in the offering, including 40,028 shares to the Company’s Employee Stock Ownership Plan.
The shares were sold pursuant to a prospectus filed as part of the Form S-3 Registration Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission that became effective on August 11, 2011.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirement 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.
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HILLS BANCORPORATION
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Date: November 21, 2011
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By: /s/ Dwight O. Seegmiller | |
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Dwight O. Seegmiller, Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
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