Item 8.01 Other Events.

On May 9, 2012 Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc. issued a press release announcing that it redeemed 12,000 shares of its Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series 2008, issued to the U.S. Treasury Department under the TARP Capital Purchase Program in December of 2008, at a redemption price of $12 million. The full text of the press release is furnished as an exhibit to this report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibit 99.1 Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc. press release dated May 09, 2012.

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