HBT Financial, Inc. — Director's Dealing 2026

Mar 3, 2026

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: HBT Financial, Inc. (HBT)
CIK: 0000775215
Period of Report: 2026-03-01

Reporting Person: Ashworth James T (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2026-03-01	Common Stock, $0.01 par value	A	95443	—	Acquired	95443	Direct
2026-03-01	Common Stock, $0.01 par value	A	33654	—	Acquired	33654	Indirect
2026-03-01	Common Stock, $0.01 par value	A	159854	—	Acquired	159854	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Acquired pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement") entered into on October 20, 2025, between Issuer and CNB Bank Shares, Inc. ("CNB"). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the merger, CNB merged with and into Issuer with Issuer surviving the merger, and each share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of CNB outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the merger, was converted into the right to receive, at the option of the Reporting Persons, the following: (1) (a) 1.0434 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of HBT Financial, Inc. ("Common Stock") (the "stock consideration"), (b) cash in the amount of $27.73 (the "cash consideration"), or (c) a combination of cash consideration and stock consideration ("mixed consideration"), in each case subject to adjustment and to the election and proration procedures as provided in the Merger Agreement, and (2) cash in lieu of fractional shares.

F2: Reflects the estimated number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Reporting Persons pursuant to the Merger Agreement. The Reporting Persons will file an amendment to this Form 4 to the extent the actual number of shares of Common Stock issued differs from the numbers reported in column (4).