UNITED STATES | |||
Delaware | 0-10967 | 36-3161078 | |
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FIRST MIDWEST BANCORP, INC. | ||
Item 1.01 Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement On March 9, 2006, First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. (the"Company") entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the"Underwriting Agreement") with Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. and Raymond James & Associates, Inc., as representatives of the several Underwriters listed on Schedule A thereto (the"Underwriters") relating to the public offering and sale of 3,825,000 newly issued shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the"Common Stock"), at an offering price to the public of $34.46 per share. The Company also granted to the Underwriters a 30-day option to purchase an additional 573,750 shares of Common Stock to cover over-allotments. The closing of the offering, which is subject to customary closing conditions, is expected to occur on March 15, 2006. These shares of Common Stock were registered for offer and sale under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the"Securities Act"), pursuant to the Company's Re gistration Statement on Form S-3, File No. 333-132137. The Underwriting Agreement is filed as Exhibit 1 hereto and is also hereby being filed as an exhibit to, and is hereby incorporated by reference in, the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3, File No. 333-132137. | ||
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure The information contained in this Item 7.01 and in the accompanying exhibit shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or subject to the liability of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Securities Act. On March 9, 2006, the Company issued a press release announcing the pricing of its Common Stock offering. This press release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99. | ||
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits | ||
The documents listed as Exhibit 1 and Exhibit 5 on the Exhibit Index are also filed as exhibits to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3, File No. 333-132137. | ||
(a) and (b) not applicable | ||
(c) Exhibit Index: | ||
1 | Underwriting Agreement, dated March 9, 2006, among First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. and Raymond James & Associates, Inc., as representatives. |
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5 | Opinion of Chapman and Cutler LLP regarding validity of common stock. | |
23 | Consent of Chapman and Cutler LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5). | |
99 | Press Release issued by the Company dated March 9, 2006. | |
SIGNATURES | |
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 thereunto duly authorized. | |
First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. | |
(Registrant) | |
Date: March 9, 2006 | /s/ MICHAEL L. SCUDDER |
Michael L. Scudder |
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