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): December 19, 2005
PRIVATEBANCORP, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter.)
Commission File Number: 000-25887
Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | 36-3681151 (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
Ten North Dearborn Street Chicago, Illinois (Address of principal executive offices) | 60602 (Zip Code) |
(312) 683-7100
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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ITEM 7.01 REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE
On December 19, 2005, PrivateBancorp, Inc. (the "Company") announced that it will webcast live its quarterly conference call with financial analysts regarding its earnings results for the quarter ended December 31, 2005. The call will be held on January 17, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern time (10:00 a.m. Central time). Access to the call will be available via a link called "Fourth Quarter 2005 Earnings Call" on the investor relations page of the Company's Internet website at www.pvtb.com. Attached as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of the press release relating to the conference call, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Note: the information in this report (including the exhibits) is furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 and shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing. This report will not be deemed a determination or an admission as to the materiality of any information in the report that is required to be disclosed solely by Regulation FD.
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 hereunto duly authorized.
| PRIVATEBANCORP, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Ralph B. Mandell | |
| Name: | Ralph B. Mandell | |
| Title: | Chairman, President and | |
| Chief Executive Officer | ||
| Date: | December 19, 2005 |
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
| Exhibit | |
| 99.1 | Press Release dated December 19, 2005 |