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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)
April 13, 2011


First Ottawa Bancshares, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

000-30495
 
36-4331185
(Commission File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)


701 LaSalle Street, Ottawa, Illinois
 
61350
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)


(815) 434-0044
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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 (see General Instruction A.2 below):

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 
 

 
 
Item 7.01.  Regulation FD Disclosure
 
On April 13, 2011, First Ottawa Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”) mailed its 2010 Annual Report to its shareholders, which included a letter to shareholders from Joachim J. Brown, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer.  A copy of the letter to shareholders is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as otherwise stated in such filing.

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

 
(d)
Exhibits.


 
 

 

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.


   
FIRST OTTAWA BANCSHARES, INC.
 
       
Dated:  April 13, 2011
 
By:
/s/ Joachim J. Brown
 
   
Name:  
Joachim J. Brown
 
   
Title:
President and Chief Executive Officer