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EX-4.1 - SENIOR DEBT INDENTURE, DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 22, 2011 - FIRST MIDWEST BANCORP INCd259913dex41.htm
EX-5.1 - OPINION OF SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP - FIRST MIDWEST BANCORP INCd259913dex51.htm
EX-4.2 - FORM OF GLOBAL NOTE - FIRST MIDWEST BANCORP INCd259913dex42.htm
EX-1.1 - UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT, DATED NOVEMBER 18, 2011 - FIRST MIDWEST BANCORP INCd259913dex11.htm

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): November 22, 2011

 

 

First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   0-10967   36-3161078

(State or other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

 

One Pierce Place, Suite 1500

Itasca, Illinois

  60143
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (630) 875-7450

 

 

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:

 

¨ Written communication 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 8.01 Other Events

Closing of Senior Notes Offering

On November 22, 2011, First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) completed its public offer and sale of $115,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 5.875% Senior Notes due 2016 (the “Senior Notes”) pursuant to an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”), dated November 18, 2011, entered into by the Company and Goldman, Sachs & Co., as representative for the several underwriters named therein. The proceeds from the offering, together with cash on hand, will be used to repurchase all of the Company’s Series B Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, which was issued to the United States Department of the Treasury as a part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program. The repurchase of the Series B Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock is scheduled to occur on November 23, 2011.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

The following exhibits are being filed as part of this Report on Form 8-K:

 

  1.1 Underwriting Agreement, dated November 18, 2011, between the Company and Goldman, Sachs & Co., as representative for the several underwriters.

 

  4.1 Senior Debt Indenture, dated as of November 22, 2011, between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee.

 

  4.2 Form of Global Note.

 

  5.1 Opinion of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP.

 

  23.1 Consent of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5.1).

 

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SIGNATURE

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 Midwest Bancorp, Inc.
Dated: November 22, 2011     By:   /S/ CYNTHIA A. LANCE        
    Name:   Cynthia A. Lance
    Title:   Executive Vice President and Corporate Secretary

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

1.1    Underwriting Agreement, dated November 18, 2011, between the Company and Goldman, Sachs & Co., as representative for the several underwriters.
4.1    Senior Debt Indenture, dated as of November 22, 2011, between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee.
4.2    Form of Global Note.
5.1    Opinion of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP.
23.1     Consent of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5.1).

 

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