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Registration No. 333-37809
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 12, 1998
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2
TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
FIRST MIDWEST BANCORP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 36-3161078
(State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
300 Park Boulevard, Suite 405, Itasca, Illinois 60143-0459, (630) 875-7450
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of registrant's principal executive offices)
Donald J. Swistowicz
Executive Vice President
First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.
300 Park Boulevard, Suite 405, Itasca, Illinois 60143-0459
(630) 875-7450
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Timothy M. Sullivan Gary L. Mowder
Hinshaw & Culbertson Schiff Hardin & Waite
222 North LaSalle Street, Suite 300 7200 Sears Tower
Chicago, Illinois 60601-1081 Chicago, Illinois 60606
(312) 704-3000 (312) 258-5514
The registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or
dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall
file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration
Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of
the Securities Act of 1933 or until this Registration Statement shall become
effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a),
may determine.
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Pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-37809), First
Midwest Bancorp, Inc., ("First Midwest"), registered 1,520,611 shares of its
Common Stock, $.01 par value per share, for sale by certain of its stockholders.
These stockholders sold 73,000 shares of Common Stock pursuant to this
Registration Statement. First Midwest hereby deregisters 1,447,611 shares of
Common Stock which were not sold pursuant to this Registration Statement.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this post-effective
amendment no. 2 to the registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the Village of Itasca, State of
Illinois, this 12th day of November, 1998.
FIRST MIDWEST BANCORP, INC.
By: /s/ Robert P. O'Meara
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Robert P. O'Meara
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
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/s/Robert P. O'Meara * Chairman of the Board of Directors and
- ------------------------------------------- Chief Executive Officer
Robert P. O'Meara
/s/Andrew B. Barber * Honorary Chairman of the Board of
- ------------------------------------------- Directors
Andrew B. Barber
/s/John M. O'Meara * President, Chief Operating Officer and
- ------------------------------------------- Director
John M. O'Meara
/s/Donald J. Swistowicz Executive Vice President, Chief
- ------------------------------------------- Financial and Accounting Officer
Donald J. Swistowicz
/s/Vernon A. Brunner * Director
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Vernon A. Brunner
/s/Bruce S. Chelberg * Director
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Bruce S. Chelberg
/s/William J. Cowlin * Director
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William J. Cowlin
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/s/O. Ralph Edwards * Director
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O. Ralph Edwards
/s/Joseph W. England * Director
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Joseph W. England
Director
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Brother James Gaffney, F.C.S.
/s/Thomas M. Garvin * Director
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Thomas M. Garvin
Director
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Jack Payan
Director
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John L. Sterling
/s/J. Stephen Vanderwoude * Director
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J. Stephen Vanderwoude
Director
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Richard T. Wojcik
*By Donald J. Swistowicz or Robert P. O'Meara, as Attorney-in-fact.
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