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Registration No. 333-47381
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to
FORM S-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
FIRST MIDWEST BANCORP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
6022
(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number)
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) 875-7460
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
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Timothy M. Sullivan John E. Freechack Joel S. Corwin
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Hinshaw & Culbertson Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum Perlman & Nagelberg Law Offices of Joel S. Corwin
222 North LaSalle Street 333 West Wacker Drive 20 South Clark Street
Suite 300 Suite 2700 Suite 2200
Chicago, Illinois 60601-1081 Chicago, Illinois 60606 Chicago, Illinois 60603
(312) 704-3852 (312) 984-3100 (312) 357-0100
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Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale of the securities to the
public: Upon consummation of the Merger as described in the Registration
Statement.
If the only securities being registered on this form are being offered in
connection with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance with
General Instruction G, check the following box: [_]
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 the 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 this Registration Statement on Form S-4 (No. 333-47381), First
Midwest Bancorp, Inc. ("First Midwest"), registered 9,719,657 shares of its
common stock, $.01 par value per share ("Common Stock"), issuable pursuant to an
Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of January 14, 1998 by and among First
Midwest, First Midwest Acquisition Corporation ("Acquisition Corp."), a wholly
owned subsidiary of First Midwest, and Heritage Financial Services, Inc.
("Heritage"), which provided for the merger of Heritage into Acquisition Corp.
(the "Merger"). On July 1, 1998, First Midwest consummated the Merger whereby
each outstanding share of Heritage's common stock, no par value, was converted
into, and became exchangeable for .7695 shares of First Midwest Common Stock,
resulting in the issuance of an aggregate of 9,628,050 shares of First Midwest
Common Stock. First Midwest hereby amends this Registration Statement to
deregister 91,607 shares of Common Stock that remain unissued following the
consummation of the Merger.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
First Midwest Bancorp, Inc., has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1
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
21st day of August,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
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Robert P. O'Meara Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
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Andrew B. Barber Honorary Chairman of the Board of Directors
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John M. O'Meara President, Chief Operating Officer and Director
/s/ Donald J. Swistowicz
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Donald J. Swistowicz Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and
Accounting Officer
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Vernon A. Brunner Director
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Bruce S. Chelberg Director
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William J. Cowlin Director
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O. Ralph Edwards Director
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Joseph W. England Director
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Brother James Gaffney, F.S.C. Director
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Thomas M. Garvin Director
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Jack Payan Director
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John L. Sterling Director
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J. Stephen Vanderwoude Director
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Richard T. Wojcik Director
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* By Robert P. O'Meara and Donald J. Swistowicz, as attorneys-in-fact
