Filed by: Home Bancorp
Holding Company for Home Loan Bank
Pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act of 1933
Subject Company: Home Bancorp and Old Kent Financial Corporation
Commission File No: 333-42804
THE FOLLOWING PRESS RELEASE WAS DISSEMINATED BY HOME BANCORP ON SEPTEMBER 7,
2000:
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NEWS RELEASE
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Home Bancorp Date September 7, 2000
132 EAST BERRY STREET o P.O. BOX 989
FORT WAYNE, INDIANA 46801-0989 Contact Marvin C. Schumm
PHONE: (219) 422-3502 President and Chief Executive
FAX: (219) 426-7027 Officer
Home Loan Bank
Holding Company for Home Loan Bank
HOME BANCORP
Declares Cash Dividend
FORT WAYNE, Indiana, -- September 7, 2000 -- Home Bancorp (Nasdaq: HBFW), parent
company of Home Loan Bank, Fort Wayne, Indiana, has declared a cash dividend of
$0.10 per share. The dividend will be payable September 29, 2000 to shareholders
of record September 18, 2000.
This is the nineteenth consecutive quarterly dividend declared by HBFW.
Home Loan Bank operates ten retail-banking offices in Fort Wayne, Decatur and
New Haven.
/contact: Marvin C. Schumm, President & CEO of Home Loan Bank, 219-422-3502
(Fax: 219-426-7027)/
The parties intend to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a
definitive prospectus proxy statement relating to the proposed merger. WE URGE
INVESTORS TO READ THE PROSPECTUS AND PROXY STATEMENT AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT
DOCUMENTS TO BE FILED WITH THE SEC, WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY
CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Investors are able to obtain the documents free
of charge at the SEC's Web site, www.sec.gov. Documents filed with the SEC by
Old Kent Financial Corporation will be available free of charge by directing a
request to the Secretary of Old Kent Financial Corporation at 111 Lyon Street,
N.W., Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503. Documents filed with the SEC by Home Bancorp
will be available free of charge by directing a request to Secretary of Home
Bancorp at 132 East Berry Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802. Information
concerning the participants in the solicitation of proxies for the merger will
be included in the definitive prospectus and proxy statement.
