CSB FINANCIAL GROUP INC
8-A12G, 2000-01-27
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                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

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                                 FORM 8-A/A


              FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
                  PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE
                       SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                          CSB FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
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           (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

               Delaware                                   37-1336338
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      (State of incorporation or organization)          I.R.S. Employer
                                                      Identification No.)

       200 South Poplar Street, Centralia, IL               62801
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      (Address of principal executive offices)            (Zip code)

      If this form relates to the        If this form relates to the
      registration of a class of         registration of a class of
      securities pursuant to Section     securities pursuant to Section
      12(b) of the Exchange Act and      12(g) of the Exchange Act and
      is effective pursuant to General   is effective pursuant to General
      Instruction A.(c), please check    Instruction A.(d), please check
      the following box. [  ]            the following box. [X]

   Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form
   relates:
             N/A
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        (If applicable)

   Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

        Title of Each Class      Name of Each Exchange on Which
        to be so Registered      Each Class is to be Registered
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                 None                      N/A
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   Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

                  Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share,
              including associated common stock purchase rights
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                              (Title of class)


   ITEM 1.   DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT'S SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED

        On January 26, 2000, CSB Financial Group, Inc. (the "Company")
   entered into Amendment No. 1 (the "Amendment"), dated as of January
   26, 2000, to the Rights Agreement, dated as of June 13, 1997, between
   the Company and Registrar and Transfer Company, as rights agent (the
   "Rights Agreement").  The Amendment exempts (1) the Agreement and Plan
   of Merger, dated as of January 26, 2000 (the "Merger Agreement"), by
   and among the Company, Midland States Bancorp, Inc., a Delaware
   corporation ("Midland"), and CSB Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware
   corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Midland ("MergerSub"),
   providing for the affiliation of the Company with Midland through the
   merger of MergerSub with and into the Company (the "Merger") and  (2)
   the Support Agreements by and between Midland and certain of the
   Company's directors and executive officers in their capacities as
   stockholders from the application of the Rights Agreement.

        The foregoing description of the Amendment is qualified in its
   entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment, which is
   attached as an exhibit hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

   ITEM 2.   EXHIBITS

        The following exhibit is filed as a part of this Registration
   Statement:

   EXHIBIT NO.         DESCRIPTION
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        4.1       Amendment No. 1, dated as of January 26, 2000, which
                  amends the Rights Agreement, dated as of June 13, 1997,
                  by and between CSB Financial Group, Inc. and Registrar
                  and Transfer Company.

                                  SIGNATURE

             Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities
   Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration
   statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly
   authorized.

   Dated:    January 26, 2000

                                 CSB FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.


                                 By:  /s/ K. Gary Reynolds
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                                 Name:   K. Gary Reynolds
                                 Title:  President and Chief
                                           Executive Officer


                                EXHIBIT INDEX

   EXHIBIT NO.         DESCRIPTION

        4.1       Amendment No. 1, dated as of January 26, 2000, which
                  amends the Rights Agreement, dated as of June 13, 1997,
                  by and between CSB Financial Group, Inc. and Registrar
                  and Transfer Company.







                                                              EXHIBIT 4.1
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                     AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO RIGHTS AGREEMENT


             This AMENDMENT NO. 1 dated as of January 26, 2000, is made
   by and between CSB FINANCIAL GROUP, INC., a Delaware corporation (the
   "Company"), and REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER COMPANY, a New Jersey
   corporation (the "Rights Agent"), and amends the Rights Agreement,
   dated as of June 13, 1997, by and between the Company and the Rights
   Agent (the "Rights Agreement").

                             W I T N E S S E T H
                             - - - - - - - - - -

             WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company has approved
   an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement") by and among
   the Company, Midland States Bancorp, Inc., a Delaware corporation
   ("Midland"), and CSB Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation
   and a wholly owned subsidiary of Midland ("MergerSub"), providing for
   the affiliation of the Company with Midland through the merger of
   MergerSub with and into the Company (the "Merger");

             WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company has
   determined that the Merger is advisable and in the best interests of
   the Company and its stockholders;

             WHEREAS, the Merger Agreement contemplates the amendment of
   the Rights Agreement on the terms set forth herein;

             WHEREAS, Section 28 of the Rights Agreement provides that,
   among other things, the Company and the Rights Agent may amend the
   Rights Agreement without the approval of any holders of the Rights in
   regard to matters which the Company and the Rights Agent deem
   necessary or desirable and which shall not adversely affect the
   interests of the holders of Rights Certificates; and

             WHEREAS, the Company and the Rights Agent have determined
   that this Amendment No. 1 is necessary and desirable to effectuate the
   Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement
   and that it does not adversely affect the interests of the holders of
   Rights Certificates.

             NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual
   agreements set forth in the Rights Agreement and this Amendment, the
   parties hereby agree as follows:

             1.   Section 1 of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended by
   adding the following definitions thereto:

             "MergerSub" shall mean CSB Acquisition Corporation, a
        Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of
        Midland.


             "Merger" shall mean the merger of MergerSub with and
        into the Company as contemplated by the Merger Agreement.

             "Merger Agreement" shall mean the Agreement and Plan of
        Merger, dated as of January 26, 2000, by and among Midland,
        MergerSub and the Company, as the same may be amended in
        accordance with the terms thereof.

             "Midland" shall mean Midland States Bancorp, Inc., a
        Delaware corporation.

             "Support Agreements" shall mean the Support Agreements
        by and between Midland, on the one hand, and certain directors
        and executive officers of the Company in their capacities as
        stockholders thereof, on the other, as each may be amended by
        the terms thereof.

   The subsections of Section 1 of the Rights Agreement shall be
   relettered to take into account and properly reference in alphabetical
   order the additions set forth above.

             2.   Section 1 of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended by
   adding the following new paragraph to the end thereof:

             Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
        herein, none of Midland, MergerSub, nor any of their
        Affiliates or Associates nor any of their permitted
        assignees or transferees shall be deemed an Acquiring Person
        and neither a Distribution Date nor a Share Acquisition Date
        shall be deemed to occur or to have occurred, in each such
        case, by reason of (i) the announcement of the Merger or
        (ii) the execution of the Merger Agreement or the Support
        Agreements (or any amendments thereto in accordance with the
        terms thereof) or the consummation of the transactions
        contemplated by the Merger Agreement (including, without
        limitation, the Merger) or the Support Agreements.

             3.   Section 7(a) of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended
   in its entirety to read as follows:

             (a)  The registered holder of any Right Certificate may
        exercise the Rights evidenced thereby (except as otherwise
        provided herein) in whole or in part at any time after the
        Distribution Date, upon surrender of the Right Certificate,
        with the form of election to purchase on the reverse side
        thereof duly executed, to the Rights Agent, at the principal
        office of the Rights Agent in Cranford, New Jersey, together
        with payment of the aggregate Purchase Price for each share
        of Common Stock on or prior to the Close of Business on the
        earliest of (i) at 5:00 p.m., Chicago, Illinois time on
        June 23, 2007 (the "Final Expiration Date"), (ii) the time
        at which the Rights are redeemed pursuant to Section 24
        hereof, (iii) the time at which such Rights are exchanged
        pursuant to Section 25 hereof or (iv) immediately prior to
        the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement) (the


        earliest of such herein referred to as the "Expiration
        Date").

             4.   The Rights Agreement shall not otherwise be
   supplemented or amended by virtue of this Amendment No. 1, but shall
   remain in full force and effect.

             5.   Capitalized terms used without other definition in this
   Amendment No. 1 shall be used as defined in the Rights Agreement;
   provided that the term "Agreement" as used in the Rights Agreement
   shall be deemed to refer to the Rights Agreement as amended by this
   Amendment No. 1.

             6.   This Amendment No. 1 shall be effective as of, and
   immediately prior to, the execution and delivery of the Merger
   Agreement.

             7.   This Amendment No.1 shall be deemed to be a contract
   made under the laws of the  State of Delaware and for all purposes
   will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of such
   State applicable to contracts to be made and performed entirely within
   such State.

             8.   Exhibits A and B to the Rights Agreement shall be
   deemed amended in a manner consistent with this Amendment No. 1.

             9.   This Amendment No. 1 may be executed in two or more
   counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of
   which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

             IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
   Amendment No. 1 to be duly executed and delivered, all as of the date
   first above written.


                                      CSB FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.


                                      By:  /s/ K. Gary Reynolds
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                                           K. Gary Reynolds, President
                                             and Chief Executive Officer



                                      REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER COMPANY


                                      By:  /s/ William P. Tatler
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                                           William P. Tatler,
                                           Vice President





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