Company: OSBC
Filing Date: 2025-02-26
Form Type: 425
Source: 0000357173-25-000023
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Company: OLD SECOND BANCORP INC
Filing Date: 2025-02-26
Form: 425
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 as other relevant documents regarding the proposed transaction. A definitive Proxy Statement/Prospectus will also be sent to Bancorp Financial stockholders seeking the required stockholder approval of the transaction. INVESTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS OF BANCORP FINANCIAL ARE URGED TO READ THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND THE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS REGARDING THE MERGER WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC, AS WELL AS ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS TO THOSE DOCUMENTS, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. A free copy of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus (when it becomes available), as well as other filings containing information about Old Second, may be obtained at the SEC’s Internet site (http://www.sec.gov). You will also be able to obtain these documents, free of charge, from Old Second by accessing Old Second’s investor relations website, https://investors.oldsecond.com, under the heading “SEC Filings” or by directing a request to Old Second Shareholder Relations Manager, Shirley Cantrell, at Old Second Bancorp, Inc., 37 S. River St., Aurora, Illinois 60507, by calling 630-906-2303 or by sending an e-mail to scantrell@oldsecond.com. This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or a solicitation of any vote or approval, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction.

Participants in the Solicitation

Old Second and Bancorp Financial and certain of their respective directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from Bancorp Financial’s stockholders in connection with the proposed merger. Information regarding Old Second’s directors and executive officers is contained in Old Second’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A, dated April 19, 2024 and in certain of its Current Reports on Form 8-K, which are filed with the SEC. Additional information regarding the interests of those participants and other persons who may be deemed participants in the transaction will be included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus regarding the proposed merger when it becomes available. Free copies of these documents may be obtained as described in the preceding section.