Company: OSBC
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001104659-25-037832
Chunk: 322

Company: OLD SECOND BANCORP INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form: S-4
Chunk 322
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or cause to be taken, all actions necessary, proper or advisable to comply promptly with all legal requirements that may be imposed on such Party or its Subsidiaries with respect to the Merger and the Bank Merger and, subject to the conditions set forth in Article 8 hereof, to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (b) to obtain (and to cooperate with the other Party to obtain) any material consent, authorization, Order or approval of, or any non-objection or exemption by, any Governmental Entity and any other third party that is required to be obtained by Company or Buyer or any of their respective Subsidiaries in connection with the Merger, the Bank Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

7.6

#### Stock Exchange Listing
. Buyer shall, as promptly as practicable, file all documents (including a Notification of Listing of Additional Shares), take all actions reasonably necessary and otherwise use its reasonable best efforts to (a) list, prior to the Effective Time if such listing is required to be made prior to the Effective Time under NASDAQ listing rules, the shares of Buyer Common Stock to be issued as part of the Merger Consideration in connection with the Merger, or (b) make such post-Closing filings with the NASDAQ as may be required by the applicable rules thereof.

7.7

#### Employee Matters
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(a) From and after the Effective Time, unless otherwise mutually determined by Company and Buyer prior to the Effective Time or except where Company Benefit Plans are continued in effect with respect to certain groups of employees, Buyer shall provide to employees of Company and its Subsidiaries who at the Effective Time become employees of Buyer or its Subsidiaries (the “ Continuing Employees ”) employee compensation and benefits under the Buyer Benefit Plans on terms and conditions that are the same as those that apply to similarly situated Buyer employees, and such Continuing Employees shall be eligible to participate in each applicable Buyer Benefit Plan as set forth below. Except for those agreements set forth on Section 7.7(a) of the Buyer Disclosure Memorandum, which will be terminated by Buyer as of the Effective Time and all amounts due thereunder shall be paid in accordance with the employment agreement or any such other agreement with respect thereto as may be entered into between the parties, as applicable, Buyer and Buyer Bank shall assume all Company employment and change of control