Company: OSBC
Filing Date: 2025-05-06
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001104659-25-045103
Chunk: 313

Company: OLD SECOND BANCORP INC
Filing Date: 2025-05-06
Form: S-4/A
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 the Effective Time or the termination of this Agreement, unless the prior written consent of Company shall have been obtained (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed, or conditioned), and except as otherwise contemplated herein, Buyer covenants and agrees that it will not do or agree or commit to do, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to do or agree or commit to do, any of the following:

(a) except as set forth on Section 6.3(a) of the Buyer Disclosure Memorandum, amend the Buyer Certificate of Incorporation or Buyer Bylaws in a manner that changes any material term or provision of the Buyer Common Stock or that otherwise would materially and adversely affect the

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economic benefits of the Merger to the holders of Company Common Stock or would materially impede Buyer’s ability to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

(b) except as set forth on Section 6.3(b) of the Buyer Disclosure Memorandum, adjust, split, combine or reclassify any capital stock of Buyer;

(c) knowingly take, or fail to take, any action, which action or failure to act prevents or impedes, or could reasonably be expected to prevent or impede the Merger from qualifying as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code;

(d) take any action that is intended to, would or would be reasonably likely to result in any of the conditions set forth in Article 8 not being satisfied or prevent or materially delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby;

(e) agree to take, make any commitment to take, or adopt any resolutions of the Board of Directors of Buyer in support of, any of the actions prohibited by this Section 6.3 .

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(a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement, Buyer and Company shall prepare the Registration Statement, which Buyer shall file with the SEC and will include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. The Parties shall use reasonable best efforts to make such filings within sixty (60) days of the date of this Agreement. Each of Buyer and Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to have the Registration Statement declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filings. Company will cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Company Stockholders as soon as reasonably practicable after the Registration