Company: OSBC
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001558370-25-005000
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Company: OLD SECOND BANCORP INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form: DEF 14A
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| ● | In 2024, we committed or paid more than $105,000 in donations and grants to support community organizations, including donations to local food pantries, a nonprofit organization supporting low income individuals faced with physical, intellectual and mental health challenges, and a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing low income families with housing opportunities throughout the Chicago area. |

Employee Engagement We believe that our continued growth and future success will depend in large part on the quality of service provided by our employees. We understand that a highly engaged and empowered workforce is key to driving success for our customers, our business, our communities and our stockholders. We seek to provide a compelling value proposition to our employees by providing market-competitive pay and benefits which include retirement programs, broad-based bonuses, health and welfare benefits, financial counseling, paid time off, family leave and flexible work schedules. In 2024, we identified specific areas of focus in response to employee engagement survey results. Leadership, Learning & Development, and Collaboration & Communication were the formal areas of focus. Leadership initiatives centered around increased visibility and frequency of communications resulting in live, recorded, and written messages from the Chief Executive Officer to staff, an in person visit to every branch in our footprint by the CEO and EVP of Retail Banking, strategic senior leadership attendance at meetings and events, and leadership presence at semiannual milestone anniversary luncheons. For Learning and Development we launched LinkedIn Learning to all staff with over 550 employees activating accounts, launched a Retail Mentor program to support new front line Retail staff in their first 90 days, and expanded performance management training for managers to support on-going conversation/continuous feedback. For our Collaboration & Communication focus, we piloted an enhanced 401k education program for Retail staff and launched a partnership between O2 Cares and our CRA Officer to volunteer with Junior Achievement resulting in 25+ volunteers reaching more than 300 students in the Chicagoland area. Sustainable Business Practices We recognize the opportunity to advance economic and social impact through sustainable business operations. In our efforts to promote greater environmental responsibility and operate at an increased level of resource efficiency we:

| ● | encourage conservation and recycling in the communities we serve via paperless statements and other electronic deliveries to our customers. |

| ● | have replaced the majority of our facilities’ water bottle services with water filtration systems to reduce plastic waste. |

| ● | seek opportunities to expand recycling programs throughout our locations, in addition to existing paper recycling and shred services in all of our locations. |

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