Company: OSBC
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001104659-25-037832
Chunk: 14

Company: OLD SECOND BANCORP INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form: S-4
Chunk 14
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 broker or other nominee, will my bank, broker or other nominee vote my shares for me?

A:

No. Under the rules of the New York Stock Exchange, which we refer to as the “NYSE,” brokers who hold shares in “street name” for a beneficial owner of those shares typically have the authority to vote in their discretion only on “routine” proposals when they have not received instructions from the beneficial owner. However, brokers are not permitted to exercise their voting discretion with respect to the approval of matters that the NYSE determines to be “non-routine” without specific instructions from the beneficial owner. Under NYSE rules, all of the proposals to be voted on at the Bancorp Financial special meeting are considered “non-routine” matters. Bancorp Financial does not anticipate broker non-votes to be present at the special meeting because brokers will not have discretionary authority to vote on any of the proposals absent instructions from the beneficial owners. As a result, if you hold your shares of Bancorp Financial common stock in “street name,” your shares will not be represented and will not be voted on any matter unless you affirmatively instruct your bank, broker or other nominee how to vote your shares in one of the ways indicated by your bank, broker or other nominee. It is therefore critical that you cast your vote by instructing your bank, broker or other nominee on how to vote.**

Please follow the voting instructions provided by your bank, broker or other nominee.

**Q:

How can I vote my shares if I attend the Bancorp Financial special meeting?**

The Bancorp Financial special meeting will be held virtually only, via the internet — there will be no physical location for the special meeting . Due to the virtual nature of the special meeting, votes on the matters being considered at the special meeting will only be counted to the extent that they are received prior to the meeting — no shares will be voted at the meeting.

Bancorp Financial stockholders can attend the Bancorp Financial special meeting by visiting the website [•] prior to the start of the meeting. Please note that this website address is case sensitive. Once you have logged in, you may listen to the meeting on a computer or through a telephone number that will be provided. However, please note that if you wish to ask a question during the special meeting, you will only be able to do so through your computer and you will not be able to ask a question over the telephone.

Q:

How can I vote my shares without attending the Bancorp Financial special meeting?

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