Company: OSBC
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001558370-25-005000
Chunk: 2

Company: OLD SECOND BANCORP INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 2
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 May 20, 2025 at 9:00 a.m., central time, or at any postponements or adjournments of the meeting. Instructions for virtually attending the meeting are included below. Old Second Bancorp, Inc. conducts a full service community banking and trust business through its wholly owned subsidiary, Old Second National Bank. Our principal executive offices are located at 37 South River Street, Aurora, Illinois 60507. A copy of our annual report for the year ended December 31, 2024, which includes audited financial statements, is enclosed. This proxy statement was first mailed to our stockholders on or about April 18, 2025. As used in this proxy statement, the terms “Old Second,” “the Company,” “we,” “our” and “us” all refer to Old Second Bancorp, Inc., and its subsidiaries. Additionally, references to the “Bank” refer to Old Second National Bank. GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE MEETING AND VOTING Why am I receiving this proxy statement and proxy card? You are receiving a proxy statement and proxy card from us because on March 21, 2025, the record date for the annual meeting, you owned shares of our common stock. This proxy statement describes the matters that will be presented for consideration by the stockholders at the annual meeting. It also gives you information concerning these matters to assist you in making an informed voting decision. When you sign and return the enclosed proxy card, or vote via the Internet, you appoint the proxy holder as your representative at the meeting. The proxy holder will vote your shares as you have instructed, ensuring that your shares will be voted whether or not you attend the meeting. Even if you plan to attend the annual meeting, we urge you to complete, sign and return your proxy card, or vote via the Internet, in advance of the annual meeting in case your plans change. What matters will be voted on at the meeting? You are being asked to vote on six matters:

| ● | the election of the four Class III director nominees named in this proxy statement; |

| ● | a non-binding, advisory proposal to approve the compensation of our named executive officers, which we refer to as the “say-on-pay” proposal; |

| ● | to adopt an amendment to our Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the “Certificate of Incorporation”, to increase our authorized shares of common stock from 60,000,000 shares, par value $1.00 per share, to