Company: OSBC
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001104659-25-037832
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Company: OLD SECOND BANCORP INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form: S-4
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If you are a holder of record as of the Bancorp Financial record date, you may submit your proxy before the Bancorp Financial special meeting in any of the following ways:

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by mail, by completing, signing, dating and returning the enclosed proxy card using the enclosed postage-paid envelope;

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by telephone, by calling toll-free [•] and following the recorded instructions; or

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via the Internet, by accessing the website [•] and following the instructions on the website.

If you intend to submit your proxy by telephone or via the Internet, you must do so by 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time on the day before the Bancorp Financial special meeting. If you intend to submit your proxy by mail, your completed proxy card must be received prior to the Bancorp Financial special meeting.

Q:

What will happen if I return my proxy card without indicating how to vote?

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If you sign and return your proxy card without indicating how to vote on any particular proposal, the shares of Bancorp Financial common stock represented by your proxy will be voted as recommended by the Bancorp Financial board of directors with respect to such proposal, as the case may be.

Q:

May I change my vote after I have submitted my proxy or voting instruction card?

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Yes. If you are a holder of record of Bancorp Financial common stock, you can change your vote or revoke your proxy at any time before your proxy is voted at the special meeting. You can do this by:

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timely delivering a signed written notice of revocation to the Corporate Secretary of Bancorp Financial;

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signing and returning a proxy card with a later date; or

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voting by telephone or the Internet at a later time.

**Simply attending the Bancorp Financial special meeting in person will not revoke any proxy that you have previously given or change your vote. 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.

If you hold shares of Bancorp Financial common stock in “street name,” you must contact your bank, broker or other nominee to change your vote.

Q: Are Bancorp Financial stockholders entitled to appraisal rights?**

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Yes. Bancorp Financial stockholders may assert appraisal rights in connection with the merger and, upon complying with the requirements of Section 262