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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.37

                             FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE
                           TAYLOR CAPITAL GROUP, INC.
                                   401(K) PLAN

         WHEREAS, effective October 1, 1998 the Taylor Capital Group, Inc.
401(k) Plan (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan") was established; and

         WHEREAS, the Employer has amended the Plan from time to time; and

         NOW, THEREFORE, effective October 1, 2000, the Employer hereby amends
the Plan as set forth below by virtue of the power reserved to the Company by
subsection 15.1 of the Plan, and in exercise of the authority delegated to the
Committee established pursuant to Section 16 of the plan (the "Committee") by
subsection 15.1 of the Plan. The provisions of this Amendment shall take
precedence over any conflicting provisions of the Plan:

         I.       Section 2.1 "Eligibility to Participate" of the plan document
                  is amended to add subsection (c) as follows:

                  2.1 (c) Regardless of any of the above age and/or service
                  requirements, any former Corus Bankshares, Inc. employee who
                  became an employee of Taylor Capital Group, Inc. on October 1,
                  2000 shall be eligible to Participate hereunder and shall
                  enter the Plan as of such date.

         II.      Section 4.2 "Employer Matching Contributions" of the plan
                  document is amended to add the following paragraph:

                  Any former Corus Bankshares, Inc. employee who became a
                  Participant in the Taylor Capital Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan on
                  October 1, 2000, shall be eligible to share in any employer
                  matching contributions and forfeitures for the plan year
                  ending December 31, 2000 regardless of the number of hours
                  worked from October 1, 2000 through December 31, 2000.

         III.     Section 10.2(b)(iii) "Resignation or Dismissal" of the plan
                  document is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

                  A participant's "vesting service" means any plan year in which
                  the participant has completed at least 1,000 hours of service
                  with the Employers and the Controlled Group Members (including
                  service prior to the effective date) measured from the date
                  the participant first performs an hour of service (as defined
                  in subsection 2.1 of the Plan Document as amended) with the
                  Employers or the Controlled Group Members, or, prior to the
                  effective date, CTFG or an affiliate of CTFG. In addition, any
                  former Corus Bankshares, Inc. employee whose date of
                  participation commenced on October 1, 2000 pursuant to Section
                  2.1 of the plan document as amended shall be credited with
                  their prior years of service with Corus Bankshares, Inc. to be
                  applied to the Taylor Capital Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan vesting
                  schedule.

         IV.      In all other respects, the Plan shall remain unchanged.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto affix their signatures on this 14th day
of June, 2001, in adoption of this aforementioned amendment.

                             TAYLOR CAPITAL GROUP, INC. (EMPLOYER)

                             By (print): Jeffrey Taylor
                                        _______________________________________
                             Title: Chairman
                                    ___________________________________________

                             /s/ Jeffrey Taylor
                             __________________________________________________
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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.38

                                 FIFTH AMENDMENT
                                       OF
                     TAYLOR CAPITAL GROUP, INC. 401(K) PLAN
                        (Effective as of October 1, 1998)

                  WHEREAS, Taylor Capital Group, Inc. (the "Company") maintains
the Taylor Capital Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan (Effective as of October 1, 1998)
(the "Plan"); and

                  WHEREAS, amendment of the Plan is now considered desirable;

                  NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the power reserved to the Company
by subsection 15.1 of the Plan, and in exercise of the authority delegated to
the Committee established pursuant to Section 16 of the plan (the "Committee")
by subsection 15.1 of the Plan, the Plan is hereby amended in the following
particulars:

                  1. Effective January 1, 2001, by substituting the following
for subsection 3.4 of the Plan:

         "3.4. EARNINGS

         Unless stated otherwise, a participant's `earnings' for a plan year
         means all compensation paid to the participant for services rendered to
         an Employer as an employee as reported on the participant's Federal
         wage and tax statement (Form W-2), including (i) the participant's
         income deferral contributions made during the plan year under this
         Plan, and (ii) all salary reductions made during the plan year pursuant
         to an arrangement maintained by an Employer under Section 125 or
         Section 132(f) of the Code, but excluding (iii) disability payments
         (short term or long term), (iv) non-qualified deferred compensation
         amounts, (v) stock based compensation, including any dividends paid on
         restricted shares and any other payments from any such plans or
         programs, (vi) severance
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         payments, and (vii) any other `fringe' benefit (as defined by the
         Committee). In no event, however, shall the amount of a Participant's
         earnings taken into account for purposes of the plan for any plan year
         exceed the dollar limitation in effect under Code Section 410(a)(17)
         (as that limitation is adjusted from time to time by the Secretary of
         the Treasury pursuant to Code Section 410(a)(17) and which is $170,000
         for the 2001 plan year)."

                  2. Effective January 1, 2001, by substituting the following
for the first sentence of subsection 7.1 of the Plan:

         "For each limitation year, the `annual addition' (as defined below) to
         a participant's account shall not exceed the lesser of $35,000 (or such
         greater amount as may be provided by the Secretary of the Treasury
         under Code Section 415(c)) or twenty-five percent of the participant's
         compensation (as defined in Treasury Regulations Section 415-2(d))
         during that limitation year."

                  3. Effective January 1, 2001, by adding the following at the
end of Section 11.1 of the Plan:

         "With respect to distributions under the Plan made for calendar years
         beginning on or after January 1, 2001, the plan will apply the minimum
         distribution requirements of Code Section 401(a)(9) in accordance with
         the regulations under Section 401(a)(9) that were proposed on January
         17, 2001, notwithstanding any provision of the plan to the contrary;
         this provision shall continue in effect until the end of the last
         calendar year beginning before the effective date of final regulations
         under Code Section 401(a)(9) or such other date as may be specified in
         guidance published by the Internal Revenue Service."

                  4. Effective January 1, 2001, by adding the following at the
end of paragraph 11.4(a) of the Plan:

                           "A hardship distribution (as described in Code
                           Section 401(k)(2)(B)(i)(IV)) shall not be an eligible
                           rollover distribution."

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                  5. Effective August 5, 1997, by adding the following at the
end of subsection 13.1 of the Plan:

         "The foregoing shall not apply to a judgment, settlement, order or
         requirement described in Code Section 401(a)(13)(C)."

                  6. Effective January 1, 2000, by adding the following at the
end of subsection 17.7 of the Plan:

                  "Notwithstanding the above, the provisions of this subsection
         17.7 shall not apply to any plan year beginning after December 31,
         1999."

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned duly authorized member of
the Committee has caused the foregoing amendment to be executed this 20th day of
September, 2001.

                                   /s/ Jeffrey W. Taylor
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                                   On behalf of the Committee as Aforesaid

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.39

                                 SIXTH AMENDMENT
                                       OF
                     TAYLOR CAPITAL GROUP, INC. 401(K) PLAN
                        (Effective as of October 1, 1998)

                  WHEREAS, Taylor Capital Group, Inc. (the "Company") maintains
the Taylor Capital Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan (Effective as of October 1, 1998)
(the "Plan"); and

                  WHEREAS, amendment of the Plan is now considered desirable;

                  NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the power reserved to the Company
by subsection 15.1 of the Plan, and in exercise of the authority delegated to
the Committee established pursuant to Section 16 of the plan (the "Committee")
by subsection 15.1 of the Plan, the Plan is hereby amended in the following
particulars:

                  1. By substituting the following for subparagraph 2.1(b) of
the Plan, effective January 1, 2002:

                  "(b)     Subject to the conditions and limitations of the
                           Plan, each other employee of an Employer will become
                           a participant in the Plan as of the first day of the
                           first payroll coincident with or next following the
                           date he satisfies the following requirements:

                  (i)      he has attained age 18;

                  (ii)     he has completed 30 days of employment with an
                           Employer,

                  (iii)    he is not a seasonal or temporary employee and he is
                           employed as a member of a group of employees to which
                           the Plan has been extended, either by unilateral
                           action of an Employer in the case of an
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                           employee who is not represented by a collective
                           bargaining representative or, if he is a member of a
                           group of employees represented by a collective
                           bargaining representative, through a currently
                           effective collective bargaining agreement between his
                           Employer and the collective bargaining representative
                           of the group of employees of which he is a member.

                  (iv)     Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to
                           the contrary, an employee who is not yet a
                           participant but who is eligible to become a
                           participant may make a rollover contribution to the
                           Plan (in accordance with subsection 3.3) prior to the
                           employee's entry date, at the discretion of the
                           Committee. Any eligible employee who makes a rollover
                           contribution to the Plan will be treated as a
                           participant, except that such employee shall not be
                           eligible, until he becomes a participant, to make
                           income deferral contributions pursuant to subsection
                           3.1 or to share in any employer contributions made
                           pursuant to subsections 4.2, 4.3, and 4.4."

                  2. By substituting the following for subsection 2.2 of the
Plan, effective April 1, 2002:

         "2.2 Notice of Participation and Election to Contribute

         The Committee will notify each employee of the date the employee
         becomes a participant and will notify each employee that he will be
         deemed to have elected to make income deferral contributions of 3% of
         his earnings unless he elects in accordance with subsection 3.4 not to
         make income deferral contributions or to make such contributions in an
         amount other than 3% of earnings."

                  3. By substituting the following for subsections 3.1 and 3.2
of the Plan, effective April 1, 2002:

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         "3.1. Income Deferral Contributions

         References in the Plan to participants' 'income deferral contributions'
         mean deferrals made by participants from their earnings (as defined in
         subsection 3.4) before the imposition of Federal income taxes,
         irrespective of whether the income deferral contributions made from
         such earnings are either before or after the imposition of state, local
         or other taxes. Subject to the conditions and limitations of the Plan,
         a participant may elect to make income deferral contributions for any
         plan year of a percentage (in increments of one percent) of the
         participant's earnings for such plan year at a rate of not less than
         one percent and not greater than seventy-five percent of such earnings.
         The amount to be deferred will be withheld from the participant's
         earnings and contributed to the Plan on the participant's behalf by the
         participant's Employer. Each participant who first becomes eligible to
         participate in the Plan on or after April 1, 2002, and each participant
         who as of April 1, 2002 is making no income deferral contributions,
         shall be deemed to have elected to make income deferral contributions
         of 3% of earnings, unless the participant elects otherwise in
         accordance with rules established by the committee. A participant's
         election to make income deferral contributions must be made at such
         time and in such manner as the Committee shall determine. Subject to
         the limitations of Section 7, a participant's deferral authorization
         made pursuant to this subsection shall remain in effect until any
         change or suspension properly elected by the participant under
         subsection 3.2 becomes effective.

         3.2. Change, Discontinuance, or Resumption of Income Deferral
         Contributions

         A participant may elect, within the limits described in subsection 3.1,
         to change the rate of the participant's income deferral contributions.
         A participant may elect to discontinue making income deferral
         contributions as of the first day of any subsequent payroll period. If
         a participant elects to discontinue making income deferral
         contributions, the participant may elect to make or to resume making
         income deferral contributions. Each election under this subsection
         shall be made at such time and in such manner as the Committee shall
         determine, and shall be effective in accordance with rules established
         by the Committee."

                  4. By adding the following at the end of subsection 3.3(a),
effective January 1, 2002:

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                           "Such rules may include a determination of whether to
                           accept rollovers from individual retirement accounts
                           and whether to accept rollovers of amounts not
                           includible in an individual's gross income (i.e.
                           after-tax amounts)."

                  5. By substituting the following for subsection 4.2 of the
Plan, effective January 1, 2002:

         "4.2 Employer Matching Contributions

                  Subject to the conditions and limitations of the Plan, each
         Employer will make a contribution to the Plan ('employer matching
         contributions') on behalf of each participant who makes income deferral
         contributions. The 'base matching contribution' shall be 100 percent
         (100%) of the participant's income deferral contribution, not to exceed
         one percent (1%) of his compensation; and the 'excess matching
         contribution' shall be fifty percent (50%) of the participant's income
         deferral contribution in excess of one percent (1%) of his
         compensation, not to exceed six percent (6%) of his compensation. The
         Board of Directors of the Company may, in its discretion, prospectively
         increase, decrease or discontinue the employer matching contribution.
         Employer matching contributions for a plan year shall be paid to the
         Trustee as soon as practicable after the end of the period to which
         they relate."

                  6. By substituting the following for subsection 7.8 of the
Plan, effective January 1, 2002:

         "7.8     Separate Testing of Participants with Less Than One Year of
                  Service

                  The limitations of subsections 7.6 and 7.7 may, at the
         election of the Committee, be determined separately for (a) those
         participants with less than one year of service and (b) those
         participants with one or more years of service, as provided in
         regulations issued under Section 401(k), 401(m) and 410(b) of the
         Internal Revenue Code."

                  7. By substituting the following for subparagraph 9.1(e) of
the Plan, effective January 1, 2002:

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                  "(e)     If a participant elects to withdraw an amount
                           pursuant to this subsection, his ability to make
                           income deferral contributions will be suspended for a
                           period of 6 months following the date of the
                           withdrawal."

                  8. By substituting the following for subsection 12.1 of the
Plan, effective April 1, 2002:

         "12.1 Commencement or Resumption of Participation

                  If a participant should terminate employment with the Employer
         and subsequently be reemployed by an Employer, the participant shall
         again become a participant as of the day of the participant's
         reemployment with the Employer, and shall be deemed to have elected to
         make income deferral contributions of 3% of earnings, unless he elects
         otherwise in accordance with subsection 3.1. If an employee who has not
         become a participant terminates employment with the Employer and
         subsequently is reemployed by an Employer, the employee shall become a
         participant in accordance with subsection 2.1."

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned duly authorized member of
the Committee has caused the foregoing amendment to be executed this 20th day of
December, 2001.

                                    /s/ J. Christopher Alstrin
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                                   On behalf of the Committee as Aforesaid

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