MBFI 425 08022006
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Filed by MB Financial,
Inc. |
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Commission File No.
0-24566-01 |
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Pursuant to Rule 425 under the
Securities Act of 1933 |
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Subject Company: First Oak Brook
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Bancshares, Inc. |
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Commission File No:
0-14468 |
Set
forth
below is a joint press release issued by MB Financial, Inc. and First Oak
Brook
Bancshares, Inc.
MB Financial, Inc. |
First Oak Brook Bancshares,
Inc. |
800 West Madison Street |
1400
Sixteenth Street |
Chicago,
Illinois 60607 |
Oak
Brook, Illinois 60523 |
(888) 422-6562 |
(630) 571-1050 |
NASDAQ: MBFI |
NASDAQ:
FOBB |
PRESS
RELEASE
For
Information
Contact MB Financial, Inc.: |
Contact
First Oak Brook Bancshares, Inc.: |
Mitchell Feiger - President &
CEO |
Richard
M. Rieser, Jr. - President & CEO
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Jill York - VP and Chief Financial
Officer |
Rosemarie
Bouman - Chief Operating Officer
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E-Mail: jyork@mbfinancial.com |
E-Mail:
rbouman@obb.com |
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MB
Financial and First Oak Brook Receive Stockholder Approvals for
Merger
CHICAGO
—
(BUSINESS WIRE) — August 1, 2006 — MB Financial, Inc. (Nasdaq: MBFI) and First
Oak Brook Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: FOBB) announced that they received the
stockholder approvals needed for their merger at the special meetings of
stockholders of the companies held today. Subject to receipt of all required
regulatory approvals, the companies expect to complete the merger by the end
of
August 2006.
MB
Financial, Inc. is the Chicago-based $5.9 billion holding company for MB
Financial Bank, N.A., and Union Bank N.A. (Oklahoma). First Oak Brook
Bancshares, Inc. is the $2.4 billion holding company for Oak Brook Bank, Oak
Brook, Illinois.
Safe
Harbor Statement: Statements in this press release that are not historical
facts
are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. By
their
nature, such statements are subject to numerous factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those anticipated in the statements. In the
case of the
statement regarding the anticipated timing of the completion of the MB
Financial/First Oak Brook merger,
such
factors include the possibility that the receipt of all required regulatory
approvals might be delayed or not occur at all and the possibility that the
satisfaction or waiver of one or more of the other conditions to completion
of
the merger under the merger agreement might be delayed or not occur at
all.
Additional
Information: MB Financial has
filed
a registration statement on Form S-4 with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "SEC"), which was declared effective by the SEC, in connection with the
MB
Financial/First Oak Brook merger. The registration statement includes a joint
proxy statement of MB Financial and First Oak Brook that also constitutes a
prospectus of MB Financial (the "joint proxy statement/prospectus"), which
was
sent to the stockholders of MB Financial and First Oak Brook. Stockholders
are
advised to read the joint proxy statement/prospectus, which was filed by MB
Financial with the SEC on June 27, 2006, because it contains important
information about MB Financial, First Oak Brook and the merger. The joint proxy
statement/prospectus, and other documents relating to the merger filed by
MB Financial and First Oak Brook, can be obtained free of charge from the
SEC's website at www.sec.gov. These documents also can be obtained free of
charge by accessing MB Financial's website at www.mbfinancial.com under the
tab "Investor Relations" and then under "SEC Filings" or by accessing First
Oak
Brook's website at www.firstoakbrook.com. Alternatively, these documents can
be
obtained free of charge from MB Financial upon written request to MB Financial,
Inc., Secretary, 6111 North River Road, Rosemont, Illinois 60018 or by calling
(847) 653-1992, or from First Oak Brook, upon written request to First Oak
Brook
Bancshares, Inc., Rosemarie Bouman, 1400 Sixteenth Street, Oak Brook, Illinois
60523, or by calling (630) 571-1050.