MBFI 8-K New Board Chairman Appointment Jan 04, 2007
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
Date
of
Report (Date of earliest event reported):
December 31, 2006
MB
FINANCIAL, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Maryland
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0-24566-01
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36-4460265
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(State
or other jurisdiction
of
incorporation)
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(Commission
File No.)
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(IRS
Employer
Identification
No.)
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800
West Madison Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607
(Address
of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code:
(888) 422-6562
N/A
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item
5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers
Effective
December 31, 2006, the following individuals retired as directors of MB
Financial, Inc. (the “Company”) pursuant to the Company’s mandatory director
retirement policy: E.M. Bakwin (Chairman of the Board), Alfred Feiger, Lawrence
E. Gilford, Richard I. Gilford, David L. Husman and Kenneth A. Skopec. As a
result of the retirement of these directors, the Board reduced the total number
of directors from 17 to 11. Messrs. Feiger, L. Gilford, R. Gilford and Skopec
are expected to continue to serve as directors of the Company’s lead bank
subsidiary, MB Financial Bank, N.A. As a result of the retirement of Mr. Bakwin,
Company Director Thomas H. Harvey was appointed as Chairman of the Board. The
press release issued by the Company announcing the appointment of Mr. Harvey
as
Chairman and the retirement of the directors named above is attached as Exhibit
99 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item
9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
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Press
Release dated January 4, 2007.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
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MB
FINANCIAL, INC.
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Date:
January
5,
2007
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By:
/s/
Mitchell
Feiger
Mitchell
Feiger
President
and Chief Executive Officer
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit
No. Description