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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) July 24, 2002

MB FINANCIAL, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)

Maryland   0-24566-01   36-4460265
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)   (Commission File No.)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)

801 West Madison Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (773) 645-7866

N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)





Item 9.    Regulation FD Disclosure

Forward-Looking Statements

        When used in this Current Report on Form 8-K and in other filings by MB Financial, Inc. (the "Company") with the Securities and Exchange Commission, in press releases or other public shareholder communications, or in oral statements made with the approval of an authorized executive officer, the words or phrases "believe," "will likely result," "are expected to," "will continue," "is anticipated," "estimate," "project," "plans," or similar expressions are intended to identify "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. These statements may relate to the Company's future financial performance, strategic plans or objectives, revenues or earnings projections, or other financial items. By their nature, these statements are subject to numerous uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the statements.

        Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results anticipated or projected include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) expected cost savings and synergies from the Company's merger and acquisition activities, including its recently completed acquisition of First Lincolnwood Corporation and its pending acquisition of LaSalle Systems Leasing and LaSalle Equipment Limited Partnership, might not be realized within the expected time frames; (2) the credit risks of lending activities, including changes in the level and direction of loan delinquencies and write-offs; (3) changes in management's estimate of the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses; (4) changes in management's valuation of the Company's interest only receivables; (5) competitive pressures among depository institutions; (6) interest rate movements and their impact on customer behavior and the Company's net interest margin; (7) the impact of repricing and competitors' pricing initiatives on loan and deposit products; (8) the Company's ability to adapt successfully to technological changes to meet customers' needs and developments in the market place; (9) the Company's ability to realize the residual values of its operating leases; (10) the Company's ability to access cost-effective funding; (11) changes in financial markets; (12) changes in economic conditions in general and in the Chicago metropolitan area in particular; (13) new legislation or regulatory changes; and (14) changes in accounting principles, policies or guidelines.

        The Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect circumstances or events that occur after the date on which the forward-looking statement is made.

        Set forth below is material prepared for presentation at an industry conference.



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Keefe, Bruyette and Woods
Community Banking Investor Conference
July 24, 2002

Mitchell Feiger, President & CEO
Jill E. York, Vice President & CFO

NASDAQ: MBFI


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Mitchell Feiger
President and
Chief Executive Officer


Forward Looking Statements

        When used in this material and in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, in press releases or other public shareholder communications, or in oral statements made with the approval of an authorized executive officer, the words or phrases "believe," "will likely result," "are expected to," "will continue," "is anticipated," "estimate," "project," "plans," or similar expressions are intended to identify "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. These statements may relate to the Company's future financial performance, strategic plans or objectives, revenues or earnings projections, or other financial items. By their nature, these statements are subject to numerous uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the statements.

        Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results anticipated or projected include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) expected cost savings and synergies from our merger and acquisition activities, including our recently completed acquisition of First Lincolnwood Corporation and our pending acquisition of LaSalle Systems Leasing and LaSalle Equipment Limited Partnership, might not be realized within the expected time frames; (2) the credit risks of lending activities, including changes in the level and direction of loan delinquencies and write-offs; (3) changes in management's estimate of the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses; (4) changes in management's valuation of the Company's interest only receivables; (5) competitive pressures among depository institutions; (6) interest rate movements and their impact on customer behavior and the Company's net interest margin; (7) the impact of repricing and competitors' pricing initiatives on loan and deposit products; (8) the Company's ability to adapt successfully to technological changes to meet customers' needs and developments in the market place; (9) the Company's ability to realize the residual values of its operating leases; (10) the Company's ability to access cost-effective funding; (11) changes in financial markets; (12) changes in economic conditions in general and in the Chicago metropolitan area in particular; (13) new legislation or regulatory changes; and (14) changes in accounting principles, policies or guidelines.

        The Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect circumstances or events that occur after the date on which the forward-looking statement is made.


MB Financial Summary Statistics

Offices     41  
Bank subsidiaries     3  
2002 N/I thru June   $ 21.9   million
Assets   $ 3.7   billion
Loans   $ 2.5   billion
Deposits   $ 3.1   billion

MB Financial Summary Statistics

Earnings per share—Q1 2002   $ 0.58   (+42%)
Earnings per share—Q2 2002   $ 0.64   (+52%)
Stock price   $ 32.00  
P/E (TTM)     14.9  
P/E forward (2003)*     11.7  

* P/E forward based on 2003 IBES EPS estimate.


MAP


M & A Highlights
1999 to 2002

 
  Assets
Acquired Avondale Financial Corp.
February 1999
  $484 million

Acquired Damen Financial Corp.
July 1999

 

$207 million

Acquired FSL Holdings, Inc.
May 2001

 

$222 million

MB Financial and MidCity Financial Corporation merge
November 2001

 

MOE

Acquired First Lincolnwood Corp.
April 2002

 

$228 million

Announced Acquisition of LaSalle Leasing
July 2002

 

$92 million

M & A Success Factors


Recent Acquisition Pricing

Transaction

  P/E
  P/E Adj*
  P/B
  Prem/ Dep
 
FSL   21.7   9.7   1.2   4.3 %

Lincolnwood

 

14.4

 

9.7

 

1.6

 

6.9

%

LaSalle Leasing

 

10.0

 

6.3

 

1.3

 

N/A

 

*
P/E Adj is computed as (price—excess equity) / (pre-acquisition core earnings + after-tax cost savings in year one—after tax earnings on excess equity)

Recent Acquisition Pricing

Transaction

  IRR
  1st Yr EPS
  Cost Saves
FSL   27%   +3.5%   42%

Lincolnwood

 

27%

 

+4.5%

 

50%

LaSalle Leasing

 

22%

 

+3.4%

 

0%

LaSalle Leasing Transaction


Commercial Banking


Commercial, CRE and
Lease Loans Outstanding

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Lease Banking


Lease Loans Outstanding

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Lease Financing Revenue

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Wealth Management


Wealth Management Revenue

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* 6 month data annualized


Retail Banking


Commercial Bank Holding Companies
Cook County Deposit Market Share

 
   
  As of June 30, 2001
Rank
  Institution
  Branch Count
  Deposits
($000)

  Market Share
(%)

1   Bank One Corp. (IL)   149   29,459,185   21.40
2   ABN AMRO North America Inc. (IL)   129   23,122,409   16.80
3   Bank of Montreal   88   11,749,691   8.54
4   Northern Trust Corp. (IL)   10   8,129,114   5.91
5   Citigroup Inc. (NY)   44   6,616,199   4.81
6   Charter One Financial (OH)   70   5,062,990   3.68
7   Fifth Third Bancorp (OH)   33   2,971,746   2.16
8   Bank of America Corp. (NC)   2   2,585,777   1.88
9   MB Financial Inc. (IL)   34   2,574,281   1.87
10   MAF Bancorp Inc. (IL)   23   2,481,782   1.80
11   Corus Bankshares Inc. (IL)   14   2,242,604   1.63
12   FBOP Corp. (IL)   21   1,821,970   1.32
13   Taylor Capital Group, Inc. (IL)   13   1,737,297   1.26
14   TCF Financial Corp. (MN)   114   1,733,149   1.26
15   U.S. Bancorp (MN)   31   1,384,577   1.01
16   First Midwest Bancorp Inc. (IL)   18   1,178,829   0.86
17   Parkway Bancorp, Inc. (IL)   15   1,110,173   0.81
18   Hershenhorn Bancorp., Inc. (IL)   2   1,095,991   0.80
19   Popular Inc. (PR)   20   1,066,624   0.77
20   Metropolitan Bank Group, Inc. (IL)   41   1,038,268   0.75

Source: SNL Datasource 4.0 as of June 4, 2002. Includes acquisition of First Lincolnwood Corp.


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Jill E. York
Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer


Fully Diluted Earnings Per Share

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**
Excluding merger charge
**
Consensus estimate

Fully Diluted Earnings Per Share

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**
Excluding merger charge
**
Consensus estimate

Fully Diluted Earnings Per Share

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First Half Review
Net Interest Income

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Net Interest Income Sensitivity
Varying Rate Scenarios
One Year Horizon - 6/30/02

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First Half Review
Non-Interest Income

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First Half Review
Non-Interest Expense

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First Half Review
Efficiency Ratio

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MBFI Stock Price

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MBFI Stock Price
Compared to Various Indexes

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Investor Recap




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 thereunto duly authorized.

    MB FINANCIAL, INC.

Date: July 24, 2002

 

By:

/s/  
JILL E. YORK      
Jill E. York, Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer



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