MB Financial, Inc. Amended and Restated Omnibus Incentive Plan
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 11, 2007
Registration No. 333-__________
 
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
MB FINANCIAL, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland
36-446025
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
   
   
800 West Madison Street, Chicago, Illinois
60607
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)

MB Financial, Inc. Amended and Restated Omnibus Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)

Craig M. Scheer, P.C.
Silver, Freedman & Taff, L.L.P.
(a limited liability partnership including professional corporations)
3299 K Street, N.W., Suite 100
Washington, D.C. 20007
(Name and address of agent for service)

(202) 295-4500
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
 
 

 
 
 
Title of Securities to be registered
 
 
 
Amount to be registered
 
Proposed maximum offering price per share
 
Proposed maximum aggregate offering price
 
 
 
Amount of registration fee
 
Common Stock, par value
$.01 per share
 
2,250,000 shares(1)
 
(2)
 
$77,152,500 (2)
 
$2,369 (2)
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement includes an indeterminate number of additional shares as may be issuable as a result of a stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the outstanding shares of the common stock of MB Financial, Inc.
(2)
Calculated in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, on the basis of $34.29 per share, which was the average of the high and low sale prices per share of the common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on May 10, 2007.

 
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PART I
NFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

The purpose of this Registration Statement on Form S-8 is to register additional shares of the common stock, par value $.01 per share, of MB Financial, Inc. (the “Company”), authorized for issuance under the MB Financial, Inc. Amended and Restated Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The contents of the Company’s previously filed Registration Statements on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-64584 and 333-105872) relating to the Plan (the “Previously Filed Registration Statements”) are incorporated herein by reference, except for Items 3, 6 and 8 of Part II of the Previously Filed Registration Statements.
 
 
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS


Item 3. Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.

The following documents previously or concurrently filed by MB Financial, Inc. (the “Company”) with the Commission (File No. 0-24566-01) are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and the Prospectus to which this Registration Statement relates (the "Prospectus"):

(a) 
the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, as amended by the Form 10-K/A filed on March 2, 2007;

(b) 
the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2007;

(c) 
the Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January 5, 2007 (two reports), February 27, 2007 and May 1, 2007; and

(d) 
the description of the common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company contained in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on October 9, 2001, and all amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.

All documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), after the filing of this Registration Statement, and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and the Prospectus and to be a part hereof and thereof from the date of the filing of such documents. Any statement contained in the documents incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, by reference herein or therein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement and the Prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein or therein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated by reference herein or therein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

The Company shall furnish without charge to each person to whom the Prospectus is delivered, on the written or oral request of such person, a copy of any or all of the documents incorporated by reference, other than exhibits to such documents (unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference to the information that is incorporated). Requests should be directed to: Doria Koros, Secretary, MB Financial, Inc., 6111 North River Road, Rosemont, Illinois 60018, telephone number (847) 653-1992.

All information appearing in this Registration Statement and the Prospectus is qualified in its entirety by the detailed information, including financial statements, appearing in the documents incorporated herein or therein by reference.
 
 
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Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Section 2-405.2 of the Maryland General Corporation Law permits a Maryland corporation to include in its charter a provision limiting the liability of its directors and officers to the corporation and its stockholders for monetary damages except: (1) to the extent it is proven that the director or officer actually received an improper benefit or profit, for the amount of the improper benefit or profit; or (2) to the extent a final judgment or adjudication against the director or officer is based on a determination that the director's or officer's act or failure to act was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty and was material to the cause of action against the director or officer. The Registrant's charter contains such a provision, thereby limiting the liability of its directors and officers to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law.

Section 2-418 of the Maryland General Corporation Law permits a Maryland corporation to indemnify a director or officer who is made a party to any proceeding by reason of service in that capacity against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred unless it is proven that: (1) the act or omission of the director or officer was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and was committed in bad faith or with active and deliberate dishonesty; (2) the director or officer actually received an improper personal benefit; or (3) in the case of a criminal proceeding, the director or officer had reason to believe that his conduct was unlawful. The Maryland General Corporation Law provides that where a director or officer is a defendant in a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation, the director or officer may not be indemnified if he or she is found liable to the corporation. The Maryland General Corporation Law also provides that a director or officer may not be indemnified in respect of any proceeding alleging improper personal benefit in which he or she was found liable on the grounds that personal benefit was improperly received. A director or officer found liable in a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation or in a proceeding alleging improper personal benefit may petition a court to nevertheless order indemnification for expenses if the court determines that the director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification in view of all the relevant circumstances.

Section 2-418 of the Maryland General Corporation Law provides that unless limited by the charter of a Maryland corporation, a director or officer who is successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any proceeding must be indemnified against reasonable expenses. Section 2-418 also provides that a Maryland corporation may advance reasonable expenses to a director or officer upon the corporation's receipt of (a) a written affirmation by the director or officer of his or her good faith belief that he or she has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by the corporation and (b) a written undertaking by the director or officer or on his or her behalf to repay the amount paid or reimbursed by the corporation if it is ultimately determined that the standard of conduct was not met.

The Registrant's charter provides for indemnification of directors and officers to the maximum extent permitted by the Maryland General Corporation Law.

Under a directors' and officers' liability insurance policy, directors and officers of the Registrant are insured against certain liabilities.

Item 8.
Exhibits.

See Exhibit Index.
 
 
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Chicago, State of Illinois, on May 11, 2007.
 
 
     
  MB Financial, Inc.
 
 		  
 		  
 
  By:   /s/ Mitchell Feiger
 
Mitchell Feiger
 
 President and Chief Executive Officer 
 
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY

We, the undersigned officers and directors of MB Financial, Inc., hereby severally and individually constitute and appoint Mitchell Feiger and Jill E. York, and each of them, the true and lawful attorneys and agents of each of us to execute in the name, place and stead of each of us (individually and in any capacity stated below) any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and all instruments necessary or advisable in connection therewith and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, each of said attorneys and agents to have the power to act with or without the others and to have full power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of each of the undersigned every act whatsoever necessary or advisable to be done in the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as any of the undersigned might or could do in person, and we hereby ratify and confirm our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys and agents or each of them to any and all such amendments and instruments.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
 
     
/s/ Mitchell Feiger
Mitchell Feiger
Director, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
May 11, 2007
     
/s/ Jill E. York
Jill E. York
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
May 11, 2007
     
/s/ David P. Bolger
David P. Bolger
Director
May 11, 2007
     
/s/ Robert S. Engelman
Robert S. Engelman, Jr.
Director
May 11, 2007
     
/s/ Charles Gries
Charles Gries
Director
May 11, 2007
     
/s/ James N. Hallene
James N. Hallene
Director
May 11, 2007
     
/s/ Thomas H. Harvey
Thomas H. Harvey
Director
May 11, 2007
     
/s/ Patrick Henry
Patrick Henry
Director
May 11, 2007
     
/s/ Richard J. Holmstrom
Richard J. Holmstrom
Director
May 11, 2007
     
/s/ Karen J. May
Karen J. May
Director
May 11, 2007
     
/s/ Richard M. Rieser, Jr.
Richard M. Rieser, Jr.
Director
May 11, 2007
     
/s/ Ronald D. Santo
Ronald D. Santo
Director
May 11, 2007
     

 
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS


 
 
Exhibit Number
Document
   
 
4.1
 
Charter of the Registrant, as amended (included as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2007 (File No. 0-24566-01) and incorporated herein by reference).
 
4.2
 
Bylaws of the Registrant, as amended (included as Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, as amended on Form 10-K/A filed on March 2, 2007 (File No. 0-24566-01) and incorporated herein by reference).
 
4.3
 
Form of the Registrant's specimen common stock certificate (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to Amendment No. One to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration Number 333-64584) and incorporated herein by reference).
 
 
 
23.1
 
Consent of Silver, Freedman & Taff, L.L.P. (contained in Exhibit 5)
 
 
 
24
 
Power of Attorney (contained on signature page)