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<P><CENTER>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 5, 2003</CENTER>
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<P align=right>Registration No. 333-__________
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<CENTER><FONT SIZE="+1"><STRONG>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</STRONG></FONT><br>
<STRONG>Washington, D.C.  20549</STRONG></CENTER>
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<P><CENTER><STRONG>FORM S-8</STRONG></CENTER>
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<P><CENTER><STRONG>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</CENTER>
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<P><STRONG><CENTER>UNDER</CENTER>
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<P><STRONG><CENTER>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</STRONG></CENTER>
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<P><FONT SIZE="+1"><STRONG><CENTER>MB FINANCIAL, INC.</STRONG><br></font>
<font size=-1>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</CENTER>
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<TR VALIGN="TOP"><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG>Maryland</STRONG></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG>36-446025</STRONG></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP"><TD ALIGN="CENTER"></FONT><FONT SIZE="-1">(State or other jurisdiction of<br>incorporation or organization)<br><br></FONT></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="CENTER"></FONT><FONT SIZE="-1">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP"><TD ALIGN="CENTER"></TD>
<TD ALIGN="CENTER"></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP"><TD ALIGN="CENTER"></TD>
<TD ALIGN="CENTER"></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP"><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG>801 West Madison Street, Chicago, Illinois</STRONG></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG>60607</STRONG></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP"><TD ALIGN="CENTER"></FONT><FONT SIZE="-1">(Address of principal executive offices)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="-1">(Zip Code)</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P><FONT SIZE="+1"><STRONG><CENTER>MB FINANCIAL, INC.<br>1997 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN</font></STRONG></CENTER>
</FONT>
<CENTER><font size=-1>(Full title of the plan)</CENTER>
</FONT></P>

<P><CENTER>Craig M. Scheer, P.C.<br>
Silver, Freedman & Taff, L.L.P.<br>
<font size=-1>(a limited liability partnership including professional corporations)</font><br>
1700 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W.<br>
Washington, D.C.  20007<br>
(Name and address of agent for service)</CENTER>
</FONT></P>

<P><CENTER>(202) 295-4500<br>
<font size=-1>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</CENTER>
</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE="-1"><CENTER><STRONG>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</STRONG></CENTER>
</FONT>

<TABLE  WIDTH="90%" align=center>
<tr><td align= center colspan=5><hr noshade size=5></td></tr>
<TR VALIGN="bottom"><TD ALIGN="CENTER">
<FONT SIZE="-1"><STRONG>Title of Securities to be<br>
registered</TD>
<TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="-1"><STRONG>
Amount to be<br>
registered</TD>
<TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="-1"><STRONG>Proposed<br>
maximum<br>
offering price<br>
per share</STRONG></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="-1"><STRONG>Proposed<br>
maximum<br>
aggregate<br>
offering price</STRONG></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="-1"><STRONG>
Amount of<br>
registration fee</TD></TR>

<tr><td align= center colspan=5><hr noshade></td></tr>
<TR VALIGN="TOP"><TD><FONT SIZE="-1">Common Stock, par value<br> $.01 per share</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE="-1">1,500,000<br>
shares<SUP>(1)</SUP></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE="-1"><SUP>(2)</SUP></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE="-1">$57,057,055<SUP>(2)</SUP></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE="-1">$4,622<SUP>(2)</SUP></FONT></TD></TR>
<tr><td align= center colspan=5><hr noshade size=5></td></tr>
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<TABLE  WIDTH="90%" align=center>
<tr valign=top><td width=3%><FONT SIZE="-1"><SUP>(1)</SUP></td><td><font size=-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.</FONT></td></tr>
<tr valign=top><td><FONT SIZE="-1"><SUP>(2)</SUP></td><td><font size=-1>Calculated in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, based upon the following: (i) for shares underlying
stock options granted under the plan, the prices at which such options may be exercised; and (ii) for shares that are not subject
to stock options granted under the plan, the average of the high and low sale prices per share of the common stock on The Nasdaq
Stock Market on May 29, 2003.</FONT></td></tr></table>

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<P><FONT SIZE="-1"><CENTER><STRONG>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</STRONG></CENTER>
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<P><FONT SIZE="-1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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., a Maryland corporation (the "Company"), authorized for issuance under
the Company's 1997 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the "Plan").  The contents of the Company's previously filed Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-64584) relating to the Plan (the "Initial Registration Statement") are incorporated
herein by reference, except for Items 3 and 8 of Part II of the Initial Registration Statement.</FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE="-1"><STRONG><CENTER>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</STRONG></CENTER>
</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE="-1">Item 3.	<U>Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference</U>.</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE="-1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents previously filed with the Commission (File No. 0-24566-01) are hereby incorporated
by reference in this Registration Statement and the prospectus to which this Registration Statement relates (the
"Prospectus"):</FONT></P>

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<tr valign=top><td width=3%><FONT SIZE="-1">(a)</td><td><font size=-1>the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002;<br><br></td></tr>

<tr valign=top><td><FONT SIZE="-1">(b)</td><td><font size=-1>the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2003;<br><br></td></tr>

<tr valign=top><td><FONT SIZE="-1">(c)</td><td><font size=-1>the Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on March 12, 2003, April 22, 2003 and June 4, 2003;<br><br></td></tr>

<tr valign=top><td><FONT SIZE="-1">(d)</td><td><font size=-1>the Company's proxy statement for its annual meeting of stockholders held on April 22, 2003; and<br><br></td></tr>

<tr valign=top><td><FONT SIZE="-1">(e)</td><td><font size=-1>the description of the Common Stock 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.</td></tr></table>

<P><FONT SIZE="-1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 in the
Prospectus 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 or the Prospectus.</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE="-1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This incorporation by reference shall not be deemed to specifically incorporate by reference the information
relating to the audit committee report (as permitted under Item 306 of Regulation S-K) or the board compensation
committee report on executive compensation and performance graph (as permitted under Item 402(a)(8) of Regulation
S-K) contained in any annual meeting proxy statement of the Company.  Nor shall this incorporation by reference be
deemed to specifically incorporate by reference the information provided under Item 9 or Item 12 of any Current Report
on Form 8-K filed by the Company.</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE="-1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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., 1200 North Ashland Avenue, Chicago,
Illinois  60622, telephone number (773) 645-7868.</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE="-1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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.</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE="-1">Item 8.	<U>Exhibits</U>.</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE="-1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See the Index to Exhibits to this Registration Statement.</FONT></P>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="-1"><STRONG><U>SIGNATURES</U></STRONG></FONT><FONT SIZE="-1"></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE="-1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds
to believe that it meets all the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and the Registrant has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, there unto duly authorized in the City of Chicago, State of
Illinois, on June 5, 2003.</FONT>

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<tr valign=top><td width=50%></td><td width=4%></td><td><FONT SIZE="-1"><STRONG>MB FINANCIAL, INC.</STRONG><br><br><br></td></tr>

<tr valign=top><td></td><td><font size=-1>By:</td><td><font size=-1>/s/ Mitchell Feiger<hr noshade>Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mitchell Feiger<br>Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;President and Chief Executive Officer</td></tr></table>

<P><FONT SIZE="-1"><CENTER><STRONG>POWER OF ATTORNEY</STRONG></CENTER>
</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE="-1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Mitchell Feiger, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact
and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done,
as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitutes or substitute may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE="-1"><CENTER><STRONG><U>SIGNATURES</U></STRONG></FONT><FONT SIZE="-1"></CENTER>
</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE="-1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the
following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.</FONT></P>

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<TR VALIGN="TOP"><TD width=40%><font size=-1>/s/ Mitchell Feiger<hr noshade>Mitchell Feiger<br>Director, President and Chief Executive Officer<br>(<EM>Principal Executive Officer</EM>)<br><br></FONT></TD>
<td width=5%></td>
<TD><FONT SIZE="-1">Date: June 5, 2003</FONT></TD></TR>

<TR VALIGN="TOP"><td><font size=-1>/s/ Jill E. York<hr noshade>Jill E. York<br>Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<br>(<EM>Principal Financial and Accounting Officer</EM>)<br><br></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD><FONT SIZE="-1">Date: June 5, 2003</FONT></TD></TR>


<TR VALIGN="TOP"><TD><FONT SIZE="-1">/s/ E.M. Bakwin<hr noshade>E.M. Bakwin<br>Chairman of the Board<br><br></td>
<TD></TD>
<TD><font size=-1>Date:  June 5, 2003</FONT></TD></TR>

<TR VALIGN="TOP"><TD><font size=-1>/s/ James N. Hallene<hr noshade>James N. Hallene<br>Director<br><br></td>
<TD></TD>
<TD><font size=-1>Date:  June 5, 2003</FONT></TD></TR></table>

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<TR VALIGN="TOP"><TD width=40%><font size=-1>/s/ Leslie S. Hindman<hr noshade>Leslie S. Hindman<br>Director<br><br></td>
<TD></TD>
<TD><font size=-1>Date:  June 5, 2003</FONT></TD></TR>

<TR VALIGN="TOP"><TD><FONT SIZE="-1">/s/ David Husman<hr noshade>David Husman<br>Director<br><br></td>
<TD></TD>
<TD><font size=-1>Date:  June 5, 2003</FONT></TD></TR>

<TR VALIGN="TOP"><TD><FONT SIZE="-1">/s/ Robert S. Engelman, Jr.<hr noshade>Robert S. Engelman, Jr.<br>Director<br><br></td>
<TD></TD>
<TD><font size=-1>Date:  June 5, 2003</FONT></TD></TR>

<TR VALIGN="TOP"><TD><FONT SIZE="-1">/s/ Alfred Feiger<hr noshade>Alfred Feiger<br>Director<br><br></td>
<TD></TD>
<TD><font size=-1>Date:  June 5, 2003</FONT></TD></TR>

<TR VALIGN="TOP"><TD><FONT SIZE="-1">/s/ Richard I. Gilford<hr noshade>Richard I. Gilford<br>Director<br><br></td>
<TD></TD>
<TD><font size=-1>Date:  June 5, 2003</FONT></TD></TR>

<TR VALIGN="TOP"><TD><FONT SIZE="-1">/s/ Thomas H. Harvey<hr noshade>Thomas H. Harvey<br>Director<br><br></td>
<TD></TD>
<TD><font size=-1>Date:  June 5, 2003</FONT></TD></TR>

<TR VALIGN="TOP"><TD><FONT SIZE="-1">/s/ Ronald D. Santo<hr noshade>Ronald D. Santo<br>Director<br><br></td>
<TD></TD>
<TD><font size=-1>Date:  June 5, 2003</FONT></TD></TR>

<TR VALIGN="TOP"><TD><FONT SIZE="-1">/s/ Burton J. Field<hr noshade>Burton J. Field<br>Director<br><br></td>
<TD></TD>
<TD><font size=-1>Date:  June 5, 2003</FONT></TD></TR>

<TR VALIGN="TOP"><TD><FONT SIZE="-1">/s/ Lawrence E. Gilford<hr noshade>Lawrence E. Gilford<br>Director<br><br></td>
<TD></TD>
<TD><font size=-1>Date:  June 5, 2003</FONT></TD></TR></FONT></TD></TR>

<TR VALIGN="TOP"><TD><FONT SIZE="-1">/s/ Patrick Henry<HR NOSHADE>Patrick Henry<br>Director<br><br></td>
<TD></TD>
<TD><font size=-1>Date:  June 5, 2003</FONT></TD></TR>

<TR VALIGN="TOP"><TD><FONT SIZE="-1">/s/ Richard J. Holmstrom<hr noshade>Richard J. Holmstrom<br>Director<br><br></td>
<TD></TD>
<TD><font size=-1>Date:  June 5, 2003</FONT></TD></TR></table>

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<TR VALIGN="TOP"><TD><FONT SIZE="-1">/s/ Clarence Mann<hr noshade>Clarence Mann<br>Director<br><br></td>
<TD></TD>
<TD><font size=-1>Date:  June 5, 2003</FONT></TD></TR></FONT></TD></TR>

<TR VALIGN="TOP"><TD><FONT SIZE="-1">/s/ Kenneth A. Skopec<hr noshade>Kenneth A. Skopec<br>Director<br><br></td>
<TD></TD>
<TD><font size=-1>Date:  June 5, 2003</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="-1"><STRONG>INDEX TO EXHIBITS</STRONG></FONT></P>

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" align=center>
<TR VALIGN="bottom"><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="-1"><STRONG>Exhibit<br>Number<hr noshade></STRONG></FONT><FONT SIZE="-1"></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="-1"><STRONG></STRONG></FONT></P>
<FONT SIZE="-1"><STRONG>Description<hr noshade></STRONG></FONT><FONT SIZE="-1"></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP"><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="-1">4.1</FONT></TD>
<TD><FONT SIZE="-1">Charter of the Registrant, as amended (included as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company 's Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001 (File No. 0-24566-01) and incorporated herein by
reference).<br><br></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP"><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="-1">4.2</FONT></TD>
<TD><FONT SIZE="-1">Bylaws of the Registrant, as amended  (included as Exhibit 3.2 to Amendment No. One to Registration
Statement on Form S-1 of the Registrant and MB Financial Capital Trust I filed on August 7, 2002 (File
Nos. 333-97007 and 333-97007-01) and incorporated herein by reference).<br><br></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP"><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="-1">4.3</FONT></TD>
<TD><FONT SIZE="-1">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).<br><br></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP"><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="-1">5</FONT></TD>
<TD><FONT SIZE="-1">Opinion of Silver, Freedman &amp; Taff, L.L.P.<br><br></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP"><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="-1">23.1</FONT></TD>
<TD><FONT SIZE="-1">Consent of Silver, Freedman & Taff, L.L.P. (contained in Exhibit 5)<br><br></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP"><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="-1">23.2</FONT></TD>
<TD><FONT SIZE="-1">Consent of KPMG LLP<br><br></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP"><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="-1">23.3</FONT></TD>
<TD><FONT SIZE="-1">Consent of McGladrey & Pullen, LLP<br><br></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP"><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="-1">24</FONT></TD>
<TD><FONT SIZE="-1">Power of Attorney (contained on signature page)</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 5, 2003
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.)
801 West Madison Street, Chicago, Illinois
60607
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
MB FINANCIAL, INC.
1997 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)
1700 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W.
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
1,500,000
shares
(1)
(2)
$57,057,055
(2)
$4,622
(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, based upon the following: (i) for shares underlying
stock options granted under the plan, the prices at which such options may be exercised; and (ii) for shares that are not subject
to stock options granted under the plan, the average of the high and low sale prices per share of the common stock on The Nasdaq
Stock Market on May 29, 2003.
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PART I
INFORMATION 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., a Maryland corporation (the "Company"), authorized for issuance under
the Company's 1997 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the "Plan").  The contents of the Company's previously filed Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-64584) relating to the Plan (the "Initial Registration Statement") are incorporated
herein by reference, except for Items 3 and 8 of Part II of the Initial Registration Statement.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference
.
The following documents previously filed with the Commission (File No. 0-24566-01) are hereby incorporated
by reference in 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, 2002;
(b)
the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2003;
(c)
the Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on March 12, 2003, April 22, 2003 and June 4, 2003;
(d)
the Company's proxy statement for its annual meeting of stockholders held on April 22, 2003; and
(e)
the description of the Common Stock 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 in the
Prospectus 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 or the Prospectus.
This incorporation by reference shall not be deemed to specifically incorporate by reference the information
relating to the audit committee report (as permitted under Item 306 of Regulation S-K) or the board compensation
committee report on executive compensation and performance graph (as permitted under Item 402(a)(8) of Regulation
S-K) contained in any annual meeting proxy statement of the Company.  Nor shall this incorporation by reference be
deemed to specifically incorporate by reference the information provided under Item 9 or Item 12 of any Current Report
on Form 8-K filed by the Company.
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., 1200 North Ashland Avenue, Chicago,
Illinois  60622, telephone number (773) 645-7868.
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.
Item 8.
Exhibits
.
See the Index to Exhibits to this Registration Statement.
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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 the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and the Registrant has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, there unto duly authorized in the City of Chicago, State of
Illinois, on June 5, 2003.
MB FINANCIAL, INC.
By:
/s/ Mitchell Feiger
Name:   Mitchell Feiger
Title:     President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Mitchell Feiger, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact
and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done,
as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitutes or substitute may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed 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
)
Date: June 5, 2003
/s/ Jill E. York
Jill E. York
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(
Principal Financial and Accounting Officer
)
Date: June 5, 2003
/s/ E.M. Bakwin
E.M. Bakwin
Chairman of the Board
Date:  June 5, 2003
/s/ James N. Hallene
James N. Hallene
Director
Date:  June 5, 2003
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/s/ Leslie S. Hindman
Leslie S. Hindman
Director
Date:  June 5, 2003
/s/ David Husman
David Husman
Director
Date:  June 5, 2003
/s/ Robert S. Engelman, Jr.
Robert S. Engelman, Jr.
Director
Date:  June 5, 2003
/s/ Alfred Feiger
Alfred Feiger
Director
Date:  June 5, 2003
/s/ Richard I. Gilford
Richard I. Gilford
Director
Date:  June 5, 2003
/s/ Thomas H. Harvey
Thomas H. Harvey
Director
Date:  June 5, 2003
/s/ Ronald D. Santo
Ronald D. Santo
Director
Date:  June 5, 2003
/s/ Burton J. Field
Burton J. Field
Director
Date:  June 5, 2003
/s/ Lawrence E. Gilford
Lawrence E. Gilford
Director
Date:  June 5, 2003
/s/ Patrick Henry
Patrick Henry
Director
Date:  June 5, 2003
/s/ Richard J. Holmstrom
Richard J. Holmstrom
Director
Date:  June 5, 2003
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/s/ Clarence Mann
Clarence Mann
Director
Date:  June 5, 2003
/s/ Kenneth A. Skopec
Kenneth A. Skopec
Director
Date:  June 5, 2003
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Charter of the Registrant, as amended (included as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company 's Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001 (File No. 0-24566-01) and incorporated herein by
reference).
4.2
Bylaws of the Registrant, as amended  (included as Exhibit 3.2 to Amendment No. One to Registration
Statement on Form S-1 of the Registrant and MB Financial Capital Trust I filed on August 7, 2002 (File
Nos. 333-97007 and 333-97007-01) 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).
5
Opinion of Silver, Freedman & Taff, L.L.P.
23.1
Consent of Silver, Freedman & Taff, L.L.P. (contained in Exhibit 5)
23.2
Consent of KPMG LLP
23.3
Consent of McGladrey & Pullen, LLP
24
Power of Attorney (contained on signature page)
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