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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January&nbsp;31, 2002  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2><B> Registration No. 333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=4><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Washington, DC 20549  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=4><B>FORM S-8<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=4><B>MB FINANCIAL, INC.<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Maryland<BR> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>36-4460265<BR> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</FONT></TD>
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801 West Madison Street, Chicago, Illinois<BR> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Address of principal executive offices)</FONT></TD>
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60607<BR> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Zip Code)</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>MB FINANCIAL, INC. STOCK DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN<BR>
MB FINANCIAL, INC. NON-STOCK DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Full titles of the plans) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Robert L. Freedman, P.C.<BR>
Craig M. Scheer, Esq.<BR>
Silver, Freedman&nbsp;&amp; Taff, L.L.P.<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(a limited liability partnership including professional corporations) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>7th Floor - East Tower<BR>
1100 New York Avenue, NW<BR>
Washington, DC 20005<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Name and address of agent for service) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>(202) 414-6100<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE  </B></FONT></P>

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<TH WIDTH="35%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Title of Securities to be registered</B></FONT><BR></TH>
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<TH WIDTH="18%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Amount to be registered</B></FONT><BR></TH>
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<TH WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed maximum offering price per share</B></FONT><BR></TH>
<TH WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TH>
<TH WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed maximum aggregate offering price</B></FONT><BR></TH>
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<TH WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Amount of registration fee</B></FONT><BR></TH>
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<TD WIDTH="35%"><FONT SIZE=2>Common Stock, par value $.01 per share</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="18%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>100,000 shares(1)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$29.56(2)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$2,956,000(2)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$272(2)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="35%"><FONT SIZE=2>Deferred Compensation Obligations</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="18%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$3,750,000(3)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$100%</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$3,750,000</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$345</FONT></TD>
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<DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(1)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Pursuant
to Rule&nbsp;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&nbsp;Financial,&nbsp;Inc.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(2)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Calculated
in accordance with Rule&nbsp;457(h)&nbsp;under the Securities Act of 1933, on the basis of $29.56 per share, which was the average of the high and low sale prices per
share of the common stock on The Nasdaq Stock Market on January&nbsp;25, 2002.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(3)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>The
Deferred Compensation Obligations are unsecured obligations of MB&nbsp;Financial,&nbsp;Inc. to pay deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the
MB&nbsp;Financial,&nbsp;Inc. Stock Deferred Compensation Plan and MB&nbsp;Financial,&nbsp;Inc. Non-Stock Deferred Compensation Plan. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>PART I<BR>  <BR>    INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The document(s) containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of Form&nbsp;S-8 will be sent or given to participants in the MB
Financial,&nbsp;Inc. Stock Deferred Compensation Plan (the "Stock Plan") and MB Financial,&nbsp;Inc. Non-Stock Deferred Compensation Plan (the "Non-Stock Plan," and
together with the Stock Plan, the "Plans") as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act"). </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Such
document(s) are not being filed with the Commission, but constitute (along with the documents incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of
Part&nbsp;II hereof) a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section&nbsp;10(a) of the Securities Act. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>PART II<BR>  <BR>    INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>


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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents previously filed with the Commission 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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<DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(a)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>The
joint proxy statement-prospectus filed by MB&nbsp;Financial,&nbsp;Inc., a Maryland corporation (the "Company"), pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933
on October&nbsp;9, 2001;
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(b)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>the
Company's Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarterly period ended September&nbsp;30, 2001;
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(c)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>the
Company's Current Reports on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on November&nbsp;21, 2001, November&nbsp;26, 2001 and December&nbsp;27, 2001;
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(d)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>the
Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K of MB&nbsp;Financial,&nbsp;Inc., a Delaware corporation ("MB") for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2000, as amended on
Form&nbsp;10-K/A filed on August&nbsp;31, 2001;
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(e)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>MB's
Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarterly period ended March&nbsp;31, 2001, as amended on Form&nbsp;10-Q/A filed on August&nbsp;31,
2001;
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(f)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>MB's
Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarterly period ended June&nbsp;30, 2001;
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(g)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>MB's
Current Reports on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on February&nbsp;9, 2001, April&nbsp;20, 2001, April&nbsp;27, 2001 and May&nbsp;15, 2001;
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(h)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>MB's
proxy statement for its annual meeting of stockholders held on April&nbsp;24, 2001; and
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(i)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>the
description of the Common Stock of the Company contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A (File
No.&nbsp;0-24566-01) filed on October&nbsp;9, 2001, and all amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description. </FONT></DD></DL>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&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&nbsp;306 of
Regulation&nbsp;S-K) or the board compensation committee report on executive compensation and performance graph (as permitted under Item 402(a)(8) of Regulation&nbsp;S-K)
contained in MB's 2001 annual meeting proxy statement. Nor shall this incorporation by reference be deemed to specifically incorporate by reference the information provided under Item&nbsp;9 of the
Current Reports on Form&nbsp;8-K of MB filed on April&nbsp;20, 2001 and May&nbsp;15, 2001. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&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>


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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 </FONT></P>

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


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&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>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item&nbsp;4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Description of Securities.    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Plans provide a select group of management and highly compensated employees of the Company and certain of its subsidiaries, as well as directors of the
Company, with the opportunity to elect to defer a specified percentage of their future cash compensation. The obligations of the Company under the Plans (the "Deferred Compensation Obligations") are
general unsecured obligations of the Company to pay deferred compensation in the future to participants in the Plans (the "Participants") in accordance with the terms of the Plans from the general
assets of the Company, and rank </FONT><FONT SIZE=2><I>pari passu</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2> with other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company from time to time outstanding. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each
Participant may elect to defer under the Plans a portion of his or her cash compensation that may otherwise be payable in a calendar year. Participants' compensation deferrals are
credited to their bookkeeping accounts ("Account") maintained under the Plans. A Participant may elect to have all or a portion of his deferrable compensation deferred under the Stock Plan or the
Non-Stock Plan. For deferrals under the Stock Plan, the Participant's Account balance is credited or debited on a daily basis based on the performance of the assets of the Plan trust for
the Stock Plan, which are invested solely in Company common stock, except for such amounts of cash as the trustee of the trust deems necessary for the proper operation of the trust. For deferrals
under the Non-Stock Plan, the Participant's Account balance is credited or debited on a daily basis based on the performance of one or more measurement funds, which in turn are based on
certain mutual funds selected from time to time by the Company's board of directors. The Company is not obligated to actually invest any deferred amounts in those mutual funds, and in the event the
Company or the trustee in its discretion decides to invest in any or all of the mutual funds, no Participant has any rights in or to such investments themselves. </FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For
participants who are employees of the Company and/or one of its subsidiaries, their employer, in its sole discretion, may, for each plan year, make excess matching contributions to
the Participant's Account. An excess matching contribution is generally an amount equal to the difference between (1)&nbsp;the amount of matching contributions that would have been made for the
Participant for a particular plan year under a tax-qualified plan, but for the limitations on matching contributions imposed by Section&nbsp;415 of the Internal Revenue Code, and
(2)&nbsp;the amount of matching contributions actually made for the Participant for that plan year. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;With
certain exceptions, the Company's Deferred Compensation Obligations generally will be paid after the earlier of (1)&nbsp;a fixed payment date, if any, as may be selected by the
Participant in accordance with the applicable Plan's short-term payout provisions, or (2)&nbsp;the termination of the Participant's employment or service. Whether payment to the
Participant will be in a lump sum or in installments over a designated number of years will depend on the circumstances of the payout. Payments made pursuant to a Participant's election to be paid on
a particular date generally will be made in a lump sum; where a payout is triggered by the termination of the Participant's employment or service, the committee administering the plans generally has
sole discretion to determine whether the Participant's
Account balance will be paid in a lump sum, or in installments over a designated number of years not to exceed ten. All distributions under the Stock Plan are made in shares of Company common stock,
except for fractional shares, which are paid in cash. With respect to distributions under the Non-Stock </FONT></P>

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Plan, the committee, in its sole discretion but after taking into account any request made by the Participant, determines whether the lump sum payment will be made in cash or in kind. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
Company may amend or terminate the Plans at any time; generally, however, no amendment may impair the rights of a Participant with respect to amounts already allocated to his or her
Account. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No
amount payable under the Plans is subject to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, or charge, voluntary or involuntary. The Deferred Compensation
Obligations are not subject to redemption, in whole or in part, prior to their designated payment dates at the option of the Company, or through operation of a mandatory or optional sinking fund or
analogous provision. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
Deferred Compensation Obligations are not convertible into another security of the Company. The Deferred Compensation Obligations do not have the benefit of a negative pledge or any
other affirmative or negative covenant on the part of the Company. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item&nbsp;5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;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)&nbsp;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)&nbsp;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 Company's charter
contains such a provision, thereby limiting the liability of its directors and officers to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;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)&nbsp;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)&nbsp;the director or officer actually received an
improper personal benefit; or (3)&nbsp;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 if the court determines that the director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification in view of all the
relevant circumstances. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;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&nbsp;2-418 also provides that a Maryland corporation may advance reasonable
expenses to a director or officer upon the corporation's receipt of (a)&nbsp;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 </FONT></P>

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conduct was not met. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item&nbsp;8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exhibits.    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See the Index to Exhibits to this Registration Statement. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item&nbsp;9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Undertakings.    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: </FONT></P>

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<DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(i)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>To
include any prospectus required by section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(ii)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement;
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(iii)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material
change to such information in the registration statement; </FONT></DD></DL>
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</UL>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>provided,
however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i)&nbsp;and (a)(1)(ii)&nbsp;do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration
statement. </FONT></P>

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</UL>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial </FONT><FONT SIZE=2><I>bona
fide</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2> offering thereof. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual
report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or
Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial </FONT><FONT SIZE=2><I>bona fide</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2> offering thereof. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Act and is, </FONT></P>

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therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication
of such issue. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&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&nbsp;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 January&nbsp;31, 2002. </FONT></P>

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&nbsp;</B></FONT></TD>
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By:</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="48%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
/s/ Mitchell Feiger</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Mitchell Feiger<BR>
President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&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 additional 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 ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>SIGNATURES  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&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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/s/ Mitchell Feiger</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Mitchell Feiger<BR>
Director, President and Chief Executive Officer<BR></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2><I>(Principal Executive Officer)</I></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
Date: January&nbsp;31, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/ Jill E. York</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Jill E. York<BR>
Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer<BR></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2><I>(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</I></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Date: January&nbsp;31, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/ E.M. Bakwin</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> E.M. Bakwin<BR>
Chairman of the Board</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Date: January&nbsp;31, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/ James N. Hallene</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> James N. Hallene<BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Date: January&nbsp;31, 2002  </FONT></TD>
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/s/ Leslie S. Hindman</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Leslie S. Hindman<BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
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Date: January&nbsp;31, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/ David Husman</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> David Husman<BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
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Date: January&nbsp;31, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/ Robert S. Engelman, Jr.</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Robert S. Engelman, Jr.<BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Date: January&nbsp;31, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/ Alfred Feiger</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Alfred Feiger<BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Date: January&nbsp;31, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/ Richard I. Gilford</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Richard I. Gilford<BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Date: January&nbsp;31, 2002</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="47%"><BR><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Thomas H. Harvey<BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Date:</FONT></TD>
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/s/ Ronald D. Santo</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Ronald D. Santo<BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Date: January&nbsp;31, 2002</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="47%"><BR><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Eugene Sawyer<BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
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Date:</FONT></TD>
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/s/ Burton J. Field</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Burton J. Field<BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
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Date: January&nbsp;31, 2002</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="47%"><BR><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Lawrence E. Gilford<BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
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Date:  </FONT></TD>
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/s/ Patrick Henry</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Patrick Henry<BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
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Date: January&nbsp;31, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/ Richard J. Holmstrom</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Richard J. Holmstrom<BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
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Date: January&nbsp;31, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/ Clarence Mann</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Clarence Mann<BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
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Date: January&nbsp;31, 2002</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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<TH WIDTH="88%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Description</B></FONT><HR NOSHADE></TH>
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<TD WIDTH="88%"><FONT SIZE=2>Form of Articles of Amendment and Restatement of the Registrant's Charter (included as Exhibit&nbsp;F to the joint proxy statement-prospectus filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
October&nbsp;9, 2001 and incorporated herein by reference).</FONT></TD>
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4.2</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="88%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
Form of the Registrant's Amended and Restated Bylaws (included as Exhibit&nbsp;G to the joint proxy statement-prospectus filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October&nbsp;9, 2001 and incorporated herein by
reference).</FONT></TD>
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4.3</FONT></TD>
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Form of the Registrant's specimen common stock certificate (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to Amendment No. One to the Company's Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4 (Registration Number&nbsp;333-64584) and incorporated herein by
reference).</FONT></TD>
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5</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Opinion of Silver, Freedman&nbsp;&amp; Taff, L.L.P.</FONT></TD>
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23.1</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Silver, Freedman&nbsp;&amp; Taff, L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5)</FONT></TD>
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23.2</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="88%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
Consent of McGladrey&nbsp;&amp; Pullen, LLP</FONT></TD>
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23.3</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="88%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
Consent of KPMG LLP</FONT></TD>
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24</FONT></TD>
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Power of Attorney (contained on signature page)</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#toc_de1256_1">PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</A></FONT><BR>
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<FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#toc_ja1256_1">PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></FONT><BR>
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<FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#toc_ja1256_2">Item 3. Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.</A></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#toc_ja1256_3">Item 4. Description of Securities.</A></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#toc_ja1256_4">Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</A></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#toc_ja1256_5">Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</A></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#toc_ja1256_6">Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</A></FONT><BR>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 31, 2002
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
36-4460265
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
801 West Madison Street, Chicago, Illinois
(Address of principal executive offices)
60607
(Zip Code)
MB FINANCIAL, INC. STOCK DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
MB FINANCIAL, INC. NON-STOCK DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
(Full titles of the plans)
Robert L. Freedman, P.C.
Craig M. Scheer, Esq.
Silver, Freedman & Taff, L.L.P.
(a limited liability partnership including professional corporations)
7th Floor - East Tower
1100 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20005
(Name and address of agent for service)
(202) 414-6100
(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
100,000 shares(1)
$29.56(2)
$2,956,000(2)
$272(2)
Deferred Compensation Obligations
$3,750,000(3)
$100%
$3,750,000
$345
(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 $29.56 per share, which was the average of the high and low sale prices per
share of the common stock on The Nasdaq Stock Market on January 25, 2002.
(3)
The
Deferred Compensation Obligations are unsecured obligations of MB Financial, Inc. to pay deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the
MB Financial, Inc. Stock Deferred Compensation Plan and MB Financial, Inc. Non-Stock Deferred Compensation Plan.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants in the MB
Financial, Inc. Stock Deferred Compensation Plan (the "Stock Plan") and MB Financial, Inc. Non-Stock Deferred Compensation Plan (the "Non-Stock Plan," and
together with the Stock Plan, the "Plans") as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act").
Such
document(s) are not being filed with the Commission, but constitute (along with the documents incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of
Part II hereof) a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
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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 are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and the prospectus to which this
Registration Statement relates (the "Prospectus"):
(a)
The
joint proxy statement-prospectus filed by MB Financial, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the "Company"), pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933
on October 9, 2001;
(b)
the
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2001;
(c)
the
Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on November 21, 2001, November 26, 2001 and December 27, 2001;
(d)
the
Annual Report on Form 10-K of MB Financial, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("MB") for the year ended December 31, 2000, as amended on
Form 10-K/A filed on August 31, 2001;
(e)
MB's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2001, as amended on Form 10-Q/A filed on August 31,
2001;
(f)
MB's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2001;
(g)
MB's
Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on February 9, 2001, April 20, 2001, April 27, 2001 and May 15, 2001;
(h)
MB's
proxy statement for its annual meeting of stockholders held on April 24, 2001; and
(i)
the
description of the Common Stock of the Company contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File
No. 0-24566-01) filed on October 9, 2001, and all amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
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 MB's 2001 annual meeting proxy statement. Nor shall this incorporation by reference be deemed to specifically incorporate by reference the information provided under Item 9 of the
Current Reports on Form 8-K of MB filed on April 20, 2001 and May 15, 2001.
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.
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
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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 4.    Description of Securities.
The Plans provide a select group of management and highly compensated employees of the Company and certain of its subsidiaries, as well as directors of the
Company, with the opportunity to elect to defer a specified percentage of their future cash compensation. The obligations of the Company under the Plans (the "Deferred Compensation Obligations") are
general unsecured obligations of the Company to pay deferred compensation in the future to participants in the Plans (the "Participants") in accordance with the terms of the Plans from the general
assets of the Company, and rank
pari passu
with other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company from time to time outstanding.
Each
Participant may elect to defer under the Plans a portion of his or her cash compensation that may otherwise be payable in a calendar year. Participants' compensation deferrals are
credited to their bookkeeping accounts ("Account") maintained under the Plans. A Participant may elect to have all or a portion of his deferrable compensation deferred under the Stock Plan or the
Non-Stock Plan. For deferrals under the Stock Plan, the Participant's Account balance is credited or debited on a daily basis based on the performance of the assets of the Plan trust for
the Stock Plan, which are invested solely in Company common stock, except for such amounts of cash as the trustee of the trust deems necessary for the proper operation of the trust. For deferrals
under the Non-Stock Plan, the Participant's Account balance is credited or debited on a daily basis based on the performance of one or more measurement funds, which in turn are based on
certain mutual funds selected from time to time by the Company's board of directors. The Company is not obligated to actually invest any deferred amounts in those mutual funds, and in the event the
Company or the trustee in its discretion decides to invest in any or all of the mutual funds, no Participant has any rights in or to such investments themselves.
For
participants who are employees of the Company and/or one of its subsidiaries, their employer, in its sole discretion, may, for each plan year, make excess matching contributions to
the Participant's Account. An excess matching contribution is generally an amount equal to the difference between (1) the amount of matching contributions that would have been made for the
Participant for a particular plan year under a tax-qualified plan, but for the limitations on matching contributions imposed by Section 415 of the Internal Revenue Code, and
(2) the amount of matching contributions actually made for the Participant for that plan year.
With
certain exceptions, the Company's Deferred Compensation Obligations generally will be paid after the earlier of (1) a fixed payment date, if any, as may be selected by the
Participant in accordance with the applicable Plan's short-term payout provisions, or (2) the termination of the Participant's employment or service. Whether payment to the
Participant will be in a lump sum or in installments over a designated number of years will depend on the circumstances of the payout. Payments made pursuant to a Participant's election to be paid on
a particular date generally will be made in a lump sum; where a payout is triggered by the termination of the Participant's employment or service, the committee administering the plans generally has
sole discretion to determine whether the Participant's
Account balance will be paid in a lump sum, or in installments over a designated number of years not to exceed ten. All distributions under the Stock Plan are made in shares of Company common stock,
except for fractional shares, which are paid in cash. With respect to distributions under the Non-Stock
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Plan, the committee, in its sole discretion but after taking into account any request made by the Participant, determines whether the lump sum payment will be made in cash or in kind.
The
Company may amend or terminate the Plans at any time; generally, however, no amendment may impair the rights of a Participant with respect to amounts already allocated to his or her
Account.
No
amount payable under the Plans is subject to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, or charge, voluntary or involuntary. The Deferred Compensation
Obligations are not subject to redemption, in whole or in part, prior to their designated payment dates at the option of the Company, or through operation of a mandatory or optional sinking fund or
analogous provision.
The
Deferred Compensation Obligations are not convertible into another security of the Company. The Deferred Compensation Obligations do not have the benefit of a negative pledge or any
other affirmative or negative covenant on the part of the Company.
Item 5.    Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not Applicable.
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 Company'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 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
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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
Company's charter provides for indemnification of directors and officers to the maximum extent permitted by the Maryland General Corporation Law.
Item 7.    Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.    Exhibits.
See the Index to Exhibits to this Registration Statement.
Item 9.    Undertakings.
(a)  The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)  To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i)
To
include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii)
To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement;
(iii)
To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material
change to such information in the registration statement;
provided,
however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration
statement.
(2)  That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona
fide
offering thereof.
(3)  To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
(b)  The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c)  Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Act and is,
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therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication
of such issue.
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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 January 31, 2002.
MB FINANCIAL, INC.
By:
/s/ Mitchell Feiger
Mitchell Feiger
President and Chief Executive Officer
(
Duly Authorized 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 additional 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: January 31, 2002
/s/ Jill E. York
Jill E. York
Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
Date: January 31, 2002
/s/ E.M. Bakwin
E.M. Bakwin
Chairman of the Board
Date: January 31, 2002
/s/ James N. Hallene
James N. Hallene
Director
Date: January 31, 2002
/s/ Leslie S. Hindman
Leslie S. Hindman
Director
Date: January 31, 2002
/s/ David Husman
David Husman
Director
Date: January 31, 2002
/s/ Robert S. Engelman, Jr.
Robert S. Engelman, Jr.
Director
Date: January 31, 2002
/s/ Alfred Feiger
Alfred Feiger
Director
Date: January 31, 2002
/s/ Richard I. Gilford
Richard I. Gilford
Director
Date: January 31, 2002
Thomas H. Harvey
Director
Date:
/s/ Ronald D. Santo
Ronald D. Santo
Director
Date: January 31, 2002
Eugene Sawyer
Director
Date:
/s/ Burton J. Field
Burton J. Field
Director
Date: January 31, 2002
Lawrence E. Gilford
Director
Date:
/s/ Patrick Henry
Patrick Henry
Director
Date: January 31, 2002
/s/ Richard J. Holmstrom
Richard J. Holmstrom
Director
Date: January 31, 2002
/s/ Clarence Mann
Clarence Mann
Director
Date: January 31, 2002
Kenneth A. Skopec
Director
Date:
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Form of Articles of Amendment and Restatement of the Registrant's Charter (included as Exhibit F to the joint proxy statement-prospectus filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
October 9, 2001 and incorporated herein by reference).
4.2
Form of the Registrant's Amended and Restated Bylaws (included as Exhibit G to the joint proxy statement-prospectus filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 9, 2001 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 Company'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. (included in Exhibit 5)
23.2
Consent of McGladrey & Pullen, LLP
23.3
Consent of KPMG LLP
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Power of Attorney (contained on signature page)
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PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Item 9. Undertakings.
SIGNATURES
POWER OF ATTORNEY
INDEX TO EXHIBITS