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United States

Securities And Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

Current Report

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 6, 2024

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	000-10537	36-3143493
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

37 South River Street
Aurora, Illinois 60507
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

(630) 892-0202
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock	OSBC	The Nasdaq Stock Market

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

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On December 6, 2024, Old Second Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”), the parent of Old Second National Bank (the “Bank”), issued a press release announcing the closing of the Bank’s branch purchase and assumption agreement with First Merchants Bank (“First Merchants”) pursuant to which Old Second National Bank acquired from First Merchants certain assets and assumed certain liabilities of five bank branches located in the greater Chicago, Illinois MSA.

A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

As provided in General Instruction B.2 to Form 8-K, the information set forth in this Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and such information shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release of Old Second National Bank, dated December 6, 2024
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

Signature

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	OLD SECOND BANCORP, INC.
Dated: December 6, 2024	By:	/s/ Bradley S. Adams
		Bradley S. Adams
		Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and
		Chief Financial Officer