8-K

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):  February 27, 2008

PRIVATEBANCORP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

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Delaware	000-25887	36-3681151
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission file number)	(I.R.S. employer identification no.)

70 W. Madison Suite 900 Chicago, Illinois	60602 (Zip Code)
(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (312) 683-7100

Not Applicable

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

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (See General Instruction A.2 below):

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Item 7.01 — Regulation FD Disclosure

On February 27, 2008, PrivateBancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: PVTB) announced that the Company’s management is scheduled to deliver a presentation at Raymond James’ 29th Annual Institutional Investors Conference in Orlando, Florida, on March 4, 2008 at 9:50 a.m. Eastern Time.  Attached as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of the press release relating to the announcement, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Note: the information in this report (including the exhibits) is furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 and shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, or 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 a filing. This report will not be deemed a determination or an admission as to the materiality of any information in the report that is required to be disclosed solely by Regulation FD.

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SIGNATURES

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

PRIVATEBANCORP, INC.

Date:  February 27, 2008	By:	/s/ Larry D. Richman
		Larry D. Richman
		President and Chief Executive Officer
	By:	/s/ Dennis L. Klaeser
		Dennis L. Klaeser
		Chief Financial Officer

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS 

Exhibit
99.1	Press Release dated February 27, 2008

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EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

For further information:

Dennis Klaeser, CFO

PrivateBancorp, Inc.

312-683-7100

For Immediate Release

PrivateBancorp, Inc. to Present at Raymond James’ 29th Annual

Institutional Investors Conference

Chicago, IL, February 27, 2008 – PrivateBancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: PVTB) today announced that the Company’s management is scheduled to deliver a presentation at Raymond James’ 29th Annual Institutional Investors Conference in Orlando, Florida, on March 4, 2008 at 9:50 a.m. Eastern Time.

A live webcast of the presentation will be available at the following address:http://www.wsw.com/webcast/rj33/pvtb/.  Investors may also access the webcast of the presentation at the Company’s website at http://www.pvtb.com during the conference and for 30 days following the conference.

Listeners should go to the website at least 15 minutes before the event to download and install any necessary audio software.  There is no charge to access the event.

PrivateBancorp, Inc., through its PrivateBank subsidiaries, provides distinctive, highly personalized, premium financial services to a growing array of successful entrepreneurial and middle market privately held and public businesses, affluent individuals, wealthy families, professionals, entrepreneurs and real estate investors. The PrivateBank uses a European tradition of “private banking” as a model to develop lifetime relationships with its clients. Through a team of highly qualified managing directors, The PrivateBank delivers a sophisticated suite of tailored credit, treasury and wealth management solutions to meet its client's personal and commercial financial needs. The Company, which had assets of $5.0 billion as of December 31, 2007, has 20 offices located in the Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, and St. Louis metropolitan areas.

Additional information can be found in the Investor Relations section of PrivateBancorp, Inc.’s website at http://www.pvtb.com.

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