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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Yahoo! Finance: MBHIP News</title><copyright>Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.</copyright><link>http://finance.yahoo.com/q/h?s=mbhip</link><description>Latest Financial News for Midwest Banc Holdings, Inc.</description><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Thu, 3 Dec 2009 14:00:00 Etc/GMT</lastBuildDate><image><url>http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/fi/pr/40197.gif</url><title>Yahoo! Finance</title><link>http://finance.yahoo.com</link><width>144</width><height>17</height></image><item><title>Midwest Banc Holdings, Inc. Announces Commencement of Exchange Offer for its Outstanding Depositary Shares (Business Wire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/091203/20091203005652.html?.v=1</link><description>MELROSE PARK, Ill.----Midwest Banc Holdings, Inc. , the holding company for Midwest Bank and Trust Company , announced today that in connection with its previously announced Capital Plan, it was commencing an offer to exchange newly issued shares of its Common Stock for any and all outstanding Depositary Shares, $25.00 liquidation amount per share , each representing a 1/100th fractional interest in a share of the Companyâs Series A Noncumulative Redeemable Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock , on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the preliminary prospectus and in the related letter of transmittal , included in the Companyâs registration statement on Form S-4, as amended, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, each as amended or supplemented prior to the expiration date of the Exchange Offer .</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/4050139787</guid><pubDate>Thu, 3 Dec 2009 14:00:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss><!-- c17.finance.sp2.yahoo.com compressed/chunked Wed Dec 30 14:09:20 PST 2009 -->
