0001104659-08-033957.txt : 20080516 0001104659-08-033957.hdr.sgml : 20080516 20080516130627 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-08-033957 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20080515 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20080516 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080516 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FIRST OTTAWA BANCSHARES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001099668 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022] IRS NUMBER: 364331185 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-30495 FILM NUMBER: 08841318 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 701-705 LASALLE STREET STREET 2: P O BOX 657 CITY: OTTAWA STATE: IL ZIP: 61350 BUSINESS PHONE: 8154340044X291 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 701-705 LASALLE STREET STREET 2: P O BOX 657 CITY: OTTAWA STATE: IL ZIP: 61350 8-K 1 a08-14650_18k.htm 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		May 15, 2008
(Date of earliest event reported)		May 15, 2008

First Ottawa Bancshares, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

000-30495		36-4331185
(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

701-705 LaSalle Street, Ottawa, Illinois		61350
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(815) 434-0044

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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):

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 8.01. Other Events

On May 14, 2008, First Ottawa Bancshares, Inc.’s Board of Directors approved a cash dividend of $1.00 per share to be paid to all stockholders of record as of June 1, 2008 and to be paid on or about July 1, 2008. The press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits.

99.1 Press Release dated May 15, 2008

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.

	FIRST OTTAWA BANCSHARES, INC.


Dated: May 15, 2008	By:	/S/ Joachim J. Brown
		Joachim J. Brown
		President and Chief Executive Officer

EX-99.1 2 a08-14650_1ex99d1.htm EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

First Ottawa Bancshares Announces Dividend

Ottawa, Ill., May 15, 2008 - The Board of Directors of First Ottawa Bancshares, Inc. (Pink Sheets: FOTB.PK) approved the payment of a $1.00 per share semi annual cash dividend on the Company’s common stock. The $1.00 per common share cash dividend marks the twelfth consecutive year that this semiannual payment has been declared.