UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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Date of Report |
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(Date of earliest |
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event reported): |
January 26, 2009 |
First Business Financial Services, Inc.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) |
Wisconsin
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0-51028
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39-1576570
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(State or other |
(Commission File |
(IRS Employer |
jurisdiction of |
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Identification No.) |
incorporation) |
401 Charmany Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53719
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(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code) |
(608) 238-8008
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(Registrants telephone number) |
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Item 5.02 |
Departure
of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers;
Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
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On
January 26, 2009 the Board of Directors of First Business Financial Services, Inc. (the
Company) approved an amendment (the Amendment) to the
Companys Annual Incentive Bonus Plan (the Plan). Prior to the Amendment,
the Plan provided for three equally weighted performance measures: (1) return on
equity; (2) net interest income plus fee income (top line growth) and (3) adjusted
net income (defined as net income after tax, before loan loss provision and after
actual net charge offs). |
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The
Amendment changed the performance measures to the following three equally weighted
performance measures: (1) return on equity for purposes of calculating the Company
portion of the payout mix, and return on assets for purposes of calculating a
subsidiary entitys (Entity) portion of the payout mix; (2) net interest
income plus fee income (top line revenue) and (3) adjusted net income (measured
for the Company as net income pre-tax, pre-loan loss provision and after actual
net charges offs, and measured for the Entities as net income pre-tax, pre-allocation,
pre-loan loss provision and after actual net charge offs). |
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The
Amendment additionally (a) clarifies that First Business Trust & Investment will use
two equally weighted criteria: top line revenue and adjusted net income; (b)
provides that the Company portion of the payout mix for Entity employees is based
on Company ROE only, (c) clarifies that if an employee transfers between Entities or
between the Company and an Entity on or after July 1, the employees bonus will be
calculated based on the performance of the Entity or the Company where they were
employed prior to the transfer and (d) provides that upon approval by an Entity
President and the Company CEO, bonus funds may be redistributed within the Entity to
eligible participants as circumstances and individual performance warrants. |
Item 9.01. |
Financial
Statements and Exhibits. |
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(d) |
Exhibits.
The following exhibit is filed herewith: |
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(99.1)
First Business Financial Services, Inc. Annual Incentive Bonus Plan, as amended. |
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.
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FIRST BUSINESS FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. |
Date: January 30, 2009 |
By: /s/ James F. Ropella |
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James F. Ropella, Senior Vice President and Chief |
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Financial Officer |