|
Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus
|
|
|
Filed
Pursuant to Rule 433
|
|
|
Registration
Statement No. 333-157665
|
March 25,
2009
Dear
Shareholder:
We are
pleased to extend to you the enclosed offer to purchase a portion (minimum
subscription $10,000) of a new issue of redeemable subordinated debentures of
German American Bancorp, Inc., which bear interest at 8 percent per annum and
mature March 30, 2019.
Please
understand that you have no obligation, as a shareholder, to act upon this
offer. This is totally at your option.
The
debentures, and this offering, are described by our enclosed Prospectus dated
March 25, 2009, and related forms and instructions. We will be hosting a webcast
on Monday, April 6 at
11:00 ET, to discuss this offer and the procedures for accepting
it. Please see the shareholder info section of our website at www.germanamericanbancorp.com
for details on how you may view the slides and listen to this
presentation.
In
addition, you may attend an informational meeting that we will be hosting
throughout our retail banking market area, as follows:
|
· April
6
|
Washington
– Peoples Bank-201 E. Main St.
|
4:00
p.m.
|
|
· April
7
|
Jasper
– German American Bank-711 Main St.
|
4:00
p.m.
|
|
· April
8
|
Vincennes
– First American Bank-101 N. 3rd
St.
|
4:00
p.m.
|
|
· April
9
|
Petersburg
– Citizens State Bank-305 E. Main St.
|
4:00
p.m.
|
|
· April
13
|
Tell
City – First State Bank-645 Main St.
|
4:00
p.m.
|
|
· April
14
|
Jasper
– German American Bank-711 Main St.
|
4:00
p.m.
|
|
Sincerely,
|
|
|
/s/
Mark A. Schroeder
|
|
|
Mark
A. Schroeder
|
|
|
President
& CEO
|
German
American Bancorp, Inc., has filed a registration statement (including a
prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates.
Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement
(and any updates thereto) and other documents German American Bancorp, Inc., has
filed with the SEC for more complete information about German American Bancorp,
Inc., and this offering. You may get these documents for free
by visiting EDGAR on the SEC's web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, German
American Bancorp, Inc., will arrange to send to you the prospectus if you
request it by calling our Shareholder Relations office toll-free at
1-800-482-1314.
The
subordinated debentures are not deposits at, or other obligations of, a bank or
savings association and are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit
Insurance Company (FDIC).