As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 5, 2023
Registration No. 333-

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Iowa
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
42-1206172
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

102 South Clinton Street
Iowa City, Iowa 52240
(Address, including zip code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
___________________

MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. 2023 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
___________________

Charles N. Reeves
Chief Executive Officer
102 South Clinton Street
Iowa City, Iowa 52240
(319) 356-5800
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copy to:
Robert M. Fleetwood, Esq.
Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP
200 West Madison Street, Suite 3900
Chicago, Illinois 60606
(312) 629-7329

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:

Large accelerated filer o
Accelerated filer x
Non-accelerated filer o
Smaller reporting company o
Emerging growth company o

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards pursuant to Section(7)(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. o









PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

Item 1. Plan Information.*


Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
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*Information required by Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I have been or will be delivered to the participants in the MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. 2023 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) as required by Rule 428(b)(1). These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The following documents previously filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) are incorporated herein by reference:

(a)The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 filed with the Commission on March 13, 2023;

(b)The Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2023 filed with the Commission on May 5, 2023;

(c)The Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 26, 2023, April 27, 2023, and May 2, 2023 (in each case, excluding the information furnished under Item 2.02 and Item 7.01 of Form 8-K);

(d)All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual Report on Form 10-K referred to in (a) above; and

(e)The description of our common stock contained in the Company’s Registration Statement filed with the SEC on August 4, 1994, pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act on Form 8-A (File. No. 000-24630), as updated by the description of the Company’s common stock contained in Exhibit 4.2 to its Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the Commission on March 13, 2023, and all amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.

Each document or report subsequently filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date of this Registration Statement, but prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered by this Registration Statement have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement from the date of filing of such document or report; provided, however, that documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with the rules of the Commission shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.


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Any statement contained in the documents incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement and the prospectus which is a part hereof to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement or the prospectus which is a part hereof.

Item 4. Description of Securities.

Not applicable.

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

Not applicable.

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Under the Iowa Business Corporation Act (the “IBCA”), the Registrant must indemnify a director who was wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which the director was a party because the director is or was a director of the Registrant against reasonable expenses incurred by the director in connection with the proceeding.

Under its amended and restated articles of incorporation, as amended, the Registrant will indemnify and advance expenses to any director or officer of the Registrant who was or is a party or witness, or is threatened to be made a party or witness, to any threatened, pending or completed claim, action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including grand jury proceedings, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Registrant or, while a director or officer of the Registrant, is or was serving at the request of the Registrant as a member, director, trustee, officer, partner, employee or agent of another corporation or entity, against reasonable costs, charges, expenses, attorney’s fees, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts reasonably paid in settlement to the extent actually incurred by such person in connection with the claim, action, suit or proceeding, or in connection with an appeal thereof, to the full extent of and in a manner consistent with and limited by the IBCA. Entitlement to indemnification is conditioned upon the Registrant being afforded the opportunity to participate directly on behalf of such officer or director in the claim, action, suit or proceeding or any settlement discussions relating thereto.

Under the IBCA, the Registrant may indemnify only those directors and officers who have met the relevant standard of conduct under the IBCA, which includes acting in good faith, reasonably believing that the individual’s conduct was, in the case of conduct in the individual’s official capacity, in the best interests of the Registrant, or, in all other cases, at least not opposed to the best interests of the Registrant, and, in the case of a criminal proceeding, having no reasonable cause to believe that the individual’s conduct was unlawful. The Registrant may not indemnify a director or officer in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the Registrant (except to the extent of the reasonable expenses incurred by the director or officer in the proceeding). Additionally, under the IBCA, the Registrant may not limit the liability of a director to the Registrant or its shareholders for money damages for the amount of a financial benefit received by a director to which the director is not entitled, an intentional infliction of harm on the Registrant or its shareholders, a violation of the IBCA relating to unlawful distributions, or an intentional violation of criminal law.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the Registrant has been informed that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

The Registrant also carries directors’ and officers’ liability insurance which covers certain liabilities and expenses of the Registrant’s directors and officers and covers the Registrant for reimbursement of payments to the Registrant’s directors and officers in respect of such liabilities and expenses, in each case subject to certain limits and exceptions.

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Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.

Not applicable.

Item 8. Exhibits.

See Exhibit Index, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9. Undertakings.

(a)The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment hereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and
(iii)to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2)That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Iowa City, State of Iowa, on May 5, 2023.

MIDWESTONE FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
By: /s/ Charles N. Reeves
      Charles N. Reeves
      Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints each of Charles N. Reeves and Barry S. Ray his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, acting alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to sign on his or her behalf, individually and in each capacity stated below, all amendments and post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and any other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission under the Securities Act, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as each might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming each act that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on May 5, 2023.























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SignatureTitle(s)
/s/ Charles N. Reeves
Charles N. Reeves
Chief Executive Officer; Director (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Barry S. Ray
Barry S. Ray
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ John J. Ruppel
John J. Ruppel
Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Kevin W. Monson
Kevin W. Monson
Chairman of the Board
/s/ Larry D. Albert
Larry D. Albert
Director
/s/ Richard D. Donohue
Richard D. Donohue
Director
/s/ Charles N. Funk
Charles N. Funk
Director
/s/ Janet E. Godwin
Janet E. Godwin
Director
/s/ Douglas H Greeff
Douglas H. Greeff
Director
/s/ Richard J. Hartig
Richard J. Hartig
Director
/s/ Jennifer L. Hauschildt
Jennifer L. Hauschildt
Director
/s/ Matthew J. Hayek
Matthew J. Hayek
Director
/s/ Nathaniel J. Kaeding
Nathaniel J. Kaeding
Director
/s/ Tracy S. McCormick
Tracy S. McCormick
Director
/s/ Ruth E. Stanoch
Ruth E. Stanoch
Director








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EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit Number
Description
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Iowa on March 14, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Registrant’s Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on January 14, 2008 (File No. 333-147628)

Articles of Amendment (First Amendment) to the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Iowa on January 23, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 23, 2009)

Articles of Amendment (Second Amendment) to the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Iowa on February 4, 2009 (containing the Certificate of Designations for the Company’s Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 6, 2009)

Articles of Amendment (Third Amendment) to the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc., filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Iowa on April 21, 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant’s Form 10-Q filed on May 4, 2017)

Third Amended and Restated Bylaws, as Amended of MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. as of October 18, 2022 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 19, 2022)

MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. 2023 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A of the Registrant’s definitive proxy statement filed on March 15, 2023)

Form of MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. 2023 Equity Incentive Plan Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement
Form of MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. 2023 Equity Incentive Plan Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement

Opinion of Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP regarding legality of securities being registered
Consent of RSM US LLP
Consent of Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5.1)
Power of Attorney (included in the signature page hereto)
Filing Fee Table.

* Filed herewith.





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