UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT

TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) April 26, 2010

AMCORE FINANCIAL, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

NEVADA

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

0-13393	36-3183870
(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)


501 Seventh Street, Rockford, Illinois	61104
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

(815) 968-2241

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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ITEM 3.01 Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.

On April 26, 2010, AMCORE Financial, Inc. (the “Company”) received a Nasdaq staff determination letter (the “Letter”) notifying the Company that its common stock will be delisted from The Nasdaq Stock Market. Trading in the Company’s common stock was halted by Nasdaq on April 23, 2010. In the Letter, the Nasdaq staff cited Listing Rules 5101, 5110(b) and IM-5101-1 in connection with its determination to delist the Company’s common stock. The Company does not intend to appeal the delisting decision. Trading in the Company’s common stock will be suspended on May 5, 2010. A Form 25-NSE will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which will remove the Company’s common stock from listing and registration on The Nasdaq Stock Market.

The Letter advised the Company that the Company’s common stock would not be immediately eligible to trade on the OTC Bulletin Board or in the “Pink Sheets.”

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 thereunto duly authorized.

Date: April 29, 2010	AMCORE Financial, Inc.

	(Registrant)




	/s/ Judith Carré Sutfin

	Judith Carré Sutfin
	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer,
	(Duly authorized officer of the registrant
	and principal financial officer)

AMCORE FINANCIAL INC 8-K