Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On November 12, 2008, Taylor Capital Group, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing that it had been preliminarily approved to participate in the U.S. Treasury Department's TARP Capital Purchase Program. A copy of the Company's press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and the information contained therein is incorporated herein by reference.

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1 hereto, shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

99.1 Taylor Capital Group, Inc. press release dated November 12, 2008.