Item 8.01. Other Events.

As previously disclosed by AMCORE Financial, Inc. (the "Company") in the Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 26, 2009, entry into the Written Agreement, dated June 26, 2009, between the Company and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and the issuance of the Consent Order, dated June 25, 2009, by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency constituted events of default under the Credit Agreement (the "Credit Agreement"), dated as of August 8, 2007 and amended as of October 10, 2008 and March 3, 2009, between the Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. ("JPMorgan"). AMCORE has remained current with all its payments due under the Credit Agreement. On July 31, 2009, JPMorgan and the Company entered into an Amendment to the Credit Agreement (the "Amendment") that, among other things, waives the technical default, provides for the payment by the Company of $7.5 million of the $20.0 million loan outstanding under the Credit Agreement and extends the maturity date of the Credit Agreement by one year to April 15, 2011. In accordance with the terms of the Amendment, the Company made such $7.5 million payment on July 31, 2009.

On August 3, 2009, the Company issued a press release announcing its entry into the Amendment. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No. Description

99.1 Press release of AMCORE Financial, Inc. dated August 3, 2009

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