The percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the trust preferred securities.

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Represents the fixed annual rate of cash distributions on the securities.

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Represents the annual rate of cash distributions on the securities, which are payable quarterly.

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The reference rate for the variable rate of the trust preferred securities, such as LIBOR or the US treasury rate and the maturity of the reference rate used, such as three months or six months LIBOR.

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Represents the maturity period of trust preferred securities.

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Including the current and noncurrent portions, the carrying value of junior subordinated long-term debt owed to unconsolidated subsidiary trusts as of the balance sheet date. Such debt places a lender in a lien position behind debt having a higher priority of repayment in liquidation of the entity's assets and was initially scheduled to be repaid after one year or beyond the normal operating cycle if longer.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03.16)
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The cash inflow from issuance of preferred stocks by a business trust or other special purpose entity, mainly established by a bank holding entity, to third party investors. The trust's assets are deeply subordinated debentures of the bank holding entity. Most trust preferred securities are subject to a mandatory redemption upon the repayment of the debentures.

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Junior Subordinated Debentures - Issuance (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2007	Jul. 31, 2003	Jun. 30, 2003	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Junior subordinated debentures
Junior subordinated debentures				$ 57,579	$ 57,543
Old Second Capital Trust I
Junior subordinated debentures
Proceeds from sale of cumulative trust preferred securities		$ 4,100	$ 27,500
Maturity Period				30 years
Cash distribution rate of trust preferred securities (as a percent)				7.80%
Old Second Capital Trust II
Junior subordinated debentures
Proceeds from sale of cumulative trust preferred securities	$ 25,000
Maturity Period				30 years
Old Second Capital Trust II \| Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period One [Member]
Junior subordinated debentures
Cash distribution fixed rate of trust preferred securities (as a percent)				6.77%
Old Second Capital Trust II \| Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Two [Member]
Junior subordinated debentures
Basis points added to cash distribution floating rate base (as a percent)				1.50%
Old Second Capital Trust II \| Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Two [Member] \| LIBOR
Junior subordinated debentures
Cash distribution, floating rate base				three-month LIBOR
Junior subordinated debentures \| Old Second Capital Trust I
Junior subordinated debentures
Junior subordinated debentures				$ 32,600
Junior subordinated debentures \| Old Second Capital Trust II
Junior subordinated debentures
Junior subordinated debentures				$ 25,800