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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES & EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K

[x] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (Fee Required)
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996

[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (No Fee Required)
For the transition period from ________________ to ________________

Commission file Number 0-10888
OLD NATIONAL BANCORP
(Exact name of the Registrant as specified in its charter)

INDIANA 35-1539838
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)

420 Main Street,
Evansville, Indiana 47708
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

The Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (812) 464-1434

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

Common Stock, No Par Value

Preferred Stock Purchase Rights

The Registrant has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months
(or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such
reports) and has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item
405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the
best of the Registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information
statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any
amendment to this Form 10-K. [x]

The aggregate market value (average bid price) of the Registrant's voting
common stock held by non-affiliates of the Registrant as of February 28, 1997
was approximately $984 million. The total number of shares of Registrant's
common stock outstanding as of that date was 26,596,737.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
The Registrant's Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to
be held April 17, 1997 is incorporated by reference into Part III of this
Form 10-K.




OLD NATIONAL BANCORP
1996 ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K
Table of Contents
PART I. PAGE
Item 1. Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Item 2. Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Item 3. Legal Proceedings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. . . . .11

PART II.
Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Stock and Related
Stockholder Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Item 6. Selected Financial Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations . . . . . . . . . . .12

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data. . . . . . . . .12

Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on
Accounting and Financial Disclosure . . . . . . . . . . .12

PART III.
Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant . . . . .12

Item 11. Executive Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and
Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions . . . . . . .13

PART IV.
Item 14. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules and Reports
on Form 8-K . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
SIGNATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

INDEX OF EXHIBITS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

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OLD NATIONAL BANCORP
1996 ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K


PART I
Item 1. BUSINESS

Old National Bancorp (the "Registrant") is a multibank
holding company incorporated in the State of Indiana and
maintains its principal executive office in Evansville, Indiana.
As a bank holding company, the Registrant engages in banking and
related activities authorized under the federal Bank Holding
Company Act of 1956, as amended. Through its nonbank affiliates,
the Registrant provides services incidental to the business of
banking, such as data processing, issuance and reinsurance of
credit life, accident, health, property, life, and casualty
insurance, fiduciary and trust services, property ownership, and
consumer financing. Since its formation, the Registrant has
acquired seventeen banks and two thrifts located in Indiana; six
banks located in Kentucky; and ten banks and one thrift located
in Illinois.

Banking Affiliates

As of December 31, 1996, the Registrant's affiliate banks
operated 119 banking offices throughout Indiana, Illinois, and
Kentucky. The following chart lists the affiliate banks by
state:
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Indiana Kentucky Illinois
<S> <C> <C>

Clinton State Bank First State Bank(Greenville) First National Bank
Old National Bank (Evansville) City National Bank (Fulton) (Harrisburg)
Bank of Western Indiana (Covington) Farmers Bank & Trust Co. Peoples National Bank
First Citizens Bank & (Madisonville) (Lawrenceville)
Trust Company (Greencastle) Morganfield National Bank Security Bank & Trust Co.
People's Bank & Trust Co.(Mt. Vernon) Farmers Bank & Trust Co. (Mt. Carmel)
Rockville National Bank (Henderson) Palmer-American National Bank
Merchants National Bank (Terre Haute) (Danville)
Security Bank & Trust Co. (Vincennes) First National Bank (Oblong)
United Southwest Bank (Washington) The National Bank of
Dubois County Bank (Jasper) Carmi
Orange County Bank (Paoli)
Citizens National Bank (Tell City)
Workingmens/ONB Bank (Bloomington)

</TABLE>

The Registrant also has acquired Southern Indiana Bank and
Trust Company (Newburgh, Indiana), which was merged into Old
National Bank; Warrick National Bank (Boonville, Indiana), which
was merged into Old National Bank; Gibson County Bank (Princeton,
Indiana), which was merged into Old National Bank; Workingmens

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Capital Holdings (Bloomington, Indiana), which was merged into
ONB Bank and renamed Workingmens/ONB Bank; Bank South, Federal
Savings Bank and The Bank of Harrisburg, which were merged into
First National Bank of Harrisburg; City Financial Bancorp and its
three banking subsidiaries, which were merged into Palmer-American
National Bank; Citizens Union Bank (Central City,Kentucky), which
was merged with First State Bank; and certain assets of Henderson
Home Savings and Loan Association, which were combined with Farmers
Bank and Trust Company (Henderson, Kentucky).

The Registrant's affiliate banks are engaged in a wide range
of commercial and consumer banking activities, including
accepting demand, savings and time deposits; making commercial,
consumer and real estate loans; money management services; and
providing other services relating to the general banking
business. Certain of the Registrant's affiliated entities also
offer electronic data processing, brokerage and correspondent
banking services; issue credit cards; originate, market and
service mortgage loans; and rent safe deposit facilities.

Regulation and Supervision

The Registrant is registered as a bank holding company and
is subject to the regulations of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System ("Federal Reserve") under the Bank Holding
Company Act of 1956, as amended ("BHC Act"). Bank holding
companies are required to file periodic reports with and are
subject to periodic examination by the Federal Reserve. The
Federal Reserve has issued regulations under the BHC Act
requiring a bank holding company to serve as a source of
financial and managerial strength to its subsidiary banks. It is
the policy of the Federal Reserve that, pursuant to this
requirement, a bank holding company should stand ready to use its
resources to provide adequate capital funds to its subsidiary
banks during periods of financial stress or adversity.

Additionally, under the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Improvement Act of 1991 ("FDICIA"), a bank holding company is
required to guarantee the compliance of any insured depository
institution subsidiary that may become "undercapitalized" (as
defined in FDICIA) with the terms of any capital restoration plan
filed by such subsidiary with its appropriate federal banking
agency up to the lesser of (i) an amount equal to 5% of the
institution's total assets at the time the institution became
undercapitalized, or (ii) the amount that is necessary (or would
have been necessary) to bring the institution into compliance

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with all applicable capital standards as of the time the
institution fails to comply with such capital restoration plan.
Under the BHC Act, the Federal Reserve has the authority to
require a bank holding company to terminate any activity or
relinquish control of a nonbank subsidiary (other than a nonbank
subsidiary of a bank) upon the Federal Reserve's determination
that such activity or control constitutes a serious risk to the
financial soundness and stability of any bank subsidiary of the
bank holding company.

The Registrant is prohibited by the BHC Act from acquiring
direct or indirect control of more than 5% of the outstanding
shares of any class of voting stock or substantially all of the
assets of any bank or savings association or merging or
consolidating with another bank holding company without prior
approval of the Federal Reserve. The BHC Act also prohibits the
Registrant from acquiring control of any bank operating outside
the State of Indiana unless such action is specifically
authorized by the statutes of the state where the bank to be
acquired is located. Additionally, the Registrant is prohibited
by the BHC Act from engaging in or acquiring ownership or control
of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of any class of voting
stock of any company engaged in a nonbanking business unless such
business is determined by the Federal Reserve to be so closely
related to banking as to be a proper incident thereto. The BHC
Act does not place territorial restrictions on the activities of
such nonbanking-related activities.

Bank holding companies with consolidated assets in excess of
$150 million are required to comply with the Federal Reserve's
risk-based capital guidelines, which require a minimum ratio of
total capital to risk-weighted assets (including certain off-balance
sheet activities such as standby letters of credit) of
8%. At least half of the total required capital, or 4% must be
"Tier 1 Capital", and the remainder may consist of "Tier 2
Capital" components. In addition to the risk-based capital
guidelines, the Federal Reserve has adopted a Tier 1 (leverage)
capital ratio under which the bank holding company must maintain
a minimum level of Tier 1 capital to average total consolidated
assets of 3% in the case of bank holding companies which have the
highest regulatory examination ratings and are not contemplating
significant growth or expansion. All other bank holding
companies are expected to maintain a ratio of at least 1% to 2%
above the stated minimum. For the Registrant's regulatory
capital ratios as of December 31, 1996 see the information
incorporated by reference in Part II, Item 7.

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The Registrant's affiliate banks which are national banks
are supervised, regulated and examined by the Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency ("OCC"). The Registrant's affiliate
banks which are state banks chartered in Indiana are supervised,
regulated and examined by the Indiana Department of Financial
Institutions. The Registrant's affiliate banks chartered in
Kentucky are supervised, regulated and examined by the Kentucky
Commissioner of Financial Institutions, and its affiliate banks
chartered in Illinois are supervised, regulated and examined by
the Illinois Commissioner of Banks and Trust Companies. In
addition, the Registrant's affiliate banks which are state banks
and members of the Federal Reserve are supervised and regulated
by the Federal Reserve, and those which are not members of the
Federal Reserve are supervised and regulated by the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC"). Each regulator has the
authority to issue cease-and-desist orders if it determines that
activities of a bank represent an unsafe and unsound banking
practice or a violation of law.

Both federal and state law extensively regulate various
aspects of the banking business, such as reserve requirements,
truth-in-lending and truth-in-savings disclosure, equal credit
opportunity, fair credit reporting, trading in securities and
other aspects of banking operations. Current federal law also
requires banks, among other things, to make deposited funds
available to customers within specified time periods.

Insured state-chartered banks are prohibited under FDICIA
from engaging as principal in activities that are not permitted
for national banks, unless (i) the FDIC determines that the
activity would pose no significant risk to the appropriate
deposit insurance fund, and (ii) the bank is, and continues to
be, in compliance with all applicable capital standards.

The FDIC and the OCC have adopted risk-based capital ratio
guidelines to which depository institutions under their
respective supervision are subject. The guidelines establish a
systematic analytical framework that makes regulatory capital
requirements more sensitive to differences in risk profiles among
banking organizations. Risk-based capital ratios are determined
by allocating assets and specified off-balance sheet commitments
to four risk weighted categories, with higher levels of capital
being required for the categories perceived as representing
greater risk.

Like the capital guidelines established by the Federal
Reserve, these guidelines divide a bank's capital into two tiers.

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Banks are required to maintain a total risk-based capital ratio
of 8%,of which 4% must be Tier 1 capital. The FDIC or OCC may,
however, set higher capital requirements when a bank's particular
circumstances warrant. Banks experiencing or anticipating
significant growth are expected to maintain capital ratios,
including tangible capital positions, well above the minimum
levels. All of the Registrant's affiliate banks exceeded the
risk-based capital guidelines of the FDIC and OCC as of December
31, 1996.

Branching by the Registrant's affiliate banks in Indiana,
Kentucky and Illinois is subject to the jurisdiction, and
requires the prior approval, of the bank's primary federal
regulatory authority and, if the branching bank is a state bank,
of the Indiana Department of Financial Institutions, Kentucky
Department of Financial Institutions or Illinois Commissioner of
Banks and Trust Companies, depending upon the location of the
principal office of the bank.

The Registrant and its affiliate banks are subject to the
Federal Reserve Act, which restricts financial transactions
between banks and affiliated companies. The statute limits
credit transactions between a bank and its executive officers and
its affiliates, prescribes terms and conditions for bank
affiliate transactions deemed to be consistent with safe and
sound banking practices, and restricts the types of collateral
security permitted in connection with a bank's extension of
credit to an affiliate.

FDICIA accomplished a number of sweeping changes in the
regulation of depository institutions, including the Registrant's
affiliated banks. FDICIA requires, among other things, federal
bank regulatory authorities to take "prompt corrective action"
with respect to banks which do not meet minimum capital
requirements. For these purposes, by regulation implementing
these provisions, the FDIC and OCC have defined the relevant
capital measures for five capital categories: well capitalized,
adequately capitalized, undercapitalized, significantly
undercapitalized and critically undercapitalized. FDICIA further
directs that each federal banking agency prescribe standards for
depository institutions and depository institution holding
companies relating to internal controls, information systems,
internal audit systems, loan documentation, credit underwriting,
interest rate exposure, asset growth, management compensation, a
maximum ratio of classified assets to capital, minimum earnings
sufficient to absorb losses, a minimum ratio of market value to

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book value of publicly traded shares and such other standards as
the agency deems appropriate.

The deposits of Registrant's affiliate banks are insured up
to $100,000 per insured account by the Bank Insurance Fund
("BIF"), which is administered by the FDIC, except for deposits
acquired in connection with affiliations with savings
associations, which deposits are insured by the Savings
Association Insurance Fund ("SAIF"). Accordingly, the
Registrant's affiliated banks pay deposit insurance premiums to
both BIF and SAIF.

The FDIC, as required by FDICIA, has adopted a final rule
that implements a risk-based assessment system whereby a base
insurance premium will be adjusted according to the capital
category and subcategory of an institution to one of three
capital categories, consisting of (1) well capitalized, (2)
adequately capitalized, or (3) undercapitalized, and one of three
subcategories, consisting of (a) healthy, (b) supervisory
concern, or (c) substantial supervisory concern. An
institution's deposit insurance assessment rate will depend upon
the capital category and supervisory category to which it is
assigned. As of June 1, 1995 the BIF rates were adjusted to a
range of 0.04% to 0.31%, with most of the Registrant's affiliate
banks paying 0.04%. On January 1, 1996, this rate was dropped to
0.0% except for a minimum annual payment. For deposits insured
by SAIF, a one-time recapitalization charge of 0.657% was
approved by the U.S. Congress on September 30, 1996, and which
was required to be paid November 29, 1996. Effective January 1,
1997, deposits insured by the FDIC's BIF fund will be 1.29 basis
points per $100 of deposits, an increase over the $2,000 annual
charge per bank in 1996. Insurance coverage for SAIF insured
deposits will decrease from approximately 23 basis points per
$100 of deposits to 6.44 basis points per $100 of deposits for
thrift deposits and 2.43 basis points per $100 deposits for
deposits acquired from thrifts. Registrant has less than 6% of
its deposits insured by SAIF. The supervisory subgroup to which
an institution is assigned by the FDIC is confidential and may
not be disclosed. Deposit insurance assessments may increase
depending upon the category and subcategory, if any, to which the
bank is assigned by the FDIC. Any increase in insurance
assessments could have an adverse effect on the earnings of
Registrant's affiliate banks.

The Riegle-Neal Community Development and Regulatory
Improvement Act of 1994 ("Act") contains seven titles pertaining
to community development and home ownership protection, small

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business capital formation, paperwork reduction and regulatory
improvement, money laundering and flood insurance. The applicable
federal supervisory agencies continue to promulgate regulations
implementing the Act which apply to Registrant's affiliate banks.

The Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency
Act of 1994 allows for interstate banking and interstate
branching without regard to whether such activity is permissible
under state law. Bank holding companies may now acquire banks
anywhere in the United States subject to certain state
restrictions. Beginning June 1, 1997, an insured bank may merge
with an insured bank in another state without regard to whether
such merger is prohibited by state law. Additionally, an out-of-
state bank may acquire the branches of an insured bank in another
state without acquiring the entire bank; provided, however, that
the law of the state where the branch is located permits such an
acquisition. Interstate branching may occur earlier than June 1,
1997 if both states involved in the bank merger expressly permit
it by statute. Further, bank holding companies may merge
existing bank subsidiaries located in different states into one
bank. Indiana enacted law in 1996 which permits interstate
branching and mergers prior to the national effective date of
June 1, 1997.

Additionally, an insured bank subsidiary may act as agent for
an affiliated bank or thrift in offering limited banking services
(receive deposits, renew time deposits, close loans, service
loans and receive payments on loans obligations) both within the
same state and across state lines. The Registrant cannot predict
with certainty the impact of these new laws on the banking
industry generally or on its business or future financial
performance.

The FDIC includes, in its evaluations of a bank's capital
adequacy, an assessment of the bank's exposure to declines in the
economic value of the bank's capital due to changes in interest
rates. On June 26, 1996, the FDIC, along with the Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Reserve, issued a
joint policy statement to provide guidance on sound practices for
managing interest rate risk. The statement sets forth the
factors the federal regulatory examiners will use to determine
the adequacy of a bank's capital for interest rate risk. These
qualitative factors include the adequacy and effectiveness of the
bank's internal interest rate risk management process and the
level of interest rate exposure. Other qualitative factors that
will be considered include the size of the bank, the nature and
complexity of its activities, the adequacy of its capital and

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earnings in relation to the bank's overall risk profile, and its
earning exposure to interest rate movements.

The interagency supervisory policy statement describes the
responsibilities of a bank's board of directors in implementing a
risk management process and the requirements of the bank's senior
management in ensuring the effective management of interest rate
risk. Further, the statement specifies the elements that a risk
management process must contain.

In August, 1996, the Federal Reserve and the FDIC issued
final regulations further revising their risk-based capital
standards to include a supervisory framework for measuring market
risk. The effect of the new regulations is that any bank holding
company or bank which has significant exposure to market risk
must measure such risk using its own internal model, subject to
the requirements contained in the regulations, and must maintain
adequate capital to support that exposure. The regulations
became effective on January 1, 1997, but compliance with the
regulations is not mandatory until January 1, 1998.

The new regulations apply to any bank holding company or bank
whose trading activity equals 10% or more of its total assets, or
whose trading activity equals $1 billion or more. Examiners may
require a bank holding company or bank that does not meet the
applicability criteria to comply with the capital requirements if
necessary for safety and soundness purposes.

The new regulations contain supplemental rules to determine
qualifying and excess capital, calculate risk-weighted assets,
calculate market risk equivalent assets and calculate risk-based
capital ratios adjusted for market risk.

The OCC has issued revised regulations, effective as of
December 31, 1996, modernizing and clarifying regulations
applicable to national banks. The new regulations address
corporate activities and regulations, operating subsidiaries
activities, branching, capital, and investments.

In addition to the matters discussed above, the Registrant's
affiliate banks are subject to additional regulation of their
activities, including a variety of consumer protection
regulations affecting their lending, deposit and collection
activities and regulations affecting secondary mortgage market
activities. The earnings of financial institutions are also
affected by general economic conditions and prevailing interest
rates, both domestic and foreign and by the monetary and fiscal

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policies of the United States Government and its various
agencies, particularly the Federal Reserve.

Additional legislation and administrative actions affecting
the banking industry may be considered by the United States
Congress, state legislatures and various regulatory agencies,
including those referred to above. It cannot be predicted with
certainty whether such legislation or administrative action will
be enacted or the extent to which the banking industry in general
or the Registrant and its affiliate banks in particular would be
affected thereby.



Item 2. PROPERTIES

The principal office of the Registrant is located in leased space
in the multi-story Old National Bank Building located at 420 Main
Street, Evansville, Indiana. The building is owned by a non-affiliated
third party.

The Registrant's affiliate banks conduct business primarily from
facilities owned by the respective affiliate banks. Of the 119
banking offices operated by the Registrant's affiliate banks, 94
are owned by the respective banks and 25 are leased from non-affiliated
third parties.

Old National Realty Company, Inc., a wholly-owned non-banking
subsidiary of the Registrant, owns certain real properties in
downtown Evansville, Indiana, which generally are incidental to
Registrant's banking operations. It does not engage in real
estate brokerage services.

Item 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

None.

Item 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

No matters were submitted to a vote of security holders of the
Registrant during the fourth quarter of 1996.


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PART II
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR THE REGISTRANT'S COMMON STOCK AND RELATED
STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

Page 52 of the Registrant's Annual Report to Shareholders for the
year ended December 31, 1996 is expressly incorporated herein by
reference.

ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

Page 14 of the Registrant's Annual Report to Shareholders for the
year ended December 31, 1996 is expressly incorporated herein by
reference.

ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL
CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Pages 13 through 30 of the Registrant's Annual Report to
Shareholders for the year ended December 31, 1996 are
incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

Pages 31 through 47 of the Registrant's Annual Report to
Shareholders for the year ended December 31, 1996 are
incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON
ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

None.

PART III
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT

This information is omitted from this report pursuant to General
Instruction G.(1) of Form 10-K as the Registrant intends to file
with the Commission its definitive Proxy Statement pursuant to
Regulation 14-A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, not later than 120 days after December 31, 1996.

ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

This information is omitted from this report pursuant to General
Instruction G.(1) of Form 10-K as the Registrant intends to file
with the Commission its definitive Proxy Statement pursuant to

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Regulation 14-A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, not later than 120 days after December 31, 1996.

ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND
MANAGEMENT

This information is omitted from this report pursuant to General
Instruction G.(1) of Form 10-K as the Registrant intends to file
with the Commission its definitive Proxy Statement pursuant to
Regulation 14-A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, not later than 120 days after December 31, 1996.

ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

This information is omitted from this report pursuant to General
Instruction G.(1) of Form 10-K as the Registrant intends to file
with the Commission its definitive Proxy Statement pursuant to
Regulation 14-A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, not later than 120 days after December 31, 1996.

PART IV
ITEM 14. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES AND REPORTS ON
FORM 8-K

(a) Financial Statements:

Report of Independent Public Accountants
Consolidated Balance Sheet - December 31, 1996 and 1995
Consolidated Statement of Income -
Years Ended December 31, 1996, 1995 and 1994
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Shareholders' Equity -
Years Ended December 31, 1996, 1995 and 1994
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows -
Years Ended December 31, 1996, 1995 and 1994
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(b) No reports on Form 8-K were filed with the Commission during
the fourth quarter of 1996.

(c) Exhibits - The following exhibits are filed herewith:

Exhibit 10 - Material Contracts
Exhibit 11 - Statement re Computation of Per Share Earnings
Exhibit 13 - Portions of Annual Report to Shareholders for the
year ended December 31,1996
Exhibit 21 - Subsidiaries of the Registrant
Exhibit 23 - Consent of Independent Public Accountants

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Exhibit 27 - Financial Data Schedulte

(d) Financial Statement Schedules - This information is omitted
since the required information is not applicable to the
Registrant.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.

OLD NATIONAL BANCORP

By:s/s Ronald B.Lankford
Ronald B. Lankford, President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, this report has been signed by the following persons on
behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.


By:s/s David L. Barning 3/27/97
David L. Barning, Director Date


By:s/s Richard J. Bond 3/27/97
Richard J. Bond, Director Date


By:s/s Alan W. Braun 3/27/97
Alan W. Braun, Director Date


By:____________________________ ________
John J. Daus, Jr., Director Date


By:s/s Wayne A. Davidson 3/27/97
Wayne A. Davidson, Director Date


By:
Larry E. Dunigan, Director Date

By:David E. Eckerle 3/27/97
David E. Eckerle, Director Date

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By:s/sThomas B. Florida 3/27/97
Thomas B. Florida, Director Date


By:s/s Phelps L. Lambert 3/27/97
Phelps L. Lambert, Director Date


By:s/s Ronald B. Lankford 3/27/97
Ronald B. Lankford, Date
President and Director
(Chief Operating Officer)

By:s/s Lucien H. Meis 3/27/97
Lucien H. Meis, Director Date

By:s/s Louis L. Mervis 3/27/97
Louis L. Mervis, Director Date

By:s/s Dan W. Mitchell 3/27/97
Dan W. Mitchell, Director Date


By:s/s John N. Royse 3/27/97
John N. Royse, Chairman Date
of the Board and Director
(Chief Executive Officer)

By:s/s Marjorie Soyugenc 3/27/97
Marjorie Soyugenc, Director Date


By:s/s Charles D. Storms 3/27/97
Charles D. Storms, Director Date


By:s/s Steve H. Parker 3/27/97
Steve H. Parker, Date
Senior Vice President
(Chief Financial Officer)


By:s/s Ronald W. Seib 3/27/97
Ronald W. Seib, Date
Vice President-
Corporate Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)

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INDEX OF EXHIBITS


Regulation S-K
Reference
(Item 601)

3(i) Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(i) of the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-4, File
No. 333-09967, dated August 12, 1996)

3(ii) By-Laws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3(ii) of Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form S-4, File No. 33-80670, dated June 23, 1994)

10 Material contracts (incorporated by reference to the
Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 1991 and to the Distribution
Agreement set forth in Exhibit 1 of the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-3, File No. 33-55222,
dated December 2, 1992)

11 Statement re Computation of Per Share Earnings

13 Portions of Annual Report to Shareholders for the year
ended December 31, 1996

21 Subsidiaries of the Registrant

23 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP

27 Financial Data Schedule

17