AMCORE Financial, Inc. Announces Third Quarter Earnings Release Date


ROCKFORD, Ill., Oct. 3, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AMCORE Financial, Inc. (Nasdaq:AMFI) today announced that it will release its third quarter results on Thursday, October 16, 2008, before the market opens. William R. McManaman, chairman and chief executive officer, Don Wilson, president and chief operating officer, and Judith Carre Sutfin, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will facilitate a one-hour earnings release call.



 Date:  October 16, 2008
 Time:  11:00 AM CT

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An audio recording of the quarterly conference call will be available starting two hours after the live broadcast. The audio recording will remain archived until midnight CDT on October 31 and can be obtained by calling 1-888-843-8996, ID number 22913959. Replays of the conference call can also be accessed through the Company's Website until 5 p.m. CDT on November 16.

AMCORE Financial, Inc. is headquartered in Northern Illinois and has banking assets of $5.2 billion with 78 locations in Illinois and Wisconsin. AMCORE provides a full range of consumer and commercial banking services, a variety of mortgage lending products and wealth management services including trust, brokerage, private banking, investment management, insurance and comprehensive retirement plan services. AMCORE common stock is listed on The NASDAQ Stock Market under the symbol AMFI. Further information about AMCORE Financial, Inc. can be found at the Company's website at www.AMCORE.com.

This news release contains, and our periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and written or oral statements made by the Company's officers and directors to the press, potential investors, securities analysts and others will contain, forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Act of 1934, and the Company intends that such forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbors created thereby with respect to, among other things, the financial condition, results of operations, plans, objectives, future performance and business of AMCORE. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. These statements are based upon beliefs and assumptions of AMCORE's management and on information currently available to such management. The use of the words believe, expect, anticipate, plan, estimate, should, may, will, or similar expressions, identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and AMCORE undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements in light of new information or future events. Contemplated, projected, forecasted or estimated results in such forward looking statements involve certain inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of factors, many of which are beyond the ability of the Company to control or predict, could cause actual results to differ materially from those in its forward looking statements. These factors include, among others, the following possibilities: (I) heightened competition, including specifically the intensification of price competition, the entry of new competitors and the formation of new products by new or existing competitors; (II) adverse state, local and federal legislation and regulation or adverse findings or rulings made by local, state or federal regulators or agencies regarding AMCORE and its operations; (III) failure to obtain new customers and retain existing customers; (IV) inability to carry out marketing and/or expansion plans; (V) ability to attract and retain key executives or personnel; (VI) changes in interest rates including the effect of prepayments; (VII) general economic and business conditions which are less favorable than expected; (VIII) equity and fixed income market fluctuations; (IX) unanticipated changes in industry trends; (X) unanticipated changes in credit quality and risk factors; (XI) success in gaining regulatory approvals when required; (XII) changes in Federal Reserve Board monetary policies; (XIII) unexpected outcomes on existing or new litigation in which AMCORE, its subsidiaries, officers, directors or employees are named defendants; (XIV) technological changes; (XV) changes in accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; (XVI) changes in assumptions or conditions affecting the application of "critical accounting estimates"; (XVII) inability of third party vendors to perform critical services for the Company or its customers; (XVIII) disruption of operations caused by the conversion and installation of data processing systems; and (XIX) zoning restrictions or other limitations at the local level, which could prevent limited branch offices from transitioning to full service facilities.



            

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