First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. Announces Schedule for 2014 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Earnings Release and Conference Call

ITASCA, IL--(Marketwired - Jan 12, 2015) - First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. ("First Midwest") (NASDAQ: FMBI), the holding company of First Midwest Bank, today announced the following schedule and contact information for its 2014 fourth quarter and full year earnings release and conference call:

• Earnings Release: Tuesday, January 20, 2015, after the market close, by Marketwired distribution and First Midwest's website at www.firstmidwest.com/investorrelations.
  
  
• Conference Call: Wednesday, January 21, 2015, at 10:00 A.M. ET. Listen-only mode, via telephone and Internet broadcast on the First Midwest website at www.firstmidwest.com/investorrelations.
  
  
• Dial-in Numbers: US (877) 507-0639; International (412) 317-6003. Participants should ask for the First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. Earnings Conference Call. Please call 10 to 15 minutes before the scheduled start of the call.
  
  
• Telephone Replay: US (877) 344-7529; International (412) 317-0088; Conference ID: 10058797. The replay will be available one hour after completion of the live call until 9:00 A.M. ET on January 29, 2015.
  
  
• Web Replay: Access the web replay by selecting the Investor Relations section of the First Midwest website at www.firstmidwest.com/investorrelations. The replay will be available one hour after completion of the live call until 9:00 A.M. ET on January 29, 2015.
  

About First Midwest

First Midwest, with assets of approximately $9.6 billion, is the premier relationship-based financial institution in the Chicago banking market. As one of Illinois' largest independent bank holding companies, First Midwest, through its subsidiary bank and other affiliates, provides a full range of business, middle market and retail banking and wealth management services through approximately 110 banking offices located in metropolitan Chicago, northwest Indiana, central and western Illinois, and eastern Iowa. First Midwest has been recognized by J.D. Power as having the "Highest Customer Satisfaction with Retail Banking in the Midwest Region^*" according to the 2014 Retail Banking Satisfaction Study(SM). First Midwest's website is www.firstmidwest.com.

^* First Midwest Bank received the highest numerical score among retail banks in the Midwest region in the proprietary J.D. Power 2014 Retail Banking Satisfaction Study(SM). The study is based on 80,445 total responses measuring 21 providers in the Midwest region (Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Minnesota and Wisconsin) and measures opinions of consumers with their primary banking provider. Proprietary study results are based on experiences and perceptions of consumers surveyed January 2014. Individual experiences may vary. Visit www.JDPower.com.