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First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. to Participate in Keefe, Bruyette & Woods 2008 Regional Bank Conference
| Source: First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.
ITASCA, IL--(Marketwire - February 25, 2008) - First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. ("First Midwest")
(NASDAQ : FMBI ) today announced that it will be participating in the KBW
2008 Regional Bank Conference to be held in Boston, Massachusetts on
February 27th and 28th, 2008. Michael L. Scudder, First Midwest's
President and Chief Operating Officer, and Paul F. Clemens, First Midwest's
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, are scheduled to
present at the Conference on Thursday, February 28th at 1:00 PM (ET).
Interested individuals may access the live, listen-only webcast of the
presentation and view a copy of the presentation slides through the
Investor Relations section of First Midwest's website at
http://www.firstmidwest.com/aboutinvestor_overview.asp.
For those unable to attend the live broadcast, a replay will be available
on the aforementioned website for 7 calendar days following the
presentation.
First Midwest is the premier relationship-based banking franchise in the
growing Chicagoland banking market. As one of the Chicago metropolitan
area's largest independent bank holding companies, First Midwest provides
the full range of both business and retail banking and trust and investment
management services through 102 offices located in 63 communities,
primarily in metropolitan Chicago. First Midwest was recently recognized
by the Alfred P. Sloan Awards for Business Excellence in Workforce
Flexibility in the greater Chicago Area.