First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. to Participate in Raymond James 2015 U.S. Bank Conference

ITASCA, IL--(Marketwired - Sep 1, 2015) -  First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. ("First Midwest") (NASDAQ: FMBI), the holding company of First Midwest Bank, announced today that it will be participating in the Raymond James 2015 U.S. Bank Conference to be held in Chicago, Illinois on September 9, 2015. Michael L. Scudder, First Midwest's President and Chief Executive Officer, is scheduled to present at the conference on Wednesday, September 9, 2015 at 11:35 A.M. Central Time. The audio presentation and slides will be broadcast via live webcast at http://wsw.com/webcast/rj96/fmbi and will also be available through First Midwest's website at www.firstmidwest.com/investorrelations/. For those unable to attend the live broadcast, a replay of the webcast will be available on First Midwest's website following the live presentation until September 16, 2015.

About First Midwest

First Midwest, with assets of $9.9 billion, is a relationship-focused financial institution and one of Illinois' largest independent publicly-traded bank holding companies. First Midwest's principal subsidiary, First Midwest Bank, and other affiliates provide a full range of business, middle market and retail banking as well as wealth management and private banking services through over 100 locations in metropolitan Chicago, northwest Indiana, central and western Illinois, and eastern Iowa. First Midwest was recognized for the second year in a row by J.D. Power as having the "Highest Customer Satisfaction with Retail Banking in the Midwest"* according to the 2015 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 and 2015 Retail Banking Satisfaction Studies(SM). The 2015 study is based on 82,030 total responses measuring 20 providers in the Midwest region (IA, IL, KS, MO, WI) and measures opinions of consumers with their primary banking provider. Proprietary study results are based on experiences and perceptions of consumers surveyed April 2014 - February 2015. Your experiences may vary. Visit jdpower.com.