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First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. to Participate in Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Bank Conference

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^{Published in Business and Finance on Thursday, February 24th 2011 at 13:50 GMT by Market Wire}  

ITASCA, IL--(Marketwire - February 24, 2011) - First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. ("First Midwest") (NASDAQ: [ FMBI ]) today announced that it will be participating in the KBW 2011 Bank Conference to be held in Boston, Massachusetts on March 1^st and 2^nd, 2011. Michael L. Scudder, First Midwest's President and Chief Executive Officer, is scheduled to present at the conference on Tuesday, March 1^st at 1:55 P.M. (ET). Interested individuals may listen to the live webcast and view a copy of the slides by accessing [ http://www.kbw.com/news/conferenceBostonBank2011_Webcast.html ]. For those unable to attend the live broadcast, a replay of the webcast will be available approximately 4 hours after the last presentation for 7 days.

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 some 100 offices located in 65 communities, primarily in metropolitan Chicago. First Midwest was recently recognized by the Chicago Tribune as one of the top 20 best places to work in Chicago among large employers.