ITASCA, IL--(Marketwire - Nov 29, 2011) - First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. ("First Midwest") (NASDAQ: [ FMBI ]), the holding company of First Midwest Bank, today announced that it will present at the J.P. Morgan SMid Cap Conference to be held in New York on December 1, 2011. Michael L. Scudder, First Midwest's President and Chief Executive Officer, is scheduled to present at the conference on Thursday, December 1st at 8:45 A.M. Eastern Time. Interested individuals may listen to the live webcast by accessing First Midwest's website at [ www.firstmidwest.com/corporateprofile ] or [ http://jpmorgan.metameetings.com/webcasts/smidcap11/directlink?ticker=FMBI ]. For those unable to attend the live broadcast, a replay of the webcast will be available for 7 days.

About the Company
First Midwest is the premier relationship-based banking franchise in the dynamic Chicagoland banking market with approximately $8.4 billion in assets. As one of the Chicago metropolitan area's largest independent bank holding companies, First Midwest provides the full range of business, retail banking and trust and investment management services through some 100 offices located in communities in metropolitan Chicago, northwest Indiana, central and western Illinois and eastern Iowa. First Midwest was recently recognized as having the "Highest Customer Satisfaction with Retail Banking in the Midwest" according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2011 Retail Banking Satisfaction Study(SM). Additionally, First Midwest has been recognized by the Chicago Tribune for the second straight year as one the top 20 best places to work in Chicago among large employers.