Contact Information: CONTACT: Michael L. Scudder EVP, Chief Financial Officer (630) 875-7283 www.firstmidwest.com First Midwest Bancorp One Pierce Place Suite 1500 Itasca, Illinois 60143-9768 (630) 875-7450
First Midwest Bancorp Declares First Quarter Dividend
| Source: First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.
ITASCA, IL -- (MARKET WIRE) -- February 21, 2007 -- First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ : FMBI ) today
announced the declaration of a quarterly cash dividend on its common stock
of $0.295 per share. The quarterly cash dividend will be payable on April
17, 2007 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on March 30,
2007 and represents the 97th consecutive quarterly dividend distribution
since the Company's formation in 1983.
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 the only bank named
by Chicago magazine as one of the 25 best places to work in Chicago.