Contact Information: CONTACT: Andrea L. Stangl Assistant Corporate Secretary (630) 875-7463 www.firstmidwest.com First Midwest Bancorp One Pierce Place, Suite 1500 Itasca, Illinois 60143-9768 (630) 875-7450
First Midwest Bancorp Declares Second Quarter Dividend
| Source: First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.
ITASCA, IL -- (MARKET WIRE) -- May 18, 2007 -- First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ : FMBI )
announced the declaration of a quarterly cash dividend on its common stock
of $0.295 per share on May 16, 2007. The quarterly cash dividend will be
payable on July 17, 2007 to stockholders of record as of the close of
business on June 29, 2007 and represents the 98th 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 103 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.