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, Inc. Declares First Quarter Dividend
| Source: First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.
ITASCA, IL,--(Marketwire - February 25, 2008) - First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. ("First Midwest")
(NASDAQ : FMBI ) today announced the declaration of a quarterly cash dividend
on its common stock of $0.31 per share. The quarterly cash dividend will
be payable on April 15, 2008 to stockholders of record as of the close of
business on March 28, 2008 and represents the 101st consecutive quarterly
dividend distribution since the Company's formation in 1983.
First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. will conduct its 2008 Annual Stockholders
Meeting on Wednesday, May 21, 2008, at 9:30 A.M. CT at the Westin Chicago
Northwest, Itasca, Illinois.
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 recently recognized
by the Alfred P. Sloan Awards for Business Excellence in Workforce
Flexibility in the greater Chicago Area.