Contact Information: CONTACTS: Michael L. Scudder EVP Chief Financial Officer (630) 875-7283 First Midwest Bancorp One Pierce Place, Suite 1500 Itasca, Illinois 60143-9768 (630) 875-7450
First Midwest to Participate in Sandler O'Neill & Partners 2006 Financial Services Conference
| Source: First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.
ITASCA, IL -- (MARKET WIRE) -- November 8, 2006 -- First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ : FMBI ) today
announced that it will be participating in the Sandler O'Neill & Partners
2006 Financial Services Conference to be held in Naples, Florida on
November 15-17, 2006. Michael L. Scudder, First Midwest's Chief Financial
Officer, and Thomas J. Schwartz, First Midwest's Group President of
Commercial Banking, will represent the company at the Conference at 1:00
P.M. (EST) on Thursday, November 16, 2006. Interested individuals may
listen to the live webcast of the presentation and view a copy of the
slides used in the presentation by accessing
http://www.firstmidwest.com/aboutinvestor_overview.asp. The conference
will also be available via audio dial-in (877) 711-4406 (no passcode is
required for this call).
For those unable to attend the live broadcast, a replay will be available
on First Midwest's website for approximately 7 days following the
presentation.
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 62 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.