ITASCA, IL -- (Marketwire) -- 07/06/09 -- First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. ("First Midwest") (NASDAQ: FMBI), the holding company of First Midwest Bank, today announced the following schedule and contact information for its second quarter 2009 earnings release and teleconference:

--  2nd Quarter 2009 Earnings Release:  Wednesday, July 22, 2009, prior to
    the market opening, by Marketwire distribution and First Midwest's web site
    at www.firstmidwest.com.
--  Teleconference:  Wednesday, July 22, 2009, from 10:00 A.M. ET to 11:00
    A.M. ET.  Listen-only mode via telephone and Internet broadcast on the
    First Midwest web site at www.firstmidwest.com.
--  Dial-in Numbers:  (866) 700-6067; International (617) 213-8834;
    Passcode # 434 12 643.  Please call 10 to 15 minutes before the scheduled
    start of the teleconference.
--  Telephone Replay:  (888) 286-8010; International (617) 801-6888;
    Passcode # 963 01 975.  The replay will be available from 1:00 P.M. ET on
    July 22, 2009 until 11:59 P.M. ET on July 29, 2009.
--  Web Replay:  Access the web replay by selecting the Investor Relations
    section of the First Midwest web site at www.firstmidwest.com.  The replay
    will be available beginning at 1:00 P.M. ET on July 22, 2009 until 11:59
    P.M. ET on July 29, 2009.
    

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 some 100 offices located in 62 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.