ITASCA, IL -- (Marketwire) -- 07/22/09 -- First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company" or "First Midwest") (NASDAQ: FMBI), the holding company of First Midwest Bank, today announced that it will be participating in the KBW 10th Annual Community Bank Investor Conference to be held in New York on July 28 and 29, 2009. Michael L. Scudder, First Midwest's President and Chief Executive Officer, is scheduled to present at the conference on Tuesday, July 28 at 2:30 P.M. (ET). Interested individuals may listen to the live webcast and view a copy of the slides by accessing http://www.kbw.com/news/conferences.html. For those unable to attend the live broadcast, a replay of the webcast will be available approximately 4 hours after the live presentation for 7 days.

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 with an Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workforce Flexibility in the greater Chicago area.