ITASCA, IL, Oct. 7, 2009 (Marketwire) --

ITASCA, IL -- (Marketwire) -- 10/07/09 -- 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 third quarter 2009 earnings release and teleconference:

--  3rd Quarter 2009 Earnings Release:  Wednesday, October 21, 2009, prior
    to the market opening, by Marketwire distribution and First Midwest's web
    site at www.firstmidwest.com.

--  Teleconference:  Wednesday, October 21, 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:  (800) 706-7741; International (617) 614-3471;
    Passcode # 257 08 857.  Please call 10 to 15 minutes before the scheduled
    start of the teleconference.

--  Telephone Replay:  (888) 286-8010; International (617) 801-6888;
    Passcode # 465 26 612.  The replay will be available from 1:00 P.M. ET on
    October 21, 2009 until 11:59 P.M. ET on October 28, 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 October 21, 2009 until 11:59
    P.M. ET on October 28, 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.