1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
| ONE PIERCE PLACE, SUITE 1500 | |
(Street)
| 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
FIRST MIDWEST BANCORP INC
[FMBI] | 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)| X | Director | | 10% Owner | | Officer (give title below) | | Other (specify below) | |
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3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/21/2008 |
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
05/23/2008 | 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)| X | Form filed by One Reporting Person | | Form filed by More than One Reporting Person |
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3) | 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4) | 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4) | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4) |
| Code | V | Amount | (A) or (D) | Price |
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Common Stock
| 05/21/2008 | | A | |
0
| A | $
0
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98
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D
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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) |
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3) | 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8) | 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5) | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year) | 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4) | 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5) | 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4) | 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4) | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4) |
| Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares |
| Andrea L. Stangl, Attorney-in-Fact for Brother James Gaffney, FSC | 09/10/2009 |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. |
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). |
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
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| Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient,
see Instruction 6 for procedure. |
| Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. |
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(1) |
execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of the Company or First Midwest Bank, Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder and Form 144 in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933; |
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do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, 5 or 144, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form or amendment with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and |
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(3) |
take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required of, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf on the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as shall be deemed appropriate by such attorney-in-fact in such attorney-in-fact's discretion. |
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company, assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the earliest of the following has occurred: (1) the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, 5 and 144 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, (2) this Power of Attorney is revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, or (3) as to any attorney-in-fact individually, such attorney-in-fact is no longer employed by the Company.
In witness whereof, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 22nd day of January, 2009.
Signature: /S/ BROTHER JAMES GAFFNEY, FSC
Print Name: Brother James Gaffney, FSC