ITASCA, IL -- (Marketwired) -- 02/25/15 -- First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. ("First Midwest") (NASDAQ: FMBI), the holding company of First Midwest Bank, today announced that it will be participating in the 2015 Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Boston Bank Conference to be held in Boston, Massachusetts February 25-26, 2015. Michael L. Scudder, First Midwest's President and Chief Executive Officer, is scheduled to be interviewed by Chris McGratty, Managing Director of Bank Research at the conference on Thursday, February 26 at 9:30 A.M. (ET).

The presentation will be broadcast via live webcast at http://wsw.com/webcast/kbw25/fmbi and will also be available through First Midwest's website at www.firstmidwest.com/investorrelations/. For those unable to attend the live broadcast, a replay of the audio portion of the webcast will be available immediately following the live interview until 11:59 PM ET on March 5, 2015.

About First Midwest

First Midwest, with assets of approximately $9.4 billion, is the premier relationship-based financial institution in the Chicago banking market. As one of Illinois' largest independent bank holding companies, First Midwest, through its subsidiary bank and other affiliates, provides a full range of business, middle-market and retail banking and wealth management services through approximately 110 banking offices located in metropolitan Chicago, northwest Indiana, central and western Illinois, and eastern Iowa. First Midwest has been recognized by J.D. Power as having the "Highest Customer Satisfaction with Retail Banking in the Midwest Region*" according to the 2014 Retail Banking Satisfaction Study(SM). The Company website is www.firstmidwest.com.

*First Midwest Bank received the highest numerical score among retail banks in the Midwest region in the proprietary J.D. Power 2014 Retail Banking Satisfaction Study(SM). The Study is based on 80,445 total responses measuring 21 providers in the Midwest region (Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Minnesota, and Wisconsin) and measures opinions of consumers with their primary banking provider. Proprietary study results are based on experiences and perceptions of consumers surveyed January 2014. Individual experiences may vary.JDPower.com. 


CONTACT:
James M. Roolf
SVP, Corporate Relations Officer
(815) 774-2071
Jim.Roolf@firstmidwest.com
www.firstmidwest.com

First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.
One Pierce Place, Suite 1500
Itasca, Illinois 60143-9768
(630) 875-7450

Source: First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.

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