First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. : Announces Schedule for Fourth Quarter 2011 Earnings Release and Teleconference

ITASCA, IL -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 01/12/12 -- 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 fourth quarter 2011 earnings release and teleconference:

• 4th Quarter 2011 Earnings Release: Wednesday, January 25, 2012, prior to the market opening, by Marketwire distribution and First Midwest's website at .
  
  
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• Dial-in Numbers: [phone]; International [phone]. Participants should ask for the First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. Earnings Conference Call. Please call 10 to 15 minutes before the scheduled start of the teleconference.
  
  
• Telephone Replay: [phone]; International [phone]; Conference ID: 10008878
  
  
• Web Replay: Access the web replay by selecting the Investor Relations section of the First Midwest website at
  

About the Company

First Midwest, with assets of $8.4 billion is the premier relationship-based banking franchise in the dynamic Chicagoland banking market. As one of the Chicago metropolitan area's largest independent bank holding companies, First Midwest provides the full range of business, retail banking and trust and investment management services through some 100 offices located in communities in metropolitan Chicago, northwest Indiana, central and western Illinois and eastern Iowa. First Midwest was recently recognized as having the "Highest Customer Satisfaction with Retail Banking in the Midwest" according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2011 Retail Banking Satisfaction Study(SM). Additionally, First Midwest has been recognized by the Chicago Tribune for the second straight year as one the top 20 best places to work in Chicago among large employers.

Source: First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.