The Company encourages stockholders to vote their shares via the Internet, by telephone or by mail, as described in the proxy statement and on the proxy card sent to stockholders, even if they plan to attend the annual meeting virtually. By voting in advance, shares will be counted as present and voted at the annual meeting even if the stockholder decides later not to attend the meeting. About First Midwest First Midwest Bancorp (NASDAQ: FMBI) is a relationship-focused financial institution and one of the largest independent publicly traded bank holding companies based on assets headquartered in Chicago and the Midwest, with approximately $20 billion of assets and an additional $11 billion of assets under management. First Midwest Bank, Park Bank and First Midwest's other affiliates provide a full range of commercial, treasury management, equipment leasing, consumer, wealth management, trust and private banking products and services.