X0303 4 2010-01-15 0 0000702325 FIRST MIDWEST BANCORP INC FMBI 0001452076 Carapella Victor P ONE PIERCE PLACE SUITE 1500 ITASCA X1 60143 UNITED STATES 0 1 0 0 EVP, Comm'l Banking Group Mgr. Common Stock 2010-01-15 4 A 0 135 12.2 A 34001 D Common Stock 48881 I By NQ Stock Option Gain Deferral Plan Common Stock 25580 I By Profit Sharing Plan Trust Represents a salary adjustment paid to the reporting person in bi-weekly installments of fully vested shares. The reporting person may not transfer the shares during the period the Company has any obligations outstanding under the U.S. Treasury's Troubled Asset Relief Program except in the case of the reporting person's death or disability. Represents the average of the high and low price of FMBI common stock as quoted on the Nasdaq Stock Market on 1/14/10. Between May 21, 2009 and January 19, 2010 the Reporting Person acquired 19 shares of First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. Common Stock under the First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. Dividend Reinvestment Plan. The aggregate information reported in this line item includes such shares as reported in a plan statement dated December 18, 2009. Between May 21, 2009 and January 19, 2010 the Reporting Person acquired 155 shares of First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. Common Stock under the First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. Non-Qualified Gain Deferral Plan pursuant to the Dividend Reinvestment feature of the Plan. This information is based on a plan statement dated January 12, 2010. Between May 21, 2009 and January 19, 2010 the Reporting Person acquired 77 shares of First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. Common Stock under the First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. Savings and Profit Sharing Plan. The information in this report is based on a plan statement dated January 19, 2010. Andrea L. Stangl, Attorney-in-fact for Victor P. Carapella 2010-01-19