 First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. First Midwest today announced that it has priced an underwritten public offering of 4,400,000 depositary shares, each representing a 140th ownership interest in a share of its 7.000 Fixed Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series C, without par value, with a liquidation preference of 1,000 per share of preferred stock equivalent to 25 per depositary share at an aggregate offering price of 110 million. First Midwest also has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 660,000 depositary shares from First Midwest. First Midwest intends to use the net proceeds of the offering for general corporate purposes and has applied to list the depositary shares on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol FMBIO. 