Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company" or "First Midwest") announced today that Vernon A. Brunner, a member of its Board of Directors ("Board"), died on Wednesday April 1, 2009, at the age of 68. A copy of the press release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1.
Mr. Brunner had served as a director of First Midwest since November of 2006, and previously had severed as a member of the Board from 1997 through 2005. At the time of his death, Mr. Brunner was serving as the Chair of the Board's Compensation Committee.
Pursuant to the Company's Corporate Governance Guidelines, director J. Stephen Vanderwoude, the current Vice-Chair of the Board's Compensation Committee and Chair of its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, has assumed the role of Compensation Committee Chair. Director Brother James Gaffney, the current Vice-Chair of the Board's Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee has assumed the role of Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Chair. Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits The following Exhibit is furnished as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K.
99.1 Press Release of the Registrant dated April 7, 2009.