AbstractCommercial Banking (MIC: 8.1 SIC: 6021 NAIC: 522110)First Midwest Bancorp is a bank‐holding company. Through its primary bank subsidiary, First Midwest Bank, Co. is engaged in commercial and retail banking, providing various lending, depository, and related financial services such as accepting deposits; commercial and industrial, consumer, and real estate lending; collections; trust and investment management services; cash management services; safe deposit box operations; and other banking services for commercial and industrial, and public or governmental customers. As of Dec 31 2007, Co. had $8.09 billion in total assets, $5.78 billion in total deposits, and 99 banking offices primarily in suburban metropolitan Chicago.