SOURCE: Midwest Banc Holdings, Inc.

 

MELROSE PARK, IL--(Marketwire - June 30, 2008) - Midwest Banc Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MBHI) announced that it will release second quarter 2008 earnings after the market closes on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 and conduct a conference call to discuss these results the following morning, July 23, 2008, at 11:00 A.M. eastern / 10:00 A.M. central.

The webcast and call will be hosted by members of management. A brief discussion of quarterly results and trends will be followed by questions from professional investors and analysts invited to participate in the interactive portion of the discussion.

Interested parties wishing to participate in the interactive portion of the call can dial in to 800-860-2442 or +1 412-858-4600 for international calls. The live webcast can be accessed at www.midwestbanc.com and will be available for replay on that website. The audio replay may be accessed through July 30, 2008 at 877-344-7529 or +1 412-317-0088. The replay passcode is 420171.

Midwest Banc Holdings, Inc., with $3.7 billion in assets, provides a wide range of retail and commercial banking services, personal and corporate trust services, securities services and insurance brokerage services in the greater Chicago area. Midwest has 29 banking offices and operates 31 ATMs. On January 1, 2008, Midwest joined the Allpoint®/STARsf® surcharge-free network. Midwest customers now have access to thousands of surcharge-free ATMs nationwide, with over 1,000 ATMs in the Chicagoland area. The principal operating subsidiaries of Midwest Banc Holdings, Inc. are Midwest Bank and Trust Company and Midwest Financial and Investment Services, Inc.