Document:

Restated Nonqualified Retirement Plan

  Exhibit 10.14
 
 First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.
 Nonqualified Retirement Plan
 Master Plan Document
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amended and Restated
 Effective January 1, 2008
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Article 1    Definitions                                                            1

Article 2    Selection, Enrollment, Eligibility                                    9

    2.1      Selection by Committee                                                    9

    2.2      Enrollment Requirements                                                    9

    2.3    Eligibility; Commencement of Participation                            9

    2.4    Termination of Participation and/or Deferrals                           10

Article 3     Deferral Commitments/Company Matching/Crediting/Taxes                   10

    3.1    Minimum Deferrals                                                   10

    3.2    Maximum Deferral                                                   10

    3.3     Election to Defer; Effect of Election Form                           11

    3.4     Withholding of Annual Deferral Amounts                                   11

    3.5    Annual Company Contribution Amount                                   11

    3.6     Annual Company Matching Amount                                           11

    3.7    Annual Profit Sharing Restoration Amount                           12

    3.8     Annual Pension Restoration Amount                                   12

    3.9    Investment of Trust Assets                                           12

    3.10     Vesting                                                                   13

    3.11    Crediting/Debiting of Account Balances                                   13

    3.12    FICA and Other Taxes                                                   15

Article 4    Short-Term Payout; Unforeseeable Financial Emergencies                   16

    4.1    Short-Term Payout                                                   16

    4.2     Other Benefits Take Precedence Over Short-Term                           16

    4.3    Withdrawal Payout/Suspensions for Unforeseeable Financial Emergencies   16

Article 5    Termination Benefit                                                   17

    5.1     Termination Benefit                                                   17

    5.2     Payment of Termination Benefit                                           17

    5.3    Death Benefit                                                           17

    5.4    Death Prior to Completion of Termination Benefit                   17

Article 6    Change in Control Benefit                                           18

    6.1    Change in Control Benefit.                                           18

    6.2    Payment of Change in Control Benefit.                                   18

Article 7    Disability Benefit                                                   18

    7.1    Disability Benefit                                                   18

Article 8    Elections Relating to Company Contribution, Profit Sharing Restoration and Pension Restoration Amounts18

    8.1    Timing of Election                                                   18

    8.2    409A Transition Elections                                           18

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Article 9    Beneficiary Designation                                                   19

    9.1    Beneficiary                                                           19

    9.2    Beneficiary Designation                                                   19

    9.3    Acknowledgment                                                           19

    9.4    No Beneficiary Designation                                           19

    9.5    Doubt as to Beneficiary                                                   19

    9.6    Discharge of Obligations                                           19

Article 10   Leave of Absence                                                   19

    10.1    Paid Leave of Absence                                                   19

    10.2    Unpaid Leave of Absence                                                   20

Article 11    Termination, Amendment or Modification                                   20

    11.1    Termination                                                           20

    11.2    Amendment                                                           20

    11.3    Effect of Change in Control                                           20

    11.4    Plan Agreement                                                           21

    11.5    Effect of Payment                                                   21

Article 12    Administration                                                           21

    12.1    Committee Duties                                                   21

    12.2    Agents                                                                   21

    12.3    Indemnity of Committee                                                   21

    12.4    Employer Information                                                   21

Article 13    Other Benefits and Agreements                                           22

    13.1    Coordination with Other Benefits                                   22

Article 14    Claims Procedures                                                   22

    14.1    Presentation of Claim                                                   22

    14.2    Notification of Decision                                           22

    14.3    Review of a Denied Claim                                           22

    14.4    Decision on Review                                                   23

    14.5    Legal Action                                                           23

Article 15    Trust                                                                   23

    15.1    Establishment of the Trust                                           23

    15.2    Interrelationship of the Plan and the Trust                           23

    15.3    Distributions From the Trust                                           23

Article 16     Miscellaneous                                                           24

    16.1    Status of Plan                                                           24

    16.2    Unsecured General Creditor                                           24

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    16.3Employer's Liability                                                   24

    16.4Nonassignability                                                   24

    16.5Not a Contract of Employment                                           24

    16.6Furnishing Information                                                   24

    16.7Terms                                                                   25

    16.8Captions                                                           25

    16.9Governing Law                                                           25

    16.10Notice                                                                   25

    16.11Successors                                                           25

    16.12Spouse's Interest                                                   25

    16.13Validity                                                           25

    16.14Incompetent                                                           26

    16.15Court Order                                                           26

    16.16Distribution in the Event of Taxation                                   26

    16.17Insurance                                                           26

    16.18Legal Fees To Enforce Rights After Change in Control                   26

APPENDIX A                                                                           29

 
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 FIRST MIDWEST BANCORP, INC.
 NONQUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLAN
 Amended and Restated
 Effective January 1, 2008
 Purpose
 The purpose of this Plan is to provide specified benefits to a select group of management and highly compensated Employees who contribute materially to the continued growth, development and
future business success of First Midwest Bancorp, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its subsidiaries, if any, that sponsor this Plan. This Plan shall be unfunded for tax purposes and for purposes of Title I of ERISA.
 Effective Date
 The Plan, as amended and restated in this document, is effective as of January 1, 2008. The distribution of benefits vested as of December 31, 2004 (together with earnings thereon)
("Grandfathered Benefits") shall be governed solely by the terms of Appendix A.
 
ARTICLE I
 Definitions
 For purposes of this Plan, unless otherwise clearly apparent from the context,
the following phrases or terms shall have the following meanings:
 
1.1 "Account Balance" shall mean, with respect to a Participant, a credit on the records of the Employer equal to the sum of (i) the Deferral Account
balance, (ii) the vested Company Contribution Account balance, (iii) the vested Company Matching Account balance, (iv) the vested Profit Sharing Restoration Account balance and (v) the vested Pension Restoration Account balance. The Account Balance,
and each other specified account balance, shall be a bookkeeping entry only and shall be utilized solely as a device for the measurement and determination of the amounts to be paid to a Participant, or his or her designated Beneficiary, pursuant to
this Plan.
 1.2 "Actuarial Equivalent" shall mean an actuarial equivalent single sum value determined in the same manner as such Actuarial Equivalent single sum value would be determined under the Pension Plan.
 1.3 "Annual Bonus" shall mean any compensation, in addition to Base Annual Salary relating to services performed during any calendar year, whether or not paid in such calendar year or included on the Federal Income Tax Form W-2 for
such calendar year, payable to a Participant as an Employee under any Employer's annual bonus and cash incentive plans, excluding equity awards.
 1.4 "Annual Company Contribution Amount" shall mean, for any one Plan Year, the
amount determined in accordance with Section 3.5.
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 1.5 "Annual Company Matching Amount" for any one Plan Year shall be the amount determined in
accordance with Section 3.6.
 1.6 "Annual Deferral Amount" shall mean that portion of a Participant's Base Annual Salary and Annual Bonus that a Participant elects to have, and is deferred, in accordance with Article 3, for any
one Plan Year. In the event of a Participant's Disability (if deferrals cease in accordance with Section 8.1), death or a Termination of Employment prior to the end of a Plan Year, such year's Annual Deferral Amount shall be the actual amount
withheld prior to such event.
 1.7 "Annual Pension Restoration Amount" for any one Plan Year shall be the amount determined in accordance with Section 3.8.
 1.8 "Annual Profit Sharing Restoration Amount"
for any one Plan Year shall be the amount determined in accordance with Section 3.7.
 1.9 "Base Annual Salary" shall mean the annual cash compensation relating to services performed during any calendar year, whether or not paid
in such calendar year or included on the Federal Income Tax Form W-2 for such calendar year, excluding bonuses, commissions, overtime, fringe benefits, equity awards, relocation expenses, incentive payments, non-monetary awards, directors' fees and
other fees, automobile and other allowances paid to a Participant for employment services rendered (whether or not such allowances are included in the Employee's gross income). Base Annual Salary shall be calculated before reduction for compensation
voluntarily deferred or contributed by the Participant pursuant to all qualified or non-qualified plans of any Employer and shall be calculated to include amounts not otherwise included in the Participant's gross income under Code Sections 125,
402(e)(3), 402(h), or 403(b) pursuant to plans established by any Employer; provided, however, that all such amounts will be included in compensation only to the extent that, had there been no such plan, the amount would have been payable in cash to
the Employee.
 1.10 "Beneficiary" shall mean one or more persons, trusts, estates or other entities, designated in accordance with Article 9, that are entitled to receive benefits under this Plan upon the death of a
Participant.
 1.11 "Beneficiary Designation Form" shall mean the form established from time to time by or at the direction of the Committee that a Participant completes, signs and returns to the Committee or its designated
agent to designate one or more Beneficiaries.
 1.12 "Benefit Payment Date" shall mean:
 (a) For purposes of a Short-Term Payout payable to a Participant under Article 4, any date occurring during the
30-day period beginning on January 1st of the calendar year designated by the Participant as the payment year for an Annual Deferral Amount ("Short Term Payment Year"), provided that such Short Term Payment Year shall be at least three Plan Years
after the calendar year in which such amounts are actually deferred.
 (b) For purposes of a Termination Benefit payable under Article 5 to a Participant that is not a Specified Employee (determined as of the date of his or her
Termination
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 of Employment), any date occurring during the 30-day period beginning on the first day following the last day of the calendar quarter in which the Participant
experiences the Termination of Employment. For purposes of a Termination Benefit payable under Article 5 to a Participant that is also a Specified Employee (determined as of the date of his or her Termination of Employment), any date occurring
during the 30-day period commencing on the first day following the last day of the second calendar quarter following the quarter in which the Participant experiences the Termination of Employment.
 (c) For purposes of the
Change in Control Benefit payable to a Participant under Article 6, any date occurring during the 30 day period beginning on the first day following the effective date for the Change in Control.
 (d) For purposes of the
Disability Benefit payable to a Participant under Article 7, any date occurring during the 60-day period beginning on the first day following the date on which the Participant is determined to be Disabled.
 1.13 "Board" shall
mean the board of directors of the Company.
 1.14 "Change in Control" shall mean any of the following events:
 (a) Any "person" (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Act of
1934, as amended, other than (i) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or a subsidiary, or (ii) a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially
the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, is or becomes the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under said Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 20% or more of the total voting power
of the then outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the "Voting Stock"); provided, however, that the following shall not constitute a Change in Control: (A) such person becomes the
beneficial owner of 20% or more of the Voting Stock as the result of the acquisition of such stock directly from the Company, or (B) such person becomes the beneficial owner of 20% or more of the Voting Stock as a result of the decrease in the
number of outstanding shares caused by the repurchase of shares by the Company; provided, further, that in the event a person described in clause (A) or (B) shall thereafter increase (other than in circumstances described in clause (A) or (B))
beneficial ownership of stock representing more than 1% of the Voting Stock, such person shall then be deemed to be a beneficial owner of 20% or more of the Voting Stock for purposes of this paragraph (a), provided that such person continues to
beneficially own 20% or more of the Voting Stock after such subsequent increase in beneficial ownership, or
 (b) During any period of two consecutive years, individuals, who at the beginning of such period, constitute the Board
of Directors of the Company, and any new director, whose election by the Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Company's stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2⁄3
) of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved (the "Incumbent Directors"), cease for any reason to constitute a
majority thereof, or
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 (c) The stockholders of the Company approve, or if such approval is not necessary or required, the consummation of, a reorganization,
merger or consolidation, the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets, or a similar transaction or series of transactions involving the Company (a "Business Combination") in each case, unless (1) all or substantially all
of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners, respectively, of the Voting Stock immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially, own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the total voting power represented by the
voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the Company or the corporation resulting from the Business Combination (including, without limitation, a corporation which as a result of the Business Combination owns the
Company or all or substantially all of the Company's assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries), in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to the Business Combination of the Voting Stock of the
Company, and (2) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the Company or such corporation resulting from the Business Combination were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement, or
action of the Incumbent Board, providing for such Business Combination, or
 (d) The stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company.
 1.15 "Change in
Control Benefit" shall mean the benefit set forth under Article 6.
 1.16 "Claimant" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14.1.
 1.17 "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as it may be
amended from time to time.
 1.18 "Committee" shall mean the committee described in Article 12.
 1.19 "Company" shall mean First Midwest Bancorp, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any successor to all or
substantially all of the Company's assets or business.
 1.20 "Company Contribution Account" shall mean (i) the sum of the Participant's Annual Company Contribution Amounts, plus (ii) amounts credited in accordance with all the
applicable crediting provisions of this Plan that relate to the Participant's Company Contribution Account, less (iii) all distributions made to the Participant or his or her Beneficiary pursuant to this Plan that relate to the Participant's Company
Contribution Account.
 1.21 "Company Matching Account" shall mean (i) the sum of all of a Participant's Annual Company Matching Amounts, plus (ii) amounts credited in accordance with all the applicable crediting provisions of
this Plan that relate to the Participant's Company Matching Account, less (iii) all distributions made to the Participant or his or her Beneficiary pursuant to this Plan that relate to the Participant's Company Matching Account.
 1.22 "Deduction Limitation" shall mean the following described limitation on a benefit that may otherwise be distributable pursuant to the provisions of this Plan. Except as otherwise provided, this limitation shall be applied to all
distributions that are "subject to the Deduction Limitation" under this Plan. If an Employer determines in good faith prior to a Change in 
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 Control that there is a reasonable
likelihood that any compensation paid to a Participant for a taxable year of the Employer would not be deductible by the Employer solely by reason of the limitation under Code Section 162(m), then to the extent deemed necessary by the Employer to
ensure that the entire amount of any distribution to the Participant pursuant to this Plan prior to the Change in Control is deductible, the Employer may defer all or any portion of a distribution under this Plan. Any amounts deferred pursuant to
this limitation shall continue to be credited/debited with additional amounts in accordance with Section 3.11 below, even if such amount is being paid out in installments. The amounts so deferred and amounts credited thereon shall be distributed to
the Participant or his or her Beneficiary (in the event of the Participant's death) at the earliest possible date, as determined by the Employer in good faith, on which the deductibility of compensation paid or payable to the Participant for the
taxable year of the Employer during which the distribution is made will not be limited by Section 162(m), or if earlier, the effective date of a Change in Control. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Plan, the Deduction Limitation shall
not apply to any distributions made after a Change in Control.
 1.23 "Deferral Account" shall mean (i) the sum of all of a Participant's Annual Deferral Amounts, plus (ii) amounts credited in accordance with all the applicable
crediting provisions of this Plan that relate to the Participant's Deferral Account, less (iii) all distributions made to the Participant or his or her Beneficiary pursuant to this Plan that relate to his or her Deferral Account.
 1.24 "Deferral Election Date" shall mean:
 (a) For purposes of deferrals of Base Annual Salary and Annual Bonus under Article 3, expect as provided below, the last day of the Plan Year preceding the Plan Year
during which the services related to such Base Annual Salary and Annual Bonus are to be performed;
 (b) If an Annual Bonus is determined by the Committee to be Performance-Based Compensation, the date which is six months prior
to the end of the applicable performance period, provided that the payment of such Performance-Based Compensation is not substantially certain at the time such election is made; or
 (c) For a Participant who is first designated
by the Committee on or after the first day of the Plan Year as being eligible to participate in the Plan, 30 days from the date such designation is communicated to the Participant.
 1.25 "Disability" shall mean a Participant
is:
 (a) unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of
not less than twelve (12) months; or
 (b) by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve
(12) months, receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than three (3) months under an accident and health plan covering employees of the Employer.
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1.26 "Disability Benefit" shall mean the benefit set forth in Article 7.
 1.27 "Election Form" shall mean the appropriate form(s) prescribed from time to time by the Committee for a Participant to complete,
sign and return to the Committee or its designated agent to make an election under the Plan.
 1.28 "Employee" shall mean a person who is an employee of any Employer.
 1.29 "Employer(s)" shall mean the
Company and/or any of its subsidiaries (now in existence or hereafter formed or acquired) that have been selected by the Board to participate in the Plan and have adopted the Plan as a sponsor.
 1.30 "ERISA" shall mean the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as it may be amended from time to time.
 1.31 "401(k) Plan" shall be that certain First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. Savings and Profit Sharing Plan, as it may from time to time be
amended.
 1.32 "Participant" shall mean any Employee (i) who is selected to participate in the Plan, (ii) who elects to participate in the Plan, (iii) who signs a Plan Agreement, an Election Form and a Beneficiary Designation
Form, (iv) whose signed Plan Agreement, Election Form and Beneficiary Designation Form are accepted by the Committee or its designated agent, (v) who commences participation in the Plan, and (vi) whose Plan Agreement has not terminated. A spouse or
former spouse of a Participant shall not be treated as a Participant in the Plan or have an account balance under the Plan, even if he or she has an interest in the Participant's benefits under the Plan as a result of applicable law or property
settlements resulting from legal separation or divorce.
 1.33 "Pension Plan" shall be that certain First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. Consolidated Pension Plan, as it may from time to time be amended.
 1.34
"Pension Restoration Account" shall mean (i) the sum of all of a Participant's Annual Pension Restoration Amounts, plus (ii) amounts credited in accordance with all the applicable crediting provisions of this Plan that relate to the Participant's
Pension Restoration Account, less (iii) all distributions made to the Participant or his or her Beneficiary pursuant to this Plan that relate to the Participant's Pension Restoration Account.
 1.35 "Performance-Based
Compensation" shall mean:
 (a) Compensation, the amount of which, or the entitlement to which, is contingent on the satisfaction of pre-established organizational or individual performance criteria (which need not have been
approved by the Board or a committee thereof, or the Company's stockholders) relating to a performance period of at least twelve (12) consecutive months. For this purpose, organizational or individual performance criteria are considered
pre-established if established in writing by not later than ninety (90) days after the commencement of the period of service to which the criteria relates, provided that the outcome is substantially uncertain at the time the criteria are
established.
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 (b) Performance-Based Compensation also includes compensation based upon subjective performance criteria, provided that:
 (i) The subjective performance criteria are bona fide and relate to the performance of the Participant, a group of service providers that includes the Participant, or a business unit for which the Participant provides services (which
may include the entire organization); and
 (ii) The determination that any subjective performance criteria have been met is not made by the Participant or a family member of the Participant (as defined in Code Section 267(c)(4)
applied as if the family of an individual includes the spouse of any member of the family), or a person under the effective control of the Participant or such a family member, and no amount of the compensation of the person making such determination
is effectively controlled in whole or in part by the Participant or such a family member.
 1.36 "Plan Agreement" shall mean a written agreement, as may be amended from time to time, which is entered into by and between an
Employer and a Participant. Each Plan Agreement executed by a Participant and the Participant's Employer shall provide for the entire benefit to which such Participant is entitled under the Plan; should there be more than one Plan Agreement, the
Plan Agreement bearing the latest date of acceptance by the Employer shall supersede all previous Plan Agreements in their entirety and shall govern such entitlement. The terms of any Plan Agreement may be different for any Participant, and any Plan
Agreement may provide additional benefits not set forth in the Plan or limit the benefits otherwise provided under the Plan; provided, however, that any such additional benefits or benefit limitations must be agreed to by both the Employer and the
Participant.
 1.37 "Plan Year" shall mean a period beginning on January 1 of each calendar year and continuing through December 31 of such calendar year.
 1.38 "Plan" shall mean the Company's Nonqualified
Retirement Plan, which shall be evidenced by this instrument and by each Plan Agreement, as they may from time to time be amended.
 1.39 "Profit Sharing Restoration Account" shall mean (i) the sum of all of a Participant's
Annual Profit Sharing Restoration Amounts, plus (ii) amounts credited in accordance with all the applicable crediting provisions of this Plan that relate to the Participant's Profit Sharing Restoration Account, less (iii) all distributions made to
the Participant or his or her Beneficiary pursuant to this Plan that relate to the Participant's Profit Sharing Restoration Account.
 1.40 "Qualified Plan Limits" shall mean the limitations imposed under Code Section
401(a)(17), Code Section 401(k)(3), Code Section 402(g) and/or Code Section 415, as the context so requires.
 1.41 "Quarterly or Annual Installment Method" shall be a quarterly or annual installment payment over the number of
quarters or years selected by the Participant in accordance with the Plan, calculated as follows: The Account Balance of the Participant shall be 
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 calculated as of the close of
business on the last business day of the applicable quarter following which the installment payment is to be made. The quarterly or annual installment to be paid shall be calculated by multiplying this balance by a fraction, the numerator of which
is one, and the denominator of which is the remaining number of quarterly or annual, as applicable, payments due the Participant (including the installment being calculated). Notwithstanding the foregoing, any installment payments, either quarterly
or annual payments, payable under the Plan shall constitute a single payment for purposes of compliance with Code Section 409A.
 By way of example, if the Participant elects a 40 quarter Quarterly or Annual Installment Method,
the first payment shall be 1/40 of the Account Balance, calculated as described in this definition. The following quarter, the payment shall be 1/39 of the Account Balance, calculated as described in this definition. If the Participant had elected
10 annual installments, then the first payment shall be 1/10 of the Account Balance and the subsequent installment would be 1/9 of the Account Balance at the end of the fourth quarter following the quarter with respect to which the first payment was
determined. Each quarterly or annual installment shall be paid on or as soon as practicable after the last business day of the applicable quarter, but in no event more than 30 days after such date.
 1.42 "Retirement" means
termination of employment on or after age 65 or on or after 55 with 15 years of service credited under the applicable qualified retirement plan of the Company.
 1.43 "Retirement Committee" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.7.
 1.44 "Short-Term Payout" shall mean the payout set forth in Section 4.1.
 1.45 "Short Term Payment Year" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.12.
 1.46
"Specified Employee" shall mean any Participant who is determined to be a "key employee" (as defined under Code Section 416(i) without regard to paragraph (5) thereof) for the applicable period, as determined annually by the Retirement Committee in
accordance with Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1(i). In determining whether a Participant is a Specified Employee, the following provisions shall apply:
 (a) The Committee's identification of the individuals who fall within the
definition of "key employee" under Code Section 416(i) (without regard to paragraph (5) thereof) shall be based upon the 12-month period ending on each December 31st (referred to below as the "identification date"). In applying the applicable
provisions of Code Section 416(i) to identify such individuals, "compensation" shall be determined in accordance with Treas. Reg. Section 1.415(c)-2(a) without regard to:
 (i) Any safe harbor provided in Treas. Reg. Section
1.415(c)-2(d);
 (ii) Any of the special timing rules provided in Treas. Reg. Section 1.415(c)-2(e); and
 (iii) Any of the special rules provided in Treas. Reg. Section 1.415(c)-2(g); and
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 (b) Each Participant who is among the individuals identified as a "key employee" in accordance with part (a) of this Section shall be treated as a Specified
Employee for purposes of this Plan if such Participant experiences a Termination of Employment during the 12-month period that begins on the April 1st following the applicable identification date.
 1.47 "Stock" means the common
stock, $.01 par value per share, of the Company. In the event of a change in the Stock by reason of a Stock dividend or split, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, combination, exchange of shares, or similar corporate change, the Stock shall be
appropriately adjusted by the Board or a committee thereof.
 1.48 "Termination Benefit" shall mean the benefit set forth in Article 5.
 1.49 "Termination of Employment" or "Termination" shall mean the
separation of employment from all Employers, voluntarily or involuntarily, for any reason other than Disability or death, which constitutes a separation from service as defined in Treasury Regulation 1.409A-1(h).
 1.50 "Trust"
shall mean one or more trusts established pursuant to that certain First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. Nonqualified Retirement Plan Grantor Trust Agreement, dated as of May 13, 1994, as amended from time to time, between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank,
N.A. as successor in interest to Harris Bank Barrington, N.A.
 1.51 "Unforeseeable Financial Emergency" shall be determined in accordance with Treasury Regulation 1.409A-3(i)(3).
 ARTICLE 2

Selection, Enrollment, Eligibility
 2.1 Selection by Committee. Participation in the Plan shall be limited to a select group of management and highly compensated Employees of the Employers, as determined
by the Committee in its sole discretion. From that group, the Committee shall select, in its sole discretion, Employees to participate in the Plan.
 2.2 Enrollment Requirements. As a condition to participation,
each selected Employee shall complete, execute and return to the Committee or its designated agent a Plan Agreement, an Election Form and a Beneficiary Designation Form, all within 30 days after he or she is selected to participate in the Plan. In
addition, the Committee shall establish from time to time such other enrollment requirements as it determines in its sole discretion are necessary.
 2.3 Eligibility; Commencement of Participation. Provided an
Employee selected to participate in the Plan has met all enrollment requirements set forth in this Plan and required by the Committee, including returning all required documents to the Committee or its designated agent within the specified time
period, that Employee shall commence participation in the Plan on the first day of the month following the month in which the Employee completes all enrollment requirements or such later date, such as the first day of the next Plan Year, specified
by the Committee. If an Employee fails to meet all such requirements within the period required, in accordance with Section 2.2, that Employee shall not be eligible to participate in the Plan until 
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the first day of the Plan Year following the delivery to and acceptance by the Committee or its designated agent of the required documents.
 2.4 Termination of Participation and/or Deferrals. If
the Committee determines in good faith that a Participant no longer qualifies as a member of a select group of management or highly compensated employees, as membership in such group is determined in accordance with Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and
401(a)(1) of ERISA, the Committee shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to prevent the Participant from making future deferral elections as of the first day of the subsequent Plan Year.
 ARTICLE 3
 Deferral
Commitments/Company Matching/Crediting/Taxes
 3.1 Minimum Deferrals.
 (a) Base Annual Salary and Annual Bonus. For each Plan Year, commencing with the 2008 Plan Year, a
Participant may elect to defer, as his or her Annual Deferral Amount, Base Annual Salary and Annual Bonus in the following combined minimum amount:

	 Deferral 
	 Minimum Amount 

	 Base Annual Salary 
	 $       0 

	 Annual Bonus 
	 $       0 

	 Combined Minimum 
	 $2,500 

 
 If an election is made for less than the combined minimum, or if no election is made, the amount deferred shall be zero.
 (b) Short Plan Year. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Participant first becomes a Participant after the first day of a Plan Year, the minimum deferral shall be an amount equal to the minimum set forth above,
multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of complete months remaining in the Plan Year and the denominator of which is 12.
 3.2 Maximum Deferral.
 (a) Base Annual
Salary and Annual Bonus. For each Plan Year, commencing with the 2008 plan year, a Participant may elect to defer, as his or her Annual Deferral Amount, Base Annual Salary and Annual Bonus up to the following maximum percentages for each
deferral elected:
 
	 Deferral 
	 Maximum Amount 

	 Base Annual Salary 
	 75%                  

	 Annual Bonus 
	 100%                  

 

 Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a
Participant first becomes a Participant after the first day of a Plan Year, the maximum Annual Deferral Amount shall be limited to the amount of 
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 compensation not yet earned
by the Participant as of the date the Participant submits a Plan Agreement and Election Form to the Committee or its designated agent for acceptance.
 3.3 Election to Defer; Effect of Election Form.
 (a) General Rules. Except as provided below, a Participant must make his or her deferral election as to a Plan Year no later than the applicable Deferral Election Date and such election shall become irrevocable as of
the end of such preceding Plan Year.
 (b) Subsequent Plan Years. For each succeeding Plan Year, a Participant may revoke or make a new deferral election for the subsequent Plan Year, provided that such election is
made before the applicable Deferral Election Date. In the absence of the timely delivery of such a new Election Form, the Election Form in effect at the end of a Plan Year shall constitute the Participant's irrevocable deferral election for the
succeeding Plan Year.
 (c) Election Form. For the above elections to be valid, the Election Form must be completed and signed by the Participant and timely delivered to the Committee or its designated agent.

3.4 Withholding of Annual Deferral Amounts. For each Plan Year, the Base Annual Salary portion of the Annual Deferral Amount shall be withheld from each regularly scheduled Base Annual Salary payroll in equal
amounts, as adjusted from time to time for increases and decreases in Base Annual Salary. The Annual Bonus portion of the Annual Deferral Amount shall be withheld at the time the Annual Bonus is or otherwise would be paid to the Participant, whether
or not this occurs during the Plan Year itself.
 3.5 Annual Company Contribution Amount. For each Plan Year, an Employer, in its sole discretion, may, but is not required to, credit any amount it desires to any
Participant's Company Contribution Account under this Plan, which amount shall be for that Participant the Annual Company Contribution Amount for that Plan Year. The amount so credited to a Participant may be smaller or larger than the amount
credited to any other Participant, and the amount credited to any Participant for a Plan Year may be zero, even though one or more other Participants receive an Annual Company Contribution Amount for that Plan Year. The Annual Company Contribution
Amount, if any, shall be credited as of the last day of the Plan Year. If a Participant is not employed by an Employer as of the last day of a Plan Year other than by reason of his or her death while employed, the Annual Company Contribution Amount
for that Plan Year shall be zero.
 3.6 Annual Company Matching Amount. Provided the Participant has elected to defer an Annual Deferral Amount for the Plan Year, the Participant's Annual Company Matching Amount
for any Plan Year shall be equal to 2% of the Participant's Base Annual Salary, reduced by the amount of any matching contributions made to the 401(k) Plan on his or her behalf for the plan year of the 401(k) Plan that corresponds to the Plan Year.
The Annual Company Matching Amount shall be credited on a quarterly basis during the Plan Year in the same manner as the matching contribution under the 401(k) Plan. If a Participant is not employed by an Employer as of the last day of a calendar
quarter during the Plan Year other than by reason of his or her Retirement, Disability or death, the Annual Company Matching Amount 
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 attributable to such quarter and the
remainder of such Plan Year shall be zero. In the event of death, a Participant shall be credited with the Annual Company Matching Amount attributable to the quarter of the Plan Year in which he or she dies.
 3.7 Annual
Profit Sharing Restoration Amount. A Participant's Annual Profit Sharing Amount for any Plan Year shall be an amount, determined by the Company, equal to the amount of profit sharing and matching benefits which would have been credited to
the Participant under the 401(k) Plan during the corresponding plan year of the 401(k) Plan, but for the Qualified Plan Limits and the Participant's participation in this Plan. If recommended by the Company's Retirement and Benefit Plans
Administration Committee (or any such successor committee) ("Retirement Committee") and approved by the Committee in connection with the Participant's commencement of employment with the Company, the Participant's Annual Profit Sharing Restoration
Amount shall also include an amount, determined by the Company, equal to the amount of profit sharing and matching benefits which would have been credited to the Participant under the 401(k) Plan for the period of the Participant's employment with
the Company prior to the date the Participant first becomes eligible to participate in the 401(k) Plan. If a Participant is not employed by an Employer as of the last day of a Plan Year other than by reason of his or her Retirement, Disability or
death, the Annual Profit Sharing Amount for such Plan Year shall be zero. In the event of Retirement, Disability or death, a Participant shall be credited with the Annual Profit Sharing Amount for the Plan Year in which he or she dies.
 3.8 Annual Pension Restoration Amount. A Participant's Annual Pension Restoration Amount for any Plan Year shall be an amount, determined on a Actuarial Equivalent basis by the Company, equal to (a) the amount by which
the Actuarial Equivalent value of the Participant's accrued benefit under the Pension Plan determined as of the last day of the Plan Year (i) as if the Participant's termination of employment occurred on the last day of the Plan Year, or, in the
case of a Participant whose employment terminated for any reason during the Plan Year, such earlier date of termination, (ii) without giving effect to the Qualified Plan Limits and the Participant's deferral elections under this Plan, and (iii) if
recommended by the Company's Retirement Committee and approved by the Committee in connection with the Participant's commencement of employment with the Company, by crediting of the period of employment prior to the date the Participant first became
eligible to participate in the Pension Plan as benefit service, exceeds (b) the sum of (i) the Actuarial Equivalent value as of the last day of the Plan Year of the Participant's accrued benefit under the Pension Plan (including as part of such
accrued benefit any amounts previously distributed to the Participant under the Pension Plan), plus (ii) the Actuarial Equivalent value of the Annual Pension Restoration Amounts credited to the Participant's Pension Restoration Account or paid to
the Participant with respect to prior Plan Years.
 3.9 Investment of Trust Assets. The Trustee of the Trust shall be authorized, upon written instructions received from the Committee or investment manager
appointed by the Committee, to invest and reinvest the assets of the Trust in accordance with the applicable trust agreement.
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 3.10
Vesting.
 (a) A Participant shall at all times be 100% vested in his or her Deferral Account.
 (b) Except as otherwise provided in the Plan Agreement or other written agreement between the
Company and the Participant, a Participant shall be 100% vested in his or her Company Contribution Account.
 (c) A Participant shall be 100% vested in his or her Company Matching Account.
 (d) A
Participant shall be vested in his or her Profit Sharing Restoration Account in accordance with the vesting schedule for Company profit sharing and matching contributions set forth in the 401(k) Plan.
 (e) A Participant shall
be vested in his or her Pension Restoration Account in accordance with the vesting schedule for retirement benefits set forth in the Pension Plan.
 (f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.10, in
the event of a Change in Control, a Participant's Company Contribution Account, Company Matching Account, Profit Sharing Restoration Account and Pension Restoration Account shall immediately become 100% vested (if it is not already vested in
accordance with the above vesting schedules).
 3.11 Crediting/Debiting of Account Balances. In accordance with, and subject to, the rules and procedures that are established from time to time by the Committee, in
its sole discretion, amounts shall be credited or debited to a Participant's Account Balance in accordance with the following rules:
 (a) Election of Investment Funds. Subject to Section 3.11(f) below, a
Participant, in connection with his or her initial deferral election in accordance with Section 3.3(a) above, shall elect, on the Election Form, one or more Investment Fund(s) (as described in Section 3.11(c) below) to be used to determine the
additional amounts to be credited to his or her Account Balance. A Participant may change his or her Investment Fund elections in accordance with guidelines set forth by the Committee from time to time.
 (b) Proportionate
Allocation. In making any election described in Section 3.11(a) above, the Participant shall specify on the Election Form, in increments of one percentage point (1%), the percentage of his or her Account Balance to be allocated to a
Investment Fund (as if the Participant was making an investment in that Investment Fund with that portion of his or her Account Balance).
 (c) Investment Funds. The Participant may elect one or more investment
funds, based on such funds as are designated from time to time by Committee (the "Investment Funds"), including a Investment Fund deemed invested in Stock (the "Stock Investment Fund").
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 As necessary, the Committee or the Retirement Committee acting at the direction of the Committee may, in its discretion, discontinue, substitute or add an Investment Fund. Each such action will take effect thirty (30) days after the
day on which the Committee or the Retirement Committee gives Participants advance written notice of such change.
 (d) Crediting or Debiting Method. The performance of each elected Investment Fund (either positive
or negative) will be determined by the Committee, in its reasonable discretion, based on the performance of the Investment Funds themselves. A Participant's Account Balance shall be credited or debited on a daily basis based on the performance of
each Investment Fund selected by the Participant, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, as though (i) a Participant's Account Balance were invested in the Investment Fund(s) selected by the Participant, in the percentages applicable
to such calendar quarter, as of the close of business on the first business day of such calendar quarter, at the closing price on such date; (ii) the portion of the Annual Deferral Amount that was actually deferred during any calendar quarter were
invested in the Investment Fund(s) selected by the Participant, in the percentages applicable to such calendar quarter, no later than the close of business on the first business day after the day on which such amounts are actually deferred from the
Participant's Base Annual Salary through reductions in his or her payroll, at the closing price on such date; and (iii) any distribution made to a Participant that decreases such Participant's Account Balance ceased being invested in the Investment
Fund(s), in the percentages applicable to such calendar quarter, no earlier than one business day prior to the distribution, at the closing price on such date. In furtherance of the foregoing, for purposes of crediting dividends attributable to the
Stock Investment Fund, dividends shall be credited as of the record date thereof. The Participant's Annual Company Contribution Amount, Annual Company Matching Amount, Annual Profit Sharing Restoration Amount and Annual Pension Restoration Amount
shall be credited to his or her Company Contribution Account, Company Matching Account, Profit Sharing Restoration Account and/or Pension Restoration Account, as the case may be, as of the last day of the Plan Year to which they relate. Despite the
foregoing, to the extent the Deferral and other amounts described in this Article 3 are paid into the Trust and the Trust assets are invested from time to time to reflect the elections made by Participants pursuant to Section 3.11(a) above, then
each Participant's Account Balance shall be debited or credited on the basis of the actual investment gains or losses of the Trust in lieu of crediting of the gains or losses in accordance with clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above.
 (e) No Actual Investment. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan that may be interpreted to the contrary, the Investment Funds are to be used for Investment purposes only, and a Participant's election of any
such Investment Fund, the allocation to his or her Account Balance thereto, the calculation of additional amounts and the crediting or debiting of such amounts to a Participant's Account Balance shall not be considered or construed in any manner as
an actual investment of his or her Account Balance in any such Investment Fund. In the event that the Company or the Trustee (as that term is defined in the applicable trust agreement with the Trust), in its own discretion, decides to invest funds
in any or all of the Investment Funds, no Participant shall have any rights in or to such investments themselves. Without limiting the foregoing, a Participant's Account Balance shall at all times be a bookkeeping entry only and shall not represent
any investment made on his or her behalf by the Company or the Trust; the Participant shall at all times remain an unsecured creditor of the Company.
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 (f) Stock Investment Fund - Frozen. As of September 30, 1998, the portion of each Participant's Account Balance deemed invested in the Stock Investment Fund shall be referred to herein as the Stock Investment Fund -
Frozen and be subject to the provisions of this Section 3.11(f). The portion of the Account Balance allocated to the Stock Investment Fund - Frozen shall, for so long as amounts deemed invested in such Fund are deemed invested in Stock, be subject
to crediting and debiting solely on the basis of the investment performance of the Stock in which such portion of the Account Balance is deemed invested, including any dividends attributable thereto. No other amounts may be allocated to the Stock
Investment Fund - Frozen, nor may any portion of the Account Balance deemed invested in the Stock Investment Fund - Frozen be allocated by the Participant (or Beneficiary) to any other Investment Fund. The distribution of any amount deemed invested
in the Stock Investment Fund - Frozen shall be distributed in shares of Stock only; provided, however, that cash shall be distributed in lieu of any fractional share.
 (g) Stock Investment Fund - Active. Effective
October 1, 1998, allocation of any portion of the Account Balance by a Participant (or Beneficiary) for deemed investment in the Stock Investment Fund shall be referred to herein as allocated to the Stock Investment Fund - Active and be subject to
the limitations of this Section 3.11(g). Allocations of the Account Balance to the Stock Investment Fund - Active shall be limited such that no amount, other than that attributable to reinvested dividends, may be allocated to the Stock Investment
Fund - Active if such allocation will cause the number of shares of Stock deemed represented by the Account Balance allocated to the Stock Investment Fund - Active to exceed 1,875 (subject to appropriate adjustments for any stock split, stock
dividend, recapitalization, reorganization or the like). Amounts allocated to the Stock Investment Fund - Active may be allocated to other Investment Funds. Distribution of any portion of the Account Balance then deemed invested in the Stock
Investment Fund - Active shall be distributed only in cash; provided, however that Committee may extend to Participants the right to receive such amounts in shares of Stock, provided such right is extended as an award under the Company's Omnibus
Stock and Incentive Plan, as amended and restated, effective as of January 1, 2003.
 3.12 FICA and Other Taxes.
 (a) Deferral Account. For each Plan Year in which an Annual
Deferral Amount is being withheld from a Participant, the Participant's Employer(s) shall withhold from that portion of the Participant's Base Annual Salary and Bonus that is not being deferred, in a manner determined by the Employer(s), the
Participant's share of FICA and other employment taxes on such Annual Deferral Amount. If necessary, the Committee may reduce the Annual Deferral Amount in order to comply with this Section 3.12.
 (b) Company Matching
Account, Company Contribution Account, Profit Sharing Restoration Account and Pension Restoration Account. When a Participant becomes vested in a portion of his or her Company Contribution Account, Company Matching Account, Profit Sharing
Restoration Account and/or Pension Restoration Account, the Participant's Employer(s) shall withhold from the Participant's Base Annual Salary and/or Annual Bonus that is not deferred, in a manner determined by the Employer(s), the Participant's
share of FICA and other employment taxes on such amount. If necessary, the Committee may reduce the vested portion of the Company Contribution Account, Participant's Company 
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 Matching Account, Profit Sharing Restoration Account and/or Pension Restoration Account in order to comply with this Section 3.12.
 (c) Distributions. The Participant's Employer(s), or the trustee
of the Trust, shall withhold from any payments made to a Participant under this Plan all federal, state and local income, employment and other taxes required to be withheld by the Employer(s), or the trustee of the Trust, in connection with such
payments, in amounts and in a manner to be determined in the sole discretion of the Employer(s) and the trustee of the Trust.
 ARTICLE 4
 Short-Term Payout; Unforeseeable Financial Emergencies
 4.1 Short-Term Payout. In connection with each election to defer an Annual Deferral Amount, a Participant may irrevocably elect to receive a future "Short-Term Payout" from the Plan with respect to such Annual Deferral
Amount. Subject to the Deduction Limitation, the Short-Term Payout shall be a lump sum payment in an amount that is equal to the Annual Deferral Amount plus amounts credited or debited in the manner provided in Section 3.11 above on that amount,
determined at the time that the Short-Term Payout becomes payable (rather than the date of a Termination of Employment). Subject to the Deduction Limitation and the other terms and conditions of this Plan, each Short-Term Payout elected shall be
paid out on the applicable Benefit Payment Date. By way of example, if a three year Short-Term Payout is elected for Annual Deferral Amounts that are deferred in the Plan Year commencing January 1, 2007, the three year Short-Term Payout would become
payable during a 30-day period commencing January 1, 2011.
 4.2 Other Benefits Take Precedence Over Short-Term. Should an event occur that triggers payment of a benefit under Article 5, 6, or 7 any Annual Deferral
Amount, plus amounts credited or debited thereon, that is subject to a Short-Term Payout election under Section 4.1 shall not be paid in accordance with Section 4.1 but shall be paid in accordance with the other applicable Article.
 4.3 Withdrawal Payout/Suspensions for Unforeseeable Financial Emergencies. If the Participant experiences an Unforeseeable Financial Emergency, the Participant may petition the Committee to (i) suspend any deferrals
required to be made by a Participant and/or (ii) receive a partial or full payout from the Plan. The payout shall not exceed the lesser of the Participant's Account Balance, calculated as if such Participant were receiving a Termination Benefit, or
the amount reasonably needed to satisfy the Unforeseeable Financial Emergency. If, subject to the sole discretion of the Committee, the petition for a suspension and/or payout is approved, suspension shall take effect upon the date of approval and
any payout shall be made within 60 days of the date of approval. The payment of any amount under this Section 4.3 shall be subject to the Deduction Limitation.
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 ARTICLE 5
 Termination Benefit
 5.1 Termination Benefit. Subject to Section 5.2 and the Deduction Limitation, a Participant who Experiences a Termination of Employment shall
receive, as a Termination Benefit, his or her Account Balance on the Benefit Payment Date. 
 5.2 Payment of Termination Benefit. 
 (a) A Participant, in connection with his or her
commencement of participation in the Plan, shall elect on an Election Form (i) whether to receive the Termination Benefit in a lump sum or pursuant to an Quarterly or Annual Installment Method of up to 60 quarters or 15 years and (ii) whether to
receive the Termination Benefit on the Benefit Payment Date or during the 30-day period following the end of the calendar quarter during which the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th anniversary of the Participant's Termination of Employment occurs. The
Participant may make a one-time change to his or her previous election by submitting a new Election Form to the Committee or its designated agent, provided that (a) any such Election Form will not be effective for twelve (12) months after the date
on which the Election Form is submitted to the Committee or its designated agent and (b) the date benefit payment(s) commence to the Participant shall be five (5) years after the date benefits would have otherwise commenced. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in no event shall a election change cause payment of a Termination Benefit to commence later than the 30-day period following the end of the calendar quarter in which the 10th anniversary of the Participant's Termination of Employment
occurs. 
 (b) If a Participant does not make any election with respect to the payment of the Termination Benefit, then such benefit shall be payable in a lump sum to be paid on the Benefit Payment Date.
 (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 5.2(a) and (b) above, if the Participant's Account Balance is less than the dollar limitation in effect under Code Section 402(g) at the time of Termination, payment of the Account
Balance shall be made in a lump sum no later than 30 days after the last day of the calendar quarter in which the Participant experiences the Termination. Any payment made shall be subject to the Deduction Limitation.
 5.3
Death Benefit. If a Participant dies before he or she experiences a Termination of Employment, such Participant's Termination Benefit shall be paid to his or her designated Beneficiary in the form elected by the Participant under
Section 5.2
 5.4 Death Prior to Completion of Termination Benefit. If a Participant dies after experiencing the Termination of Employment but before the Termination Benefit is paid in full, the Participant's
unpaid Termination Benefit payments shall continue and shall be paid to the Participant's Beneficiary over the remaining number of quarters and in the same amounts as that benefit would have been paid to the Participant had the Participant
survived.
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 ARTICLE 6
 Change in Control Benefit
 6.1 Change in Control Benefit. A Participant, in
connection with his or her commencement of participation in the Plan, may make an irrevocable election to receive his or her vested Account Balance in the form of a lump sum payment in the event that a Change in Control occurs prior to the
Participant's Termination of Employment, Disability or death (the "Change in Control Benefit").
 If a Participant elects not to receive a Change in Control Benefit, or fails to make an election in connection with his or her
commencement of participation in the Plan, the Participant's Account Balance shall be paid in accordance with the other applicable provisions of the Plan.
 For purposes of this Article 6, Change in Control shall mean an event
which is a Change in Control as defined in Article 1 and which is also a "change in control event" as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5).
 6.2 Payment of Change in Control Benefit. The Change in
Control Benefit shall be paid to the Participant in a lump sum on the Benefit Payment Date.
 ARTICLE 7
 Disability Benefit
 7.1 Disability Benefit. A Participant who becomes
Disabled prior to the occurrence of an event described in Articles 4, 5, and, if applicable, 6 shall receive his or her vested Account Balance in the form of a lump sum on the Benefit Payment Date
 ARTICLE 8
 Elections
Relating to Company Contribution, Profit Sharing Restoration and Pension Restoration Amounts
 8.1 Timing of Election. If an individual initially becomes a Participant as a result of the crediting of an
Annual Company Contribution Amount, Annual Profit Sharing Restoration Amount, or Annual Pension Restoration Amount, such Participant shall make the appropriate elections relating to the distribution of such Amounts within 30 days after the end of
the Plan Year with respect to which such Annual Company Contribution Amount, Annual Profit Sharing Restoration Amount, or Annual Pension Restoration Amount is credited.
 8.2 409A Transition Elections.
Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, effective through December 31, 2007 or such other date as provided for by the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS"), a Participant may make new distribution elections with respect to benefits other
than Grandfathered Benefits; provided that any such elections comply with applicable IRS guidence.
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 ARTICLE 9
 Beneficiary
Designation
 9.1 Beneficiary. Each Participant shall have the right, at any time, to designate his or her Beneficiary(ies) (both primary as well as contingent) to receive any benefits payable under the
Plan to a beneficiary upon the death of a Participant. The Beneficiary designated under this Plan may be the same as or different from the Beneficiary designation under any other plan of an Employer in which the Participant participates.
 9.2 Beneficiary Designation. A Participant shall designate his or her Beneficiary by completing and signing the Beneficiary Designation Form, and returning it to the Committee or its designated agent. A Participant
shall have the right to change a Beneficiary by completing, signing and otherwise complying with the terms of the Beneficiary Designation Form and the Committee's rules and procedures, as in effect from time to time. Upon the acceptance by the
Committee of a new Beneficiary Designation Form, all Beneficiary designations previously filed shall be canceled. The Committee shall be entitled to rely on the last Beneficiary Designation Form filed by the Participant and accepted by the Committee
prior to his or her death.
 9.3 Acknowledgment. No designation or change in designation of a Beneficiary shall be effective until received and acknowledged in writing by the Committee or its designated agent.

9.4 No Beneficiary Designation. If a Participant fails to designate a Beneficiary as provided in Sections 9.1, 9.2 and 9.3 above or, if all designated Beneficiaries predecease the Participant or die prior to complete
distribution of the Participant's benefits, then the Participant's designated Beneficiary shall be deemed to be his or her surviving spouse. If the Participant has no surviving spouse, the benefits remaining under the Plan to be paid to a
Beneficiary shall be payable to the executor or personal representative of the Participant's estate.
 9.5 Doubt as to Beneficiary. If the Committee has any doubt as to the proper Beneficiary to receive payments
pursuant to this Plan, the Committee shall have the right, exercisable in its discretion, to cause the Participant's Employer to withhold such payments until this matter is resolved to the Committee's satisfaction.
 9.6
Discharge of Obligations. The payment of benefits under the Plan to a Beneficiary shall fully and completely discharge all Employers and the Committee from all further obligations under this Plan with respect to the Participant, and
that Participant's Plan Agreement shall terminate upon such full payment of benefits.
 ARTICLE 10
 Leave of Absence
 10.1 Paid Leave of Absence. If a Participant is authorized
by the Participant's Employer for any reason to take a paid leave of absence from the employment of the Employer, the Participant shall continue to be considered employed by the Employer and the Annual Deferral Amount shall continue to be withheld
during such paid leave of absence in accordance with Section 3.3.
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 10.2 Unpaid Leave of Absence. If a Participant is authorized by
the Participant's Employer for any reason to take an unpaid leave of absence from the employment of the Employer, the Participant shall continue to be considered employed by the Employer and the Participant shall be excused from making deferrals
until the earlier of the date the leave of absence expires or the Participant returns to a paid employment status. Upon such expiration or return, deferrals shall resume for the remaining portion of the Plan Year in which the expiration or return
occurs, based on the deferral election, if any, made for that Plan Year. If no election was made for that Plan Year, no deferral shall be withheld.
 ARTICLE 11
 Termination, Amendment or Modification
 11.1 Termination. Although each Employer anticipates that it will continue the Plan for an indefinite period of time, there is no guarantee that any Employer will continue the Plan or will not terminate the Plan at any
time in the future. Accordingly, each Employer reserves the right to discontinue its sponsorship of the Plan and/or to terminate the Plan at any time with respect to any or all of its participating Employees, by action of its board of directors. The
termination of the Plan shall not adversely affect any Participant or Beneficiary who has become entitled to the payment of any benefits under the Plan as of the date of termination; provided however, that the Employer shall have the right to
accelerate installment payments without a premium or prepayment penalty by paying the Account Balance in a lump sum or pursuant to a Quarterly or Annual Installment Method using fewer quarters or years (provided that the present value of all
payments that will have been received by a Participant at any given point of time under the different payment schedule shall equal or exceed the present value of all payments that would have been received at that point in time under the original
payment schedule). After a Change in Control, the effect of termination of the Plan shall be governed by Section 11.3 below.
 11.2 Amendment. Subject to Section 11.3 below relating to amendments made after a
Change in Control, any Employer may, at any time, amend or modify the Plan in whole or in part with respect to that Employer by the action of its board of directors; provided, however, that: (i) no amendment or modification shall be effective to
decrease or restrict the value of a Participant's Account Balance in existence at the time the amendment or modification is made, calculated as if the Participant had experienced a Termination of Employment as of the effective date of the amendment
or modification; and (ii) no amendment or modification of this Section 11.2 or Section 12.2 of the Plan shall be effective. Such amendment or modification of the Plan shall not affect any Participant or Beneficiary who has become entitled to the
payment of benefits under the Plan as of the date of the amendment or modification.
 11.3 Effect of Change in Control. Despite the provisions of Sections 11.1 and 11.2 above, following a Change in Control, the
provisions of this Plan or any Participant's Plan Agreement may not be amended or terminated in any manner with respect to a Participant or Beneficiary if such amendment or termination would have an adverse effect in any way upon the computation or
amount of or entitlement to benefits of such Participant or Beneficiary under the Plan as in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control, including, but not limited to, any adverse change in or to the crediting or debiting of amounts to the
Account Balances or the time or manner of payment of the Account Balances to any Participant or Beneficiary, unless the Participant or Beneficiary has given written consent to such amendment or termination. An 
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 "adverse change" for purposes of this Section 11.3 shall include, but not be limited to, any acceleration of the payment of the Account Balances payable to the Participant or Beneficiary or a change in the
composition of the risk and return characteristics represented by the available Investment Funds or the Participant's or Beneficiary's ability to allocate his or her Account Balances among such Investment Funds.
 11.4
Plan Agreement. Despite the provisions of Sections 11.1 and 11.2 above, if a Participant's Plan Agreement contains benefits or limitations that are not in this Plan document, the Employer may only amend or terminate such provisions
with the consent of the Participant.
 11.5 Effect of Payment. The full payment of the applicable benefit under Articles 4, 5, 6 or 7 of the Plan shall completely discharge all obligations to a Participant and his
or her designated Beneficiaries under this Plan and the Participant's Plan Agreement shall terminate.
 ARTICLE 12
 Administration
 12.1 Committee Duties. Except as otherwise
provided in this Article 12, this Plan shall be administered by a Committee which shall consist of the Board, or such committee as the Board shall appoint. Members of the Committee may be Participants under this Plan. The Committee shall also have
the discretion and authority to (i) make, amend, interpret, and enforce all appropriate rules and regulations for the administration of this Plan and (ii) decide or resolve any and all questions including interpretations of this Plan, as may arise
in connection with the Plan. Any individual serving on the Committee who is a Participant shall not vote or act on any matter relating solely to himself or herself. When making a determination or calculation, the Committee shall be entitled to rely
on information furnished by a Participant or the Company.
 12.2 Agents. In the administration of this Plan, the Committee may, from time to time, employ agents and delegate to them such administrative duties as it
sees fit (including acting through a duly appointed representative) and may from time to time consult with counsel who may be counsel to any Employer.
 12.3 Indemnity of Committee. All Employers shall indemnify
and hold harmless the members of the Committee, any Employee to whom the duties of the Committee may be delegated, and the Retirement Committee against any and all claims, losses, damages, expenses or liabilities arising from any action or failure
to act with respect to this Plan, except in the case of willful misconduct by the Committee, any of its members, any such Employee or the Retirement Committee.
 12.4 Employer Information. To enable the Committee
and/or Retirement Committee to perform its functions, the Company and each Employer shall supply full and timely information to the Committee and/or Retirement Committee, as the case may be, on all matters relating to the compensation of its
Participants, the date and circumstances of the Disability, death or Termination of Employment of its Participants, and such other pertinent information as the Committee or Retirement Committee may reasonably require.
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 ARTICLE 13
 Other Benefits and Agreements
 13.1 Coordination with Other Benefits. The benefits provided for a Participant and
Participant's Beneficiary under the Plan are in addition to any other benefits available to such Participant under any other plan or program for employees of the Participant's Employer. The Plan shall supplement and shall not supersede, modify or
amend any other such plan or program except as may otherwise be expressly provided.
 ARTICLE 14
 Claims Procedures
 14.1 Presentation of Claim. Any Participant or Beneficiary
of a deceased Participant (such Participant or Beneficiary being referred to below as a "Claimant") may deliver to the Committee or its designated agent a written claim for a determination with respect to the amounts distributable to such Claimant
from the Plan. If such a claim relates to the contents of a notice received by the Claimant, the claim must be made within 60 days after such notice was received by the Claimant. All other claims must be made within 180 days of the date on which the
event that caused the claim to arise occurred. The claim must state with particularity the determination desired by the Claimant.
 14.2 Notification of Decision. The Committee shall consider a Claimant's claim
within a reasonable time, and shall notify the Claimant in writing:
 (a) that the Claimant's requested determination has been made, and that the claim has been allowed in full; or
 (b) that the Committee
has reached a conclusion contrary, in whole or in part, to the Claimant's requested determination, and such notice must set forth in a manner calculated to be understood by the Claimant:
 (i) the specific reason(s) for the
denial of the claim, or any part of it;
 (ii) specific reference(s) to pertinent provisions of the Plan upon which such denial was based;
 (iii) a description of any additional material or information
necessary for the Claimant to perfect the claim, and an explanation of why such material or information is necessary; and
 (iv) an explanation of the claim review procedure set forth in Section 14.3 below.
 14.3 Review of a Denied Claim. Within 60 days after receiving a notice from the Committee that a claim has been denied, in whole or in part, a Claimant (or the Claimant's duly authorized representative) may file with
the Committee a written request for a review of the denial of the claim. Thereafter, but not later than 30 days after the review procedure began, the Claimant (or the Claimant's duly authorized representative):
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 (a) may review pertinent documents;
 (b) may submit written comments or other documents; and/or
 (c) may request a hearing, which the
Committee, in its sole discretion, may grant.
 14.4 Decision on Review. The Committee shall render its decision on review promptly, and not later than 60 days after the filing of a written request for review of
the denial, unless a hearing is held or other special circumstances require additional time, in which case the Committee's decision must be rendered within 120 days after such date. Such decision must be written in a manner calculated to be
understood by the Claimant, and it must contain:
 (a) specific reasons for the decision;
 (b) specific reference(s) to the pertinent Plan provisions upon which the decision was based; and
 (c) such other matters as the Committee deems relevant.
 14.5 Legal Action. A Claimant's compliance with the foregoing provisions of this Article 14 is a mandatory prerequisite to a Claimant's
right to commence any legal action with respect to any claim for benefits under this Plan.
 ARTICLE 15
 Trust
 15.1 Establishment of the Trust. The Company shall establish the
Trust, and each Employer shall at least annually transfer over to the Trust such assets as the Employer determines, in its sole discretion, are necessary to provide, on a present value basis, for its respective future liabilities created with
respect to the Annual Deferral Amounts, Annual Company Contribution Amounts, and Company Matching Amounts for such Employer's Participants for all periods prior to the transfer, as well as any debits and credits to the Participants' Account Balances
for all periods prior to the transfer, taking into consideration the value of the assets in the trust at the time of the transfer.
 15.2 Interrelationship of the Plan and the Trust. The provisions of the Plan and
the Plan Agreement shall govern the rights of a Participant to receive distributions pursuant to the Plan. The provisions of the Trust shall govern the rights of the Employers, Participants and the creditors of the Employers to the assets
transferred to the Trust. Each Employer shall at all times remain liable to carry out its obligations under the Plan.
 15.3 Distributions From the Trust. Each Employer's obligations under the Plan may be satisfied
with Trust assets distributed pursuant to the terms of the Trust, and any such distribution shall reduce the Employer's obligations under this Plan.
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 ARTICLE 16
 Miscellaneous
 16.1 Status of Plan. The Plan is intended to be a plan that is not qualified within the meaning of Code Section 401(a) and that "is unfunded and is
maintained by an employer primarily for the purpose of providing deferred compensation for a select group of management or highly compensated employee" within the meaning of ERISA Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1). In all respects, the Plan
is intended to comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A and all regulations issued thereunder. The Plan shall be administered and interpreted to the extent possible in a manner consistent with that intent.
 16.2
Unsecured General Creditor. Participants and their Beneficiaries, heirs, successors and assigns shall have no legal or equitable rights, interests or claims in any property or assets of an Employer. For purposes of the payment of
benefits under this Plan, any and all of an Employer's assets shall be, and remain, the general, unpledged unrestricted assets of the Employer. An Employer's obligation under the Plan shall be merely that of an unfunded and unsecured promise to pay
money in the future.
 16.3 Employer's Liability. An Employer's liability for the payment of benefits shall be defined only by the Plan and the Plan Agreement, as entered into between the Employer and a
Participant. An Employer shall have no obligation to a Participant under the Plan except as expressly provided in the Plan and his or her Plan Agreement.
 16.4 Nonassignability. Neither a Participant nor any other
person shall have any right to commute, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, anticipate, mortgage or otherwise encumber, transfer, hypothecate, alienate or convey in advance of actual receipt, the amounts, if any, payable hereunder, or any part thereof,
which are, and all rights to which are expressly declared to be, unassignable and non-transferable. No part of the amounts payable shall, prior to actual payment, be subject to seizure, attachment, garnishment or sequestration for the payment of any
debts, judgments, alimony or separate maintenance owed by a Participant or any other person, be transferable by operation of law in the event of a Participant's or any other person's bankruptcy or insolvency or be transferable to a spouse as a
result of a property settlement or otherwise.
 16.5 Not a Contract of Employment. The terms and conditions of this Plan shall not be deemed to constitute a contract of employment between any Employer and the
Participant. Such employment is hereby acknowledged to be an "at will" employment relationship that can be terminated at any time for any reason, or no reason, with or without cause, and with or without notice, unless expressly provided in a written
employment agreement. Nothing in this Plan shall be deemed to give a Participant the right to be retained in the service of any Employer as an Employee, or to interfere with the right of any Employer to discipline or discharge the Participant at any
time.
 16.6 Furnishing Information. A Participant or his or her Beneficiary will cooperate with the Committee by furnishing any and all information requested by the Committee and take such other actions as may be
requested in order to facilitate the administration of the Plan and the payments of benefits hereunder, including but not limited to taking such physical examinations as the Committee may deem necessary.
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 16.7 Terms. Whenever any words are used herein in the masculine, they shall be construed as though they were in the feminine in all cases where they would so apply; and whenever
any words are used herein in the singular or in the plural, they shall be construed as though they were used in the plural or the singular, as the case may be, in all cases where they would so apply.
 16.8
Captions. The captions of the articles, sections and paragraphs of this Plan are for convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of its provisions.
 16.9 Governing
Law. Subject to ERISA, the provisions of this Plan shall be construed and interpreted according to the internal laws of the State of Illinois without regard to its conflicts of laws principles.
 16.10
Notice. Any notice or filing required or permitted to be given to the Committee under this Plan shall be sufficient if in writing and hand-delivered, or sent by registered or certified mail, to the address below:
 Corporate Secretary
 First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.
 One Pierce Place, Suite 1500
 Itasca, IL 60143
 Such notice shall be deemed given as of the date of delivery or, if delivery is made by
mail, as of the date shown on the postmark on the receipt for registration or certification.
 Any notice or filing required or permitted to be given to a Participant under this Plan shall be sufficient if in writing and
hand-delivered, or sent by mail, to the last known address of the Participant.
 16.11 Successors. The provisions of this Plan shall bind and inure to the benefit of the Participant's Employer and its successors
and assigns and the Participant and the Participant's designated Beneficiaries. The Company shall require any successor or assignee to expressly and unconditionally assume and agree to perform or cause to be performed each Employer's obligations
hereunder. In addition, the Company shall require the ultimate parent entity of any successor or assignee to expressly guaranty the prompt performance by such successor or assignee.
 16.12 Spouse's Interest. The
interest in the benefits hereunder of a spouse of a Participant who has predeceased the Participant shall automatically pass to the Participant and shall not be transferable by such spouse in any manner, including but not limited to such spouse's
will, nor shall such interest pass under the laws of intestate succession.
 16.13 Validity. In case any provision of this Plan shall be illegal or invalid for any reason, said illegality or invalidity shall not
affect the remaining parts hereof, but this Plan shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal or invalid provision had never been inserted herein.
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 16.14 Incompetent. If the Committee determines in its discretion that a benefit under this Plan is to be paid to a minor, a person declared incompetent or to a person incapable of handling the disposition of that
person's property, the Committee may direct payment of such benefit to the guardian, legal representative or person having the care and custody of such minor, incompetent or incapable person. The Committee may require proof of minority,
incompetence, incapacity or guardianship, as it may deem appropriate prior to distribution of the benefit. Any payment of a benefit shall be a payment for the account of the Participant and the Participant's Beneficiary, as the case may be, and
shall be a complete discharge of any liability under the Plan for such payment amount.
 16.15 Court Order. The Committee is authorized to make any payments directed by court order in any action in which the Plan
or the Committee has been named as a party. In addition, if a court determines that a spouse or former spouse of a Participant has an interest in the Participant's benefits under the Plan in connection with a property settlement or otherwise, the
Committee, in its sole discretion, shall have the right, notwithstanding any election made by a Participant, to immediately distribute the spouse's or former spouse's interest in the Participant's benefits under the Plan to that spouse or former
spouse.
 16.16 Distribution in the Event of Taxation.
 (a) In General. If, for any reason, all or any portion of a Participant's benefits under this Plan becomes taxable to the
Participant prior to receipt, a Participant may petition the Committee before a Change in Control, or the trustee of the Trust after a Change in Control, for a distribution of that portion of his or her benefit that has become taxable. Upon the
grant of such a petition, which grant shall not be unreasonably withheld (and, after a Change in Control, shall be granted), a Participant's Employer shall distribute to the Participant immediately available funds in an amount equal to the taxable
portion of his or her benefit (which amount shall not exceed a Participant's unpaid Account Balance under the Plan). If the petition is granted, the tax liability distribution shall be made within 90 days of the date when the Participant's petition
is granted. Such a distribution shall affect and reduce the benefits to be paid under this Plan.
 (b) Trust. If the Trust terminates in accordance with its terms and benefits are distributed from the Trust
thereunder to a Participant, the Participant's benefits under this Plan shall be reduced to the extent of such distributions.
 16.17 Insurance. The Employers, on their own behalf or on behalf of the trustee of the
Trust, and, in their sole discretion, may apply for and procure insurance on the life of the Participant, in such amounts and in such forms as the Trust may choose. The Employers or the trustee of the Trust, as the case may be, shall be the sole
owner and beneficiary of any such insurance. The Participant shall have no interest whatsoever in any such policy or policies, and at the request of the Employers shall submit to medical examinations and supply such information and execute such
documents as may be required by the insurance company or companies to whom the Employers have applied for insurance.
 16.18 Legal Fees To Enforce Rights After Change in Control. In the event of a Change in
Control, the Company shall pay all reasonable legal fees, costs and expenses incurred 
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 by a Participant or Beneficiary in enforcing any provision of this Plan or as a result
of the Company's or any Employer's contesting the validity, enforceability or interpretation of this Plan. Such payment shall be made within 30 days after the Participant or Beneficiary submits in writing a request for payment accompanied with such
evidence of fees and expenses incurred by the Participant or Beneficiary. In no case will a payment under this Section 16.18 be made after the December 31 of the year following the year in which the Participant or Beneficiary incurred such fees and
expenses.
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has signed this Plan document as of ________12/28___, 2007.

	 	 First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. a Delaware corporation
 
 
 By:   /s/ JOHN M.
O'MEARA                         
 Title: Chairman and CEO 

 
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  Appendix A
  The following provisions govern the distribution of benefits that were earned and vested as of December 31, 2004 (including any earnings
thereon). The provisions of this Appendix A mirror the Plan provisions effective as of December 31, 2004 and should be interpreted accordingly.
 A.1.Definitions
 

 
	"Disability" shall mean a period of disability during which a Participant qualifies for permanent disability benefits under the Participant's Employer's long-term disability plan, or, if a Participant does not participate in
such a plan, a period of disability during which the Participant would have qualified for permanent disability benefits under such a plan had the Participant been a participant in such a plan, as determined in the sole discretion of the Committee.
If the Participant's Employer does not sponsor such a plan, or discontinues to sponsor such a plan, Disability shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.

 
	"Termination of Employment" or "Termination"
shall mean the severing of employment with all Employers, voluntarily or involuntarily, for any reason other than Disability, death or an authorized leave of absence.

 
	"Unforeseeable Financial Emergency" shall mean an
unanticipated emergency that is caused by an event beyond the control of the Participant that would result in severe financial hardship to the Participant resulting from (i) a sudden and unexpected illness or accident of the Participant or a
dependent of the Participant, (ii) a loss of the Participant's property due to casualty, or (iii) such other extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the Participant for which distribution is
necessary to preserve the value of the benefits of this Plan to the Participant, all as determined in the sole discretion of the Committee.

Terms used in this Appendix but not defined above shall be defined under the
terms of the Plan in effect as of December 31, 2004.
 A.2.Distribution of Benefits
  
	Short-Term Payout.

 
	In
connection with each election to defer an Annual Deferral Amount, a Participant may irrevocably elect to receive a future "Short-Term Payout" from the Plan with respect to such Annual Deferral Amount. Subject to the Deduction Limitation, the
Short-Term Payout shall be a lump sum payment in an amount that is equal to the Annual Deferral Amount plus any earnings on such amount, determined at the time that the Short-Term Payout becomes payable (rather than the date of a Termination of
Employment). Subject to the Deduction Limitation and the other terms and conditions of this Plan, each Short-Term Payout elected shall be paid out during a 60-day period commencing immediately after the last day of any Plan Year designated by the
Participant that is at least three Plan Years after the Plan Year in which the Annual Deferral Amount is actually deferred. By way of example, if a three year Short-Term 

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 Payout is elected for Annual Deferral Amounts that are deferred in the Plan Year commencing January 1, 2000, the three year Short-Term Payout would become payable during a 60-day period commencing January 1, 2004.
  
	Other Benefits Take Precedence Over Short-Term. Should an event occur that triggers a benefit under Sections (d), (e) or (f), any Annual Deferral Amount, plus amounts credited or debited thereon, that is subject to a
Short-Term Payout election under this Section (a) shall not be paid in accordance with this Section (a) but shall be paid in accordance with the other applicable Section.

 
	Withdrawal Payout/Suspensions for
Unforeseeable Financial Emergencies. If the Participant experiences an Unforeseeable Financial Emergency, the Participant may petition the Committee to (i) suspend any deferrals required to be made by a Participant and/or (ii) receive a
partial or full payout from the Plan. The payout shall not exceed the lesser of the Participant's Account Balance, calculated as if such Participant were receiving a Termination Benefit, or the amount reasonably needed to satisfy the Unforeseeable
Financial Emergency. If, subject to the sole discretion of the Committee, the petition for a suspension and/or payout is approved, suspension shall take effect upon the date of approval and any payout shall be made within 60 days of the date of
approval. The payment of any amount under this Section (a) shall be subject to the Deduction Limitation.

 
	Withdrawal Election. A Participant (or, after a Participant's death, his or her Beneficiary) may
elect, at any time, to withdraw all of his or her Account Balance, calculated as if there had occurred a Termination of Employment as of the day of the election, less a withdrawal penalty equal to 10% of such amount (the net amount shall be referred
to as the "Withdrawal Amount"). This election can be made at any time, before or after Disability, death or Termination of Employment, and whether or not the Participant (or Beneficiary) is in the process of being paid pursuant to an installment
payment schedule. If made before Disability or death, a Participant's Withdrawal Amount shall be his or her Account Balance calculated as if there had occurred a Termination of Employment as of the day of the election. No partial withdrawals of the
Withdrawal Amount shall be allowed. The Participant (or his or her Beneficiary) shall make this election by giving the Committee advance written notice of the election in a form determined from time to time by the Committee. The Participant (or his
or her Beneficiary) shall be paid the Withdrawal Amount within 60 days of his or her election. Once the Withdrawal Amount is paid, the Participant's right to voluntarily defer compensation into the Plan shall terminate and the Participant shall not
be eligible to make any voluntary deferral elections for the remainder of the Plan Year of the Withdrawal Election and the next Plan Year. The payment of the Withdrawal Amount shall be subject to the Deduction Limitation.

 
	Termination Benefit. Subject to the Deduction Limitation, a Participant who Experiences a Termination of Employment shall receive, as a Termination Benefit, his or her Account Balance.

 
	Payment of Termination Benefit. A Participant, in connection with his or her commencement of participation in the Plan, shall elect on an Election Form to receive the Termination Benefit in a lump sum or pursuant to an
Quarterly or Annual Installment Method of up to 60 quarters or 15 years. The Participant may annually 

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 change his or her election to an allowable alternative payout
period by submitting a new Election Form to the Committee, provided that any such Election Form is applicable to a Termination date which occurs in a subsequent calendar year and at least six months (or such shorter period as the Committee may
approve) after the date the new Election Form is accepted by the Committee in its sole discretion; provided, however, such advance filing period shall not apply to a new Election Form submitted prior to a Change in Control which is applicable to a
Termination date which occurs on or after the date of the Change in Control. The Election Form most recently accepted by the Committee shall govern the payout of the Termination Benefit. If a Participant does not make any election with respect to
the payment of the Termination Benefit, then such benefit shall be payable in five annual payments under the Quarterly or Annual Installment Method. The lump sum payment shall be made, or installment payments shall commence, no later than 30 days
after the last day of the calendar quarter in which the Participant experiences the Termination of Employment; provided, however, the Participant may elect to have the Termination Benefit payment commencement date delayed for up to five (5) years
from the Termination date by submitting an Election Form to that effect which is accepted by the Committee at least six months (or such shorter period as the Committee may approve) prior to the Termination date. Despite the foregoing, if the
Participant's Account Balance is less than $25,000 at the time of Termination, payment of the Account Balance shall be made in a lump sum no later than 30 days after the last day of the calendar quarter in which the Participant experiences the
Termination. Any payment made shall be subject to the Deduction Limitation.
  
	Death Prior to Completion of Termination Benefit. If a Participant dies after experiencing the Termination of Employment but before the
Termination Benefit is paid in full, the Participant's unpaid Termination Benefit payments shall continue and shall be paid to the Participant's Beneficiary (a) over the remaining number of quarters and in the same amounts as that benefit would have
been paid to the Participant had the Participant survived, or (b) in a lump sum, if requested by the Beneficiary and allowed in the sole discretion of the Committee, that is equal to the Participant's unpaid remaining Account Balance.

 
	Pre-Termination Survivor Benefit.

 
	Subject to the Deduction Limitation, the Participant's Beneficiary shall receive a Pre-Termination Survivor Benefit equal to the
Participant's Account Balance if the Participant dies before he or she experiences a Termination of Employment or suffers a Disability.

 
	A Participant, in connection with his or her commencement of participation in
the Plan, shall elect on an Election Form whether the Pre-Termination Survivor Benefit shall be received by his or her Beneficiary in a lump sum or pursuant to an Quarterly or Annual Installment Method of up to 60 quarters or 15 years. For purposes
of this subsection (e), a Participant's election under subsection (d)(i) above shall govern the time and form of distribution of the Pre-Termination Survivor Benefit. The Participant may annually change this election to an allowable alternative
payout period by submitting a new Election Form to the Committee or its designated agent, which form 

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 must be accepted by the Committee in its sole discretion. The
Election Form most recently accepted by the Committee prior to the Participant's death shall govern the payout of the Participant's Pre-Termination Survivor Benefit. If a Participant does not make any election with respect to the payment of the
Pre-Termination Survivor Benefit, then such benefit shall be paid in a lump sum. Despite the foregoing, if the Participant's Account Balance at the time of his or her death is less than $25,000, payment of the Pre-Termination Survivor Benefit shall
be made in a lump sum. The lump sum payment shall be made, or installment payments shall commence, no later than 30 days after the last day of the calendar quarter in which the Committee is provided with proof that is satisfactory to the Committee
or its designated agent of the Participant's death. Any payment made shall be subject to the Deduction Limitation.
  
	Disability Waiver and Benefit.

 
	Waiver of
Deferral. A Participant who is determined by the Committee to be suffering from a Disability shall be excused from fulfilling that portion of the Annual Deferral Amount commitment that would otherwise have been withheld from a Participant's Base
Annual Salary and Annual Bonus for the Plan Year during which the Participant first suffers a Disability. During the period of Disability, the Participant shall not be allowed to make any additional deferral elections, but will continue to be
considered a Participant for all other purposes of this Plan.

 
	Return to Work. If a Participant returns to employment with an Employer after a Disability ceases, the Participant may elect to defer an Annual
Deferral Amount for the Plan Year following his or her return to employment or service and for every Plan Year thereafter while a Participant in the Plan; provided such deferral elections are otherwise allowed and an Election Form is delivered to
and accepted by the Committee.

 
	Payment of Disability Benefit. A Participant suffering a Disability shall, for benefit purposes under this Plan, continue to be considered to be employed and shall be eligible
for the benefits provided for in Sections (a)-(f) in accordance with the provisions of those Articles. Notwithstanding the above, the Committee shall have the right to, in its sole and absolute discretion and for purposes of this Plan only, deem the
Participant to have experienced a Termination of Employment, at any time after such Participant is determined to be suffering a Disability, in which case the Participant shall receive a Disability Benefit equal to his or her Account Balance at the
time of the Committee's determination. The Disability Benefit shall be paid in a lump sum within 60 days of the Committee's exercise of such right. Any payment made shall be subject to the Deduction Limitation.

32Form of Letter Agreement

  Exhibit 10.17
 
  
  
 "GRANT_DATE"
 
 "FIRST_NAME"
"MIDDLE_NAME" "LAST_NAME"|
 "ADDRESS_LINE_1"
 "CITY", "STATE" "ZIP_CODE"
 
 RE:Letter Agreement dated "GRANT_DATE", Award Number "NUM"
 Grant of Restricted Stock Units (the "Agreement")
 
 Dear "FIRST_NAME":
 
 I am pleased to advise you that on "GRANT_DATE" (the "Date of Grant"), and pursuant to the First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. Omnibus Stock and Incentive Plan, as Amended
(the "Plan"), the Compensation Committee (the "Committee") of the Board of Directors of First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company") has approved a grant to you of a "Restricted Stock Unit Award" (the "Award"). The Award provides you with the
opportunity to earn "SHARES" shares of the Company's Common Stock, or a cash payment equal to the Fair Market Value of such shares.
 
 The Award is subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan,
including any Amendments thereto, which are incorporated herein by reference, and to the following provisions:
 
(1)Award
 
 The Company
hereby grants to you an Award of "SHARES" Restricted Stock Units subject to the vesting provisions of Section 2 and other provisions of this Agreement. Each Restricted Stock Unit represents the right to receive one share of Common Stock or cash
equal to the fair market value on the vesting date (less and shares withheld in satisfaction of tax withholding obligations under Section 8, if any). Such Units are referred to in this Letter Agreement as the "Restricted Units." Restricted Units may
not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise alienated or hypothecated. 
 
 (2)Restrictions; Vesting
 
 Except as otherwise provided in
paragraphs (3) and (4) below, the Restricted Units shall vest and become payable only if you continue in the employment of the Company or any of its subsidiaries. The Restricted Units will vest and become transferable as follows: (a) 50% will vest
on February 19, 2010; and (b) the remaining 50% of the Award will vest February 18, 2011.
  
 Restricted Units which become vested and payable shall be paid in shares of Company Common Stock (one share for
each Restricted Unit) subject to withholding under Section 8, unless you have timely elected to receive payment in cash. To be timely, your election must be made in writing filed with the Corporate Controller no later than thirty (30) days prior to
the date the Restricted Units vest. The amount of the cash payment, if any, shall be equal to the Fair Market Value of the shares that would have been issued, determined on the date of vesting.
 
  
  This Letter Agreement constitutes part of a prospectus covering securities that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
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(3)Termination of Employment
 
 If your employment with the Company or any of its subsidiaries terminates due to your death, Disability or Retirement at or after your Normal Retirement Date, all restrictions on your Restricted Units will lapse and the Restricted
Units will become immediately vested and payable in full in shares of Company Common Stock, subject to withholding under Section 8, unless you or your estate makes an election to receive payment in cash within 60 days of termination. If your
employment with the Company or any of its subsidiaries terminates for any other reason prior to the full vesting of the Restricted Units, all non-vested Restricted Units shall be immediately forfeited and all your rights hereunder shall terminate.

 
 (4)Merger, Consolidation or Change in Control
 
 In the event of a Change in Control, all restrictions on any non-vested Restricted Units will
lapse and such Restricted Units shall be vested and payable in full, subject to withholding under Section 8. For purposes of this Letter Agreement, "Change in Control" shall be as defined in Section 14 of the Plan, provided that notwithstanding the
provisions of Section 14(c) of the Plan relating to stockholder approval of a transaction constituting a Business Combination (as defined in Section 14(c)), a Change in Control with respect to a Business Combination shall not occur prior to the date
of consummation of such transaction.
 
 (5)Non-Transferability
 
 Subject to the terms of this Agreement, this Award is personal to you and, until
vested and transferable hereunder, may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise alienated, otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution.
 
 (6)Securities Law
Restrictions
 
 You understand and acknowledge that applicable securities laws govern and may restrict your right to offer, sell, or otherwise dispose of any Common Stock received under the Award.

 Executive Officers of the Company subject to the two (2) day reporting rules of Section 16(a) and short-swing profit recovery rules of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 should consult
the Company's Corporate Secretary prior to selling any such shares.
 
 Additional information regarding these rules can be found in the Plan's "Summary Description" and the document entitled "General
Information Regarding Restricted Share Grants". 
 
 (7)Stockholder Rights 
 
 
Because this is an Award of Restricted Units and not actual shares, you will not have any rights of a stockholder with respect to the Restricted Units. You will, however, be entitled to receive a current cash payment equal to all cash
 dividends or cash distributions paid or made available with respect to the Common Stock as if each Restricted Unit was a share of Common Stock. The Restricted Units are not subject to or eligible for inclusion in the First Midwest Bancorp,
Inc. Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan. As a result, as of each dividend date declared by the Company, with respect to each share of Common Stock representing a Restricted Unit, a dollar amount equal to the amount of the dividend to
be paid on the shares of Common Stock representing the Restricted Units held by you as of the close of business on the record date for such dividend shall be paid directly to you in cash.
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 (8)Withholding 
 
 You shall pay all applicable federal, state and local income and employment taxes (including taxes of any foreign jurisdiction) which
the Company is required to withhold at any time with respect to the Restricted Units, generally when payment is made for the Units or when the dividend-related payments are made. The payment shall be made by withholding the necessary amount from any
cash payment (or your next normal payroll check with respect to dividend-related payments), and by withholding from any payment of shares of the Company's Common Stock by withholding shares with a value equal to such minimum statutory withholding
amount. Shares withheld as payment of required withholding shall be valued at Fair Market Value on the date such withholding obligation arises.
 
 (9)Tax Consequences
 

Information regarding federal tax consequences of the Award can be found in the Plan's "Summary Description" and the document entitled "General Information Regarding Restricted Share Grants". You are strongly encouraged to contact
your tax advisor regarding such tax consequences as they relate to you.
 
 (10)Employment; Successors
 
 Nothing herein confers any right or
obligation on you to continue in the employment of the Company or any subsidiary or shall affect in any way your right or the right of the Company or any subsidiary, as the case may be, to terminate your employment at any time. Nothing herein shall
create any right for you to receive, or obligation on the part of the Company to grant to you, any further Awards under the Plan. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, any successor or successors of the Company. 
 
 (11)Conformity with Plan
 
 

	The Award is intended to conform in all respects with the Plan. Inconsistencies between this
Agreement and the Plan shall be resolved in accordance with the terms of the Plan. By executing and returning the enclosed Confirmation of Acceptance of this Letter Agreement, you agree to be bound by all the terms hereof and of the Plan. Except as
otherwise expressly provided herein, all definitions stated in the Plan shall be fully applicable to this Letter Agreement.

 
	Any action taken or decision made by the Compensation Committee of
the Company's Board of Directors arising out of or in connection with the construction, administration, interpretation or effect of this Agreement or the Plan, shall lie within sole and absolute discretion, as the case may be, and shall be final,
conclusive and binding on you and all persons claiming under or through you. This Agreement shall be binding upon your heirs, executors, administrators and successors.

 
	This Agreement shall be
construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Sate of Delaware.

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 To confirm your understanding and acceptance of the Award
granted to you by this Letter Agreement, please execute and return in the enclosed envelope the following enclosed documents: (a) the "Beneficiary Designation Form" and (b) the Confirmation of Acceptance endorsement of this Letter Agreement. The
original copy of this Letter Agreement should be retained for your permanent records.
 
 If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the office of the Corporate Controller of First Midwest
Bancorp, Inc. at (630) 875-7459.
 
 Very truly yours, 
 
  
 Michael L. Scudder
 President and Chief Operating
Officer
 First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.
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