Regulatory and Capital Matters (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

The following table outlines the Company's and the Bank's measures of capital as of the dates presented and the capital guidelines established by the Federal Reserve for the Company and the Bank to be categorized as adequately capitalized and the Bank to be categorized as "well-capitalized."

Summary of Regulatory Capital Ratios

(Dollar amounts in thousands)



	Actual			Adequately Capitalized			To Be Well-Capitalized Under Prompt Corrective Action Provisions
	Capital		Ratio %	Capital		Ratio %	Capital		Ratio %
As of December 31, 2016
Total capital to risk-weighted assets:
First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.	$	1,225,529	12.23	$	864,176	8.625	N/A		N/A
First Midwest Bank	1,043,482		10.73	838,741		8.625	$	972,454	10.00
Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets:
First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.	991,873		9.90	663,788		6.625	N/A		N/A
First Midwest Bank	956,399		9.83	644,251		6.625	777,963		8.00
Common equity Tier 1 to risk-weighted assets:
First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.	941,315		9.39	513,496		5.125	N/A		N/A
First Midwest Bank	956,399		9.83	498,383		5.125	632,095		6.50
Tier 1 capital to average assets:
First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.	991,873		8.99	441,473		4.000	N/A		N/A
First Midwest Bank	956,399		8.76	436,560		4.000	545,700		5.00
As of December 31, 2015
Total capital to risk-weighted assets:
First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.	$	968,331	11.15	$	695,029	8.000	N/A		N/A
First Midwest Bank	929,167		11.02	674,380		8.000	$	842,974	10.00
Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets:
First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.	893,476		10.28	521,272		6.000	N/A		N/A
First Midwest Bank	854,322		10.13	505,785		6.000	674,380		8.00
Common equity Tier 1 to risk-weighted assets:
First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.	845,640		9.73	390,954		4.500	N/A		N/A
First Midwest Bank	854,322		10.13	379,338		4.500	547,933		6.50
Tier 1 capital to average assets:
First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.	893,476		9.40	380,043		4.000	N/A		N/A
First Midwest Bank	854,322		9.09	375,950		4.000	469,937		5.00

N/A – Not applicable.