First Midwest Bancorp (ONBPP) Form 4 FIRST MIDWEST BANCORP / Thomas M Prame ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Prame Thomas M

(Last) (First) (Middle)

ONE PIERCE PLACE

SUITE 1500

(Street)

ITASCA IL 60143

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
FIRST MIDWEST BANCORP INC [ FMBI ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
EVP, Strat Plng/Consumer Bkng

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/15/2018

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	03/15/2018		F		501(1)	D	$25.97	38,165	D
Common Stock	03/15/2018		F		428(2)	D	$25.97	37,737	D
Common Stock	03/15/2018		A		3,565(3)	A	$0	41,302	D
Common Stock	03/15/2018		F		528(4)	D	$25.97	40,774(5)	D
Common Stock								9,025	I	By IRA
Common Stock								83	I	By Profit Sharing Plan Trust

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. On February 20, 2013, the Issuer granted the Reporting Person a performance shares award under the Amended and Restated First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. Omnibus Stock and Incentive Plan, subject to a three year (2013-2015) performance period, as to which 3,386 performance shares were earned on March 15, 2016. The earned performance shares were scheduled to vest in three equal annual installments on the date earned and the first and second anniversary thereof. On March 15, 2018, the third installment of 1,128 of the originally earned performance shares vested and were paid in shares of First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. Common Stock, of which 501 shares were surrendered by the Reporting Person to satisfy tax withholding obligations. This form is being filed to reflect the surrender of such shares to satisfy the Reporting Person's tax withholding obligation.

2. On February 19, 2014, the Issuer granted the Reporting Person a performance shares award under the Amended and Restated First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. Omnibus Stock and Incentive Plan, subject to a three year (2014-2016) performance period, as to which 2,891 performance shares were earned on March 15, 2017. The earned performance shares were scheduled to vest in three equal annual installments on the date earned and the first and second anniversary thereof. On March 15, 2018, the second installment of 963 of the originally earned performance shares vested and were paid in shares of First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. Common Stock, of which 428 shares were surrendered by the Reporting Person to satisfy tax withholding obligations. This form is being filed to reflect the surrender of such shares to satisfy the Reporting Person's tax withholding obligation.

3. Represents performance shares earned by the Reporting Person on March 15, 2018. The performance shares were granted by the Issuer to the Reporting Person under the Amended and Restated First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. Omnibus Stock and Incentive Plan on February 18, 2015, subject to a three year (2015-2017) performance period. Of the performance shares earned, 1,189 vested immediately and were paid in shares of First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. Common Stock. The remaining 2,376 earned performance shares represent the right to receive shares of First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. Common Stock upon satisfaction of a service-based vesting requirement and are scheduled to vest in two equal annual installments on March 15, 2019 and March 15, 2020.

4. Reflects the surrender of 528 shares of First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. Common Stock to satisfy the Reporting Person's tax withholding obligation in connection with the vesting of the first tranche of the earned performance shares described in note 3.

5. 3,339 of these shares are restricted stock units / performance shares.

	Andrea L. Stangl, Attorney-in-fact for Thomas M. Prame	03/19/2018
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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