MELROSE PARK, IL–(EMWNews – July 25, 2008) – Midwest Banc Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MBHI)

announced that the Company’s management is scheduled to present at the KBW

Community Bank Investor Conference in New York on July 29, 2008 at 4:30

p.m. (Eastern time).

A live webcast of the presentation will be available at the following

address: http://cc.talkpoint.com/KEEF001/072908a_ak. Investors may also

access the webcast of the presentation at the www.midwestbanc.com during

the conference and for 60 days following the conference.

Midwest Banc Holdings, Inc., with $3.7 billion in assets, provides a wide

range of retail and commercial banking services, personal and corporate

trust services, securities services and insurance brokerage services in the

greater Chicago area. The principal operating subsidiaries of Midwest Banc

Holdings, Inc. are Midwest Bank and Trust Company and Midwest Financial and

Investment Services, Inc. Midwest has 29 banking offices and operates 31

ATMs. On January 1, 2008, Midwest joined the Allpoint®/STARsf®

surcharge-free network. Midwest customers now have access to thousands of

surcharge-free ATMs nationwide, with over 1,000 ATMs in the Chicagoland

area.

Information on Midwest products, services and locations is available at:

www.midwestbanc.com