AMCORE Financial, Inc. Announces Annual Shareholders Meeting and Presentation

ROCKFORD, Ill., April 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — AMCORE Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMFI) will hold its Annual Shareholders Meeting at 4 p.m. (CDT), Tuesday, May 1, 2007 at Northern Illinois University — Rockford, 8500 East State St., Rockford, IL. A reception will be held prior to the meeting at 3 p.m.


After conducting the business as described in the 2007 Annual Shareholders Meeting Proxy Statement, Kenneth E. Edge, chairman, president and chief executive officer, will deliver his chief executive message, followed by remarks from Don Wilson, executive vice president and chief financial officer.


The meeting and presentation materials will be webcast live at http://www.amcore.com/ and will remain archived until midnight (CDT) on May 31, 2007.


AMCORE Financial, Inc. is headquartered in Northern Illinois and has banking assets of $5.3 billion with 78 locations in Illinois and Wisconsin. AMCORE provides a full range of consumer and commercial banking services, a variety of mortgage lending products and wealth management services including trust, brokerage, private banking, financial planning, investment management, insurance and comprehensive retirement plan services.


AMCORE common stock is listed on The NASDAQ Stock Market under the symbol AMFI. Further information about AMCORE Financial, Inc. can be found at the Company’s website at http://www.amcore.com/.