EXHIBIT 99.1
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CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
Plan Administrator
First Midwest Corporation of Delaware
Employees' Retirement Plan
Melrose Park, Illinois
We consent to the incorporation by reference of our report dated June 16, 2000
on the First Midwest Corporation of Delaware Employees' Retirement Plan (the
"Plan") 1999 financial statements included in the Form 11-K of the Plan for the
year ended December 31, 1999 into the Registration Statement on Form S- 8 filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the Plan.
Crowe, Chizek and Company LLP
Oak Brook, Illinois
June 28, 2000
