ROCKFORD, Ill., Aug. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AMCORE Financial, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMFI - News) today announced that it will participate in the Howe Barnes Hoefer & Arnette 12th Annual Community Bank Conference August 13th and 14th in Chicago.

Kenneth E. Edge, AMCORE's chairman, president and chief executive officer is scheduled to present at the Conference at 9:50 a.m. (Central time) on August 14. Interested parties are invited to listen to a web cast of the presentation by accessing http://www.amcore.com or http://www.howebarnes.com. A replay of the web cast will be available for seven days beginning one hour after the conclusion of the event.

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.

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Source: AMCORE Financial, Inc.

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