AMCORE Financial, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter Earnings Release Date

ROCKFORD, Ill., Jan. 5, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AMCORE Financial, Inc. (NasdaqGS:AMFI - News) today announced that it will release its fourth quarter results on Thursday, January 22, 2009, before the market opens.

The earnings release will be followed by a quarterly conference call Thursday, January 22, 2009, at 11 a.m. CST. The call will last approximately one hour and AMCORE management represented will include William R. McManaman, chairman and chief executive officer, Don Wilson, president and chief operating officer, and Judith Carre Sutfin, executive vice president and chief financial officer. Interested parties are invited to join the live broadcast by calling 1-800-446-2782, ID number 23542904 or via webcast at http://www.AMCORE.com.

An audio recording of the quarterly conference call will be available starting one hour after the live broadcast. The audio recording will remain archived until midnight CST on January 31 and can be obtained by calling 1-888-843-8996, ID number 23542904. Replays of the conference call can also be accessed through the Company's Website until 5 p.m. CST on February 22.

AMCORE Financial, Inc. is headquartered in Northern Illinois and has banking assets of $5.0 billion with 74 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, 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.

          AMCORE Financial, Inc.
          Katherine Taylor, Investor Relations Manager
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