AMCORE Financial, Inc. Announces Annual Shareholders Meeting and Presentation

ROCKFORD, Ill., May 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AMCORE Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMFI) will hold its Annual Shareholders Meeting at 4 p.m. (CDT), Tuesday, May 6, 2008 at Giovanni's Restaurant and Convention Center -- 610 N. Bell School Road, Rockford, IL.

After conducting the business as described in the 2008 Annual Shareholders Meeting Proxy Statement, William McManaman, chief executive officer, will deliver his chief executive message, followed by remarks from Don Wilson, president and chief operating officer.

The meeting and presentation materials will be webcast live at http://www.amcore.com/ and will remain archived until midnight (CDT) on June 6, 2008.

AMCORE Financial, Inc. is headquartered in Northern Illinois and has banking assets of $5.2 billion with 80 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/.

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Source: AMCORE Financial, Inc.

CONTACT: Katherine Taylor, Investor Relations Manager, +1-815-961-7164,
or Judy Sutfin, Chief Financial Officer, +1-815-961-7081, both of AMCORE
Financial, Inc.

Web site: http://www.amcore.com/

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