MB Financial, Inc. to Present at Sandler O'Neill + Partners, L.P. East Coast Financial Services Conference

MB Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: MBFI), today announced that it will present at the Sandler O’Neill + Partners, L.P. East Coast Financial Services Conference to be held in Palm Beach, Florida on Thursday, November 13, 2008. MB Financial’s presentation is scheduled to begin at 4:00 p.m. (ET).

This event can be accessed by logging on to http://www.sandleroneill.com. Once on this page, go to Conferences tab, then select View Webcast under the East Coast Financial Services Conference heading. Participants should go to the website at lease fifteen minutes early to download and install any necessary audio software. For those unable to listen to the live broadcast, a replay will be available for 60 days after the event, beginning on November 14, 2008. There is no charge to access the presentation.

MBFI is the $8.4 billion holding company for MB Financial Bank, N.A. MB Financial Bank is a locally operated financial institution, which has been delivering competitive personalized service for more than 95 years to privately-owned, middle-market companies as well as to individuals who live and work in the Chicago metropolitan area.

This news release may contain forward-looking statements that involve risk and uncertainties, with respect to the results of operations and other uncertainties that may not be known or anticipated by the Company. While management of the Company uses its best efforts to be accurate in making forward-looking statements, any such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause the Company’s actual results to vary materially from the future results indicated in such forward-looking statements.