At a recent earnings call, one of the top officals of First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. (NasdaqGS:FMBI) stated, "There is really nothing other than making sure what we've been doing consistent with our strategy of --. M &A opportunities for us or not a strategy, they are an accelerator of a strategy. So we continue to execute on our strategy; for those opportunities that are aligned with what we are trying to do we will certainly pursue those."