Amcore Financial, Inc. (fka AMFIQ)

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Halts Amcore Financial, Inc.
NEW YORK, Apr 26, 2010 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- The NASDAQ Stock Market(R) /quotes/comstock/15*!ndaq/quotes/nls/ndaq (NDAQ 22.74, +0.06, +0.27%) announced that trading was halted in Amcore Financial, Inc. /quotes/comstock/15*!amfi/quotes/nls/amfi (AMFI 0.79, 0.00, 0.00%) on Friday, April 23, 2010 at 19:37:43 p.m., Eastern Time, for "additional information requested" from the company at a last price of $0.79.

Trading will remain halted until Amcore Financial, Inc. has fully satisfied NASDAQ's request for additional information.

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