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Mr. Ludwig serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, positions he has held since March 2018 and January 2019, respectively, and as Chief Executive Officer of the Bank since March 2018. Prior to those appointments, Mr. Ludwig served as Executive Vice President of the Company and the Bank since 2010, and also as Chief Financial Officer of the Company and the Bank from November 2006, when he joined the Company and the Bank, through November 2016 and from October 2017 until March 2018. Mr. Ludwig also previously served as President of the Bank from November 2016 until he was promoted to Chief Executive Officer of the Bank in March 2018. He serves on the Company's Executive Committee. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Ludwig held the positions of Associate Director, Corporate Reporting, for Zimmer Holdings, Inc., an NYSE-listed company in Warsaw, Indiana, from 2005 to 2006; Director of Corporate Accounting for Novellus Systems, Inc., a Nasdaq-listed company in San Jose, California, from 2002 to 2005; and various positions, including Senior Manager?-?Audit & Advisory Services, for KPMG LLP in its banking practice in St. Louis, Missouri, from 1993 to 2000 and in its technology practice in Mountain View, California, from 2000 to 2002. In addition to his positions at the Company, Mr. Ludwig serves as a member of the Federal Advisory Council of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Mr. Ludwig received his B.S. in Accounting from Eastern Illinois University.

Mr. Jameson, age 45, serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer of the Bank, a position he has held since July 2024, and the Bank plans to promote him to the newly-created role of Executive Vice President?-?Chief Banking Officer, effective March 31, 2026, in connection with Mr. Mefford's anticipated retirement. Prior to joining the Bank, Mr. Jameson served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer of Battle Bank from October 2022 to July 2024 and as the Senior Vice President and Director of Credit Policy & Administration at Enterprise Bank & Trust from April 2016 through October 2022. Previously, Mr. Jameson held positions at various other banks, and he has over 20 years of experience in the banking industry. He received his B.S. in Finance from Iowa State University and graduated from Louisiana State University's Graduate School of Banking.

Mr. Casey, age 54, serves as the Bank's Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer, a position he has held since May 2023. Prior to joining the Bank, Mr. Casey was the Managing Director, Global Head of Credit Portfolio Management (Integrated Supply and Trading) at BP plc from 2009 to 2023. He also held positions at ABN AMRO Bank N.V./ LaSalle Bank, N.A., as Managing Director, Portfolio Strategist and Global Head of Markets (Group Treasury) from 2004 to 2009, and Bank One, N.A. as Director, Credit Portfolio Group from 2002 to 2004. Mr. Casey received his B.S. in Finance from Eastern Illinois University and his M.B.A. from St. Xavier University, Graham School of Management.

Mr. Smith serves as the Chairman of the Company, a position he has held since 2020, and as Chair of our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. He is a Principal and Managing Partner of Walters Golf Management, a golf club management company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, which manages a number of properties and offers turnkey management, construction management, acquisition, consulting, agronomics and remodeling/redecorating services. The company also has a revenue management business assisting facilities to improve annual green fee income through innovative software systems and methodologies. He has been with Walters Golf Management Group since 1996 and also serves on two not-for-profit philanthropic boards, The Greater St. Louis Golf Charities, and the Metropolitan Gold Foundation. Mr. Smith received his B.S. in Education from the University of Missouri.

Mr. Schultz serves as Managing Partner of the J.M. Schultz Investment, L.L.C., a private family office. He has been with this organization since 1989. Since 1996, he also has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of AKRA Builders Inc., a multi-state construction, design-build and project management firm headquartered in Teutopolis, Illinois. Prior to joining the Company's board of directors, he served on the board of directors of Prime Banc Corp. and First National Bank of Dieterich. He also serves as a founding board member of national, state and regional non-profit organizations focused on social services and student education. Mr. Schultz received his B.S. in Finance from the University of Illinois and a J.D. from the University of Notre Dame Law School.

Mr. Bingham has served on the board of directors of the Bank since 2018 and joined the board of directors of the Company in 2020. Since 1994, Mr. Bingham has served as President, and then Chief Executive Officer of Agracel, Inc., an industrial developer of facilities for manufacturing and high-tech entities in small to midsized communities. Throughout his career, Mr. Bingham has been directly involved with the development of over 25 million square feet of industrial projects on long term leases, focused primarily in tertiary markets with an emphasis on manufacturing. Mr. Bingham received his B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Illinois.

Mr. Carlson joined the Company's board of directors in February 2024. He previously served as Managing Partner of KPMG for the firm's Washington, D.C. metropolitan and Chesapeake regions, a position he held from 2013 until his retirement in 2019. Prior to that, Mr. Carlson served as Managing Partner of KPMG's St. Louis office, which position he held since 2008. Throughout his career, Mr. Carlson served as an audit partner and advisor to private and publicly held clients, including a number of Fortune 500 companies. As a Managing Partner of KPMG, Mr. Carlson was responsible for leading a culture of ethics and integrity, developing marketplace strategies for growth, overseeing high-quality client service, attracting and retaining key resources and representing KPMG in the marketplace. Mr. Carlson has served on the boards of many organizations, including currently serving on the boards of two private equity backed companies, the Greater Rivers Greenway Foundation, Connected DMV, and the Dean's Advisory Board of the Robert S. Trulaske School of Business at the University of Missouri.-.Columbia. He previously served on the boards of the Greater Washington Board of Trade, the Regional Business Council, and Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, among others. Mr. Carlson holds a B.A. in Accounting and a Master's Degree in Accounting from University of Missouri.-.Columbia.

Mr. McDaniel, who serves as Chair of our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, is President of Superior Fuels, Inc., whose principal business was the wholesale supply of propane and petroleum products prior to the sale of these business lines and which now holds various real estate investments, a position he has held since 2007, and President of Dirtbuster Carwash LLC, which operates carwashes in Southern Illinois and Indiana. In addition to his ownership of these businesses, Mr. McDaniel is a principal in other businesses, including real estate development. Mr. McDaniel is a licensed pilot and previously served on the board of the Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation from 2013 to 2020. Prior to joining our board, Mr. McDaniel served as a director of another local community bank.

Mr. Ramos, who serves as Chair of our Compensation Committee, is Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Maritz Development, operating unit of Maritz Holdings, Inc., headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Prior to this position, Mr. Ramos was the Executive Vice President of Maritz Holdings, Inc. Maritz specializes in the design and development of incentive, reward and loyalty programs focused on improving workforce quality and customer satisfaction. He has been with Maritz since 2000. Prior to joining Maritz, Mr. Ramos served as Chief Financial Officer for Purcell Tire and Rubber Company, practiced corporate law at the firm of Blumenfeld, Kaplan and Sandweiss in St. Louis, and was a senior manager at KPMG LLP. He received his B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Missouri in St. Louis and his J.D. from St. Louis University School of Law. Mr. Ramos is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive) and a member of the Missouri Bar.

Mrs. DiMotta serves as the Chief Digital Officer at Rush Recommerce, LLC. In addition, she is President of DiMotta International LLC (DI), an international consulting firm focusing on digital transformation, leadership training and building aggressive sales growth, a position she has held since 2020. Prior to DI, she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Digital Officer of MediaMarktSaturn, Europe's largest consumer electronics retailer, from 2019 to 2020. Prior to joining MediaMarkt in 2019, she was President of DiMotta Consulting LLC, a strategic eCommerce and digital marketing consulting firm, which she founded in 2017. Prior to launching her consulting business, Mrs. DiMotta served as Vice President Digital and Omnichannel of Bluemercury Inc., a cosmetics retailer, beginning in 2015, as Vice President eCommerce of Sports Authority, Inc., a sporting goods retailer, beginning in 2013, and as Senior Director of eCommerce of Office Depot, beginning in 2012, where she was responsible for developing those companies' eCommerce and digital marketing efforts. Mrs. DiMotta holds a B.A. in Criminal Justice from the University of Nebraska, and a Master's Degree in Leadership from Bellevue University.

On May 7, 2024, the board of directors of Midland States Bancorp, Inc., the holding company of Midland States Bank, appointed Travis J. Franklin as a director of the Company. Mr. Franklin will also serve as a director of the Bank. Mr. Franklin currently serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Heartland Dental, LLC, a leading dental support organization that provides operational support to dental practices nationwide. Prior to joining Heartland Dental he served as Chief Investment Officer for a family office. Mr. Franklin holds a B.S. in Business Management and an M.B.A. from Eastern Illinois University.

Mr. McDonnell is Chief Executive Officer of J&J Management Services, Inc., a private management company, a position he has held since 2012, and prior to that as President and Chief Compliance Officer since 1997. He also serves on the board of The Center for Emerging Technologies, a non-profit technology incubator. Prior to Midland's acquisition of Heartland Bank in December 2014, Mr. McDonnell was a director of Heartland Bank and its parent company, Love Savings Holding Company. Mr. McDonnell holds a B.A. in Economics from Princeton University, an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan and a certification as a Chartered Financial Analyst.

On May 11, 2026, Midland States Bancorp, Inc. announced that Claire A. Stack was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and its wholly owned banking subsidiary, Midland States Bank , effective May 8, 2026. Ms. Stack joined the Company in November 2025 as Corporate Controller and has served as Vice President - Chief Accounting Officer and interim Chief Financial Officer since March 2026. Ms. Stack is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and previously served as Corporate Controller at Steelcase, Inc., a publicly traded furniture company, and held various senior leadership positions in accounting and finance at CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, a public accounting firm, Agracel, Inc., an industrial real estate developer, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, and KPMG LLP. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Technology Management from Indiana University's Kelley School of Business.

On February 3, 2026, the Board of Directors of Midland States Bancorp, Inc. appointed James F. Deutsch as a Class II director of the Company. Mr. Deutsch currently serves as a partner of Patriot, a private equity fund specializing in investments in the financial services industry and current shareholder of the Company. Prior to joining Patriot, Mr. Deutsch served as President, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Team Capital Bank, a Pennsylvania-based community bank. Before Team Capital, he spent over 25 years in various management positions in commercial banking, investment banking, and corporate finance.