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Effective January 27, 2026, the Board of Directors of Busey reappointed Van A. Dukeman, Busey's Chief Executive Officer, as President of Busey and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank. Mr. Dukeman will also continue to serve in his current roles with Busey and the Bank. Mr. Dukeman is Chairman & CEO of First Busey Corporation and Chairman of Busey Bank. He also serves as a director of FirsTech, Inc. Prior to its merger with CrossFirst Bank in 2025, Mr. Dukeman also served as Chief Executive Officer of Busey Bank. He served as President & Chief Executive Officer of Main Street Trust, Inc. prior to its merger in 2007 with First Busey.

Ms. Amy L. Randolph has been serving as Chief Operating Officer of First Busey and Busey Bank since October 2023. Prior to her appointment as Chief Operating Officer, Ms. Randolph served as Chief of Staff of First Busey and Busey Bank from April 2017 to October 2023; Executive Vice President and Chief Brand Officer of First Busey and Busey Bank from March 2014 to April 2017; and Senior Vice President of Growth Strategies of First Busey and Busey Bank from February 2008 to March 2014.

Ms. Monica L Bowe has been serving as Chief Risk Officer of First Busey and Busey Bank since January 2020. Prior to that, Ms. Bowe served as Senior Director of Operational Risk Program Management at KeyBank, a subsidiary of KeyCorp headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, since 2015.

Mr. Christopher H.M. Chan has been serving as Chief Financial Officer of First Busey and Busey Bank since September 2025. Prior to joining First Busey, Mr. Chan served as Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer at First National Bank from May 2025 to September 2025, and as Senior Vice President, Director of Corporate Strategy from July 2019 to May 2025, where he was responsible for leading strategic planning, investor relations, corporate development, and advancing First National Bank's digital and data strategy, with oversight of digital channels, data science, artificial intelligence, and data management and governance. Prior to that, Mr. Chan served as a Portfolio Manager at Balyasny Asset Management.

Mr. Scott A. Phillips has been serving as Chief Accounting Officer of First Busey and Busey Bank since February 2025, and as First Busey's Principal Accounting Officer since March 2023. Mr. Phillips previously served as Interim Chief Financial Officer of First Busey and Busey Bank from February 2025 to September 2025, and as Corporate Controller of First Busey and Busey Bank from January 2019 to February 2025. Before that, Mr. Phillips was in the banking industry for nine years at BB&T Corporation (now Truist Financial) and Florida Community Bank after beginning his career at a Big 4 public accounting firm serving clients primarily in the financial services industry.

Mr. Frederic L. Kenney is an attorney and director of Christy-Foltz, Inc., and Foltz, Inc. Mr. Kenney served as an Associate General Counsel for Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) in Decatur, Illinois, from 2001 to December 2018. Until his appointment to the First Busey board in 2018, Mr. Kenney served as a director of Busey Bank or its predecessors since 1995.

Mr. Michael David Cassens is an Associate Professor in the School of Visual and Media Arts at the University of Montana, having taught Computer Science and Game Development for over 20 years. He has also worked for over 20 years as an independent software developer for companies such as Microsoft and Intel along with a variety of small to medium-sized businesses. Mr. Cassens served as a director of TheBANK of Edwardsville and The Banc Ed Corp. from 2003 until The Banc Ed Corp.'s merger with First Busey in 2019. Mr. Cassens also serves as a director of FirsTech, Inc. (FirsTech), Busey Bank's payment processing subsidiary.

Mr. Rodney K. Brenneman was appointed as First Busey's Lead Independent Director effective March 1, 2025. He has served as a long-time board member, independent business consultant and advisor for numerous companies, including serving on the board of directors of CrossFirst from 2012 until the Merger. From 2011 until August 2014, Mr. Brenneman served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Butterball LLC, a joint venture of Seaboard Corporation and Maxwell Foods, LLC. Prior to this role, Mr. Brenneman served in various financial and management capacities at Seaboard Corporation (NYSE: SEB). Currently, he also serves on the boards of directors of Clemens Family Corporation, Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc., P&P Optica Inc., Flovision, and Lifesong for Orphans, Inc.

Mr. Stephen V. King is a founding partner of Prairie Capital, L.P., a private equity firm, and managing member of Daniels & King Ventures, LLC. Mr. King also serves on the boards of directors of several of Prairie Capital's portfolio companies and several other privately held companies across a variety of industries. We have determined that Mr. King is independent under the rules of Nasdaq.

Ms. Karen M. Jensen is a registered professional engineer and serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Farnsworth Group, Inc., a national full-service engineering, architecture and survey firm. Ms. Jensen served as a director of Busey Bank from March 2018 until her appointment to the First Busey board in September 2019, and as a director of South Side Trust & Savings Bank from June 2011 until its merger with Busey Bank in March 2018.

Mr. Kevin S. Rauckman is the owner of, and financial consultant for, Rauckman Advisors, LLC, where he has worked since November 2017. He served as a member of the CrossFirst board from 2016 until the Merger. Mr. Rauckman is the former Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Garmin Ltd. (NYSE: GRMN), a role he held from 1999 until 2014. Following his tenure at Garmin, Mr. Rauckman served as a financial advisor for MoBank (formerly Bank of Kansas City), a subsidiary of BOK Financial Corporation, from February 2015 through May 2016. Mr. Rauckman serves as a board member, compensation/talent committee member, nomination/governance committee member and the audit committee chairman of JE Dunn Construction Group, and as a board member, audit committee member, human resources/compensation committee member and nomination/governance committee member of MGP Ingredients, Inc. (Nasdaq: MGPI).

Ms. Jennifer M. Grigsby has over 30 years of senior management experience in accounting, treasury, risk management, corporate governance and corporate finance, primarily in the oil and gas exploration and production industry. Most recently, Ms. Grigsby served as Secretary of Economic Administration for the State of Oklahoma from March 2021 through November 2022. Ms. Grigsby served as a director of CrossFirst from 2013 until the Merger. Ms. Grigsby is a Certified Public Accountant and Chartered Global Management Accountant and is a member of the Oklahoma Society of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Currently, she also serves on the board of directors of Superior Plus Corp. (TSX: SPB).

Mr. Steven W. Caple is the Chief Executive Officer of Unity Hunt, Inc. (UHI), the company through which the family of Lamar Hunt oversees its holdings. Additionally, he serves in various roles for many of the Hunt family's trusts and portfolio companies, including as board member of the Kansas City Chiefs Football Club, Inc., and FC Dallas Soccer, LLC, and as Chairman of Hunt Midwest Enterprises, Inc. and Hunt Southwest Real Estate, LLC. Mr. Caple is also the co-owner of TRL Management, LLC, Farmersville Holdings, LLC and Hickory Creek Real Estate, LLC. Prior to joining UHI, Mr. Caple served as President of VFT Capital, LP. Mr. Caple served as a director of CrossFirst from 2018 until the Merger.

Dr. Tiffany B. White is Professor of Business Administration and Advertising and the Bruce and Anne Strohm Faculty Fellow in the Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois. She serves as Faculty Athletics Representative for the University of Illinois, Big 10 and NCAA, and previously served as Academic Director of the MS in Management Program at Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois.

Mr. Scott A. Wehrli is Chairman and Principal of DuKane Precast Incorporated, a producer of pre-stressed, precast concrete wall panels, columns, beams and parking deck components with plant facilities in Naperville, Aurora and Plainfield, Illinois. He has also served as the mayor of Naperville, Illinois since 2023. Prior to its merger with First Busey in 2017, he served as a member of the First Community Financial Partners, Inc. Board of Directors and on its capital, strategic, leadership and compensation committees. After the merger of First Community Financial Bank with Busey Bank in 2017, he was elected to the Busey Bank Board of Directors and became a member of the First Busey board of directors in 2025.

Ms. Amy J. Fauss has been serving as Chief Information and Technology Officer of First Busey and Busey Bank since March 2025. Prior to that, Ms. Fauss served as Chief Operating Officer of CrossFirst from February 2024 to March 2025; Chief Human Resources Officer and Chief Administrative Officer of CrossFirst and CrossFirst Bank from May 2023 to February 2024; Chief Human Resources Officer of CrossFirst and CrossFirst Bank from January 2021 until May 2023; and Chief Operating Officer of CrossFirst Bank from December 2009 until June 2022. Prior to joining CrossFirst, Ms. Fauss served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Solutions Bank, where she directed all aspects of daily operations and human resources. Ms. Fauss's experience also includes senior management positions at Hillcrest Bank and Citizens-Jackson County Bank.

Mr. Chip S. Jorstad has been serving as Chief Credit Officer of Busey Bank. Prior to that appointment, Mr. Jorstad has served in several roles with Busey Bank: as President of Credit and Bank Administration of Busey Bank from July 2022 to March 2025; Co-Chief Banking Officer from May 2020 to July 2022; Regional President Downstate Illinois of Busey Bank from April 2017 to May 2020; Director of Middle Market and Agricultural Banking from January 2014 to September 2015; and Senior Vice President from February 2011 to January 2014. Mr. Jorstad left Busey Bank for a brief period and served as Director of Commercial Real Estate for JSM Commercial from October 2015 until April 2017. Prior to joining Busey Bank in 2011, Mr. Jorstad worked as Director of Advancement for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and also served as an Assistant Vice President for First Midwest Bank.

Mr. Thomas Anthony Hammond has been serving as President of Busey Bank since January 2026. Prior to that, Mr. Hammond served as Busey Bank's President of Regional Banking since joining Busey Bank in May 2025, overseeing Busey Bank's regional operating sales and revenue model which includes all commercial, wealth, treasury management, payments, and specialty business units. Mr. Hammond has two decades of commercial banking experience-including serving as Head of Commercial and Middle Market Banking at Heartland Financial USA and senior leadership roles at Arizona Bank & Trust, Johnson Bank and BOK Financial-with a track record of consistently leading high-performing teams, growing market share, and attracting top talent across the industry.

Effective January 27, 2026, the Board of Directors of the Bank appointed T. Anthony Hammond, the Bank's current President of Regional Banking, as President of the Bank. Mr. T. Anthony Hammond Joined Busey in May 2025. Oversees Busey's regional operating sales and revenue model which includes all commercial, wealth, treasury management, payments and specialty business units. Tony has two decades of commercial banking experience-including serving as Head of Commercial and Middle Market Banking at HTLF and senior leadership roles at Arizona Bank & Trust, Johnson Bank and BOK Financial-with a track record of consistently leading high-performing teams, growing market share and attracting top talent across the industry.