First Busey Corporation filings document the regulatory record of a financial holding company with common stock and depositary shares tied to its Series B non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock. Form 8-K reports cover quarterly operating results, Regulation FD investor presentations, common and preferred dividend declarations, capital-structure matters and material corporate events.
Proxy materials describe board elections, executive compensation, shareholder voting matters and governance practices. Other disclosures address officer transitions, compensatory arrangements, the relationship between the holding company and Busey Bank, and formal reporting for BUSEP depositary shares listed on Nasdaq.
First Busey Corp director Kevin Rauckman reported an acquisition of 53 shares of Common Stock on 2026-07-31, received at no cost as dividend equivalent rights on Deferred Stock Units tied to a cash dividend. After this grant, he holds 12,340 common shares directly, plus 36,946 common and 250 Series A Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred shares indirectly through the Kevin S. Rauckman Trust.
Stephen V. King, a director of First Busey Corporation, acquired 304 shares of Common Stock as dividend equivalent rights credited on Deferred Stock Units, at a stated price of $0.00 per share. His directly held stake is now 36,374 shares, plus 181,918 shares held indirectly through a trust.
First Busey Corp director Frederic L. Kenney reported an acquisition of 264 shares of Common Stock on 2026-07-31, recorded as a grant or award. A footnote explains these represent dividend equivalent rights accrued on Deferred Stock Units in connection with a cash dividend, with each right economically equivalent to one common share. Following this award, Kenney directly holds 74,701 shares of First Busey common stock, with additional indirect holdings of 38,788 shares in a testamentary trust and 55,137 shares held by his spouse.
First Busey Corp director Karen M. Jensen reported a grant of 212 shares of common stock equivalents on July 31, 2026. The award represents dividend equivalent rights accrued on Deferred Stock Units in connection with a cash dividend, each right being the economic equivalent of one common share. Following this acquisition, she directly holds 90,711 shares of common stock.
FIRST BUSEY CORP director Jennifer M. Grigsby reported an automatic acquisition of 53 dividend equivalent rights on Deferred Stock Units on 2026-07-31, in connection with a cash dividend on common stock. Each right is the economic equivalent of one common share. Her direct holdings are 24,855 common shares, with an additional 25,637 shares held indirectly through the Jennifer M. Grigsby Living Trust.
First Busey Corp. director Michael David Cassens reported an acquisition of 221 shares of Common Stock on 2026-07-31 at a stated price of $0.0000 per share. A footnote explains these represent dividend equivalent rights accrued on Deferred Stock Units in connection with a cash dividend, each economically equivalent to one share of Common Stock. Following this award, his directly held position is 132,894 common shares and related equivalents.
First Busey Corp director Steven W. Caple reported an acquisition of 53 common-stock-equivalent dividend equivalent rights on July 31, 2026, granted at $0.00 per share in connection with a cash dividend. Following this award, his directly held First Busey common stock position is 11,433 shares.
Brenneman Rod reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
FIRST BUSEY CORP director Rod Brenneman received a grant of 53 dividend equivalent rights, reported as Common Stock at $0.0000 per share on July 31, 2026, in connection with a cash dividend. His reported positions include 32,789 common shares held directly and 136,639 common plus 100 Series A preferred shares held indirectly through the Brenneman Living Trust.
An Exit Form 4 reports that John Joseph Powers, EVP & General Counsel of First Busey Corp, is no longer subject to Section 16 effective July 29, 2026. The report is described as voluntarily filed solely for this purpose and lists no stock or derivative transactions.
First Busey Corp’s general counsel, Michael A. Peluso, filed an initial Section 16 ownership report showing beneficial ownership of 27,568.0252 common stock equivalents. This consists of 13,715 directly held shares, 2,667.0252 shares acquired through the Employee Stock Purchase Plan, 10,490 Restricted Stock Units, and 696 dividend equivalent rights, each economically equal to one share.