Rod Brenneman reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing. First Busey Corp (BUSE) director Rod Brenneman reported 58 dividend equivalent rights accrued on October 30, 2026. The rights accrued on Deferred Stock Units in connection with a cash dividend; each is the economic equivalent of one share of First Busey Corporation Common Stock. Brenneman reported 32,847 directly held common shares following the transaction. The filing also reports that the Brenneman Living Trust Dated November 2, 2012 held 136,639 common shares and 100 Series A Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock shares indirectly.
First Busey Corporation (BUSE) reported third-quarter 2026 net income of $55.8 million, or $0.61 per diluted share, compared with $57.1 million and $0.58 a year earlier. Adjusted net income, a non-GAAP measure, was $57.2 million, or $0.63 per diluted share. Net interest margin was 3.58%, compared with 3.72% in the prior quarter.
Provision for credit losses rose to $9.6 million from $2.2 million in Q2, primarily tied to one $37.6 million commercial relationship moved to non-accrual. Busey recorded a $10.0 million partial charge-off and an individual reserve of $17.8 million against the relationship’s remaining $27.6 million balance. Deposits increased $408.8 million, or 2.7%, during the quarter, while wealth management fees rose 15.5% year over year. Busey repurchased 1,972,900 common shares for $59.6 million at a weighted average price of $30.21 per share.
First Busey Corp director Michael David Cassens sold 1,441 shares of Common Stock on October 15, 2026, at $29.12 per share. The shares were held directly, and his reported position after the sale was 128,571 shares. The sale was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on August 15, 2025.
First Busey Corporation (BUSE) declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.26 per share on its outstanding common stock. The dividend is payable October 30, 2026, to stockholders of record as of October 23, 2026.
FIRST BUSEY CORP (BUSE) director Michael David Cassens reported selling 1,441 shares of common stock on September 15, 2026 at $30.45 per share, for about $43,878. After this transaction he holds 130,012 shares directly. The sale was made under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on August 15, 2025.
First Busey Corporation (BUSE) has filed an automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 as a well-known seasoned issuer, allowing it to offer from time to time an indeterminate amount of common stock, preferred stock, debt securities, warrants, subscription rights, stock purchase contracts and units, and depositary shares.
The company, an $18.19 billion financial holding company headquartered in Leawood, Kansas, operates Busey Bank and payment-technology subsidiary FirsTech across multiple states. Net proceeds from future offerings may be used for general corporate purposes, including subsidiary investments, working capital, capital expenditures, stock repurchases, debt repayment and possible acquisitions.
As of June 30, 2026, BUSE reported total deposits of $15.13 billion, stockholders’ equity of $2.38 billion, and 83,189,501 common shares outstanding, with additional capacity under its authorized common and preferred stock to support future issuances under this shelf.
FIRST BUSEY CORP (BUSE) has a notice under Rule 144 from director Michael David Cassens covering a proposed sale of up to 4,323 shares of common stock through an account at The Charles Schwab Corporation. The notice is dated September 15, 2026 and relates to securities originally acquired in a February 1, 2019 BOE acquisition.
The filing also lists sales during the prior three months from the same holder of 1,441 shares of common stock on July 15, 2026 for $42,278 and 1,441 shares on August 17, 2026 for $44,786. The account is titled “Michael Cassens & Karin Clark-Cassens JT TEN ACCT,” indicating joint ownership.
FIRST BUSEY CORP (BUSE) director Michael David Cassens reported a sale of 1,441 shares of common stock on 2026-08-17 at $31.08 per share in an open-market transaction. The transaction was effected under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on August 15, 2025, and left him holding 131,453 shares directly.
First Busey Corporation is the subject of an amended institutional ownership report by a group of Wellington entities. As of June 30, 2026, Wellington Management Group LLP and related entities report beneficial ownership of 4,866,039 shares of First Busey common stock, representing 5.75% of the class.
The Wellington entities report no sole voting or dispositive power over these shares. Instead, they report shared voting power over 4,764,648 shares and shared dispositive power over 4,866,039 shares. The shares are held of record by clients of various Wellington investment advisers, which have authority over dividends and sale proceeds. No single client is known to hold more than five percent of the class. The filing outlines the holding-company structure through which Wellington Management Group LLP indirectly controls these investment advisers.
First Busey Corporation declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.515625 per depositary share on its 8.25% Fixed-Rate Series B Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock. The dividend is payable on September 1, 2026 to stockholders of record as of August 17, 2026.