Corporate Profile First Busey Corporation is a Financial Holding Company headquartered in Urbana, Illinois. Busey Bank has two wholly-owned banking sub- sidiaries with locations in three states. Busey Bank has eighteen banking centers serving Champaign, McLean, and Ford Counties in Illinois. Busey Bank also has a banking center in Indianapolis and a loan production office in Fort Myers, Florida. Total assets of Busey Bank were $1.2 billion on December 31, 2001. Busey Bank Florida is a federal thrift charter with total assets of $51.0 million as of December 31, 2001. Busey also provides electronic delivery of financial services through Busey e-bank  (www.busey.com). Busey Investment Group (BIG) is a wholly owned subsidiary of First Busey Corporation and owns three corporations: First Busey Corporation, 201 W. Main Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801, (217) 365-4556. Visit Busey’s world wide web site at www.busey.com. The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of First Busey Corporation will be held on Monday, April 15, 2002, at 7:00 p.m. in the Festival Hall at The Krannert Center on the campus of the University of Illinois. First Busey Corporation Common Stock is traded on Nasdaq National Market under the symbol “BUSE.” First Busey Corporation’s market makers are Stephens Inc., Little Rock, Howe Barnes Investments, Inc., Chicago, and Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc., St. Louis. A copy of the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission may be obtained without charge by written request to First Busey Corporation, 201 W. Main Street, Urbana, IL 61801. First Busey Corporation acts as its own transfer agent. This presentation includes forward looking statements that are intended to be covered by the safe-harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward looking statements include but are not limited to comments with respect to the objectives and strategies, financial condition, results of operations and business of First Busey. These forward looking statements involve numerous assumptions, inherent risks and uncertainties, both general and specific, and the risk that predictions and other forward looking statements will not be achieved. First Busey cautions you not to place undue reliance on these forward looking statements as a number of important factors could cause actual future results to differ materially from the plans, objectives, expectations, estimates and intentions expressed in such forward looking statements. These risks, uncertainties and other factors include: • The retention of individuals who currently are very important in the management structure of First Busey. • The continued growth in the geographic area in which the banking subsidiaries operate; and • The ability of First Busey to successfully complete acquisitions; • The general state of the economy, both on a local and national level; Forward Looking Statements Stock Transfer Agent Annual Report on Form 10-K First Busey Corporation Common Stock Annual Meeting Corporate Headquarters Shareholder Informaton First Busey Corporation and its subsidiaries had a total of 498 equivalent full-time employees as of December 31, 2001. • Busey Insurance Services, Inc., providing long-term healthcare insurance and other insurance products. • First Busey Securities, Inc., a full service broker/dealer subsidiary which has more than $525 million in assets under care, member NASD/SIPC; • First Busey Trust & Investment Co., specializing in asset management and trust services with over $1.1 billion in assets under care;