What SEC filings does First Busey Corporation submit to the SEC?

First Busey Corporation (BUSE) submits several types of SEC filings including Form 4 (insider transactions), Form 144 (proposed insider sales), 8-K reports (material events such as earnings releases, acquisitions, leadership changes), and periodic reports — the 10-Q (quarterly) and 10-K (annual). All filings are publicly available through SEC EDGAR.

What does a Form 4 filing tell me about BUSE?

A Form 4 for BUSE discloses a transaction by a company insider — typically a director, officer, or 10%+ shareholder. It shows the source-reported date, number of shares, price, and updated ownership. These facts do not establish motive or predict future returns.

How do I interpret an 8-K filing from First Busey Corporation?

An 8-K signals a material event requiring prompt disclosure. Common triggers include earnings pre-announcements, acquisitions, leadership appointments or departures, credit changes, or regulatory actions. Read the item codes inside the filing to understand exactly what was disclosed before drawing conclusions.

What is the difference between a 10-K and 10-Q for BUSE?

The 10-K is First Busey Corporation's annual report with fully audited financial statements, comprehensive MD&A, and complete risk factor disclosures — filed 60–90 days after fiscal year-end. The 10-Q is a lighter quarterly report with unaudited financials filed for the first three quarters. Together they provide a continuous financial picture of the company.

Where can I see all BUSE SEC filings directly on EDGAR?

You can view all historical First Busey Corporation filings on the SEC EDGAR company page for BUSE. Each filing card on this page links directly to the original SEC document.

How often does First Busey Corporation file with the SEC?

First Busey Corporation files one 10-K per year and up to three 10-Qs per year. Form 4 insider transactions must be reported within two business days of each trade, so the frequency depends on how often insiders are buying or selling BUSE shares. 8-K filings occur whenever a material event happens — which can be several times per quarter for an active company.

BUSE SEC Filing News — First Busey Corporation

Latest SEC filings for First Busey Corporation (BUSE) explained in plain English. Covers insider buying and selling (Form 4), proposed insider sales (Form 144), material company events (8-K), and quarterly & annual reports (10-Q / 10-K). StrongBuyAnalytics provides navigation and brief excerpts or summaries; original filings remain at the SEC/source links and were authored by their filers, not StrongBuyAnalytics. Filing dates shown are source dates. Coverage and detection can be delayed or incomplete because of SEC availability, amendments, parsing, caching, or outages. Latest source filing date shown: 2026-10-16.

First Busey Corporation operates as the bank holding company for Busey Bank that engages in the provision of retail and commercial banking products and services to individual, corporate, institutional, and governmental customers in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Banking, Wealth Management, and FirsTech. It offers demand and savings deposits, money transfers, safe deposit services, individual retirement accounts and other fiduciary services, automated teller machi…

Sector: Financial Services Industry: Banks - Regional Market Cap: $2.4B

Total Filings

Bullish Classifications

Bearish Classifications

Insider Transactions

Material Events (8-K)

Periodic Reports

Rule-based classifications for BUSE currently lean bearish. Of the 20 filing records displayed, 3 carry bearish classifications (such as insider sales or negative 8-K disclosures) versus 0 bullish. This does not necessarily signal fundamental deterioration — insiders sell for many reasons — but it is worth monitoring alongside the company's core financial metrics.

BUSE Filing Activity Snapshot 2026-08-04 — 2026-10-16

Insider Transactions (Form 4)

0 buys vs 3 sells

Net insider selling in this period — insiders sell for many reasons beyond conviction.

Largest Form 144 Filing

$44.8K

Cassens Michael David (Director) · 2026-08-18

1,441 shares · Form 4

Form 144 Notices

Proposed insider sale filed — Form 144 is a notice of intent, not a confirmed transaction. Actual sales are confirmed via Form 4.

Insider Transactions 16 · Forms 3, 4 and 5

A Form 4 is filed within two business days of a company insider — an officer, a director, or a holder of more than ten percent of the stock — changing their position in the shares. All 16 filings in this group are Form 4s for First Busey Corporation.

The difficulty with reading these filings as a group is that a single form type covers transactions that mean entirely different things. An executive spending their own money to buy stock and an executive having shares withheld to pay tax on a vesting grant both appear as a Form 4. Every filing below is therefore tagged with the nature of the underlying transaction, taken from the transaction code reported on the form itself.

Across the 16 insider filings shown, the breakdown is 13 compensation award and 3 open-market sale. 3 of them involved a discretionary open-market trade; the rest are compensation and administrative mechanics.

What each transaction type means

Compensation award ×13: Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.
Open-market sale ×3: The insider sold shares on the open market. Sales may be discretionary or executed automatically under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and a Form 4 does not always make clear which applies.

Form 4 Open-market sale Insider Selling 2026-10-16

BUSE insider Cassens Michael David (Director) sold 1,441 shares (~$42.0K)

Cassens Michael David, listed as Director at FIRST BUSEY CORP /NV/, reported an open-market sale of 1,441 BUSE shares in a Form 4 filing. This is a confirmed insider sale, not just a proposed sale notice.

The insider sold shares on the open market. Sales may be discretionary or executed automatically under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and a Form 4 does not always make clear which applies.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`S`	Open-market sale	1,441	$29.12	$42.0K

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Cassens Michael David (Director) Shares: 1,441 Est. Value: $42.0K

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Open-market sale Insider Selling 2026-09-16

BUSE insider Cassens Michael David (Director) sold 1,441 shares (~$43.9K)

The insider sold shares on the open market. Sales may be discretionary or executed automatically under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and a Form 4 does not always make clear which applies.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`S`	Open-market sale	1,441	$30.45	$43.9K

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Cassens Michael David (Director) Shares: 1,441 Est. Value: $43.9K

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Open-market sale Insider Selling 2026-08-18

BUSE insider Cassens Michael David (Director) sold 1,441 shares (~$44.8K)

The insider sold shares on the open market. Sales may be discretionary or executed automatically under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and a Form 4 does not always make clear which applies.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`S`	Open-market sale	1,441	$31.08	$44.8K

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Cassens Michael David (Director) Shares: 1,441 Est. Value: $44.8K

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-08-04

BUSE insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Randolph Amy L (Chief Operating Officer) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award	364	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Randolph Amy L (Chief Operating Officer) Shares: 364

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-08-04

BUSE insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Phillips Scott A. (Chief Accounting Officer) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award	60	$26.47	$1.6K
`A`	Compensation award	75	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Phillips Scott A. (Chief Accounting Officer) Shares: 135

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-08-04

BUSE insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Peluso Michael A (General Counsel) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award	94	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Peluso Michael A (General Counsel) Shares: 94

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-08-04

BUSE insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Jorstad Chip S. (Chief Credit Officer) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award	268	$21.66	$5.8K
`A`	Compensation award	207	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Jorstad Chip S. (Chief Credit Officer) Shares: 475

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-08-04

BUSE insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Hammond Thomas Anthony (President, Busey Bank) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award	105	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Hammond Thomas Anthony (President, Busey Bank) Shares: 105

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-08-04

BUSE insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Fauss Amy (Chief Info & Tech Officer) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award	13	$26.47	$344.06
`A`	Compensation award	266	$21.66	$5.8K
`A`	Compensation award	189	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Fauss Amy (Chief Info & Tech Officer) Shares: 468

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-08-04

BUSE insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

DUKEMAN VAN A (Director, President and CEO) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award	1,577	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: DUKEMAN VAN A (Director, President and CEO) Shares: 1,577

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-08-04

BUSE insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Chan Christopher H.M. (Chief Financial Officer) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award	286	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Chan Christopher H.M. (Chief Financial Officer) Shares: 286

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-08-04

BUSE insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Bowe Monica L (EVP Chief Risk Officer) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award	96	$21.66	$2.1K
`A`	Compensation award	268	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Bowe Monica L (EVP Chief Risk Officer) Shares: 364

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-08-04

BUSE insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

White Tiffany B. (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award	87	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: White Tiffany B. (Director) Shares: 87

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-08-04

BUSE insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Wehrli Scott A (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award	108	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Wehrli Scott A (Director) Shares: 108

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-08-04

BUSE insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

RAUCKMAN KEVIN (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award	53	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: RAUCKMAN KEVIN (Director) Shares: 53

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Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-08-04

BUSE insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

King Stephen V (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award	304	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: King Stephen V (Director) Shares: 304

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Proposed Insider Sales 1 · Form 144

A Form 144 is a notice of intent to sell restricted or control securities. It is not a record that anything was sold. First Busey Corporation has 1 such notice in this period.

The distinction matters because a Form 144 is frequently reported as though it were a completed insider sale. The filer may sell all of the shares covered, some of them, or none at all, and there is no obligation to update the notice either way. A sale that is actually executed by an officer or director shows up separately on a Form 4, which is the filing to check before treating a proposed sale as a real one.

Form 144 Proposed Insider Sale 2026-09-15

BUSE Form 144 filed for proposed insider sale

An insider at FIRST BUSEY CORP /NV/ filed a Form 144 notifying the SEC of an intent to sell shares. Form 144 is a proposed sale notice rather than confirmation that a sale already happened.

Filing: Form 144 (Proposed Sale Notice)

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Material Events 2 · Form 8-K

An 8-K reports a material event in the window between scheduled reports. There are 2 in this period for First Busey Corporation. Each 8-K names the item number it is filed under, and that number is the fastest way to tell a routine disclosure from a consequential one.

Item 2.02 is an earnings release, Item 5.02 is a change of directors or officers, and Item 1.01 or 2.01 covers a material agreement or a completed acquisition. Item 7.01 and Item 8.01 are the general-purpose disclosure items and carry no fixed meaning on their own.

Form 8-K Material Company Update 2026-10-13

BUSE filed 8-K — material company event

FIRST BUSEY CORP /NV/ filed an 8-K with the SEC reporting a material event. Read the SEC filing for the full details.

Filing: 8-K (Material Event)

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Form 8-K Material Company Update 2026-08-07

BUSE filed 8-K — material company event

FIRST BUSEY CORP /NV/ filed an 8-K with the SEC reporting a material event. Read the SEC filing for the full details.

Filing: 8-K (Material Event)

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Periodic Reports 1 · Forms 10-K and 10-Q

The periodic reports are where the audited and reviewed financial statements live. This period contains 1 quarterly report (10-Q) for First Busey Corporation.

The two are not equivalent in weight. A 10-K is audited by an external firm and includes the full risk factor disclosure, business description and management discussion; a 10-Q is unaudited, reviewed rather than examined, and much shorter. When a figure in a quarterly report is later revised, the annual report is usually where the correction appears.

An amended report — 10-K/A or 10-Q/A — restates or corrects something in the original filing, and is worth reading against the version it replaces.

Form 10-Q Quarterly Report 2026-08-06

BUSE filed Quarterly Report (10-Q)

FIRST BUSEY CORP /NV/ filed its quarterly report with the SEC. This report includes unaudited financial statements and management discussion for the quarter.

Filing: 10-Q (Quarterly Report)

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

How we classify First Busey Corporation's filings

Straight from EDGAR

Each displayed record links to an original source document. StrongBuyAnalytics provides navigation and brief excerpts or summaries, not the filing itself. Parsing may omit context or contain errors, so read the original document in full.

Transaction codes, not guesswork

The nature shown on each insider filing comes from the transaction code the filer entered on the form itself — P for an open-market purchase, A for a compensation award, F for shares withheld to pay tax, M for an option exercise. Where one filing contains several codes, the transaction table lists them line by line.

Why the distinction matters

Insider activity is routinely summarised as buying or selling, which flattens together decisions that mean very different things. Shares withheld for tax on a vesting grant are an automatic administrative step; shares bought on the open market are someone committing their own money at the current price.

What this page does not tell you

A filing records what happened, not why. Form 4 does not always disclose whether a sale was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan, and no single filing is a basis for a decision on BUSE. Read these alongside the fundamentals rather than in isolation.

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