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Item 9A. Controls and Procedures

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generally accepted accounting principles.

As of December 31, 2024, management assessed the effectiveness of Busey’s internal control over financial reporting based on the criteria for effective internal control over financial reporting established in “Internal Control—Integrated Framework,” issued by the COSO in 2013.

As of December 31, 2025, management assessed the effectiveness of Busey’s internal control over financial reporting based on the criteria for effective internal control over financial reporting established in “Internal Control—Integrated Framework,” issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”) in 2013.

Based on this assessment, management determined that Busey maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2025, based on the COSO criteria.

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In our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2025, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in 2013.

We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income (loss), stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2024, and the related notes to the consolidated financial statements and our report dated February 27, 2025 expressed an unqualified opinion.

We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2025, and the related notes to the consolidated financial statements and our report dated February 26, 2026 expressed an unqualified opinion.

Basis for Opinion

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/s/ RSM US LLP

Champaign, Illinois

Des Moines, Iowa

February 26, 2026

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The business experience of each of Busey’s executive officers for at least the past five years is set forth below.

Dukeman, age 66, has been serving as a Director and Chief Executive Officer of First Busey Corporation since August 2007, as Chairman the Board of Directors of First Busey Corporation since July 2020, and as President and Chief Executive Officer of Busey Bank since October 2023.

Dukeman, age 67, has been serving as a Director and as Chief Executive Officer of First Busey Corporation since August 2007.

Dukeman has also been serving as Chairman the Board of Directors of First Busey Corporation since July 2020, and as President of First Busey Corporation since January 2026.

In addition to his service with First Busey Corporation, Mr.

Dukeman has been serving Busey Bank as its Chief Executive Officer since January 2026, and previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Busey Bank from October 2023 through February 2025.

Prior to August 2007, Mr.

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from May 1998 until its merger with Busey.

Phillips, age 46, has been serving as Interim Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of First Busey Corporation since February 2025.

Phillips has served as Busey’s Principal Accounting Officer since March 2023 and previously served as Busey’s Corporate Controller from January 2019 to February 2025.

Randolph, age 51, has been serving as Chief Operating Officer of First Busey Corporation since October 2023.

Prior to that, she served as Chief of Staff from April 2017 to October 2023, Executive Vice President and Chief Brand Officer from March 2014 to April 2017, and Senior Vice President of Growth Strategies from February 2008 to March 2014.

Christopher H.M.

Chan, age 40, has been serving as Chief Financial Officer of First Busey Corporation since September 2025.

Prior to joining Busey, Mr.

Chan served as Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer at First National Bank, based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 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.

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.

Chan served as a Portfolio Manager at Balyasny Asset Management.

Bowe, age 52, has been serving as Chief Risk Officer of First Busey Corporation since January 2020.

Prior to that, she served as Senior Director of Operational Risk Program Management at KeyBank, a subsidiary of KeyCorp headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, since 2015.

Fauss, age 58, has been serving as Chief Information and Technology Officer of First Busey Corporation since March 2025.

Prior to that, she 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, she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Solutions Bank, where she directed all aspects of daily operations and human resources.

Her experience also includes senior management positions at Hillcrest Bank and Citizens-Jackson County Bank.

Anthony Hammond .

Hammond, age 44, has been serving as President of Busey Bank since January 2026.

Prior to that, Mr.

Hammond served as Busey’s President of Regional Banking since joining Busey in May 2025, overseeing Busey’s regional operating sales and revenue model for Busey’s Central, West, and Texas regions, including all commercial, wealth, treasury management, payments, and specialty business units.

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.

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Jorstad, age 45, has been serving as Chief Credit Officer of Busey Bank since March 2025.

Prior to that, he served in several roles at Busey Bank:

as President of Credit and Bank Administration from July 2022 to March 2025;

Co-Chief Banking Officer from May 2020 to July 2022;

Regional President Downstate Illinois 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.

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.

Phillips, age 47, has been serving as Chief Accounting Officer of First Busey Corporation since February 2025, and as Busey’s Principal Accounting Officer since March 2023.

Phillips previously served as Busey’s Interim Chief Financial Officer from February 2025 to September 2025, and as Busey’s Corporate Controller from January 2019 to February 2025.

Prior to that, Mr.

Powers, age 70, has been serving as General Counsel of First Busey Corporation since December 2011.

Prior to that, he was a stockholder of Meyer Capel, P.C., a law firm based in Champaign, Illinois, since 1998.

Randolph, age 50, was appointed Chief Operating Officer of First Busey Corporation in October 2023.

Prior to that appointment, she served as Chief of Staff from April 2017 to October 2023, Executive Vice President and Chief Brand Officer from March 2014 to April 2017, and Senior Vice President of Growth Strategies from February 2008 to March 2014.

DIRECTORS OF THE REGISTRANT AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Information required by this Item is incorporated herein by reference to Busey’s Proxy Statement for its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, to be filed with the SEC within 120 days of Busey’s fiscal year end, under the captions “Proposal 1:

Election of Directors,” “Corporate Governance and Board of Directors Matters,” and “Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports.”

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Election of Directors,” “Executive Officers, Corporate Governance and Board of Directors Matters,” and “Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports.”

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The information required by this Item is incorporated herein by reference to Busey’s Proxy Statement for its 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed with the SEC within 120 days of Busey’s fiscal year-end under the captions “Director Compensation,” “Compensation Discussion and Analysis,” “Executive Management Compensation and Succession Committee Report,” “Compensation of Named Executive Officers,” “CEO Pay Ratio,” and “Executive Management Compensation and Succession Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation.”

The information required by this Item is incorporated herein by reference to Busey’s Proxy Statement for its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, to be filed with the SEC within 120 days of Busey’s fiscal year end, under the captions “Director Compensation,” “Compensation Discussion and Analysis,” “Compensation Committee Report,” “Compensation of Named Executive Officers,” “CEO Pay Ratio,” and “Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation.”

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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

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Additional information regarding stock incentive plans is presented in “ Note 16.

Stock-based Compensation ” in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included pursuant to Item 8.

Stock-based Compensation ” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included pursuant to Item 8.

Financial Statements and Supplementary Data .

securities to be

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Not approved by stockholders 5

465,711 16.04 — 6

Total as of December 31, 2025

2,332,291 $ 16.44 954,498

Includes 1,066,772 shares issuable upon the vesting and settlement of outstanding RSU awards, 515,175 shares issuable upon the vesting and settlement of outstanding PSU awards, 221,834 shares issuable upon the vesting and settlement of outstanding DSU awards, and 15,106 shares issuable upon the exercise of outstanding stock option awards.

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Shares approved by stockholders include 1,125,224 shares issuable upon the vesting and settlement of outstanding RSU awards, 538,956 shares issuable upon the vesting and settlement of outstanding PSU awards (at target), 187,294 shares issuable upon the vesting and settlement of outstanding DSU awards, and 15,106 shares issuable upon the exercise of outstanding stock option awards.

The stock option awards were assumed in connection with the acquisition of First Community.

The weighted average exercise price only relates to stock options and does not relate to RSU, PSU, DSU awards, each of which does not have an exercise price, or awards under the ESPP.

Shares remain available for future issuance under the 2020 Equity Plan and the ESPP in the amounts of 1,326,314 and 393,536, respectively.

Shares not approved by stockholders include 270,398 shares issuable upon the exercise of outstanding SSAR awards and 195,313 shares issuable upon the vesting and settlement of RSU awards, which were assumed in connection with the acquisition of CrossFirst.

Weighted average exercise prices relate only to stock options and SSARs, and do not relate to RSU, PSU, or DSU awards, each of which does not have an exercise price, or awards under the ESPP.

Shares approved by stockholders include 658,552 shares available for future issuance under the 2020 Equity Plan and 295,946 shares available for future issuance under the ESPP.

All of the shares that remain available for future issuance under the ESPP are eligible to be purchased during the current offering period.

Includes the 2020 Equity Plan, the 2010 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, the First Community 2016 Equity Incentive Plan, and the ESPP.

Includes the CrossFirst 2018 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan, which was established prior to CrossFirst’s initial public offering in August 2019.

Following the merger, awards issued under this plan were included in Busey’s Form S‑8 POS filed with the SEC on March 7, 2025 .

There were 1,417,362 shares not approved by stockholders representing the difference between shares covered by Busey’s Form S‑4 filed with the SEC on October 18, 2024 , and shares covered by Busey’s Form S‑8 POS filed with the SEC on March 7, 2025 .

These shares are utilized only to issue dividend equivalent units on existing RSU awards assumed in connection with the acquisition of CrossFirst and cannot be utilized to issue new awards.

Other information required by Item 12 is incorporated herein by reference to Busey’s Proxy Statement for its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, to be filed with the SEC within 120 days of Busey’s fiscal year end, under the caption “ Stock Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management .”

CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

The information required by this Item is incorporated herein by reference to Busey’s Proxy Statement for its 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed with the SEC within 120 days of Busey’s fiscal year-end under the captions “Corporate Governance and Board of Directors Matters” and “Certain Relationships and Related-Person Transactions.”

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The information required by this Item is incorporated herein by reference to Busey’s Proxy Statement for its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, to be filed with the SEC within 120 days of Busey’s fiscal year end, under the captions “Executive Officers, Corporate Governance and Board of Directors Matters” and “Certain Relationships and Related-Person Transactions.”

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

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A list of exhibits to this Annual Report is set forth on the Exhibit Index beginning on page 195 , and is incorporated into this Annual Report by reference.

Stockholders may obtain a copy of any of the exhibits by writing to First Busey Corporation, Corporate Secretary, at 100 W.

University Avenue, Champaign, Illinois 61820, or by visiting the SEC’s EDGAR database at sec.gov .

Stockholders may obtain a copy of any of the exhibits by writing to First Busey Corporation, Corporate Secretary, at 11440 Tomahawk Creek Parkway, Leawood, Kansas 66211, or by visiting the SEC’s EDGAR database at sec.gov .

Busey’s SEC file number is 0-15950.

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Consolidated Statements of Income

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity

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Exhibit Filing Date

2.1* Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated August 26, 2024, by and among First Busey Corporation and CrossFirst Bankshares, Inc.

8-K 2.1 08/27/2024

3.1 Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of First Busey Corporation, together with:

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S-8 4.2 05/29/2020

3.3 Certificate of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation, dated February 27, 2025

(000-15950) 8-K 3.3 03/03/2025

3.4 Second Amended and Restated By-Laws of First Busey Corporation

8-K 3.1 12/07/2023

3.5 Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated By-Laws of First Busey Corporation

(000-15950) 8-K 3.5 03/03/2025

3.6 Certificate of Designation of Series A Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock of First Busey Corporation

(000-15950) 8-K 3.6 03/03/2025

3.7 Certificate of Designation designating the 8.25% Fixed-Rate Series B Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock.

(000-15950) 8-K 3.2 05/20/2025

4.1 Certain instruments defining the rights of holders of long-term debt of Busey, none of which authorize a total amount of indebtedness in excess of 10% of the total assets of First Busey Corporation and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, have not been filed as exhibits.

Busey hereby agrees to furnish a copy of any of these agreements to the SEC upon request.

4.2 Description of the Company’s securities

10.1† Employment Agreement by and between Main Street Trust, Inc., and Van A.

Dukeman, dated December 26, 2001

10-K 10.2 03/29/2002

4.2 Description of First Busey Corporation’s Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12 of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(000-15950) 10-Q

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Exhibit Filing Date

Deposit Agreement, dated as of May 20, 2025, by and among First Busey Corporation, Computershare, Inc.

and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., and the holders from time to time of Depositary Receipts described therein

Form of Depositary Receipt representing the Depositary Shares (included as Exhibit A to Exhibit 4.3)

10.1† Employment Agreement by and between Main Street Trust, Inc., and Van A.

Dukeman, dated December 26, 2001

10-K 10.2 03/29/2002

10.2† Letter Agreement between Main Street Trust, Inc., and Van A.

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S-8 4.4 06/03/2016

10.7† First Amendment of the First Community Financial Partners, Inc.

2016 Equity Incentive Plan

10-K 10.38 02/28/2018

10.7† Form of Incentive Stock Option Award Agreement under the First Community Financial Partners, Inc.

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S-8 4.8 06/03/2016

10.9† Form of Director Deferred Stock Unit Award Agreement under the First Busey Corporation 2010 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended

10-Q 10.1 08/07/2018

10.8† First Amendment of the First Community Financial Partners, Inc.

2016 Equity Incentive Plan

10-K 10.38 02/28/2018

10.9† Jeffrey D.

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8-K 10.1 07/26/2019

10.10† Form of Director Deferred Stock Unit Award Agreement under the First Busey Corporation 2010 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended

10-Q 10.1 08/07/2018

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Incorporated herein by reference

Description of Exhibit Filing Entity 1

Exhibit Filing Date

10.11† Amy L.

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8-K 10.3 12/10/2019

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Incorporated herein by reference

Description of Exhibit Filing Entity 1

Exhibit Filing Date

10.13† Jeffrey D.

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8-K 10.4 12/10/2019

10.14† First Busey Corporation Amended 2020 Equity Incentive Plan

Appendix A 04/14/2023

10.15† Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement under the First Busey Corporation 2020 Equity Incentive Plan

S-8 4.5 05/29/2020

Form of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement under the First Busey Corporation 2020 Equity Incentive Plan

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10-K 10.30 02/23/2023

First Busey Corporation Amended 2020 Equity Incentive Plan

Appendix A 04/14/2023

Letter Agreement, dated August 26, 2024, by and between First Busey Corporation and Van A.

8-K 2.1 08/27/2024

Letter Agreement, dated August 26, 2024, by and between First Busey Corporation and Michael J.

8-K 99.1 08/27/2024

Separation Agreement between First Busey Corporation and Jeffrey D.

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Amendment to the First Busey Corporation Profit Sharing Plan and Trust, effective September 27, 2024

(000-15950) 10-K 10.23 02/27/2025

First Busey Corporation 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan First Amendment

(000-15950) 10-K 10.23 02/27/2025

Employment Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2025, by and among First Busey Corporation, Busey Bank and Scott A.

(000-15950) 8-K 10.6 03/03/2025

Employment Agreement, dated June 1, 2020, by and between CrossFirst Bankshares, Inc.

and Michael J.

(000-15950) 8-K 10.3 03/03/2025

CrossFirst Bankshares, Inc.

2018 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated

(000-15950) 8-K 10.4 03/03/2025

Form of Retention Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2025

(000-15950) 10-Q 10.2 05/09/2025

Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated March 4, 2025, by and among First Busey Corporation, Busey Bank, and Amy L.

(000-15950) 10-Q 10.1 05/09/2025

10.30† Employment Agreement, by and among First Busey Corporation, Busey Bank and Christopher H.M.

Chan, effective September 30, 2025

(001-42677) 8-K 10.1 09/26/2025

10.31† Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement under the First Busey Corporation 2020 Equity Incentive Plan

10.32† Employment Agreement, dated November 21, 2019, by and among First Busey Corporation, Busey Bank, and Monica L.

10.33† Separation Agreement and Release, dated January 27, 2026, by and between First Busey Corporation and its subsidiaries and Michael J.

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Incorporated herein by reference

Description of Exhibit Filing Entity 1

Exhibit Filing Date

19.1 First Busey Corporation Insider Trading Policy

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97.1 First Busey Corporation Clawback Policy

10-K 97.1 02/23/2024

99.1 Letter Agreement, dated August 26, 2024, by and between First Busey Corporation and Michael J.

8-K 2.1 08/27/2024

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Incorporated herein by reference

Description of Exhibit Filing Entity 1

Exhibit Filing Date

101.INS iXBRL Instance Document

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101.DEF iXBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase

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Incorporated herein by reference

Description of Exhibit Filing Entity 1

Exhibit Filing Date

104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL with applicable taxonomy extension information contained in Exhibits 101)

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FCFP is First Community Financial Partners, Inc.

* Schedules have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K.

A copy of any omitted schedule will be furnished to the SEC upon request;

provided, however, that the parties may request confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for any document so furnished.

† Management contract or compensatory plan.

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Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, as of February 27, 2025.

FIRST BUSEY CORPORATION

BY /s/ VAN A.

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

BY /s/ SCOTT A.

Interim Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer

(Principal Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer)

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities indicated, as of February 27, 2025.

Signature Title

DUKEMAN Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

February 26, 2026

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature Title Date

DUKEMAN Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer February 26, 2026

Dukeman (Principal Executive Officer)

PHILLIPS Interim Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer

Phillips (Principal Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer)

/s/ GREGORY B.

LYKINS Vice-Chairman

/s/ SAMUEL P.

BANKS Director

/s/ GEORGE BARR Director

/s/ CHRISTOPHER H.M.

CHAN Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer February 26, 2026

Christopher H.M.

Chan (Principal Financial Officer)

PHILLIPS Executive Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer February 26, 2026

(Principal Accounting Officer)

/s/ STANLEY J.

BRADSHAW Director

BRADSHAW Director February 26, 2026

/s/ RODNEY K.

BRENNEMAN Director February 26, 2026

/s/ STEVEN W.

CAPLE Director February 26, 2026

/s/ MICHAEL D.

CASSENS Director

JENSEN Director

CASSENS Director February 26, 2026

/s/ JENNIFER M.

GRIGSBY Director February 26, 2026

JENSEN Director February 26, 2026

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Signature Title Date

/s/ FREDERIC L.

KENNEY Director

KENNEY Director February 26, 2026

/s/ STEPHEN V.

KING Director

/s/ CASSANDRA R.

SANFORD Director

KING Director February 26, 2026

RAUCKMAN Director February 26, 2026

WEHRLI Director February 26, 2026

/s/ TIFFANY B.

WHITE Director February 26, 2026

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Item 9A. Controls and Procedures