First Busey (BUSE) President Thomas Hammond Receives Award

What Happened Thomas Anthony Hammond, President of Busey Bank, was credited with an award of 105 shares on 2026-07-31. The shares were recorded at $0.00 per share (total $0) as dividend-equivalent rights tied to his restricted stock units (RSUs). This is an award/compensation event, not an open-market purchase or sale.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-07-31
• Transaction type/code: Award (A) — 105 shares @ $0.00 (total reported $0)
• Filing date: 2026-08-04 (Form 4 accession 0002109629-26-000009)
• Shares owned after transaction: Not specified in the provided summary
• Footnote: F1 — these are dividend equivalent rights accrued on RSUs in connection with a cash dividend; each right equals the economic equivalent of one share of First Busey common stock
• No indication in this report of a sale, purchase, tax withholding or 10b5-1 plan

Context Dividend-equivalent awards on RSUs are a routine form of executive compensation that convert dividend accruals into additional shares; they do not represent an insider buying or selling stock in the market. For retail investors, awards like this are informational about compensation and share dilution but are not a direct trading signal.