EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

First Busey Corporation Profit Sharing Plan and Trust (“the 401(k) Plan”)

All associates who meet certain age requirements are eligible to participate in the 401(k) Plan. There is no waiting period for participation in the 401(k) Plan. The 401(k) Plan offers two contribution options: (i) the traditional option allows plan participants to elect pre-tax contributions, and (ii) the Roth option allows plan participants to elect after tax contributions. Plan participants may elect to make traditional and/or Roth 401(k) contributions, up to the annual deferral and catch-up limits established by the Internal Revenue Service.

First Busey supplements participant contributions by making Safe Harbor matching and discretionary profit sharing contributions.

Safe Harbor Match

First Busey makes Safe Harbor matching contributions equal to 100% of the first 3% of eligible contributions and 50% of the next 2% of eligible contributions. The rights of participants in Safe Harbor matching contributions vest immediately.

Profit Sharing

All associates who meet certain age and service requirements are eligible to participate in the Company's profit-sharing contributions. Discretionary profit-sharing contributions and related expenses, if any, are approved solely by the First Busey board of directors, and in no case may annual contributions be greater than the amounts deductible for federal income tax purposes for that year. The rights of participants in profit-sharing contributions vest ratably over a five-year period.

401(k) Plan Expenses

Expenses related to our employee benefit plans, reported in salaries, wages, and employee benefits in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Income, are summarized in the table below (dollars in thousands):


	Years Ended December 31,
	2022		2021		2020
401(k) Plan expenses
Profit-sharing expenses	$	2,960	$	2,823	$	2,551
Safe Harbor match expenses	$	4,094	$	3,708	$	3,431
Total 401(k) Plan expenses	$	7,054	$	6,531	$	5,982