UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION

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Securities Exchange Act of 1934

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PRINCETON NATIONAL BANCORP, INC.
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    PRINCETON NATIONAL BANCORP, INC. 606 SOUTH MAIN STREET PRINCETON, IL 61356 ATTN: LOU ANN BIRKEY VOTE BY INTERNET - www.proxyvote.com Use the Internet to transmit your voting instructions and for electronic delivery of information up until 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time the day before the cut-off date or meeting date. Have your proxy card in hand when you access the web site and follow the instructions to obtain your records and to create an electronic voting instruction form.   ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF FUTURE PROXY MATERIALS If you would like to reduce the costs incurred by our company in mailing proxy materials, you can consent to receiving all future proxy statements, proxy cards and annual reports electronically via e-mail or the Internet. To sign up for electronic delivery, please follow the instructions above to vote using the Internet and, when prompted, indicate that you agree to receive or access proxy materials electronically in future years.   VOTE BY PHONE - 1-800-690-6903 Use any touch-tone telephone to transmit your voting instructions up until 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time the day before the cut-off date or meeting date. Have your proxy card in hand when you call and then follow the instructions.   VOTE BY MAIL Mark, sign and date your proxy card and return it in the postage-paid envelope we have provided or return it to Vote Processing, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717.

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  THIS  PROXY  CARD  IS  VALID  ONLY  WHEN  SIGNED   AND  DATED. DETACH AND RETURN THIS PORTION ONLY

		For All	Withhold All	For All Except	To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s), mark “For All Except” and write the number(s) of the nominee(s) on the line below.
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following:
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1.	Election of Directors
	Nominees
01	Gretta E. Bieber                      02     Gary C. Bruce		03     John R. Ernat		04     Thomas D. Ogaard
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposals 2 and 3.						For	Against	Abstain
2	“PROPOSAL TO APPROVE THE COMPENSATION OF THE EXECUTIVES DISCLOSED IN THE PROXY STATEMENT.”					¨	¨	¨
3	Ratification of the Outside Auditors: PROPOSAL TO RATIFY THE APPOINTMENT OF BKD, LLP.					¨	¨	¨
The Board of Directors recommends you vote AGAINST the following proposal:						For	Against	Abstain
4	Stockholder Proposal Relating to the Nomination of Directors.					¨	¨	¨
The Board of Directors does not have a recommendation for voting on the following proposal:						For	Against	Abstain
5	In their discretion, upon such other matters as may properly come before the Annual Meeting.					¨	¨	¨
		Yes	No
Please indicate if you plan to attend this meeting		¨	¨
Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) hereon. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, or other fiduciary, please give full title as such. Joint owners should each sign personally. All holders must sign. If a corporation or partnership, please sign in full corporate or partnership name, by authorized officer.

    Signature [PLEASE SIGN WITHIN BOX]       Date                                                          Signature (Joint Owners)                                  Date

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PRINCETON NATIONAL BANCORP, INC.

Annual Meeting of Shareholders

May 17, 2012 10:00 AM

This proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors

The undersigned hereby appoints Steve Samat, Director, and Lou Ann Birkey, Vice President & Corporate Secretary, as attorneys and proxies of the undersigned, with full power of substitution, to represent and vote all shares of common stock of Princeton National Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”), standing in the name of the undersigned at the close of business on March 19, 2012 at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company to be held at The Galleria Convention Center, 1659 North Main Street, Princeton, Illinois, at 10:00 a.m., on Thursday, May 17, 2012 or at any adjournment or postponement thereof, with all the powers that the undersigned would possess if personally present, on all matters coming before said meeting, as follows:

If no instruction are indicated, this proxy will be voted “FOR” the election of the nominees named in the Proxy Statement, “FOR the approval of proposals 2 and 3 and “AGAINST” Proposal 4 described in the Proxy Statement.

The stockholders’ signature should be exactly as the name appears below. When shares are held by joint tenants, both should sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee, or guardian, please give full title as such. If a corporation, please sign in full corporate name by the President or other authorized officer. If a partnership, please sign in partnership name by authorized person.

Continued and to be signed on reverse side

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