IMPORTANT SPECIAL MEETING INFORMATION Using a black ink pen, mark your votes with an X as shown in this example. Please do not write outside the designated areas. X 02DTWD 1 U P X + Special Meeting Proxy Card . Authorized Signatures — This section must be completed for your vote to be counted. — Date and Sign BelowC NOTE: Please sign your name(s) EXACTLY as your name(s) appear(s) on this proxy. All joint holders must sign. When signing as attorney, trustee, executor, administrator, guardian or corporate officer, please provide your FULL title. Signature 1 — Please keep signature within the box. Signature 2 — Please keep signature within the box.Date (mm/dd/yyyy) — Please print date below. + B Non-Voting Items A Proposals — The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR Proposal 1 and FOR Proposal 2. Meeting Attendance Mark box to the right if you plan to attend the Special Meeting. Change of Address — Please print new address below. 1. The proposal to approve the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 26, 2016, between First Mid-Illinois Bancshares, Inc. (“First Mid”) and First Clover Leaf Financial Corp. (as amended, the “merger agreement”), pursuant to which First Clover Leaf Financial Corp. will merge with and into First Mid, and the transactions contemplated therein, including the issuance of First Mid common stock in connection with the merger. 2. The proposal to adjourn the special meeting to permit further solicitation in the event that an insufficient number of votes are cast to approve the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated therein. For Against Abstain NNNNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNN 2 8 3 7 4 8 1 MR A SAMPLE (THIS AREA IS SET UP TO ACCOMMODATE140 CHARACTERS) MR A SAMPLE AND MR A SAMPLE ANDMR A SAMPLE AND MR A SAMPLE AND MR A SAMPLE ANDMR A SAMPLE AND MR A SAMPLE AND MR A SAMPLE AND NN NN NN NN N C 1234567890 J N T MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM 000000000.000000 ext 000000000.000000 ext 000000000.000000 ext 000000000.000000 ext 000000000.000000 ext 000000000.000000 ext 000004 MR A SAMPLE DESIGNATION (IF ANY) ADD 1 ADD 2 ADD 3 ADD 4 ADD 5 ADD 6 ENDORSEMENT_LINE______________ SACKPACK_____________ C123456789 1234 5678 9012 345 q IF YOU HAVE NOT VOTED VIA THE INTERNET OR TELEPHONE, FOLD ALONG THE PERFORATION, DETACH AND RETURN THE BOTTOM PORTION IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.q Electronic Voting Instructions Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! Instead of mailing your proxy, you may choose one of the voting methods outlined below to vote your proxy. VALIDATION DETAILS ARE LOCATED BELOW IN THE TITLE BAR. Proxies submitted by the Internet or telephone must be received by 1:00 a.m., Central Time, on ______, 2016. Vote by Internet • Go to www.envisionreports.com/FMBH • Or scan the QR code with your smartphone • Follow the steps outlined on the secure website Vote by telephone • Call toll free 1-800-652-VOTE (8683) within the USA, US territories & Canada on a touch tone telephone • Follow the instructions provided by the recorded message

. Proxy — FIRST MID-ILLINOIS BANCSHARES, INC. PROXY is Solicited By the Board of Directors For the Special Meeting of Stockholders – __________ The undersigned hereby appoints Michael L. Taylor, John W. Hedges and Laurel G. Allenbaugh, or any of them acting in the absence of the others, with full power of substitution, as attorneys and proxies, for and in the name and place of the undersigned, to vote the number of shares of Common Stock that the undersigned would be entitled to vote if then personally present and voting at the Special Meeting of Stockholders of First Mid-Illinois Bancshares, Inc., to be held ________________________________, on _______________________, local time, or any adjournments or postponements thereof, upon the matters set forth in the Notice of Special Meeting and Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus as designated on the reverse and, in their discretion, upon such other business as may come before the meeting. THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SPECIFICATIONS MADE. IF NO CHOICE IS INDICATED, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR PROPOSAL 1 AND FOR PROPOSAL 2. YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT! PLEASE VOTE YOUR SHARES BY COMPLETING, SIGNING, DATING AND RETURNING THIS PROXY CARD PROMPTLY USING THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. (Continued and to be signed and dated on the reverse side.) q IF YOU HAVE NOT VOTED VIA THE INTERNET OR TELEPHONE, FOLD ALONG THE PERFORATION, DETACH AND RETURN THE BOTTOM PORTION IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.q