-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, TGuZvnylHGyDZ/aBRtn797rPIXXpg7SLocZDdhgFfN2ZqkTX7Ap8q9KyT9N8USeg v0QupV/uOw+l7pHxF9B2AQ== 0001140361-09-002091.txt : 20090129 0001140361-09-002091.hdr.sgml : 20090129 20090129150001 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001140361-09-002091 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20090127 FILED AS OF DATE: 20090129 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20090129 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Lumpkin Benjamin I. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001454931 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-13368 FILM NUMBER: 09554250 BUSINESS ADDRESS: BUSINESS PHONE: 312-819-0232 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 340 E. RANDOLPH STREET UNIT 5403 CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60601 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FIRST MID ILLINOIS BANCSHARES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000700565 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022] IRS NUMBER: 371103704 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1515 CHARLESTON AVE STREET 2: PO BOX 499 CITY: MATTOON STATE: IL ZIP: 61938 BUSINESS PHONE: 2172347454 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1515 CHARLESTON AVENUE STREET 2: PO BOX 499 CITY: MATTOON STATE: IL ZIP: 61938 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FIRST-MID ILLINOIS BANCSHARES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 3 1 doc1.xml FORM 3 X0203 3 2009-01-27 0 0000700565 FIRST MID ILLINOIS BANCSHARES INC FMBH 0001454931 Lumpkin Benjamin I. 340 E. RANDOLPH ST, UNIT 5403 CHICAGO IL 60601 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 281412 D Michael L. Taylor, pursuant to a power of attorney filed 01/29/09. 2009-01-29 EX-24 2 poa1.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY Unassociated Document
POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of William S. Rowland and Michael L. Taylor, signing singly, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

1)  
execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as a beneficial owner of more than 10 percent of any class of equity security registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Act”), of and/or an officer and/or director of First Mid-Illinois Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”), Forms ID, 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Act and the rules thereunder;

2)  
do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form ID, 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

3)  
take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact’s discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact’s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Act.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms ID, 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 27 day of January, 2009.

                                                                                                                                   /s/ Benjamin I. Lumpkin
    Print Name:   Benjamin I. Lumpkin



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