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<P STYLE="font: bold 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 6pt 0 0; text-align: center">UNITED STATES<BR CLEAR="ALL">
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20549<BR>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">FORM S-8</P>

<P STYLE="font: italic bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Registration Statement<BR>
under<BR>
The Securities Act of 1933<BR>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 6pt 0 0; text-align: center">FIRST MID-ILLINOIS BANCSHARES, INC.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified
in its charter)</P>

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<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(State or other jurisdiction of</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>37-1103704</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(I.R.S. employer</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">identification no.)</FONT></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>1421 Charleston Avenue</B><BR>
        <B>Mattoon, Illinois 61938</B><BR>
        (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)</P>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>First Mid-Illinois Bancshares, Inc.</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>401(k) Profit Sharing Plan</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(Full title of the plan)<BR>
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        <B>William S. Rowland</B><BR>
        <B>Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer</B><BR>
        <B>First Mid-Illinois Bancshares, Inc.</B><BR>
        <B>1421 Charleston Avenue</B><BR>
        <B>Mattoon, Illinois 61938</B><BR>
        (Name and address of agent for service)<BR>
        <BR>
        <B>(217) 234-7454</B><BR>
        (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)<BR>
        <BR>
        <B>With a copy to:</B><BR>
        <BR>
        <B>Lauralyn G. Bengel</B><BR>
        <B>Schiff Hardin LLP</B><BR>
        <B>233 South Wacker Drive</B><BR>
        <B>66<SUP>th</SUP> Floor</B><BR>
        <B>Chicago, Illinois 60606</B><BR>
        <B>(312) 258-5670</B><BR>
        &#9;<BR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Large accelerated filer&#9;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT></P>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Non-accelerated filer&#9;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT>
        (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</P>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B><BR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="5" STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0.05pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.05pt"><FONT STYLE="color: black">Estimated on the basis of $23.00 per share, the average of the high and low sales prices of the Common Stock on February 25, 2013 solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: windowtext 1.5pt double; font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 3pt 6pt 3pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in">(2)</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="5" STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1.5pt double; font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0.05pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.05pt">Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock which become issuable under the Plan pursuant to this Registration Statement by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction which results in an increase in the number of the Registrant&#8217;s outstanding shares of Common Stock.</TD>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in">STATEMENT PURSUANT
TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E<BR>
OF FORM S-8 &#8220;REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES&#8221;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">The
contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 033-64139), filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on November 13, 1995, registering shares of its Common Stock, par value $4.00 per share, issuable under the Plan, are
hereby incorporated by reference.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center">PART II<BR>
<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">All
information required in the Registration Statement (other than the indemnification provisions, the exhibits and the signature page)
is set forth in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 033-64139), as described above, and is incorporated herein by
reference.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt">Item 6.&#9; Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Article VIII of
the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, provides in effect that the Company will indemnify its directors
and officers to the extent permitted by the Delaware law. Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation law provides that a Delaware
corporation has the power to indemnify its directors, officers, employees and agents in certain circumstances. Subsection (a) of
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law empowers a corporation to indemnify any director, officer, employee or agent,
or former director, officer, employee or agent, who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending
or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in
the right of the Company), against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually
and reasonably incurred in connection with such action, suit or proceeding provided that such director, officer, employee or agent
acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company
and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, provided that such director, officer, employee or agent had no reasonable
cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Subsection (b) of
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law empowers a corporation to indemnify any director, officer, employee or agent,
or former director, officer, employee or agent, who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending
or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such
person acted in any of the capacities set forth above, against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred
in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit provided that such person acted in good faith and in a manner
he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, except that no indemnification may
be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person has been adjudged to be liable to the Company unless and
only to the extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery determines that despite the adjudication of liability such person is fairly
and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court deems proper.</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 145 further
provides that to the extent that a director or officer or employee of a corporation has been successful in the defense of any action,
suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he or she will
be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection therewith;
that indemnification provided by Section 145 will not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which the party seeking indemnification
may be entitled; and the Company is empowered to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of a director, officer, employee or
agent of the Company against any liability asserted against him or her or incurred by him or her in any such capacity or arising
out of his or her status as such whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liabilities
under Section 145; and that, unless indemnification is ordered by a court, the determination that indemnification under subsections
(a) and (b) of Section 145 is proper because the director, officer, employee or agent has met the applicable standard of conduct
under such subsections will be made by (i) a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding,
even though less than a quorum, or (ii) if there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel
in a written opinion, or (iii) by the stockholders.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt">Item 8.&#9; Exhibits.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 11pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The exhibits filed
herewith or incorporated by reference herein are set forth in the Exhibit Index filed as part of this Registration Statement.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.25in"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing this Registration Statement and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Mattoon, State of Illinois, on this 26th day of February,
2013.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 24pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">FIRST MID-ILLINOIS BANCSHARES, INC.<BR STYLE="mso-special-character: line-break"> <BR STYLE="mso-special-character: line-break"></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 10%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 90%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">/s/ William S. Rowland</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">William S. Rowland<BR>
Chairman of the Board of Directors,<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;President and Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center">POWER OF ATTORNEY</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Each person whose
signature appears below hereby authorizes William S. Rowland and Michael L. Taylor his true and lawful attorney-in-fact, acting
alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities,
to sign on such person&#8217;s behalf, individually and in each capacity stated below, any and all amendments (including any post-effective
amendments and supplements) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents
in connection therewith, with the SEC, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully and to all intents and purposes such person might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities
indicated on the 26th  day of February, 2013.</P>

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        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 5.5pt; text-align: center"><B><U>Date</U></B></P>
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        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><U>/s/ William S. Rowland &#9;</U></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;William S. Rowland</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 5.5pt">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 5.5pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board (Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 5.5pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">February 26, 2013</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><U>/s/ Michael L. Taylor&#9;</U></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Michael L. Taylor</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 5.5pt">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 5.5pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">February 26, 2013</TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><U>/s/ Charles A. Adams&#9;</U></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Charles A. Adams</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 41%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 5.5pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 24%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">February 26, 2013</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><U>/s/ Holly A. Bailey&#9;</U></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Holly A. Bailey</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 5.5pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">February 26, 2013</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><U>/s/ Joseph R. Dively&#9;</U></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Joseph R. Dively</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 5.5pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">February 26, 2013</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><U>/s/ Steven L. Grissom&#9;</U></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Steven L. Grissom</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 5.5pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">February 26, 2013</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><U>/s/ Benjamin I. Lumpkin&#9;</U></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Benjamin I. Lumpkin</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 5.5pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">February 26, 2013</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><U>/s/ Gary W. Melvin&#9;</U></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Gary W. Melvin</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 5.5pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">February 26, 2013</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><U>/s/ Ray A. Sparks&#9;</U></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ray A. Sparks</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 5.5pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">February 26, 2013</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>THE PLAN</B>.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Plan has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Mattoon, State of Illinois, on February 26, 2013.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">first
mID-ILLINOIS BANCSHARES, INC.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;401(</FONT>k)<FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">
PROFIT SHARING PLAN</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B</FONT>y:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>&nbsp;/s/
Peggy S.
Lawson&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Peggy
S. Lawson,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Plan
Administrator</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 5in; text-indent: -143.4pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>


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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in">INDEX TO EXHIBITS</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

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<B><U>Number</U></B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 85%; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><BR>Exhibit</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">3.1</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amendment
        to Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(a) to the Registrant&#8217;s Annual Report on
        Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1987)</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">3.2</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by
        reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 14, 2007)</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">4</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">First Mid-Illinois Bancshares, Inc. 401(k)
        Profit Sharing Plan</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">4.1</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Rights Agreement, dated as of September 22, 2009, between First
        Mid-Illinois Bancshares, Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Rights Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1
        to the Registrant&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated September 24, 2009)</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">5</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify">Opinion of Schiff Hardin LLP</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">23.1</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Consent of BKD LLP</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">23.2</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Consent of Schiff Hardin LLP (contained in
        the Opinion filed as Exhibit 5)</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">24</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify">Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page)</TD></TR>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 27, 2013
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
Registration Statement
under
The Securities Act of 1933
FIRST MID-ILLINOIS BANCSHARES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified
in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
37-1103704
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)
1421 Charleston Avenue
Mattoon, Illinois 61938
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
First Mid-Illinois Bancshares, Inc.
401(k) Profit Sharing Plan
(Full title of the plan)
William S. Rowland
Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer
First Mid-Illinois Bancshares, Inc.
1421 Charleston Avenue
Mattoon, Illinois 61938
(Name and address of agent for service)
(217) 234-7454
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
With a copy to:
Lauralyn G. Bengel
Schiff Hardin LLP
233 South Wacker Drive
66
th
Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60606
(312) 258-5670
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.  See definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
¨
Non-accelerated filer
¨
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Accelerated filer
ý
Smaller reporting company
¨
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to be Registered
Amount
to be
registered
Proposed
maximum
offering price
per share
Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering price
Amount of
registration fee
Common Stock, par value $4.00 per share (including Common Stock Purchase Rights)
100,000(2)
$23.00(1)
$2,300,000(1)
$313.72(1)
(1)
Estimated on the basis of $23.00 per share, the average of the high and low sales prices of the Common Stock on February 25, 2013 solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock which become issuable under the Plan pursuant to this Registration Statement by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction which results in an increase in the number of the Registrant's outstanding shares of Common Stock.
STATEMENT PURSUANT
TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E
OF FORM S-8 "REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES"
The
contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 033-64139), filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on November 13, 1995, registering shares of its Common Stock, par value $4.00 per share, issuable under the Plan, are
hereby incorporated by reference.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
All
information required in the Registration Statement (other than the indemnification provisions, the exhibits and the signature page)
is set forth in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 033-64139), as described above, and is incorporated herein by
reference.
Item 6.	 Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Article VIII of
the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, provides in effect that the Company will indemnify its directors
and officers to the extent permitted by the Delaware law. Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation law provides that a Delaware
corporation has the power to indemnify its directors, officers, employees and agents in certain circumstances. Subsection (a) of
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law empowers a corporation to indemnify any director, officer, employee or agent,
or former director, officer, employee or agent, who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending
or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in
the right of the Company), against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually
and reasonably incurred in connection with such action, suit or proceeding provided that such director, officer, employee or agent
acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company
and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, provided that such director, officer, employee or agent had no reasonable
cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.
Subsection (b) of
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law empowers a corporation to indemnify any director, officer, employee or agent,
or former director, officer, employee or agent, who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending
or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such
person acted in any of the capacities set forth above, against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred
in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit provided that such person acted in good faith and in a manner
he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, except that no indemnification may
be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person has been adjudged to be liable to the Company unless and
only to the extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery determines that despite the adjudication of liability such person is fairly
and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court deems proper.
Section 145 further
provides that to the extent that a director or officer or employee of a corporation has been successful in the defense of any action,
suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he or she will
be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection therewith;
that indemnification provided by Section 145 will not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which the party seeking indemnification
may be entitled; and the Company is empowered to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of a director, officer, employee or
agent of the Company against any liability asserted against him or her or incurred by him or her in any such capacity or arising
out of his or her status as such whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liabilities
under Section 145; and that, unless indemnification is ordered by a court, the determination that indemnification under subsections
(a) and (b) of Section 145 is proper because the director, officer, employee or agent has met the applicable standard of conduct
under such subsections will be made by (i) a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding,
even though less than a quorum, or (ii) if there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel
in a written opinion, or (iii) by the stockholders.
Item 8.	 Exhibits.
The exhibits filed
herewith or incorporated by reference herein are set forth in the Exhibit Index filed as part of this Registration Statement.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing this Registration Statement and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Mattoon, State of Illinois, on this 26th day of February,
2013.
FIRST MID-ILLINOIS BANCSHARES, INC.
By:
/s/ William S. Rowland
William S. Rowland
Chairman of the Board of Directors,
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose
signature appears below hereby authorizes William S. Rowland and Michael L. Taylor his true and lawful attorney-in-fact, acting
alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities,
to sign on such person's behalf, individually and in each capacity stated below, any and all amendments (including any post-effective
amendments and supplements) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents
in connection therewith, with the SEC, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully and to all intents and purposes such person might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities
indicated on the 26th  day of February, 2013.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ William S. Rowland
William S. Rowland
President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board (Principal Executive Officer)
February 26, 2013
/s/ Michael L. Taylor
Michael L. Taylor
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
February 26, 2013
/s/ Charles A. Adams
Charles A. Adams
Director
February 26, 2013
/s/ Holly A. Bailey
Holly A. Bailey
Director
February 26, 2013
/s/ Joseph R. Dively
Joseph R. Dively
Director
February 26, 2013
/s/ Steven L. Grissom
Steven L. Grissom
Director
February 26, 2013
/s/ Benjamin I. Lumpkin
Benjamin I. Lumpkin
Director
February 26, 2013
/s/ Gary W. Melvin
Gary W. Melvin
Director
February 26, 2013
/s/ Ray A. Sparks
Ray A. Sparks
Director
February 26, 2013
THE PLAN
.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Plan has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Mattoon, State of Illinois, on February 26, 2013.
first
mID-ILLINOIS BANCSHARES, INC.
401(
k)
PROFIT SHARING PLAN
B
y:
/s/
Peggy S.
Lawson
Peggy
S. Lawson,
Plan
Administrator
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit
3.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amendment
        to Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(a) to the Registrant's Annual Report on
        Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1987)
3.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by
        reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 14, 2007)
4
First Mid-Illinois Bancshares, Inc. 401(k)
        Profit Sharing Plan
4.1
Rights Agreement, dated as of September 22, 2009, between First
        Mid-Illinois Bancshares, Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Rights Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1
        to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated September 24, 2009)
5
Opinion of Schiff Hardin LLP
23.1
Consent of BKD LLP
23.2
Consent of Schiff Hardin LLP (contained in
        the Opinion filed as Exhibit 5)
24
Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page)