UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K/A

Current Report

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  April 30, 2016

First Busey Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

100 W. University Ave.
Champaign, Illinois  61820
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

(217) 365-4544
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Item 2.01

Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

On April 30, 2016, First Busey Corporation, a Nevada corporation ("First Busey"), completed its previously announced merger (the "Merger") with Pulaski Financial Corp., a Missouri corporation ("Pulaski"), pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated December 3, 2015, by and between First Busey and Pulaski.  Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, Pulaski was merged into First Busey with First Busey remaining as the surviving entity.  On May 2, 2016, First Busey filed a Current Report on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission to report the completion of the Merger and other related matters. The purpose of this filing is to amend the Form 8-K filed on May 2, 2016 to include the information required by Item 9.01(a) and (b).

The audited consolidated financial statements of Pulaski as of September 30, 2015 and 2014 and for each of the three years ended September 30, 2015, 2014 and 2013, as well as the accompanying notes thereto and the related Report of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, filed on Form 10-K are filed as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

The unaudited consolidated financial statements of Pulaski as of December 31, 2015 and for the three months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, as well as the accompanying notes thereto, filed on Form 10-Q are filed as Exhibit 99.2 and incorporated herein by reference.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements of First Busey as of and for the year ended December 31, 2015 and for the three months ended March 31, 2016, are filed as Exhibit 99.3 and incorporated herein by reference.

23.1

Consent of KPMG LLP

99.1

Audited consolidated financial statements of Pulaski Financial Corp. as of September 30, 2015 and 2014 and for each of the three years ended September 30, 2015, 2014 and 2013, as well as the accompanying notes thereto and the related Report of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (incorporated by reference to the Form 10-K filed by Pulaski on December 11, 2015 (File No. 000-24571))

99.2

Unaudited consolidated financial statements of Pulaski as of December 31, 2015 and for the three months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, as well as the accompanying notes thereto (incorporated by reference to the Form 10-Q filed by Pulaski on February 9, 2016 (File No. 000-24571))

99.3

Unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements of First Busey as of and for the year ended December 31, 2015 and for the three months ended March 31, 2016

Signature

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date:  July 12, 2016

First Busey Corporation

Name:  Robin N. Elliott

Title:    Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer