Item 9.01.
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Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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Exhibits
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Exhibit No.
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Description
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99.1
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Press release issued by First Clover Leaf Financial Corp., dated August 23, 2016.
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Safe Harbor
This document may contain certain forward-looking
statements, such as discussions of First Clover Leaf’s pricing and fee trends, credit quality and outlook, liquidity, new
business results, expansion plans, anticipated expenses and planned schedules. First Clover Leaf intends such forward-looking statements
to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1955. Forward-looking statements, which are based on certain assumptions and describe future plans, strategies and expectations
of First Mid and First Clover Leaf, are identified by use of the words “believe,” “expect,” “intend,”
“anticipate,” “estimate,” “project,” or similar expressions. Actual results could differ materially
from the results indicated by these statements because the realization of those results is subject to many risks and uncertainties,
including, among other things, the possibility that any of the anticipated benefits of the proposed transactions between First
Mid and First Clover Leaf will not be realized or will not be realized within the expected time period; the risk that integration
of the operations of First Clover Leaf with First Mid will be materially delayed or will be more costly or difficult than expected;
the inability to complete the proposed transactions due to the failure to obtain the required stockholder approvals; the failure
to satisfy other conditions to completion of the proposed transactions; the failure of the proposed transactions to close for any
other reason; the effect of the announcement of the transaction on customer relationships and operating results; the possibility
that the transaction may be more expensive to complete than anticipated, including as a result of unexpected factors or events;
changes in interest rates; general economic conditions and those in the market areas of First Mid and First Clover Leaf; legislative/regulatory
changes; monetary and fiscal policies of the U.S. Government, including policies of the U.S.
Treasury and the Federal Reserve Board; the quality or composition
of First Mid’s and First Clover Leaf’s loan or investment portfolios and the valuation of those investment portfolios;
success in raising capital by First Mid; demand for loan products; deposit flows; competition, demand for financial services in
the market areas of First Mid and First Clover Leaf; and accounting principles, policies and guidelines. Additional information
concerning First Mid and First Clover Leaf, including additional factors and risks that could materially affect First Mid’s
and First Clover Leaf’s financial results, are included in First Mid’s and First Clover Leaf’s filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including their Annual Reports on Form 10-K. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the
date they are made. Except as required under the federal securities laws or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission, we do not undertake any obligation to update or review any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise.
Proxy Statement/Prospectus
This material is not a substitute for the proxy
statement/prospectus that First Mid and First Clover Leaf filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 13, 2016, which,
as amended, was declared effective on July 29, 2016.
Investors in First Mid or First Clover Leaf are urged to read the proxy
statement/prospectus, which contains important information, including detailed risk factors.
The proxy statement/prospectus
and other documents which will be filed by First Mid and First Clover Leaf with the Securities and Exchange Commission will be
available free of charge at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website, www.sec.gov, or by directing a request to First
Mid-Illinois Bancshares, P.O. Box 499, Mattoon, IL 61938, Attention: Secretary; or to First Clover Leaf Financial Corp., P.O. Box
540, Edwardsville, IL 62025, Attention: Secretary. The definitive proxy statement/prospectus was first mailed to the stockholders
of each of First Mid and First Clover Leaf on or about August 2, 2016.
This communication shall not constitute an offer
to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which
such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction.
Proxy Solicitation
First Mid and First Clover Leaf, and certain
of their respective directors, executive officers and other members of management and employees are participants in the solicitation
of proxies in connection with the proposed transactions. Information about the directors and executive officers of First Mid is
set forth in its proxy statement for its 2016 annual meeting of stockholders. Information about the directors and executive officers
of First Clover Leaf is set forth in its Form 10-K/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2016. Investors
may obtain additional information regarding the interests of such participants in the proposed transactions by reading the proxy
statement/prospectus for such proposed transactions.