SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* MILLS LINDA M (Last) (First) (Middle) (Street) CHAMPAIGN IL 61821 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol FIRST BUSEY CORP /NV/ [ BUSE ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 08/06/2003
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common	08/06/2003		M		3,000	A	$18.25	688,200	D
Common	08/06/2003		S		2,191	D	$25	686,009	D
Common								15,000	I	Mills Family Foundation(1)
Common								987,523	I	Spouse
Common								7,710	I	401(k)/Profit Sharing Plan
Common								25,376.2124	I	ESOP Plan -Spouse
Common								1,000,000	I	Mills Investment(2)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Option	$18.25	08/06/2003	08/06/2003	M			3,000	01/19/2000	12/15/2003	Common	3,000	$18.25	0	D
Stock Option	$20.0625							01/16/2001	02/15/2004	Common	3,000		3,000(3)	D
Stock Option	$17.875							01/15/2002	12/15/2005	Common	3,000		3,000(3)	D
Stock Option	$12.13							01/01/2002	12/31/2005	Common	16,000		16,000(3)	I	Spouse
Stock Option	$16.75							07/01/2003	09/30/2004	Common	4,642		4,642(3)	I	Spouse
Stock Option	$20.0625							01/16/2001	12/15/2004	Common	15,000		15,000(3)	I	Spouse
Stock Option	$17.857							01/15/2002	12/15/2005	Common	15,000		15,000(3)	I	Spouse
Stock Option	$21.839							04/16/2005	12/16/2010	Common	30,000		30,000(3)	I	Spouse

Explanation of Responses:

1. Linda M. Mills is President of the Mills Family Foundation

2. Mrs. Mills' spouse is general partner for Mills Investment

3. Stock Options have not been exercised

	Nicole M. Warren - Power of Attorney	08/07/2003
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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