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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001171843-22-003984
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8 POS
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20220526
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20220526
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20220526

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FIRST MID BANCSHARES, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000700565
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
		IRS NUMBER:				371103704
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8 POS
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-186919
		FILM NUMBER:		22969791

	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:	20040326

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FIRST-MID ILLINOIS BANCSHARES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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    <TD STYLE="width: 100%; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 26, 2022</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 19%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">033-64139</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double">333-186919</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20549</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">FORM S-8</P>

<P STYLE="font: italic bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-style: normal">Registration
Statement<BR>
under<BR>
The Securities Act of 1933</FONT></P>


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<P STYLE="font: bold 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">FIRST MID BANCSHARES, <FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">Inc.</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 31%; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 41%; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 28%; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt"><B>37-1103704</B><BR>
(I.R.S. employer<BR>
identification no.)</TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>1421 Charleston Avenue</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Mattoon, Illinois 61938<BR>
    </B> (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)</P></TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FIRST MID BANCSHARES, INC. </B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>401(k) Profit Sharing Plan<BR>
    </B>(Full title of the plan)<BR>
    <BR>
    <B>Joseph R. Dively<BR>
    Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
    First Mid Bancshares, Inc.</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>1421 Charleston Avenue</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Mattoon, Illinois 61938</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><BR>
    </B>(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:<BR>
    <BR>
    Jason Zgliniec<BR>
    ArentFox Schiff LLP<BR>
    233 South Wacker Drive, Suite 7100<BR>
    Chicago, Illinois 60606<BR>
    (312) 258-5500</B></P>

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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B></B>&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated
    filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of
    &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;smaller reporting company,&#8221; and &#8220;emerging growth
    company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Large accelerated filer &#9744;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Accelerated filer &#9746;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Non-accelerated filer &#9744; (Do not check if a smaller reporting
    company)</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Smaller reporting company &#9744;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Emerging growth company &#9744;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant
    has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant
    to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. &#9744;</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">FIRST MID BANCSHARES, INC.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">EXPLANATORY NOTE</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">First Mid Bancshares, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;)
is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement to deregister certain securities originally registered
by the Company pursuant to its Registration Statements on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 27, 2013
and November 13, 1995 (Registration Statement Nos. 333-186919 and 033-64139, respectively, and referred to herein as the &#8220;Prior
Registration Statements&#8221;) with respect to shares of the Company&#8217;s common stock, par value $4.00 per share (the &#8220;Common
Stock&#8221;), thereby registered for offer or sale pursuant to the First Mid Bancshares, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;).
The Prior Registration Statements registered, respectively, 100,000 and 80,000 shares of Common Stock. The Prior Registration Statements
also registered an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the Plan.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the undertakings contained in the Prior
Registration Statements to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the securities registered that remain
unissued at the termination of the offering, the Company is filing this post-effective amendment to the Prior Registration Statements
to deregister, and does hereby remove from registration, 80,069 shares of Common Stock, and all participant interests that had been registered
under the Prior Registration Statements that remain unused as of the date hereof.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">SIGNATURES</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><U>The Registrant</U>. Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that
it meets all the requirements for filing this Registration Statement and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Mattoon, State of Illinois,
on the 26th day of May, 2022.</P>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-weight: bold"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>FIRST MID BANCSHARES, INC.</b></font></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: middle">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">(Registrant)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; width: 5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; width: 45%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Joseph R. Dively</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle">Joseph R. Dively</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle">Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; text-indent: -4.5pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Each person whose signature
appears below appoints each of Joseph R. Dively and Matthew K. Smith as such person&#8217;s true and lawful attorney to execute in the
name of each such person, and to file, any amendments to this registration statement that such attorney deems necessary or desirable to
enable the Registrant to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, and any rules, regulations, and requirements of the Commission with respect
thereto, in connection with the registration of the shares of Common Stock that are subject to this registration statement, which amendments
may make such changes in such registration rtatement as the above-named attorneys deems appropriate, and to comply with the undertakings
of the Registrant made in connection with this registration statement, and each of the undersigned hereby ratifies all that said attorneys
will do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement has been signed
by the following persons on the 26th day of May, 2022 in the capacities listed.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 10%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-decoration: underline; text-align: center; width: 45%">TITLE</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Joseph R. Dively&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer and Director</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: middle">
    <TD>Joseph R. Dively</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"> (Principal Executive Officer)</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: middle">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: middle">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Matthew K. Smith&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: middle">
    <TD>Matthew K. Smith</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"> Accounting Officer)</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Holly B. Adams&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Director</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: middle">
    <TD>Holly B. Adams</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Robert Cook&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Director</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: middle">
    <TD>Robert Cook</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Steven L. Grissom&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Director</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: middle">
    <TD>Steven L. Grissom</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 45%">/s/ Zachary I. Horn&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 10%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; width: 45%">Director</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: middle">
    <TD>Zachary I. Horn</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Gisele A. Marcus&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Director</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: middle">
    <TD>Gisele A. Marcus</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: middle">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: middle">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ J. Kyle McCurry&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Director</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: middle">
    <TD>J. Kyle McCurry</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: middle">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: middle">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: middle">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Mary J. Westerhold&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Director</TD></TR>
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    <TD>Mary J. Westerhold</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ James Zimmer&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>James Zimmer</TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><U>The Plan</U>. Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan)
have duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Mattoon, State of Illinois, on the 26th day of May, 2022.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-weight: bold"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">FIRST MID BANCSHARES, INC.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-weight: bold"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">401(k) Profit Sharing Plan</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>By:</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle">Joseph R. Dively</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle">Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
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