Summary of CENTRUE FINANCIAL CORP

Item 3.03 Material Modification of the Rights of Security Holders.
On January 9, 2009, Centrue Financial Corporation (the "Company") completed the sale of $32.7 million of preferred stock and a warrant to purchase common stock to the United States Department of the Treasury (the "U.S. Treasury") under U.S. Treasury's Capital Purchase Program under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 ("EESA").
The Company issued and sold (1) 32,668 shares of Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock Series C, liquidation preference of $1,000 per share (the "Series C Preferred Shares"), and (2) a ten-year warrant (the "Warrant") to purchase up to 508,320 shares of the Company's common stock ("Common Stock") at an exercise price of $9.64 per share, or an aggregate purchase price of $4.9 million in cash. Cumulative dividends on the Series C Preferred Shares will accrue on the liquidation preference at a rate of 5% per annum for the first five years, and at a rate of 9% per annum thereafter. The issuance of the Series C Preferred Shares and the Warrant was exempt from registration as a transaction by an issuer not involving any public offering under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933. The Company also amended the Certificate of Designations for its Series B Preferred Stock to suspend, absent receipt of the U.S. Treasury's consent, the redemption rights of the Series B Preferred Stock holders until such time as the U.S. Treasury (or its assignees) ceases to own any of the Company's Series C Preferred Stock.
The securities purchase agreement, dated January 9, 2009 (the "Purchase Agreement"), between the Company and the U.S. Treasury, pursuant to which the Series C Preferred Shares and the Warrant were sold, limits the payment of dividends on the Common Stock to the current quarterly cash dividend of $0.14 per share, limits the Company's ability to repurchase its Common Stock, and subjects the Company to certain of the executive compensation limitations included in the EESA. You should refer to the documents incorporated herein by reference for a complete description of these limitations.
The Purchase Agreement, the Warrant, the Series C Certificate of Designations and the Amendment to the Series B Certificate of Designations are exhibits to this Report on Form 8-K. The foregoing summary of certain provisions of these documents is qualified in its entirety by reference to them.
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers As a condition to the closing of the transaction, each of the Company's Senior Executive Officers (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) executed a waiver voluntarily waiving any claim against the Treasury or the Company for any changes to their compensation or benefits, as required to comply with the regulation issued by the U.S. Treasury under the TARP Capital Purchase Program. The Senior Executive Officers also acknowledged that the regulation may require modification of the compensation, bonus, incentive and other benefit plans, arrangements and policies and agreements (including so-called "golden parachute" agreements) as they relate to the period the U.S. Treasury holds any equity or debt securities of the Company acquired through the Capital Purchase Program. The form of waiver is an exhibit to this Report on Form 8-K.

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Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal
Year
On January 8, 2009, the Company filed a Certificate of Designations for the Series C Preferred Shares (the "Series C Certificate of Designations") with the Delaware Secretary of State for the purpose of amending its Certificate of Incorporation to fix the designations, preferences, limitations and relative rights of the Series C Preferred Stock. The Company also filed a Certificate of Amendment to its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the "Certificate of Amendment") to amend the Certificate of Designations for the Company's Series B Preferred Stock as described above. The Series C Certificate of Designations and the Certificate of Amendment are exhibits to this Report on Form 8-K.
Item 8.01 Other Events
On January 12, 2009, the Company issued a press release announcing that it completed the sale of the Series C Preferred Stock and Warrant to the U.S. Treasury. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit Number

     3.1         Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of
                 Incorporation

     3.2         Certificate of Designations for the Series C Preferred Stock

     4.1         Warrant to purchase up to 508,320 shares of Common Stock issued
                 January 9, 2009

     10.1        Letter Agreement dated January 9, 2009 including the Securities
                 Purchase Agreement - Standard Terms incorporated by reference therein
                 between the Company and the U.S. Treasury

     10.2        Form of Waiver of Senior Executive Officers (included as Annex B to
                 the Securities Purchase Agreement appearing in Exhibit 10.1 hereto)

     10.3        Form of Omnibus Amendment Agreement

     99.1        Press Release issued on January 12, 2009

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