EXHIBIT 10.25


CENTRUE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

EXECUTIVE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN


          Centrue
Financial Corporation (the “Company”), hereby adopts the Centrue Financial
Corporation Executive Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Plan”), for the benefit
of a select group of executives of the Company and its affiliated companies.
The Plan is an unfunded arrangement for the benefit of executives. The Plan is
effective as of January 1, 2008.


ARTICLE 1. 

DEFINITIONS


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
1.01

	
Account. The
  bookkeeping accounts established for each Participant as provided in Section
  5.01 hereof. As provided in Section 5.01, separate bookkeeping accounts shall
  be established for the Participant’s Deferrals, the “Deferral Account, and
  the Company Contributions made on behalf of a Participant, the Company
  Contributions Account.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
1.02

	
Administrator.
  Such person or entity as determined by the Board, and in the absence of such
  determination, the Company.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
1.03

	
Affiliate. A
  business entity that is either a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company,
  including not by way of limitation, the Bank, or considered to be under
  common control with the Company pursuant to the provisions of Code Sections
  414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
1.04

	
Bank.
  Centrue Bank.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
1.05

	
Board. The
  Board of Directors of the Company.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
1.06

	
Cause. An
  Executive’s termination of employment with the Company shall be considered to
  occur for Cause upon any of the following events:


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
(a)

	
the willful
  and continued failure by the Executive to perform substantially the
  Executive’s duties (other than any such failure resulting from the
  Executive’s incapacity due to physical or mental illness or any such failure
  subsequent to the delivery to the Executive of a notice of intent to
  terminate the Executive’s employment without Cause or subsequent to the
  Executive’s delivery of a notice of the Executive’s intent to terminate
  employment for Constructive Discharge), and such willful and continued
  failure continues after a demand for substantial performance is delivered to
  the Executive that specifically identifies the manner in which the Executive
  has not substantially performed the Executive’s duties


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
(b)

	
the
  Executive is removed or suspended from banking pursuant to Section 8(e) of
  the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, as amended (“FDIA”), or any other
  applicable state or federal law; or










	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
(c)

	
the willful
  engaging by the Executive in illegal conduct or gross misconduct which is
  materially and demonstrably injurious to the business or reputation of the
  Company.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
For purposes
  of determining whether “Cause” exists, no act or failure to act on the
  Executive’s part shall be considered “willful” unless done, or omitted to be
  done, by the Executive in bad faith and without reasonable belief that the
  action or omission was in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the
  Company. Any act, or failure to act, based upon authority given pursuant to a
  resolution duly adopted by the Board, based upon the advice of counsel for
  the Employer or upon the instructions to the Executive by a more senior
  officer shall be conclusively presumed to be done, or omitted to be done, by
  the Executive in good faith and in the best interests of the Company. The
  Company must notify the Executive of any event constituting Cause within ninety
  (90) days following its knowledge of its existence or such event shall not
  constitute Cause under this Agreement.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
1.07

	
Change of
  Control. Any one of:


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
(a)

	
The
  consummation of the acquisition by any person (as such terms is defined in
  Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
  (the “1934 Act”)) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3
  promulgated under the 1934 Act) of fifty percent (50%) or more of the
  combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the
  Company;


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
(b)

	
Within any
  twelve (12) month period, a majority of the members of the Board is replaced
  by individuals whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of
  the Board prior to the date of the appointment or election; or 


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
(c)

	
Consummation
  of: (1) a merger or consolidation to which the Company is a party if the
  stockholders of the Company immediately before such merger or consolidation
  do not, as a result of such merger or consolidation, own, directly or
  indirectly, more than sixty seven (67%) of the combined voting power of the
  then outstanding voting securities of the entity resulting from such merger
  or consolidation in substantially the same proportion as their ownership of
  the combined voting power of the Company’s voting securities outstanding
  immediately before such merger or consolidation; or (2) a complete
  liquidation or dissolution or sale or other disposition of all or
  substantially all of the assets of the Company or the Bank.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
Notwithstanding
  the foregoing, a Change of Control shall not be deemed to occur solely
  because fifty percent (50) or more of the combined voting power of the
  Company’s then outstanding voting securities is acquired by: (1) a trustee or
  other fiduciary holding securities under one or more employee benefit plans
  maintained for employees of the entity; or (2) any corporation which,
  immediately prior to such acquisition, is owned directly or indirectly by the
  stockholders in the same proportion as their ownership of stock immediately
  prior to such acquisition.










	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
Notwithstanding
  the foregoing, no event described in this Section 1.05 shall be considered a
  Change of Control, unless the event also constitutes a change in the ownership or effective control pursuant to Code
  Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(v) and the regulatory guidance promulgated thereunder.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
1.08

	
Code. The
  Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
1.09

	
Company
  Contributions. The contributions to be credited to an Executive’s Plan
  accounts as described in Section 3.02 hereof.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
1.10

	
Company
  Contribution Date. The last day of the Plan Year for which the Company
  Contribution is being made.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
1.11

	
Compensation.
  The Executives annual base salary and annual incentive bonus.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
1.12

	
Deferrals.
  The portion of the Compensation that a Participant elects to defer in
  accordance with Section 3.01 hereof.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
1.13

	
Deferral
  Date. The date the Deferrals will be credited to the Executive’s Account,
  which date shall be the date it would otherwise have been payable to the
  Executive.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
1.14

	
Deferral
  Election. The separate written agreement, submitted to the Administrator, by
  which an Executive elects to participate in the Plan and to make Deferrals.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
1.15

	
Disability.
  A Participant shall be considered disabled if the participant (i) is unable
  to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically
  determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in
  death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12
  months; or (ii) is, by reason of any medically determinable physical or
  mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected
  to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, receiving income
  replacement benefits for a period of not less than 3 months under an accident
  and health plan covering employees of the Participant’s employer.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
1.16

	
Effective
  Date. January 1, 2008.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
1.17

	
Executive.
  An executive of the Company or an Affiliate selected by the Board to participate
  in the Plan.










	
 

	
 

	
 


	
1.18

	
Normal
  Retirement Date. The date on which the Executive attains age sixty-five (65)
  with five (5) or more years of service, as measured under the Company’s
  401(k) plan, provided that the Executive has not incurred a Separation from
  Service prior to that date. For purposes of this Plan, years of service shall
  be measured in the same manner as they are measured under the Centrue
  Financial Corporation 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
1.19

	
Payment
  Date. For purposes of this Plan the term “Payment Date” shall mean the date
  as of which the event (e.g., Separation from Service, the six-month
  anniversary of the Participant’s Separation from Service in the case of a
  Participant who is a Specified Employee and whose payment is delayed pursuant
  to Section 6.01 of the Plan, Change of Control, Death, the attainment of age
  65, the date of a scheduled installment payment). If a Payment Date is not a
  trading day, then the Payment Date shall be the immediately preceding trading
  day.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
1.20

	
Participant.
  An Executive who is a Participant as provided in ARTICLE 2.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
1.21

	
Plan Year.
  January 1 to December 31.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
1.22

	
Separation
  from Service. The termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company
  and each of its Affiliates for reasons other than death. Whether a Separation
  from Service takes place is determined by the Company based on the facts and
  circumstances surrounding the termination of the Executive’s employment and
  whether the Company and the Executive intended for the Executive to provide
  significant services for the Company following such termination. 


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
(a)

	
A
  termination of employment will be presumed to constitute a Separation from
  Service if the Executive continues to provide services as an employee of the
  Bank in an annualized amount that is less than 20% of the services rendered,
  on average, during the immediately preceding three years of employment (or,
  if employed less than three years, such lesser period).


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
(b)

	
The
  Executive will be presumed to have not incurred a Separation from Service if
  the Executive continues to provide services to the Bank in an annualized
  amount that is 50% or more of the services rendered, on average, during the
  immediately preceding three years of employment (or if employed less than
  three years, such lesser period).


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
(c)

	
A Separation
  from Service will not have occurred if immediately following the Executive’s
  termination of employment, the Executive becomes an employee of any Affiliate
  of the Company, unless the services to be performed would be in amount that
  would result in the presumption that a Separation from Service had occurred.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
1.23

	
Specified
  Employee. A key employee (as defined in Section 416(i) of the Code without
  regard to paragraph 5 thereof) of the Company if any stock of the Company is
  publicly traded on an established securities market or otherwise.










ARTICLE 2. 

ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
2.01

	
Eligible
  Executives. The Board shall determine in its sole discretion which executives
  of the Company and its Affiliates shall be eligible for participation in the
  Plan. In making this determination, the Board shall only permit participation
  in the Plan by executives who are members of a select group of management or
  highly compensated employees who contribute materially to the continued
  growth, development, and future business success of the Company.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
2.02

	
Commencement
  of Participation. Each Executive shall become a Participant in the Plan on
  the date the Executive’s Deferral Election first becomes effective.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
(a)

	
A
  Participant who is no longer an Executive shall not be permitted to submit a
  Deferral Election and all Deferrals for such Participant shall cease as of
  the end of the Plan Year in which such Participant is determined to no longer
  be an Executive.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
(b)

	
Amounts
  credited to the Participant’s Account described in subsection (a) shall
  continue to be held, pursuant to the terms of the Plan and shall be
  distributed as provided in ARTICLE 6.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
2.03

	
Deferral
  Continuance upon Separation from Service. On or after the first day of any
  Plan Year, a Participant’s Deferral Election with respect to that Plan Year
  shall be irrevocable. A Participant may change a Deferral Election by
  delivering to the Administrator a written revocation or modification of such
  election with respect to Compensation that relates to services yet to be
  performed. The revocation or modification of the Deferral Election shall be
  effective as of the first day of the Plan Year following the date the
  Participant delivers the revocation or modification to the Administrator.






ARTICLE 3. 

CONTRIBUTIONS


	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 


	
3.01

	
Deferrals.


	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
(a)

	
The Company
  shall credit to the Participant’s Account an amount equal to the amount
  designated in the Participant’s Deferral Election for that Plan Year. Such
  amounts shall not be made available to such Participant, except as provided
  in ARTICLE 6, and shall reduce such Participant’s Compensation from the
  Company or Affiliate in accordance with the provisions of the applicable
  Deferral Election; provided, however, that all such amounts shall be subject
  to the rights of the general creditors of the Company and Affiliates as
  provided in ARTICLE 8.











	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
(b)

	
Each
  Executive shall deliver a Deferral Election to the Administrator before any
  Deferrals may become effective. Except with respect to the deferral of all or
  a portion of the Executive’s annual incentive bonus, such Deferral Election
  shall be void with respect to any Deferral unless submitted before the
  beginning of the calendar year during which the amount to be deferred will be
  earned. An Executive’s Deferral Election with respect to all or a portion of
  the Executive’s annual incentive bonus shall be void with respect to any
  Deferral unless submitted by June 30 of the Plan Year, provided that the annual
  incentive bonus relates to the Executive’s performance over a period not
  shorter than the Plan Year and further provided that the Board has
  established written performance goals with respect to the annual incentive
  program. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the year in which an Executive is
  first eligible to participate, such Deferral Election shall be filed within
  thirty (30) days of the date on which an Executive is first eligible to
  participate, respectively, with respect to Compensation earned during the
  remainder of the calendar year.


	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
(c)

	
Subject to
  the limitation set forth in Section 3.01, the Deferral Election shall remain
  effective until modified or revoked and will contain the following:


	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
 

	
(i)

	
the
  Participant’s designation as to the amount of Compensation to be deferred;


	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
 

	
(ii)

	
the
  beneficiary or beneficiaries of the Participant; and


	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
 

	
(iii)

	
such other
  information as the Administrator may require.


	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
(d)

	
The maximum
  amount that may be deferred each Plan Year is fifty percent (50%) of the
  Participant’s base salary and one hundred percent (100%) of the Participant’s
  annual incentive bonus.


	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 


	
3.02

	
Company
  Contributions. The Board may determine for any Plan Year that the Company
  will make matching contributions or a Company contribution on behalf of some
  or all Participants. The Board may make such determination at such time as
  during the Plan Year that it determines appropriate. 


	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 


	
3.03

	
Time of
  Contributions. Deferrals shall be credited to the Account of the appropriate
  Participant as of the Deferral Date. Company Contributions shall be credited
  to the Account of the appropriate Participant as of Company Contribution
  Date.










ARTICLE 4. 

VESTNG


	
 

	
 


	
4.01

	
Vesting of
  Deferrals. A Participant shall have a vested right to his Account
  attributable to Deferrals and any earnings on the investment of such
  Deferrals. Except as provided below, a Participant shall become one hundred
  percent (100%) vested in Company Contributions on the fifth (5th) anniversary
  of last day of the Plan Year in which the Company Contribution is credited to
  the Participant’s Account, provided that the Executive remains employed by
  the Company or an Affiliate through that date (e.g., all Company
  contributions credited to a Participant’s Account for the 2008 Plan Year
  shall become vested on December 31, 2013), provided the Executive remains
  employed by the Company or an Affiliate through that date. Each Company
  Contribution will become vested separately. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a
  Participant shall (i) as of the date a Participant becomes one hundred
  percent (100%) vested in matching contributions to the Company’s qualified
  401(k) plan (the “401(k) Plan), the Participant shall be one hundred percent
  (100%) vested in Company Contributions that are made to the Participant’s
  Account to restore the matching contribution that the Participant would have
  been entitled to under the 401(k) Plan but for the Participant’s electing to
  make Deferrals to this Plan; and (ii) become one hundred percent (100%) upon
  a Change of Control of the Company, the Executive’s Normal Retirement Date or
  the Participant’s death, provided that the Participant is employed by the
  Company on the date of the Change of Control, Normal Retirement Date or the
  Participant’s death. Upon the Participant’s Separation from Service, the
  Participant shall forfeit all Company Contributions that have not yet become
  vested under this Section. Upon the Administrator’s determination that the
  Participant’s Separation from Service has occurred for Cause, the Participant
  shall forfeit the Participant’s entire Company Contributions Account,
  regardless of whether all or a portion of such Company Contributions had
  become vested under this Section. The Board may accelerate vesting in Company
  Contributions in its sole discretion.





ARTICLE 5. 

ACCOUNTS


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
5.01

	
Accounts.
  The Administrator shall establish and maintain a bookkeeping account in the
  name of each Participant. The Participant’s Deferral Account shall be
  credited with Units, as defined in Section 5.02(a). To the extent that the
  Participant directs the investment of all or a portion of Participant’s
  Company Contribution Account in Units, such Company Contribution Account
  shall be credited with Units in the same manner as the Participant’s Deferral
  Account. The Company shall specify additional investment measures, which
  shall be credited or debited with investment gains and losses in the manner
  described in Section 5.02. Each Participant’s Account shall be debited by any
  distributions made plus any federal, state and/or local tax withholding as
  may be required by applicable law. Distributions under ARTICLE 6 shall be
  equal to the Participant’s Account balance as of the date of the applicable
  distribution thereunder.


	
 

	
 

	
 










	
 

	
 

	
 


	
5.02

	
Investments,
  Gains and Losses.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
(a)

	
The
  Participant’s Deferral Account and the portion of the Participant’s Company
  Contribution Account which the Participant has directed to be invested in
  Units will be credited with the hypothetical number of stock units (“Units”),
  calculated to the nearest thousandths of a Unit, determined by dividing the
  amount of the Deferrals on the Deferral Date or the Company Contribution Date
  by the closing market price of the Company’s common stock as reported on the
  NASDAQ for such date or if that date is not a trading day, for the trading
  day immediately preceding such date. The Participant’s Account will also be
  credited with the number of Units determined by multiplying the number of
  Units in the Participant’s Account by any cash dividends declared by the Company
  on its common stock and dividing the product by the closing market price of
  the Company’s common stock as reported on the NASDAQ on the related dividend
  payment date, and also by multiplying the number of Units in the
  Participant’s Account by any stock dividends declared by the Company on its
  common stock.







	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
(b)

	
The portion
  of a Participant’s Company Contribution Account that is investment
  alternatives made available by the Company other than Units shall be credited
  or debited with earnings or losses that the would have been realized had the
  Participant actually invested that portion of Participant’s Company
  Contribution Account in such alternative investments, as determined by the
  Administrator.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
(c)

	
The
  Administrator shall adjust the amounts credited to each Participant’s Account
  to reflect Deferrals, distributions and any other appropriate adjustments,
  including, not by way of limitation appropriate adjustments to reflect any
  change in the outstanding common shares of the Company as a result of a
  merger, reorganization, stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend,
  recapitalization, combination, reclassification. Such adjustments shall be
  made as frequently as is administratively feasible.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
(d)

	
The
  Participant’s Account, established pursuant to Section 5.01, will be valued
  by the Administrator on a yearly basis.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
(e)

	
Any amounts
  contributed to a “Rabbi Trust” as provided in Section 8.02 shall be invested
  by the trustee of the Rabbi Trust in accordance with written directions from
  the Company. Such directions shall provide the trustee with the investment
  discretion to invest the above-referenced amounts within broad guidelines
  established by Administrator and Company as set forth therein.
  Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless required otherwise by applicable law,
  any purchases of Company common stock shall occur on the Deferral Date or the
  dividend payment date the Rabbi Trust Trustee will, unless such date is not a
  trading day in which case the purchase shall occur on the next trading day.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
(f)

	
To the
  extent that the Company contributes amounts to a Rabbi Trust to set aside
  assets for the future payment of the Participant’s benefits under this Plan,
  the provisions of this Article 5 relating to the adjustment to the Participant’s
  Account to reflect investment gains or losses will not apply and instead, the
  Participant’s Account will be adjusted for investment gains and losses by
  reference to the gains in losses of the Rabbi Trust assets that are
  attributable to the Participant’s benefit under this Plan.













	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
(g)

	
The Company
  shall be responsible for the payment of any income taxes payable as a result
  of Rabbi Trust earnings and such taxes shall not be paid from the assets of
  the Rabbi Trust unless otherwise required by applicable law.





ARTICLE 6. 

DISTRIBUTIONS


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
6.01

	
Payment.
  Payment of the vested portion of a Participant’s Account shall commence as
  soon as administratively feasible immediately following the Participant’s
  Separation from Service, provided, however, that if a Participant, prior to
  commencing participation in the Plan and prior to any Deferrals being made,
  executes an irrevocable election to commence payments upon attainment of age
  sixty-five (65), payments shall commence as soon as administratively feasible
  immediately following the Participant’s attainment of age sixty-five (65).
  The Participant may elect, in writing, any one of the following forms of
  payment, provided that such election is delivered to the Administrator and is
  made at the time of the Deferral Election. Subject to the Administrator’s
  approval, the Participant may specify a combination of the distribution forms
  described in (a) and (b), provided that the Participant designates the
  portions of Participant’s Account that will be so distributed in increments
  of ten percent (10%).


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
(a)

	
single
  lump-sum payment of the value of the Participant’s Account; or 


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
(b)

	
substantially
  equal annual installments over a period of either five (5) years or ten (10)
  years.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
Notwithstanding
  any provision of this Plan to the contrary, if the Participant is considered
  a Specified Employee at Separation from Service under such procedures as
  established by the Company in accordance with Section 409A of the Code,
  benefit distributions that are made upon Separation from Service may not, to
  the extent required by Section 409A of the Code, commence earlier than six
  (6) months after the date of such Separation from Service. Any such
  distribution or series of distributions to be made due to a Separation from
  Service shall commence no earlier than the first day of the seventh month
  following the Separation from Service, provided that to the extent permitted
  by Section 409A of the Code, only payments scheduled to be paid during the
  first six (6) months after the date of such Separation from Service
  shall be delayed and such delayed payments shall be paid in a single sum on
  the first day of the seventh month following the date of such Separation
  from Service.










	
 

	
 

	
 


	
6.02

	
Commencement
  of Payment upon Death or Change of Control.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
(a)

	
Upon the
  death of a Participant, all amounts credited to his Account shall be paid in
  a single lump sum, as soon as administratively feasible, to his beneficiary
  or beneficiaries, as determined under ARTICLE 7.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
(b)

	
Upon a
  Change of Control, all amounts credited to a Participant’s Account shall be
  paid in a single lump sum as of the date of the Change of Control, unless the
  Participant elects in Participant’s Deferral Election to receive payment in
  accordance with the Participant’s election described in Section 6.1
  regardless of the occurrence of a Change of Control. In the case of such
  election, a Participant’s Separation from Service shall not be considered to
  have occurred for purposes of this Plan until the Participant’s Separation
  from Service from the successor in interest to the Company or the Affiliate
  for which the Executive was employed immediately prior to the Change of
  Control.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
6.03

	
Form of
  Payment.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
(a)

	
A
  Participant, former Participant, or deceased Participant’s beneficiary or
  legal representative may elect at any time to have any or all payouts, or
  remaining payouts, of the Participant’s Account that is invested in Units to
  be paid out in cash or in shares of Company common stock. At any time before
  the end of the calendar year prior to Separation from Service, an Executive
  may revise and supersede any or all of his or her previous elections with
  respect to the form of payment (cash or shares of common stock). The portion
  of a Participant’s Account that is not invested in Units shall be payable
  only in cash. In the case of a lump sum payment to be made in cash, the
  amount of such payment shall be based on the number of Units in the
  Participant’s Account on the Payment Date multiplied by the closing market
  price of the Company’s common stock as reported on the NASDAQ for such date
  or, if that date is not a trading day, then for the trading day immediately
  preceding such date.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
(b)

	
If a
  Participant’s Account is payable in cash and in installments, the amount of the
  first cash installment payment shall be a fraction of the Units in the
  Participant’s Account on the date of the initial installment payment, the
  numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is the total number of
  installments elected. Each subsequent installment shall be calculated in the
  same manner as of each subsequent annual payment except that the denominator
  shall be reduced by the number of installments which have been previously
  paid. The amount of cash payable for Deferrals accounted for as Units based
  on Company common stock value will be paid, as described above, based on the
  number of Units in the Participant’s Account on the Payment Date multiplied
  by the closing market price of the Company’s common stock as reported on the
  NASDAQ for such date or, if that date is not a trading day, then for the
  trading day immediately preceding such date.










	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
(c)

	
If a
  Participant’s Account is payable in Company common stock and in installments,
  the amount of the first installment payment shall be a fraction of the value
  of the Units in the Participant’s Account on the Payment Date for the initial
  installment, for which the numerator is one (1) and the denominator is the
  total number of installments elected. Each subsequent annual payment shall be
  calculated in the same manner except that the denominator shall be reduced by
  the number of installments which have been previously paid. Except for the
  final installment payment, only whole shares shall be payable, and the value
  of any fractional share payable shall be retained in the Participant’s
  Account until the final installment payment, at which time the value of any
  fractional share payable shall be paid in cash, based on the fractional share
  multiplied by the closing market price of the Company’s common stock as
  reported on the NASDAQ for such Payment Date, or if that date is not a
  trading day, for the trading day immediately preceding such date.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
ARTICLE 7.


	
BENEFICIARIES


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
7.01

	
Beneficiaries.
  Each Participant may from time to time designate one or more persons (who may
  be any one or more members of such person’s family or other persons,
  administrators, trusts, foundations or other entities) as his beneficiary
  under the Plan. Such designation shall be made on a form prescribed by the
  Administrator. Each Participant may at any time and from time to time, change
  any previous beneficiary designation, without notice to or comment of any
  previously designated beneficiary, by amending his previous designation on a
  form prescribed by the Administrator. If the beneficiary does not survive the
  Participant (or is otherwise unavailable to receive payment) or if no
  beneficiary is validly designated, then the amounts payable under this Plan
  shall be paid to the Participant’s estate. If more than one person is the
  beneficiary of a deceased Participant, each such person shall receive a pro
  rata share of any death benefit payable unless otherwise designated on the
  applicable form. If a beneficiary who is receiving benefits dies, all
  benefits that were payable to such beneficiary shall then be payable to the
  estate of that beneficiary.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
7.02

	
Lost
  Beneficiary.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
(a)

	
All
  Participants and beneficiaries shall have the obligation to keep the
  Administrator informed of their current address until such time as all
  benefits due have been paid.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
(b)

	
If a
  Participant or beneficiary cannot be located by the Administrator exercising
  due diligence, then, in its sole discretion, the Administrator may presume
  that the Participant or beneficiary is deceased for purposes of the Plan and
  all unpaid amounts (net of due diligence expenses) owed to the Participant or
  beneficiary shall be paid to the co-beneficiary or secondary beneficiary
  designated by the Participant, or in the absence of a co-beneficiary or
  secondary beneficiary, to the Participant’s estate.










	
 

	
 

	
 


	
ARTICLE 8.


	
FUNDING


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
8.01

	
Prohibition
  Against Funding. Should any investment be acquired in connection with the
  liabilities assumed under this Plan, it is expressly understood and agreed
  that the Participants and beneficiaries shall not have any right with respect
  to, or claim against, such assets nor shall any such purchase be construed to
  create a trust of any kind or a fiduciary relationship between the Company
  and the Participants, their beneficiaries or any other person. Any such
  assets shall be and remain a part of the general, unpledged, unrestricted
  assets of the Company, subject to the claims of its general creditors. It is
  the express intention of the parties hereto that this arrangement shall be unfunded
  for tax purposes. Each Participant and beneficiary shall be required to look
  to the provisions of this Plan and to the Company itself for enforcement of
  any and all benefits due under this Plan, and to the extent any such person
  acquires a right to receive payment under this Plan, such right shall be no
  greater than the right of any unsecured general creditor of the Company. The
  Company shall be designated the owner and beneficiary of any investment
  acquired in connection with its obligation under this Plan.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
8.02

	
Deposits.
  Notwithstanding paragraph 8.01, or any other provision of this Plan to the
  contrary, the Company may deposit any amounts it deems appropriate to pay the
  benefits under this Plan to a “Rabbi Trust” as established pursuant to Treasury
  Department Revenue Procedures 92-64 and 92-65.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
8.03

	
Withholding
  of Executive Deferrals. The Administrator is authorized to make any and all
  necessary arrangements with the Company in order to withhold the
  Participant’s Deferrals under Section 3.01 hereof from the Participant’s
  Compensation. The Administrator shall determine the amount and timing of such
  withholding.


	
 

	
 


	
ARTICLE 9.


	
CLAIMS ADMINISTRATION


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
9.01

	
General. In
  the event that a Participant or his beneficiary does not receive any Plan
  benefit that is claimed, such Participant or beneficiary shall be entitled to
  consideration and review as provided in this ARTICLE 9.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
9.02

	
Claim
  Review. Upon receipt of any written claim for benefits, the Administrator
  shall be notified and shall give due consideration to the claim presented. If
  the claim is denied to any extent by the Administrator, the Administrator
  shall furnish the claimant with a written notice setting forth (in a manner
  calculated to be understood by the claimant):










	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
(a)

	
The specific
  reason or reasons for denial of the claim;


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
(b)

	
A specific
  reference to the Plan provisions on which the denial is based;


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
(c)

	
A
  description of any additional material or information necessary for the
  claimant to perfect the claim and an explanation of why such material or
  information is necessary; and


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
(d)

	
An
  explanation of the provisions of this Article.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
9.03

	
Right of
  Appeal. A claimant who has a claim denied under Section 9.02 may appeal to
  the Administrator for reconsideration of that claim. A request for
  reconsideration under this Section 9.03 must be filed by written notice
  within sixty (60) days after receipt by the claimant of the notice of denial
  under Section 9.02.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
9.04

	
Review of
  Appeal. Upon receipt of an appeal the Administrator shall promptly take
  action to give due consideration to the appeal. Such consideration may
  include a hearing of the parties involved, if the Administrator feels such a
  hearing is necessary. In preparing for this appeal the claimant shall be
  given the right to review pertinent documents and the right to submit in
  writing a statement of issues and comments. After consideration of the merits
  of the appeal the Administrator shall issue a written decision, which shall
  be binding on all parties subject to Section 9.06 below. The decision shall
  be written in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant and shall
  specifically state its reasons and pertinent Plan provisions on which it
  relies. The Administrator’s decision shall be issued within sixty (60) days
  after the appeal is filed, except that if a hearing is held the decision may
  be issued within one hundred twenty (120) days after the appeal is filed.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
9.05

	
Designation.
  The Administrator may designate any other person of its choosing to make any
  determination otherwise required under this Article. 


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
9.06

	
Arbitration.
  Each and every dispute or controversy arising pursuant to the Plan or a
  Deferral Election shall, after exhaustion of the review procedure set forth
  in Section 9.04, be settled exclusively by arbitration, conducted before a
  single arbitrator sitting in Chicago, Illinois in accordance with the rules
  of JAMS then in effect. The costs and expenses of arbitration, including the
  fees of the arbitrators, shall recover as expenses all reasonable attorneys’
  fees incurred by it in connection with the arbitration proceeding or any
  appeals therefrom.


	
 

	
 


	
ARTICLE 10.


	
GENERAL PROVISIONS


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
10.01

	
Administrator:
  The Administrator:


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
(a)

	
Is expressly
  empowered to limit the amount of Compensation that may be deferred; to
  deposit amounts in accordance with Section 8.02 hereof; to interpret the
  Plan, and to determine all questions arising in the administration,
  interpretation and application of the Plan; to employ actuaries, accountants,
  counsel, and other persons it deems necessary in connection with the
  administration of the Plan; to request any information from the Company it
  deems necessary to determine whether the Company would be considered
  insolvent or subject to a proceeding in bankruptcy; and to take all other
  necessary and proper actions to fulfill its duties as Administrator.










	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
(b)

	
Shall not be
  liable for any actions by it hereunder, unless due to its own negligence,
  willful misconduct or lack of good faith.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
(c)

	
Shall be
  indemnified and saved harmless by the Company, if the Administrator is not
  the Company, from and against all personal liability to which it may be
  subject by reason of any act done or omitted to be done in its official
  capacity as Administrator in good faith in the administration of the Plan,
  including all expenses reasonably incurred in its defense in the event the
  Company fails to provide such defense upon the request of the Administrator.
  The Administrator is relieved of all responsibility in connection with its
  duties hereunder to the fullest extent permitted by law, short of breach of
  duty to the beneficiaries.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
10.02

	
No
  Assignment. Benefits or payments under this Plan shall not be subject in any
  manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge,
  encumbrance, attachment, or garnishment by creditors of the Participant or
  the Participant’s beneficiary, whether voluntary or involuntary, and any
  attempt to so anticipate, alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber,
  attach or garnish the same shall not be valid, nor shall any such benefit or
  payment be in any way liable for or subject to the debts contracts,
  liabilities, engagement or torts of any Participant or beneficiary, or any
  other person entitled to such benefit or payment pursuant to the terms of
  this Plan, except to such extent as may be required by law. If any
  Participant or beneficiary or any other person entitled to a benefit or
  payment pursuant to the terms of this Plan becomes bankrupt or attempts to alienate,
  sell, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber, attach or garnish any benefit or
  payment under this Plan, in whole or in part, or if any attempt is made to
  subject any such benefit or payment, in whole or in part, to the debts,
  contracts, liabilities, engagements or torts of the Participant or
  beneficiary or any other person entitled to any such benefit or payment
  pursuant to the terms of this Plan, then such benefit or payment, in the
  discretion of the Administrator, shall cease and terminate with respect to
  such Participant or beneficiary, or any other such person.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
10.03

	
No Rights to
  Remain an Employee. Participation in this Plan shall not be construed to
  confer upon any Participant the legal right to be retained as a employee of
  the Company or an Affiliate, or give a Participant or beneficiary, or any
  other person, any right to any payment whatsoever, except to the extent of
  the benefits provided for hereunder. The Company’s or an Affiliate’s right to
  terminate the employment of a Participant shall continue to the same extent
  as if this Plan had never been adopted.










	
 

	
 

	
 


	
10.04

	
Incompetence.
  If the Administrator determines that any person to whom a benefit is payable
  under this Plan is incompetent by reason of physical or mental Disability,
  the Administrator shall have the power to cause the payments becoming due to
  such person to be made to another for his benefit without responsibility of
  the Administrator to see to the application of such payments. Any payment
  made pursuant to such power shall, as to such payment, operate as a complete
  discharge of the Company and the Administrator, if the Administrator is not
  the Company.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
10.05

	
Identity.
  If, at any time, any doubt exists as to the identity of any person entitled
  to any payment hereunder or the amount or time of such payment, the
  Administrator shall be entitled to hold such sum until such identity or
  amount or time is determined or until an order of a court of competent
  jurisdiction is obtained. The Administrator shall also be entitled to pay such
  sum into court in accordance with the appropriate rules of law. Any expenses
  incurred by the company or the Administrator incident to such proceeding or
  litigation shall be charged against the Account of the affected Participant.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
10.06

	
No Liability.
  No liability shall attach to or be incurred by any manager of the Company, or
  any Administrator under or by reason of the terms, conditions and provisions
  contained in this Plan, or for the acts or decisions taken or made thereunder
  or in connection therewith; and as a condition precedent to the establishment
  of this Plan or the receipt of benefits thereunder, or both, such liability,
  if any, is expressly waived and released by each Participant and by any and
  all persons claiming under or through any Participant or any other person.
  Such waiver and release shall be conclusively evidenced by any act or
  participation in or the acceptance of benefits or the making of any election
  under this Plan.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
10.07

	
Expenses.
  All expenses incurred in the administration of the Plan, whether incurred by
  the Company or the Plan, shall be paid by the Company.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
10.08

	
Insolvency.
  Should the Company be considered insolvent, the Company, through its Board
  and chief executive officer, shall give immediate written notice of such to
  the Administrator of the Plan, if the Company is not the Administrator. Upon
  receipt of such notice, the Administrator shall cease to make any payments to
  Participants and their beneficiaries and shall hold any and all assets
  attributable to the Company for the benefit of the general creditors of the
  Company.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
10.09

	
Amendment
  and Termination.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
(a)

	
The Company
  may unilaterally terminate this Plan at any time. Except as provided in this
  Section, the termination of this Plan shall not cause a distribution of
  benefits under this Plan. Rather, upon such termination benefit distributions
  will be made at the time specified in ARTICLE 6.










	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
(b)

	
If the
  Company terminates the Plan within thirty (30) days before, or twelve (12)
  months after a Change in Control, distributions may be made provided that all
  distributions are made no later than twelve (12) months following such
  termination of the Plan and further provided that all of the
  Company’s plans that would be aggregated with this Plan under Code
  Section 409A or the regulations thereunder are terminated so that
  all participants in the similar arrangements are required to receive all
  amounts of compensation deferred under the terminated Plans within twelve
  (12) months of the termination of the Plans.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
(c)

	
The Company
  may terminate the Plan upon the Company’s dissolution or with the approval of
  a bankruptcy court provided that the amounts deferred under the Plan are
  included in the Executive’s gross income in the latest of (i) the calendar year
  in which the Agreement terminates; (ii) the calendar year in which the amount
  is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture; or (iii) the first
  calendar year in which the distribution is administratively practical.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
(d)

	
The Company
  may terminate the Plan and all other Plans required to be aggregated with
  this Plan under Section 409A of the Code or the regulations thereunder),
  provided such termination does not occur proximate to a downturn in the
  financial health of the Company, and further provided that all distributions
  are made no earlier than twelve (12) months and no later than twenty-four
  (24) months following such termination, and the Company does not adopt any
  new non-account balance plans for a minimum of three (3) years following the
  date of such termination


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
(e)

	
Any funds
  remaining after the termination of the Plan, and satisfaction of all
  liabilities to Participants and others, shall be returned to the Company.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
10.10

	
Company
  Determinations. Any determinations, actions or decisions of the Company
  (including but not limited to, Plan amendments and Plan termination) shall be
  made by the Board or a properly delegated committee thereof in accordance
  with its established procedures.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
10.11

	
Construction.
  All questions of interpretation, construction or application arising under or
  concerning the terms of this Plan shall be decided by the Administrator, in
  its sole and final discretion, whose decision shall be final, binding and
  conclusive upon all persons.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
10.12

	
Governing
  Law. This Plan shall be governed by, construed and administered in accordance
  with the laws of the State of Illinois, other than its laws respecting choice
  of law.










	
 

	
 

	
 


	
10.13

	
Headings.
  The Article headings contained herein are inserted only as a matter of
  convenience and for reference and in no way define, limit, enlarge or
  describe the scope or intent of this Plan, nor in any way shall they affect
  this Plan or the construction of any provision thereof.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
10.14

	
Terms.
  Capitalized terms shall have meanings as defined herein. Singular nouns shall
  be read as plural, masculine pronouns shall be read as feminine, and vice
  versa, as appropriate.


	
 

	
 

	
 


	
10.15

	
Compliance
  with Code Section 409A. The Company intends that this Plan comply with the
  applicable provisions of applicable law, including, by way of example and not
  limitation, Section 409A of the Code and the regulations promulgated
  thereunder. Any provision of this Plan which is not in compliance with such
  laws shall be deemed amended in such manner as is necessary to comply with
  applicable law and the Participant’s rights under this Plan shall be subject
  to the provisions of the Plan so amended.






	
 

	
 


	
 

	
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has adopted this Plan as
of the date indicated below.






	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
 

	
CENTRUE FINANCIAL CORPORATION


	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 


	
Dated: December 12, 2007

	
 

	
By:

	
/s/Thomas
  Daiber


	
 

	
 

	
 

	



	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 


	
 

	
 

	
Its:

	
President
  and CEO