UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                   FORM 8-K/A


                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 13, 2006


                           FIRST BANCTRUST CORPORATION
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


          DELAWARE                     000-32535                 37-1406661
State or other jurisdiction           (Commission               (IRS Employer
      of Incorporation                File Number)           Identification No.)

                    206 SOUTH CENTRAL AVENUE, PARIS, IL 61944
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               (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

                                 (217) 465-6381
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              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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ITEM 5.02   DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR PRINCIPAL OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS;
            APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS.

         This Form 8-K/A is being filed to correct Item 5.02 of First BancTrust
Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 5, 2005. In the
October 5, 2005 Form 8-K, the registrant reported that John Graham, formerly a
director of Rantoul First Bank, S.B., was appointed to First BancTrust's Board
of Directors, and its Audit, Compensation, and Executive Committees. The October
5, 2005 Form 8-K should have stated that Mr. Graham was appointed to First Bank
& Trust s.b.'s (the "Bank") Board of Directors and its Audit, Compensation, and
Executive Committees, along with the Bank's ALCO and Loan Committees.




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                                   SIGNATURES


         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



Dated:  March 13, 2006                   /s/ Terry J. Howard
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                                         Terry J. Howard
                                         President and Chief Executive Officer








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