EXHIBIT 10.4


 


REPUBLIC BANCORP, INC


REPUBLIC BANK & TRUST
COMPANY


 


AMENDED AND RESTATED OFFICER
COMPENSATION


CONTINUATION AGREEMENT


 


This
is an Amended and Restated Agreement originally dated as of the 15th
day of June, 2001,  made by and between
Republic Bancorp, Inc., a Kentucky corporation (the “Company”), and Kevin
Sipes (the “Executive”), who is presently Chief Financial Officer of Republic
Bank & Trust Company (the “Bank”) (the “Agreement”), in consideration
of the mutual covenants herein contained and in further consideration of
services performed and to be performed by the Executive for the Company and/or
its subsidiaries.  As of the date of this
Agreement, Bank is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.  This Agreement, as so amended and restated shall
supersede the prior agreements and all amendments thereto, effective as of the
date of its adoption.  The Bank joins in
this Agreement to further accomplish the terms and objectives of this
Agreement.


 


Recitals


 


A.            The Company considers the establishment
and maintenance of sound and vital management of the Company and its
subsidiaries to be essential to protecting and enhancing the best interests of
the Company and its shareholders.


 


B.            The Company recognizes that, while
not anticipated, the possibility of a change of control may exist.  Such possibility, and the uncertainty and
questions which it may raise among management of the Company and its
subsidiaries may result in the departure or distraction of key members of
management to the detriment of the Company’s shareholders.


 


C.            The Company’s Board of Directors has
determined that appropriate steps should be taken to encourage key members of
management of the Company and its subsidiaries, such as the Executive, to
remain in the employ of the Company and/or its subsidiaries and perform their
assigned duties without distraction in the face of potentially disturbing
circumstances arising from the possibility of a change of control of the
Company.


 


NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the covenants herein
contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:


 


Section 1 — Definitions


 


For
purposes of this Agreement, the following words and terms shall have the
following meanings:


 


1.1           Termination by the Bank of the
Executive’s employment for “Cause” shall
mean termination upon (A) the willful and continued failure by the
Executive substantially to perform the Executive’s duties with the Bank (other
than any such failure resulting from Disability or temporary incapacity due to
physical or mental illness), after a written demand for substantial performance
is delivered to the Executive by the Board of Directors of the Bank (the “Bank
Board”), which demand specifically identifies the manner in which the Bank
Board believes that the Executive has not substantially performed his duties;
or (B) the willful engaging by the Executive in gross misconduct
materially and demonstrably injurious to the Bank or the Company.  For purposes of this definition, 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 not in good faith and without
reasonable belief that the Executive’s action or omission was in the best
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1.2           A “Change in
Control” of the Company shall mean (i) an event or series of
events which have the effect of any “person” as such term is used in Section 13(d) and
14(d) of the Exchange Act, becoming the “beneficial owner” as defined in Rule 13d-3
under the Exchange Act, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company or
the Bank representing a greater percentage of the combined voting power of the
Company’s or Bank’s then outstanding stock, than the Trager Family Members as a
group; (ii) an event or series of events which have the effect of
decreasing the Trager Family Members’ percentage ownership of the combined
voting power of the Company’s or Bank’s then outstanding stock to less than
25%;  (iii) any person (including
the Company or the Bank) publicly announces an intention to take or to consider
taking actions which have consummated would constitute a Change in Control, or (iv) the
Company Board adopts a resolution to the effect that a Potential Change in
Control for purposes of this Plan has occurred. 
For purposes of this paragraph, “Trager Family Member” shall mean
Bernard M. Trager, Jean S. Trager and any of their lineal descendants, and
any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or trust the majority
owners or beneficiaries of which are directly or indirectly through another
entity Bernard M. Trager, Jean S. Trager, or one or more of their lineal
descendants.


 


1.3           “Compensation”
shall mean the Executive’s annual base salary at the greater of (A) the
highest rate in effect at any time during the twelve months immediately
preceding the applicable Date of Termination, or (B) the rate in effect
immediately prior to the applicable Change in Control.


 


1.4           “Contract Period”
shall mean the period defined in Section 2 hereof.


 


1.5           “Date of Termination”
shall mean (A) if the Executive’s employment is terminated for Good
Reason, as defined below, the date specified in the Notice of Termination, as
defined in this Section 1.8 below; and (B) if the Executive’s
employment is terminated for any other reason, the date on which a Notice of
Termination is given; provided that, if within 30 days after any Notice
of Termination is given, the party receiving such Notice of Termination
notifies the other party that a dispute exists concerning the termination, the
Date of Termination shall be the date on which the dispute is finally
determined, either by mutual written agreement of the parties, by a binding and
final arbitration award or by a final judgment, order or decree of a court of
competent jurisdiction (the time for appeal therefrom having expired and no
appeal having been perfected).


 


1.6           “Disability”
shall mean a physical or mental incapacity of the Executive which entitles the
Executive to benefits under any long-term disability plan or wage continuation
plan applicable to him and maintained by the Company as in effect immediately
prior to the applicable Change in Control.


 


1.7           “Good Reason”
shall mean:


 


(a)           Without the
Executive’s express written consent, the assignment to Executive of any duties
inconsistent with, or the reduction of powers or functions associated with, his
positions, duties, responsibilities and status with the Company immediately
prior to a Change in Control, or any removal of Executive from, or any failure
to reelect Executive to, any positions or offices Executive held immediately
prior to a Potential Change in Control, except in connection with the
termination of Executive’s employment at death, for Cause or on account of
Retirement or Disability pursuant to the requirements of this Agreement;


 


(b)


 


(i) the failure by the Company to continue in effect any employee
welfare or pension benefit plans within the meaning of Sections 3(1) and 3(2) of
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (the “Plans”), in which
Executive was participating immediately prior to a Potential Change in Control
(or substitute plans, programs or arrangements providing Executive with
substantially similar benefits),


 


(ii) the taking of any action, or the failure to take any action,
by the Company which could (A) adversely affect Executive’s participation
in, or materially reduce Executive’s benefits under, any of the Plans, (B) materially
adversely affect the basis for computing benefits under any of the Plans, or (C) deprive
Executive of any material fringe benefit enjoyed by Executive immediately prior
to a Potential Change in Control, or


 


(iii) the failure by the Company to provide Executive with the
number of paid vacation days to which Executive was entitled immediately prior
to a Potential Change in Control in accordance with the Company’s vacation
policy applicable to Executive then in effect;


 


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except,
in each case, in connection with the termination of Executive’s employment at
death, for Cause or on account of Retirement or Disability pursuant to the
requirements of this Agreement;


 


(c)           the failure by the
Company to obtain an assumption of the obligations of the Company under this
Agreement by any successor to the Company;


 


(d)           a reduction by the
Bank in the Executive’s base salary as in effect on the date hereof or as the
same may be increased from time to time, except as part of an across-the-board
reduction of base salaries applicable to all salaried employees of the Bank,
provided the reduction (or series of reductions) does not exceed 5% of the
Executive’s base salary prior to such change;


 


(e)           the relocation of
the Bank’s principal executive offices to a location outside the metropolitan
Louisville area; or the Company’s requiring the Executive to be based anywhere
other than in the metropolitan Louisville area, except for required travel on
the Bank’s business to an extent substantially consistent with similarly
situated executives’ business travel obligations;


 


(f)            any purported
termination of the Executive’s employment during the contract period which is
not effected pursuant to a Notice of Termination satisfying the requirements of
Section 3 below; and for purposes of this Agreement, no such purported
termination shall be effective.


 


1.8           A “Notice of
Termination” shall mean a notice, from the Bank or from the
Executive, which shall indicate the specific termination provision in this
Agreement relied upon and shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and
circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Executive’s
employment under the provision so indicated.


 


1.9           “Plans” shall
have the meaning given in Section 1.7(b).


 


1.10         Any reference to “Subsidiaries”
of the Company shall include those subsidiaries owned by the Company directly
or owned by the Company indirectly through another company which is
wholly-owned by the Company.


 


Section 2 — Application
of Agreement


 


This
Agreement shall apply only to termination of employment of the Executive during
a period (the “Contract Period”) commencing on the date immediately preceding
the date of a Change in Control and terminating on the second anniversary of
the date of that Change in Control; provided, however, that each such Change in
Control occurs during the period commencing as of January 1, 1995 and terminating
at midnight on December 31, 1998 or as further extended pursuant to the
following sentence.  At midnight on December 31,
1998, and on each annual anniversary of that time and date thereafter, such
latter period shall be automatically extended for two additional years, unless
on or before such anniversary the Company notifies the Executive in writing
that it elects not to extend such period. 
There is one Contract Period for each Change in Control and there may be
multiple Change(s) in Control.  With
respect to a termination pursuant to Section 3.2 only, the Contract Period
shall also include the period from and after a Potential Change in
Control.  If a Potential Change in
Control occurs but a Change in Control does not follow within one year of the
Potential Change in Control, the Contract Period shall expire on the one year
anniversary of the Potential Change in Control.


 


Section 3 — Termination


 


3.1           Procedure for Termination. Any termination by the Bank or by the
Executive, pursuant to this Agreement, shall be communicated by Notice of
Termination to the other parties hereto. 
The Executive shall not be deemed to have been terminated for Cause
unless and until there shall have been delivered to the Executive a copy of a
resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than 51% of the
entire membership of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Company Board”)
at a meeting of the Company Board called and held for that purpose (after
reasonable notice to the Executive and an opportunity for the Executive,
together with his counsel, to be heard before the Company Board), finding that
in the good faith opinion of the Company Board, the Executive was guilty of
conduct set forth in Section 1.1 and specifying the particulars thereof in
detail.


 


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3.2           Termination for Cause or Before
Contract Period.  Upon a termination
of the Executive’s employment for Cause during the Contract Period, the
Executive shall have no right to receive any compensation or benefits
hereunder.  Upon a termination of the
Executive’s employment without Cause during the Contract Period, the Executive
shall be entitled to receive the benefits provided in Section 3.4
hereof.  This Agreement shall not apply
to, and the Executive shall have no right to receive any compensation or
benefits hereunder in connection with, any termination of the Executive’s
employment by the Company other than during a Contract Period, and Executive
shall remain an “at will” employee until a Contract Period begins.


 


3.3           Termination for Good Reason.  During the Contract Period, the Executive
shall be entitled to terminate his employment with the Company and, if such
termination is for Good Reason, to receive the benefits provided in Section 3.4
hereof.  The Executive shall give the
Company Notice of Termination of his employment pursuant to this Section 3.3,
and termination of the Executive’s employment shall be effective five business
days after the Executive gives notice thereof to the Company.  This Agreement shall not apply to, and the
Executive shall have no right to receive any compensation or benefits hereunder
in connection with, any termination of the Executive’s employment by the
Executive other than during a Contract Period. 
This Agreement shall not apply to, and the Executive shall have no right
to receive any compensation or benefits hereunder in connection with, a
termination of the Executive’s employment on account of the Executive’s death,
whether or not during the Contract Period.


 


3.4           Compensation Upon Termination.  If during a Contract Period the Executive’s
employment shall be terminated by the Bank other than pursuant to death or for
Cause, or if the Executive shall terminate his employment for Good Reason, then
the Company shall pay, or the Company shall cause the Bank to pay, to the
Executive as severance compensation in a lump sum (discounted to present value
using the interest rate applicable to a three year certificate of deposit at
Republic Bank & Trust Company) on the fifth day following the Date of
Termination (or such later time as is provided in Section 3.7):


 


(1)           the unpaid balance
of the Executive’s full base salary through the Date of Termination at the rate
in effect at the time Notice of Termination is given; and


 


(2)           an amount equal to
the Executive’s Compensation, divided  by 12 and multiplied
by the lesser of (i) the number of months remaining in the Contract
Period at the Date of Termination, and (ii) 24 (such multiple hereafter
referred to as the “Payment Period”).


 


In addition
to the severance benefits set forth in (1) and (2) of this Section 3.4,
the Company shall, or the Company shall cause the Bank to:


 


(3)           pay as incurred or
reimburse Executive for all legal fees and expenses incurred by the Executive
resulting from termination (including all such fees and expenses, if any,
incurred in contesting any such termination or in seeking to obtain or enforce
any right or benefit provided by this Agreement), as and when the Company is
notified thereof, but in all events within 21⁄2 months following the calendar
year in which such amounts are incurred; and


 


(4)           maintain in full
force and effect, for the continued benefit of the Executive for the shorter of
(i) until the Executive’s death (provided that benefits payable to his beneficiaries
shall not terminate upon his death), or (ii) with respect to any
particular Plan, the date he is afforded a comparable benefit at a comparable
cost to the Executive by a subsequent employer, or (iii) the Payment
Period, all Plans in which Executive was entitled to participate immediately
prior to the Change of Control (unless Plans generally available to employees
of the Bank have been modified since the Change in Control in which case the
Plans to be continued shall be those in effect at the Date of Termination, at
the level most comparable to that available to the Executive at the Change in
Control).  In the event that the
Executive’s participation in any Plan of the Company is prohibited, the Company
shall arrange to provide the Executive with benefits substantially similar to
those which the Executive is entitled to receive under that Plan, for such
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extent such Plans or provisions for comparable Plans constitute “deferred
compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, the Company
shall not delay or accelerate payment to vendors or third parties for such
coverage on Executive’s behalf, beyond the normal periodic payment periods then
applicable for the Plans for employees generally.  On the last day of the Payment Period (even
if enjoyment of a benefit ceases earlier as provided above), the Executive
shall have assigned to him at no cost and with no apportionment of prepaid premiums,
any assignable insurance policy owned by the Bank or the Company relating
specifically to the Executive, and, if benefits hereunder cease before the end
of the Payment Period, the Company shall use its best efforts, without
requirement to pay additional cash premiums, to maintain any such policy in
full force and effect until such time, or allow the Executive to arrange to do
so; and


 


(5)           cause all stock
options and stock appreciation rights and/or the rights held by the Executive
with respect to stock in the Company, immediately prior to the termination, if
not otherwise presently exercisable, to become presently exercisable.


 


3.5           Disability.              If during the Contract Period, the
Executive’s employment shall be terminated, either by the Bank or by the
Executive, due to the Executive’s Disability, the Company shall pay the
Executive the severance compensation and the same benefits as set forth in Section 3.4(1)-(5).


 


3.6           No Mitigation.      The Executive shall not be required to
mitigate the amount of any payment provided for in this Section 3 by seeking
other employment or otherwise, nor shall the amount of any payment provided for
in this Section 3 be reduced by any compensation earned by the Executive
as the result of employment by another employer after the Date of Termination,
or otherwise.


 


3.7           Delay in Payments for Specified
Employees.  Notwithstanding the
provisions of Section 3.4 hereof, if the Executive is a “key employee”
within the meaning of Section 416(i) (but without regard to Section 416(i)(5))
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), as of the last
identification date thereof and determined in the manner provided in Treasury
Regulation §1.409-1(i) when  the
Executive’s separation from service occurs, and stock of the Company is at such
separation publicly traded on an established securities market or otherwise,
any non-409A-exempt severance compensation and benefits payable pursuant to Section 3.4
shall not be paid earlier than  6 months
following the date of the Executive’s separation from service and shall be discounted
to present value using the interest rate applicable to a three  year certificate of deposit at Republic Bank &
Trust Company on the delayed payment date. 
If the preceding sentence applies to the Executive, then the severance,
reimbursements and benefits required by Section 3.4 shall not be paid or
provided until 6 months following the Executive’s separation from service,
unless such benefits or amounts do not constitute “deferred compensation”
within the meaning given in Section 409A of the Code.  For example, such benefits or amounts might
not be deferred compensation to the extent benefits provided can be excluded
from the Executive’s gross income as is reportable by the Company or the Bank
on wage reports, or if they would be deductible by the Executive under Code Section 162
or 167 (without regard to any limitations based on adjusted gross income), and
are provided or reimbursed prior to the end of the second calendar year
following the calendar year in which the separation occurs.  If a benefit cannot be provided or paid for
by the Company during the 6 month period following the separation from service
as a result of this timing restriction, the Company shall pay to Executive the
amount of compensation that would have been paid during the 6 months, as well
any amount he has expended for benefits during the 6 months delay, within 5
days after the 6 months delay period has expired, and shall pay or provide for
the reimbursements and benefits provided hereunder otherwise at the time and in
the manner provided in Section 3.4.


 


3.8           Meaning of “Termination” or “Separation
from Service.”  If and to the extent
termination of employment, or separation from service is required to trigger
payment rights hereunder, such phrase shall have the meaning given in Treasury
Regulation §1.409A-1(h) as reasonably interpreted by the Company.
Specifically, these phrases mean the date the Company and the Executive
reasonably anticipate that (i) the Executive will not perform any further
services for the Company or any other entity considered a single employer with
the Company under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (the “Employer
Group”), or (ii) the level of bona fide services performed after that date
(as an employee or independent contractor, except that service as a member of
the board of directors of an Employer Group entity is not counted unless
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under any other
Employer Group plan or agreement in which Executive also participates as a
director)  will permanently decrease to
less than 20% of the average level of bona fide services performed over the
previous 36 months (or if shorter over the duration of service).  The Employee will not be treated as having a
termination of employment or separation from service while on military leave,
sick leave or other bona fide leave of absence if the leave does not exceed six
months or, if longer, the period during which the Executive has a reemployment
right with the Company by statute or contract. 
If a bona fide leave of absence extends beyond six months, a termination
of employment or separation from service will be deemed to occur on the first
day after the end of such six month period, or on the day after the Executive’s
statutory or contractual reemployment right lapses, if later.


 


Section 4 — Miscellaneous


 


4.1           Successors Shall Assume. The Company will require any successor (whether
direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or
substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company or the Bank, by
agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Executive, expressly to
assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same
extent that the Company or the Bank would be required to perform if no such
succession had taken place.  Failure of
the Company to obtain such agreement prior to the effectiveness of any such
succession shall be a breach of this Agreement and shall entitle the Executive
to compensation from the Company in the same amount and on the same terms as
the Executive would be entitled hereunder if the Executive terminated the
Executive’s employment for Good Reason, except that for purposes of
implementing the foregoing, the date on which any such succession becomes
effective shall be deemed the Date of Termination.  As used in this Agreement, “Company” shall
mean the Company as defined in the preamble hereto and any successor to its
business and/or assets as aforesaid or which otherwise becomes bound by all the
terms and provisions of this Agreement by operation of law.  As used in this Agreement, “Bank” shall mean
the Bank as defined in the preamble hereto and any successor to its business
and/or assets as aforesaid or which otherwise becomes bound by all the terms
and provisions of this Agreement by operation of law.


 


4.2           Binding Effect.      This Agreement shall inure to the benefit
of and be enforceable by the Executive’s personal or legal representatives,
executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devisees and
legatees.  If the Executive should die
while any amounts would still be payable to the Executive hereunder if the
Executive had continued to live, all such amounts, unless otherwise provided
herein, shall be paid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement to the
Executive’s devisee, legatee, or other designee or, if there be no such
designee, to the Executive’s estate.


 


4.3           Reduction of Amounts Payable.       In no event shall any amount payable
under any provision of this Agreement equal or exceed an amount which would
cause the Company to forfeit, pursuant to Section 280G(a) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, its deduction for any or all such
amounts payable.  Pursuant to this Section 4.3,
the Company’s Compensation Committee has the power to reduce severance benefits
payable under this Agreement, if such benefits alone or in conjunction with
termination benefits provided under any other Company plan or program, would
cause the Company to forfeit otherwise deductible payments; provided, however
that no benefits payable under this Agreement shall be reduced pursuant to this
Section 4.3 to less than $1.00 below the amount of benefits which the
Company can properly deduct under Section 280G(a) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.


 


4.4           Notice.   Any notice or request required or permitted to be given under this
Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed sufficiently given for all
purposes if mailed by certified mail, postage prepaid and return receipt
requested, addressed to the intended recipient at


 


(a)           the addresses set
forth below:


 


(i)           If
to the Company:


Republic Bancorp, Inc.


601 W. Market St.


Louisville, Kentucky 40202


 


All
notices to the Company shall be directed to the attention of the Chief
Executive Officer of the Company with a copy to the Secretary of the Company
and to the Secretary of the Bank.


 


(ii)          If to
the Bank:


Republic Bank & Trust Company


601 W. Market Street


Louisville, Kentucky 40202


 


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All
notices to the Bank shall be directed to the attention of the Secretary of the
Bank with a copy to the Secretary of the Company.


 


(iii)         If to the
Executive:


at his last known


address in the Bank’s


employment records


 


(b)           Such other address
as any of the parties shall specify by written notice to the other parties of
this Agreement.


 


4.5           Payment Obligations Absolute.  The Company’s obligation to pay the Executive
the amounts provided for hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional and
shall not be affected by any circumstances, including, without limitation, any
set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which the Company may
have against him or anyone else, except with respect to tax withholding
required pursuant to Section 4.11. 
All amounts payable by the Company hereunder shall be paid without
notice or demand.  Except as expressly
provided herein, the Company waives all rights which it may now have or may
hereafter have conferred upon it, by statute or otherwise, to amend, terminate,
cancel or rescind this Agreement in whole or in part.  Each and every payment made hereunder by the
Company shall be final and the Company shall not seek to recover all or any
part of such payment from the Executive or from whomsoever may be entitled
thereto, for any reason whatsoever.


 


4.6           Modifications and Waivers.   No
provisions of this Agreement may be modified, waived or discharged unless such
waiver, modification or discharge is agreed to in writing and signed by the
Executive and such officer as may be specifically designated by the Board of
Directors of the Company.  No waiver by
either party hereto at any time of any breach by the other party hereto of, or
compliance with, any condition or provision of this Agreement to be performed
by such other party shall be deemed a waiver of similar or dissimilar
provisions or conditions at the same or any prior or subsequent time.


 


4.7           Entire Agreement.   No
agreements or representations, oral or otherwise, express or implied, with
respect to the subject matter hereof have been made by either party which are
not set forth expressly in this Agreement.


 


4.8           Governing Law.    The validity, interpretation, construction
and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the
Commonwealth of Kentucky.


 


4.9           Validity. The invalidity or unenforceability of any
provisions of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of
any other provision of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect.


 


4.10         Counterparts.        This Agreement may be executed in one or
more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of
which together will constitute one and the same instrument.


 


4.11         Payroll and Withholding Taxes.  The Company may withhold from any amounts
payable to the Executive hereunder all federal, state, city or other taxes that
the Company may reasonably determine are required to be withheld pursuant to
any applicable law or regulation.


 


IN
WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have executed this Agreement, as of the day
and year first above written.


 


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  REPUBLIC
  BANCORP, INC.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  /s/
  Kevin Sipes

  	
   

  	
  By:
   /s/ Steve Trager

  
	
  Kevin
  Sipes

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:
  

  	
  Vice
  Chairman, CEO Republic Bancorp, Inc.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Chairman &
  CEO: Republic Bank & Trust Company

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Date:
  

  	
  April 23,
  2008

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  REPUBLIC
  BANK & TRUST COMPANY

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  By:
   /s/ Steve Trager

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:
  

  	
  Vice
  Chairman, CEO Republic Bancorp, Inc.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Chairman &
  CEO: Republic Bank & Trust Company

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Date:
  

  	
  April 23,
  2008

  
						



 


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