Exhibit 99.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

SECTION 111(b)(4) OF THE
EMERGENCY ECONOMIC

STABILIZATION ACT OF 2008

I, Robert W. Zapp, certify, based on my knowledge, that:

(i) The compensation committee of The Bank of Kentucky Financial Corporation (BKFC) has discussed, reviewed, and evaluated with senior risk officers at least every six months during the period
beginning on the later of September 14, 2009, or 90 days after the closing date of the agreement between BKFC and Treasury and ending with the last day of BKFCs fiscal year containing that date (the applicable period), the
senior executive officer (SEO) compensation plans and the employee compensation plans and the risks these plans pose to BKFC;

(ii) The compensation committee of BKFC has identified and limited during the applicable period any features of the SEO compensation plans that could lead SEOs to take unnecessary and excessive risks that
could threaten the value of BKFC, and during that same applicable period has identified any features of the employee compensation plans that pose risks to BKFC and has limited those features to ensure that BKFC is not unnecessarily exposed to risks;

(iii) The compensation committee has reviewed, at least every six months during the applicable period, the terms of each
employee compensation plan and identified any features of the plan that could encourage the manipulation of reported earnings of BKFC to enhance the compensation of an employee, and has limited any such features;

(iv) The compensation committee of BKFC will certify to the reviews of the SEO compensation plans and employee compensation plans required
under (i) and (iii) above;

(v) The compensation committee of BKFC will provide a narrative description of how it
limited during any part of the most recently completed fiscal year that included a TARP period the features in



| | (a) | SEO compensation plans that could lead SEOs to take unnecessary and excessive risks that could threaten the value of BKFC;
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| | (b) | Employee compensation plans that unnecessarily expose BKFC to risks; and
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| | (c) | Employee compensation plans that could encourage the manipulation of reported earnings of BKFC to enhance the compensation of an employee;
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(vi) BKFC has required that bonus payments, as defined in the regulations and guidance established under section 111 of EESA (bonus
payments), of the SEOs and twenty next most highly compensated employees be subject to a recovery or clawback provision during any part of the most recently completed fiscal year that was a TARP period if the bonus payments were based on
materially inaccurate financial statements or any other materially inaccurate performance metric criteria;

(vii) BKFC has
prohibited any golden parachute payment, as defined in the regulations and guidance established under section 111 of EESA, to an SEO or any of the next five most highly compensated employees during the period beginning on the later of the closing
date of the agreement between BKFC and Treasury or June 15, 2009 and ending with the last day of BKFCs fiscal year containing that date;

(viii) BKFC has limited bonus payments to its applicable employees in accordance with section 111 of EESA and the regulations and guidance established thereunder during the period beginning on the later
of the closing date of the agreement between BKFC and Treasury or June 15, 2009 and ending with the last day of BKFCs fiscal year containing that date;

(ix) The board of directors of BKFC has established an excessive or luxury expenditures policy, as defined in the regulations and guidance established under section 111 of EESA, by the later of
September 14, 2009, or 90



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days after the closing date of the agreement between BKFC and Treasury; this policy has been provided to Treasury and its primary regulatory agency; BKFC and its employees have complied with this
policy during the applicable period; and any expenses that, pursuant to this policy, required approval of the board of directors, a committee of the board of directors, an SEO, or an executive officer with a similar level of responsibility were
properly approved;

(x) BKFC will permit a non-binding shareholder resolution in compliance with any applicable Federal
securities rules and regulations on the disclosures provided under the Federal securities laws related to SEO compensation paid or accrued during the period beginning on the later of the closing date of the agreement between BKFC and Treasury or
June 15, 2009 and ending with the last day of BKFCs fiscal year containing that date;

(xi) BKFC will disclose the
amount, nature, and justification for the offering during the period beginning on the later of the closing date of the agreement between BKFC and Treasury or June 15, 2009 and ending with the last day of BKFCs fiscal year containing that
date of any perquisites, as defined in the regulations and guidance established under section 111 of EESA, whose total value exceeds $25,000 for any employee who is subject to the bonus payment limitations identified in paragraph (viii);

(xii) BKFC will disclose whether BKFC, the board of directors of BKFC, or the compensation committee of BKFC has engaged during the
period beginning on the later of the closing date of the agreement between BKFC and Treasury or June 15, 2009 and ending with the last day of BKFCs fiscal year containing that date, a compensation consultant; and the services the
compensation consultant or any affiliate of the compensation consultant provided during this period;

(xiii) BKFC has
prohibited the payment of any gross-ups, as defined in the regulations and guidance established under section 111 of EESA, to the SEOs and the next twenty most highly compensated employees during the period beginning on the later of the closing date
of the agreement between BKFC and Treasury or June 15, 2009 and ending with the last day of BKFCs fiscal year containing that date;

(xiv) BKFC has substantially complied with all other requirements related to employee compensation that are provided in the agreement between BKFC and Treasury, including any amendments;

(xv) BKFC will submit to Treasury a complete and accurate list of the SEOs and the twenty next most highly compensated employees for the
most recently completed fiscal year and will submit to Treasury a complete and accurate list of the SEOs and the twenty next most highly compensated employees for the current fiscal year, with the non-SEOs ranked in descending order of level of
annual compensation, and with the name, title, and employer of each SEO and most highly compensated employee identified; and

(xvi) I understand that a knowing and willful false or fraudulent statement made in connection with this certification may be punished by fine, imprisonment, or both.

Date: March 12, 2010



/s/ Robert W. ZappRobert W. ZappChief Executive Officer and President