LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Republic Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: RBCAA), parent company of Republic Bank
& Trust Company and Republic Bank, declared a cash dividend of $0.154
per share on Class A Common Stock and $0.14 per share on Class B Common
Stock, payable April 20, 2012 to shareholders of record as of March 16,
2012.
Republic Bancorp, Inc. (Republic) has 42 banking centers and is the
parent company of Republic Bank & Trust Company and Republic Bank.
Republic Bank & Trust Company has 34 banking centers in 12 Kentucky
communities - Covington, Crestwood, Elizabethtown, Florence, Frankfort,
Georgetown, Independence, Lexington, Louisville, Owensboro, Shelbyville
and Shepherdsville and three banking centers in southern Indiana –
Floyds Knobs, Jeffersonville and New Albany. Republic Bank has banking
centers in Hudson, Palm Harbor, Port Richey and Temple Terrace, Florida
as well as Cincinnati, Ohio. Republic operates Tax Refund Solutions, a
nationwide tax refund loan and check provider. Republic offers internet
banking at www.republicbank.com.
Republic has $3.4 billion in assets and $1 billion in trust assets under
custody and management. Republic is headquartered in Louisville,
Kentucky and Republic's Class A Common Stock is listed under the symbol
“RBCAA” on the NASDAQ Global Select Market.
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Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains “forward-looking” statements within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The
forward-looking statements are based on the Company’s current
expectations and assumptions regarding its business, the economy and
other future conditions. Because forward-looking statements relate to
the future, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and
changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict. Actual results
may differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking
statements. The Company cautions you therefore against relying on any of
these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on
which they are made. They are neither statements of historical fact nor
guarantees or assurances of future performance. Important factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the
forward-looking statements include factors disclosed from time to time
in the Company’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission, including those factors set forth as “Risk Factors” in the
Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2011. The
Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking
statements.

Republic Bancorp, Inc.
Steve Trager, 502-584-3600
President
and CEO
Source: Republic Bancorp, Inc.