Forcht Bank Announces Fourth Lexington Banking Center

FORCHT BANK ANNOUNCES FOURTH LEXINGTON BANKING CENTER

Southland Location to open in early 2010

(October 5, 2009) – Forcht Bank announces the details of the bank’s newest Lexington Banking Center at 140 Southland Drive. This will be the bank’s fourth location in Lexington in addition to full service banks in Hamburg, North Park and Beaumont. Construction on the new facility will begin soon with an anticipated opening in early 2010.

 “With this fourth Lexington banking center, we offer additional convenience to our customers in the Southland Drive and Nicholasville Road corridors”, said Mark Boison, President of Forcht Bank.  “This facility continues our expansion plans for Lexington and we intend to add more locations over the next couple of years.”

 Forcht Bank (www.forchtbank.com) operates 35 banking centers in Fayette, Jefferson, Boone, Grant, Taylor, Pulaski, Laurel, Whitley, Knox, McCreary and Green County.  Forcht Bank currently has more than $1 billion in assets, placing it among the top 10 banks based in Kentucky according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).