PBIB Porter Bancorp, Inc. (delisted)

Porter Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: PBIB), parent company of PBI Bank, announced today that its Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.21 per share. The dividend will be payable on October 1, 2008, to shareholders of record as of September 15, 2008. �Our Board of Directors remains focused on providing our shareholders with a solid return through our cash dividend program,� stated Maria L. Bouvette, President and CEO of Porter Bancorp, Inc. �This dividend represents a 5% increase from the dividend paid in October of 2007 and reflects the Board�s confidence in our future prospects.� About Porter Bancorp, Inc. Porter Bancorp, Inc. is a bank holding company headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky. It is the sixth largest independent banking organization based on total assets domiciled in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, with $1.6�billion in assets as of June 30, 2008. Through Porter�s�subsidiary PBI Bank, it operates 20 full-service banking offices in 12 counties in Kentucky. Porter Bancorp�s common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol �PBIB.� PBIB- F PBIB- G