2009-11-18 13:45:07 -

S.Y. Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: SYBT), parent company of Stock Yards Bank & Trust Company, with offices in the Louisville metropolitan area, Indianapolis and Cincinnati, today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.17 per common share. The dividend will be paid on January 4, 2010, to stockholders of record as of December 14, 2009.

Louisville, Kentucky-based S.Y. Bancorp, Inc., with $1.8 billion in assets, was incorporated in 1988 as a bank holding company. It is the parent company of Stock Yards Bank & Trust Company, which was established in 1904. The Company's common shares trade on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol SYBT.



S.Y. Bancorp, Inc.Nancy B. Davis, 502-625-9176Executive Vice
President,Treasurer and Chief

Financial Officer