HopFed Bancorp, Inc. Declares Regular Quarterly Cash Dividend

HOPKINSVILLE, Ky., March 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- HopFed Bancorp, Inc.
(Nasdaq: HFBC) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a
regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.12 per share. The dividend will be paid
on April 15, 2009, to stockholders of record as of March 31, 2009.

HopFed Bancorp, Inc. is a holding company of Heritage Bank headquartered in
Hopkinsville, Kentucky. The Bank has eighteen offices in western Kentucky and
middle Tennessee as well as Fall & Fall Insurance of Fulton, Kentucky,
Heritage Solutions of Murray, Kentucky, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, Dickson,
Tennessee, and Pleasant View, Tennessee and Heritage Mortgage Services of
Clarksville, Tennessee. The Bank offers a broad line of banking and financial
products and services with the personalized focus of a community banking
organization. For more information about Heritage Bank and HopFed Bancorp,
Inc., go to our website at www.bankwithheritage.com.

Information contained in this press release, other than historical
information, may be considered forward-looking in nature and is subject to
various risks, uncertainties, and assumptions. Should one or more of these
risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove
incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those anticipated,
estimated or expected. Among the key factors that may have a direct bearing
on the Company's operating results, performance or financial condition are
competition and the demand for the Company's products and services, and other
factors as set forth in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

SOURCE HopFed Bancorp, Inc.

John E. Peck, President and CEO, +1-270-885-1171