German American Bancorp, Inc. to be Added to Russell 2000 Index

JASPER, Ind., July 7, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- German American Bancorp, Inc.
(Nasdaq:GABC) today announced it has been added to the Russell 3000(r) Index and
Russell 2000(r) Index when Russell Investments reconstituted its comprehensive
set of U.S. and global equity indexes on June 29, 2009.

Russell indexes are widely used by investment managers and institutional
investors for both index funds and as benchmarks for passive and active
investment strategies. The Company will hold its membership until Russell
reconstitutes its indexes in June 2010.

"We are pleased with our inclusion in this index, which reflects our continued
positive momentum", said Mark Schroeder, President and CEO of German American
Bancorp. "Russell is an industry leader for stock indexes, and we expect our
participation will generate greater interest in our stock at an institutional
investor level."

The annual reconstitution of the Russell 3000 captures the 3,000 largest U.S.
stocks as of the end of May, ranking them by total market capitalization. The
largest 1,000 companies in this ranking comprise the Russell 1000 and the next
2,000 companies become the Russell 2000.

ABOUT RUSSELL INVESTMENTS

Russell Investments is a global investment company with $136 billion in assets
under management as of March 31, 2009. Russell serves individual, institutional
and advisor clients in more that 40 countries and provides investment solutions
including mutual funds, retirement investments, institutional asset management,
implementation services and global stock market indexes. Russell is
world-renowned for its depth of manager research, quality of manager selection
and access to some of the world's leading investment managers. It helps
investors of all sizes put this access to work in corporate defined benefit and
defined contribution plans, and in the life savings of individual investors.

ABOUT GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC.

German American Bancorp, Inc. is a financial services holding company based in
Jasper, Indiana. The Company's Common Stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global
Select Market under the symbol GABC. The principal subsidiary of German American
Bancorp, Inc. is its banking subsidiary, German American Bancorp which operates
through six community banking affiliates with 28 retail banking offices in the
ten contiguous Southern Indiana counties of Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Knox,
Lawrence, Martin, Monroe, Perry, Pike, and Spencer. German American Bancorp owns
a trust, brokerage and financial planning subsidiary which operates from its
banking offices and a full line property and casualty insurance agency with
seven branch offices throughout its market area.

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CONTACT: German American Bancorp, Inc.
Mark A Schroeder, President/CEO
Bradley M Rust, Executive Vice President/CFO
(812) 482-1314