Porter Bancorp to Present at Sandler O`Neill & Partners, L.P. 2009 East Coast Financial Services Conference

LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(Business Wire)--
Porter Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: PBIB) announced that Maria L. Bouvette, its
President and Chief Executive Officer, will make a presentation at the Sandler
O`Neill & Partners, L.P. 2009 East Coast Financial Services Conference at The
Ritz-Carlton in Palm Beach, Florida at 10:55 a.m. Eastern time on Thursday,
November 12, 2009.

Porter Bancorp`s investor presentation will be webcast in real-time on November
6, 2009, beginning at 10:55 p.m. (Eastern Time). The webcast will be available
through the Company`s website under the Investor Relations tab at
www.pbibank.com.

Listeners should visit the site at least five minutes prior to the webcast to
register. An on-line replay will follow and continue for 30 days. The related
presentation materials will also be available on Porter Bancorp`s website
(http://www.pbibank.com) under Investor Relations.

About Porter Bancorp, Inc.

Porter Bancorp, Inc., a bank holding company headquartered in Louisville,
Kentucky, had $1.7 billion in assets as of September 30, 2009. Through Porter`s
subsidiary PBI Bank, it operates 18 full service banking offices in 11 counties
in Kentucky. Porter Bancorp`s common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Global Market
under the symbol "PBIB."

Additional Information

This communication is not an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to
buy, shares of Porter Bancorp common stock, or the solicitation of any proxies
from Citizens First shareholders. The description of the exchange offer
contained in this press release is not intended to be a full or detailed
description of the terms or conditions of the exchange offer. Porter Bancorp has
filed a registration statement, including the prospectus/offer to exchange, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), regarding the exchange
offer. This communication is not a substitute for the prospectus/offer to
exchange. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS OF PORTER BANCORP AND CITIZENS FIRST
ARE URGED TO READ PROSPECTUS/OFFER TO EXCHANGE FILED WITH THE SEC CAREFULLY IN
ITS ENTIRETY BECAUSE IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED
TRANSACTION. The prospectus/offer to exchange is available for free, both on the
SEC Web site (www.sec.gov) and from Porter Bancorp by contacting C. Bradford
Harris, Executive Vice President and Corporate General Counsel, Porter Bancorp,
Inc., 2500 Eastpoint Parkway, Louisville, Kentucky 40223. Telephone: (502)
499-4800.

In addition to the registration statement and prospectus/offer to exchange,
Porter Bancorp files annual, quarterly and special reports, proxy statements and
other information with the SEC. You may read and copy any reports, statements or
other information filed by Porter Bancorp at the SEC`s public reference rooms at
450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549 or at the SEC`s other public
reference rooms in New York and Chicago. Please call the SEC at 1 800 SEC 0330
for more information on the public reference rooms. Porter Bancorp SEC filings
also are available to the public from commercial document retrieval services and
at www.sec.gov.

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Porter Bancorp, Inc.
Maria L. Bouvette, President & CEO, 502-499-4800

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