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First Federal Places Sixth Among Best Places to Work in Kentucky

ELIZABETHTOWN, KY, April 21, 2009 First Federal Savings Bank received sixth place in the Commonwealths 2009 Best Places to Work competition. It is the fourth consecutive year that First Federal has been recognized among the Commonwealths top employers, and the second straight year that First Federal received sixth place.

Winners were announced by the Kentucky Society for Human Resource Management State Council and the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce at an awards dinner Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at the Lexington Convention Center in downtown Lexington.

The selection process, managed by Best Companies Group, is based on an assessment of the company's employee policies and procedures and the results of an internal employee survey. The program is a multi-year initiative designed to motivate companies in the Commonwealth to focus, measure and move their workplace environments toward excellence.

First Federal was one of only 55 companies across the Commonwealth to be selected for the honor, one of only 24 selected in the large-sized company category, and the only Hardin County company to make the list in 2009.

Large Companies division

1. Frankfort Regional Medical Center, Frankfort
2. Edward Jones, Campbellsville
3. Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC, Lexington
4. Stites & Harbison PLLC, Louisville
5. Central Baptist Hospital, Lexington
6. First Federal Savings Bank, Elizabethtown
7. First Corbin Long Term Care Inc., Lexington
8. SurePoint Lending, dba First Residential Mortgage Network Inc., Louisville
9. Kindred Healthcare Inc. Support Center, Louisville
10. Kings Daughters Medical Center, Ashland
11. Somerset Community College, Somerset
12. Fifth Third Bank, various locations
13. Central Bank & Trust Co., Lexington
14. Baptist Hospital East, Louisville
15. Hilliard Lyons LLC, Louisville
16. Stock Yards Bank and Trust Co., Louisville
17. National Patient Account Services, Louisville
18. Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs LLP, Louisville
19. Sysco Louisville Inc., Louisville
20. Saint Joseph Health System, Lexington
21. Norton Healthcare Inc., Louisville
22. Zappos.Com Inc., Shepherdsville
23. Flaget Memorial Hospital, Bardstown
24. Clark Regional Medical Center, Winchester

About First Federal Savings Bank
First Financial Service Corporation (Nasdaq: FFKY) is the parent bank holding company of First Federal Savings Bank of Elizabethtown, which was chartered in 1923. The Bank serves the needs and caters to the economic strengths of the local communities in which it operates and strives to provide a high level of personal and professional customer service. The Bank offers a variety of financial services to its retail and commercial banking customers. These services include personal and corporate banking services, and personal investment financial counseling services. Today, the Bank serves eight contiguous counties encompassing Central Kentucky and the Louisville Metropolitan area, including Southern Indiana, with over 20 full-service banking centers and a commercial private banking center.