June 19, 2007

Central Bank Hires Chris Thomason as Assistant Vice President of Private Banking

Lexington, KY. – Central Bank Chairman, President and CEO, Luther Deaton, Jr., has announced the hiring of Chris Thomason as Assistant Vice President, Private Banking Officer.

Chris Thomason has over 15 years of financial services experience including finance, residential mortgage and banking. Mr. Thomason’s current responsibilities are to offer client’s one point of contact for all of their banking and financial services needs. He graduated from Henderson County High School and the University of Kentucky where he received his Bachelor’s of Arts in Psychology.

Mr. Thomason’s involvement community includes current membership in the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and serving on the Board of Directors for Family Counseling Service.

Mr. Thomason resides in Lexington with his wife Kristan. They have two children.

Central Bank is a subsidiary of Central Bancshares Inc., which currently operates a total of 27 full service banking centers, 34 ATMs, two mortgage offices, an insurance agency and an investment office in Bath, Boone, Clark, Fayette, Jefferson, Jessamine, Kenton, Madison, and Scott counties. As of March 31, 2007, Central Bancshares’ total assets were $1.776 billion.

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