COMMUNITY TRUST BANK ANNOUNCES STEPHANIE L. HUDSON PROMOTED TO VICE PRESIDENT / CORPORATE REGIONAL OPERATIONS MANAGER

PIKEVILLE, KENTUCKY: Mark A. Gooch, Chairman, President and CEO of Community Trust Bancorp, Inc., is pleased to announce that Stephanie L. Hudson has been promoted to the position of Vice President / Corporate Regional Operations Manager at Community Trust Bank, Inc.

As Corporate Regional Operations Manager Ms. Hudson acts as a liaison and project manager between all Community Trust Bank branches and centrally consolidated operations support areas to streamline operational processes.  She assists in developing and implementing the Company’s banking Operational Processes that affect all Community Trust Bank branch locations.  Her office is located at the Community Trust Bank Main Office at 346 North Mayo Trail in Pikeville, Kentucky.

Ms. Hudson has been with Community Trust Bank for 13 years.  Prior to working in Operations, she was in the Training Department for 10 years.  She is a graduate of Montgomery County High School in Mt. Sterling, Kentucky.  She is a member of Connection Church and resides in Banner, Kentucky.

Community Trust Bancorp, Inc., with assets of $5.8 billion, is headquartered in Pikeville, Kentucky and has 72 banking locations across eastern, northeastern, central, and south central Kentucky, six banking locations in southern West Virginia, three banking locations in Tennessee, four trust offices across Kentucky, and one trust office in Tennessee.