Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
VEST DAVID
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
REPUBLIC BANCORP INC /KY/ [RBCAA] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Executive Vice President
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
601 WEST MARKET STREET		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/16/2005
(Street)

LOUISVILLE, KY 40202		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Class A Common Stock               40,887 (2) D  
Class A Common Stock               2,028.4445 (1) (2) (3) I By ESOP
Class A Common Stock               8,901 (2) I By 401(k) Plan
Class A Common Stock               771 (2) I By Son

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)		 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) (5) $ 22.84 05/16/2005   A   4,000   05/16/2009 05/15/2010 Class A Common Stock 4,000 $ 0 4,000 D  
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) (5) $ 22.84 05/16/2005   A   4,000   05/16/2010 05/15/2011 Class A Common Stock 4,000 $ 0 4,000 D  
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) (5) $ 22.84 05/16/2005   A   4,000   05/16/2011 05/15/2012 Class A Common Stock 4,000 $ 0 4,000 D  
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) (8) $ 5.33             12/28/2005 12/27/2006 Class A Common Stock 13,230   13,230 D  
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) (8) $ 5.33             12/28/2006 12/27/2007 Class A Common Stock 13,230   13,230 D  
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) (8) $ 6.18             01/26/2006 01/25/2007 Class A Common Stock 4,134   4,134 D  
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) $ 9.62             04/11/2007 04/10/2008 Class A Common Stock 11,025   11,025 D  
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) (8) $ 9.62             04/11/2008 04/10/2009 Class A Common Stock 11,025   11,025 D  
Class B Common Stock (4)               (6)   (7) Class A Common Stock 1,890   1,890 (2) I By 401(k) Plan
Class B Common Stock (4)               (6)   (7) Class A Common Stock 154   154 (2) I By Son

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
VEST DAVID
601 WEST MARKET STREET
LOUISVILLE, KY 40202		       Executive Vice President  

Signatures

 /s/ David Vest   05/18/2005
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) On March 18, 2004, the Issuer declared a stock dividend, payable to all holders of record of Class A and Class B common stock on March 30, 2004, of .05 shares of Class A and Class B common stock, respectively, for each share of Class A and Class B common stock outstanding.
(2) On January 21, 2005, the Issuer declared a stock dividend, payable to all holders of record of Class A and Class B common stock on March 25, 2005, of .05 shares of Class A and Class B common stock, respectively, for each share of Class A and Class B common stock outstanding.
(3) Includes 387.8410 shares of Class A common stock allocated to the reporting person under the ESOP, based on information provided by the plan administrator.
(4) Conversion is on a shares for share basis.
(5) Each of the options reported relates to a single grant.
(6) Immediately.
(7) None.
(8) This option was previously reported but has been adjusted pursuant to anti-dilution provisions of Issuer's employee stock option plan to reflect the stock dividends declared by Issuer on March 18, 2004 and January 21, 2005, as described in Footnotes 1 and 2 above.

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