 Limestone Bancorp, Inc. the Company LMST, parent company of Limestone Bank the Bank, announced today that the Bank completed the acquisition of four branch banking centers located in the Kentucky cities of Elizabethtown, Frankfort, and Owensboro from Louisville, Kentucky based Republic Bank and Trust, a subsidiary of Republic Bancorp, Inc. RBCAA. The purchase includes approximately 127 million in performing loans and 1.5 million in premises and equipment as well as approximately 132 million in customer deposits with an all-in blended deposit premium of approximately 6 or 8 million. 