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                                   SCHEDULE TO

          TENDER OFFER STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14(d)(1) or 13(e)(1) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                                 AMENDMENT NO. 3

                             REPUBLIC BANCORP, INC.
                       (Name of Subject Company (Issuer))

                             REPUBLIC BANCORP, INC.
                       (Name of Filing Person, the Issuer)

                       CLASS A COMMON STOCK, NO PAR VALUE
                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                   760281 204
                      (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

                                Steven E. Trager,
                      President and Chief Executive Officer
                             Republic Bancorp, Inc.
                             601 West Market Street
                           Louisville, Kentucky 40202
                                 (502) 584-3600

       (Name, address and telephone number of person authorized to receive
             notices and communications on behalf of filing persons)

              with a copy to:               Cynthia W. Young, Esq.
                                            Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP
                                            500 W. Jefferson Street, Suite 2800
                                            Louisville, Kentucky 40202
                                            (502) 589-5235

                            CALCULATION OF FILING FEE

Transaction valuation *                           Amount of filing fee:
$10,000,000                                       $2,000

     *   Calculated  solely for  purposes  of  determining  the filing  fee,  in
         accordance with Rule 0-11 of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934. This
         calculation  assumes the purchase of 1,000,000 shares of Class A Common
         Stock of Republic  Bancorp,  Inc. at the maximum  tender offer purchase
         price of $10.00 per share in cash.

     [X] Check the box if any part of the fee is offset as  provided by Rule 011
         Rule  011(a)(2) and identify the filing with which the  offsetting  fee
         was  previously  paid.  Identify  the previous  filing by  registration
         statement number or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.

Amount Previously Paid:  $2,000     Form or Registration Number: Schedule TO-I/A
Filing Party:Republic Bancorp, Inc. Date Filed:  February 12, 2001

     [ ] Check  the  box  if  the  filing   relates   solely  to  preliminary
         communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.

     Check the  appropriate  boxes below to designate any  transactions to which
the statement relates:

     [ ] third party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.

     [X] issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.

     [ ] going private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3.

     [ ] amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2.

     Check the  following box if the filing is a final  amendment  reporting the
results of a tender offer:[ ]

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         This Amendment No. 3, amends and supplements the Tender Offer Statement
on Schedule TO, filed on February 12, 2001,  with  amendments  filed on February
12, 2001 and February  23, 2001,  with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission
related  to the  issuer  tender  offer of  Republic  Bancorp,  Inc.,  a Kentucky
corporation,  to purchase up to 1,000,000 shares of its Class A Common Stock, no
par value per share,  at a price not greater than $10.00 and not less than $8.00
per  share,  net to the  seller in cash,  without  interest,  upon the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated February 12,
2001 (the "Offer to Purchase"), and in the related Letter of Transmittal, which,
as amended or  supplemented  from time to time,  together  constitute the tender
offer.

         The  information  in the Offer to  Purchase is hereby  incorporated  by
reference  in response to all items of this  Schedule TO as amended by Amendment
Nos. 1, 2 and 3 thereto.


Item 11. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

         Item 11 of Scheudle TO is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:

         On March  14,  2001,  Republic  Bancorp,  Inc.  issued a press  release
announcing the preliminary results of the tender offer, a copy of which is filed
as Exhibit  (a)(11) to this  Amendment No. 3 to Schedule TO and is  incorporated
herein by reference.


Item 12. EXHIBITS.

         Item 12 of Schedule TO is hereby amended and supplemented by
adding the following Exhibit:

        (a)(11) Press Release, dated March 14, 2001.


                                    Signature

         After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify
that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Date:    March 14, 2001

                                    REPUBLIC BANCORP, INC.

                                    By /S/ KEVIN SIPES
                                      Kevin Sipes,
                                      Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
                                      and Accounting Officer

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