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                      Columbia Financial of Kentucky, Inc.
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                (Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)

                      Columbia Financial of Kentucky, Inc.
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     (Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement if Other than the Registrant)

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A letter in the following form was mailed on October 2, 2001, to the
shareholders, other than street name holders, of Columbia Financial of Kentucky,
Inc.




                      Columbia Financial of Kentucky, Inc.
                  2497 Dixie Highway o Ft. Mitchell, Ky. 41017




                                             October 1, 2001


Dear Shareholder:

         On or about September 28, 2001, you were sent a Notice of Special
Meeting of Shareholders, a joint prospectus/proxy statement and a proxy card for
a special meeting of shareholders of Columbia Financial of Kentucky, Inc., to be
held on October 31, 2001. The joint prospectus/proxy statement indicated that it
was accompanied by Columbia Financial's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended September 30, 2000, and Columbia Financial's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended June 30, 2001. The reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q were
inadvertently omitted from the mailing.

         Enclosed is a copy of each of those reports. We are sorry for any
confusion or inconvenience!

                                             Sincerely,

                                             /s/ Robert V. Lynch

                                             Robert V. Lynch
                                             President