As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 23, 2002 Registration No. 333 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 FIRST SECURITY BANCORP, INC. (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) Kentucky (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) 61-1364206 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 318 East Main Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40507 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) First Security Bancorp, Inc. Stock Award Plan (Full Title of the Plan) John S. Shropshire, President First Security Bancorp, Inc. 318 East Main Street, Lexington, KY 40507 (Name and Address of Agent for Service) (859) 367-3718 (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service) calculation of registration fee Proposed Proposed Title of Each Amount Maximum Maximum Amount of Class of Securities To Be Offering Offering Price Registration To be Registered Registered(1) Price per (1)(2) Fee Share(2) Common Stock, no par 100,000 $20.25 $2,025,000 $186.30 value (1) Represents the maximum number of shares of First Security Bancorp, Inc. common stock which may be issued under the First Security Bancorp, Inc. Stock Award Plan. (2) Represents the price at which the subject stock options may be executed pursuant to the First Security Bancorp, Inc. Stock Award Plan. PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS Note: The document(s) containing the information specified in this Part I will be sent or given to employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). In accordance with Rule 428 and the requirements of Part I of Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424. PART II INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference The following documents filed by First Security Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company") with the Commission are incorporated herein by reference: (i) the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001; (ii) the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 28, 2002; (iii) the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-QSB, for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2002 and June 30, 2002; and (iv) the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 30, 2002. All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment indicating that all securities offered hereby have been sold or deregistering all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Item 4. Description of Securities Not applicable. Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel Not applicable. Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers Indemnification of corporate directors and officers is governed by Sections 271B.8-500 through 271B.8-580 of the Kentucky Revised Statutes (the "Act"). Under the Act, a person may be indemnified by a corporation against judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses (included attorneys' fees) actually and necessarily incurred by him in connection with any threatened or pending suit or proceeding or any appeal thereof (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation), whether civil or criminal, by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director or officer, employee or agent of another corporation of any type or kind, domestic or foreign, if such director or officer acted in good faith for a purpose which he reasonably believed to be in the best interest of the corporation and, in criminal actions or proceedings only, in addition, had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. A Kentucky corporation may indemnify a director or officer thereof in a suit by or in the right of the corporation against amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses, including attorneys' fees, actually and necessarily incurred as a result of such suit if such director or officer acted in good faith for a purpose which he reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the corporation. Article VIII entitled INDEMNIFICATION, of the Company's Bylaws provides as follows: ARTICLE VIII Indemnification 8.1 Definitions. As used in this Article VIII: ----------- (a) "Proceeding" means any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, and whether formal or informal; (b) "Party" includes a person who was, is or is threatened to be made a named defendant or respondent in a Proceeding; (c) "Expenses" include attorneys' fees; (d) "Officer" means any person serving as Chairman of the Board of Directors, President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretary or any other officer of the Corporation; and (e) "Director" means an individual who is or was a director of the Corporation or an individual who, while a director of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, limited liability company, registered limited liability partnership, joint venture, association, trust, employee benefit plan or other entity. A Director shall be considered serving an employee benefit plan at the request of the Corporation if his duties to the Corporation also impose duties on, or otherwise involve services by, him to the plan or to participants in or beneficiaries of the plan. "Director" includes, unless the context requires otherwise, the estate or personal representative of a director. 8.2 Indemnification by Corporation. ------------------------------ (a) The Corporation shall indemnify any Officer or Director who is made a Party to any Proceeding by reason of the fact that such person is or was an Officer or Director if: (1) Such Officer or Director conducted himself in good faith; and (2) Such Officer or Director reasonably believed: (i) In the case of conduct in his official capacity with the Corporation, that his conduct was in the best interests of the Corporation; and (ii) In all other cases, that his conduct was at least not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation; and (3) In the case of any criminal Proceeding, he had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. (b) A Director's conduct with respect to an employee benefit plan for a purpose he reasonably believes to be in the interest of the participants in and beneficiaries of the plan shall be conduct that satisfies the requirement of Section 8.2 (a)(2)(ii) of these Bylaws. (c) Indemnification shall be made against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable Expenses, including legal Expenses, actually incurred by such Officer or Director in connection with the Proceeding, except (1) if the Proceeding was by or in the right of the Corporation, indemnification shall be made only against such reasonable Expenses and shall not be made in respect of any Proceeding in which the Officer or Director shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Corporation, and (2) if the Proceeding charged improper personal benefit to the Officer or Director and the Officer or Director was adjudged liable on the basis that improper personal benefit was improperly received by him, indemnification shall not be made. The termination of any Proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, by itself, be determinative that the Officer or Director did not meet the requisite standard of conduct set forth in this Section 8.2. (d) (1) Reasonable Expenses incurred by an Officer or Director as a Party to a Proceeding with respect to which indemnity is to be provided under this Section 8.2 shall be paid or reimbursed by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such Proceeding provided: (i) The Corporation receives (I) a written affirmation by the Officer or Director of his good faith belief that he has met the requisite standard of conduct set forth in this Section 8.2, and (II) the Corporation receives a written undertaking by or on behalf of the Officer or Director to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he has not met such standard of conduct; and (ii) The Corporation's Board of Directors (or other appropriate decision maker for the Corporation) determines that the facts then known to the Board of Directors (or decision maker) would not preclude indemnification under Kentucky law. (2) The undertaking required herein shall be an unlimited general obligation of the Officer or Director but shall not require any security and shall be accepted without reference to the financial ability of the Officer or Director to make repayment. (3) Determinations and authorizations of payments under this Section 8.2(d) shall be made in the manner specified in Section 8.2(e) of these Bylaws. (e) (1) The Corporation shall not indemnify an Officer or Director under this Section 8.2 unless authorized in the specific case after a determination has been made that indemnification of the Officer or Director is permissible in the circumstances because he has met the standard of conduct set forth in this Section 8.2. (2) Such determination shall be made: (i) By the Corporation's Board of Directors by majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors not at the time Parties to the Proceeding; (ii) If a quorum cannot be obtained under Section 8.2(e)(2)(i) of these Bylaws, by majority vote of a committee duly designated by the Corporation's Board of Directors (in which designation directors who are Parties may participate), consisting solely of two (2) or more directors not at the time Parties to the Proceeding; or (iii) By special legal counsel: (I) Selected by the Corporation's Board of Directors or its committee in the manner prescribed in Sections 8.2(e)(2)(i) and (ii) of these Bylaws; or (II) If a quorum of the Board of Directors cannot be obtained under Section 8.2(e)(2)(i) of these Bylaws and a committee cannot be designated under Section 8.2(e)(2)(ii) of these Bylaws, selected by a majority vote of the full Board of Directors (in which selection directors who are Parties may participate); or (iv) By the shareholders, provided that shares owned by or voted under the control of Directors who are at the time Parties to the Proceeding shall not be voted on the determination. (3) Authorization of indemnification and evaluation as to reasonableness of Expenses shall be made in the same manner as the determination that indemnification is permissible, except that if the determination is made by special legal counsel, authorization of indemnification and evaluation as to reasonableness of Expenses shall be made by those entitled under Section 8.2(e)(2)(iii) of these Bylaws to select counsel. 8.3 Further Indemnification. Notwithstanding any limitation imposed by Section 8.2 of these Bylaws or elsewhere and in addition to the indemnification set forth in Section 8.2 of these Bylaws, the Corporation, to the full extent permitted by law, may agree by contract or otherwise to indemnify any Officer or Director and hold him harmless against any judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable Expenses actually incurred or reasonably anticipated in connection with any Proceeding in which any Officer or Director is a Party, provided the Officer or Director was made a Party to such Proceeding by reason of the fact that he is or was an Officer or Director of the Corporation or by reason of any inaction, nondisclosure, action or statement made, taken or omitted by or on behalf of the Officer or Director with respect to the Corporation or by or on behalf of the Officer or Director in his capacity as an Officer or Director. 8.4 Insurance. The Corporation may, in the discretion of the Board of Directors, purchase and maintain or cause to be purchased and maintained insurance on behalf of all Officers and Directors against any liability asserted against them or incurred by them in their capacity or arising out of their status as an Officer or Director, to the extent such insurance is reasonably available. Such insurance shall provide such coverage for the Officers and Directors as the Board of Directors may deem appropriate. Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed Not applicable. Item 8. Exhibits The following Exhibits are filed herein: Exhibit No. Description 4.1 Articles of Incorporation of First Security Bancorp, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form SB-2 [No. 333-43444]) 4.2 Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of First Security Bancorp, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form SB-2 [No. 333-43444]) 5 Opinion of Stoll, Keenon & Park, LLP 10.1 First Security Bancorp, Inc. Stock Award Plan (Formally Known As First Security Bank of Lexington, Inc. Stock Award Plan) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form SB-2[No.333-43444]) 23.1 Consent of Crowe, Chizek and Company LLP 23.2 Consent of Stoll, Keenon & Park, LLP (included in Exhibit 5) Item 9. Undertakings The undersigned small business issues hereby undertakes as follows: (1) The small business issuer will: (a) File, during any period in which it offers or sells securities, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement to: (i) Include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; (ii) Reflect in the prospectus any facts or events which, individually or together, represent a fundamental change in the information in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement. (iii) Include any additional or changed material information on the plan of distribution. (b) For determining liability under the Securities Act, treat each post-effective amendment as a new registration statement of the securities offered, and the offering of the securities at that time to be the initial bona fide offering. (c) File a post-effective amendment to remove from registration any of the securities that remain unsold at the end of the offering. (2) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provision, or otherwise, the small business issuer has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the small business issuer in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Lexington, Commonwealth of Kentucky, on August 20 2002. By: /s/ John S. Shropshire John S. Shropshire President and Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the date indicated. Signature Title Date /s/John S. Shropshire President, Chief Executive Officer August 20, 2002 John S. Shropshire and Chairman of the Board of Directors (Principal Executive Officer) /s/ Ben A. New Chief Financial Officer August 20, 2002 Ben A. New (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) /s/ Len Aldridge Director August 20, 2002 Len Aldridge /s/ Dennis R. Anderson Director August 20, 2002 Dennis R. Anderson /s/ John D. Barlow Director August 20, 2002 John D. Barlow /s/ Julian E. Beard Director August 20, 2002 Julian E. Beard ___________________ Director August 20, 2002 Harold Glenn Campbell /s/ William A. Combs, Jr. Director August 20, 2002 William A. Combs, Jr. /s/ A. F. Dawahare Director August 20, 2002 A. F. Dawahare /s/ Dr. Kenneth L. Gerson Director August 20, 2002 Dr. Kenneth L. Gerson ___________________ Director August 20, 2002 Tommy R. Hall /s/ Erle L. Levy Director August 20, 2002 Erle L. Levy /s/ David R. McCulloch Director August 20, 2002 David R. McCulloch ___________________ Director August 20, 2002 Dr. Ira P. Mersack /s/ Fon Rogers, II Director August 20, 2002 Fon Rogers, II /s/ Robert J. Rosenstein Director August 20, 2002 Robert J. Rosenstein ___________________ Director August 20, 2002 Nick O. Rowe /s/ Dr. Ronald J. Saykaly Director August 20, 2002 Dr. Ronald J. Saykaly ___________________ Director August 20, 2002 Richard S. Trontz /s/ William T. Vennes Director August 20, 2002 William T. Vennes /s/ Kathy E. Walker Director August 20, 2002 Kathy E. Walker /s/ Woodford Webb, Jr. Director August 20, 2002 D. Woodford Webb, Jr. EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit No. 4.1 Articles of Incorporation of First Security Bancorp, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form SB-2 [No. 333-43444]). 4.2 Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of First Security Bancorp, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form SB-2 [No. 333-43444]) 5 Opinion of Stoll, Keenon & Park, LLP 10.1 First Security Bancorp, Inc. Stock Award Plan (Formally Known As First Security Bank of Lexington, Inc. Stock Award Plan) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form SB-2[No.333-43444]) 23.1 Consent of Crowe, Chizek and Company LLP. 23.2 Consent of Stoll, Keenon & Par, LLP (included in Exhibit 5) EXHIBIT 5 OPINION OF STOLL, KEENON & PARK, LLP AS TO THE VALIDITY OF THE SHARES OF FIRST SECURITY BANCORP, INC. COMMON STOCK BEING REGISTERED August 23, 2002 First Security Bancorp, Inc. 318 East Main Street Lexington, Kentucky 40507 Re: 100,000 Shares of Common Stock, No Par Value Per Share, of First Security Bancorp, Inc. a Kentucky Corporation ("Company") Gentlemen: The undersigned has participated in the preparation of a registration statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect to up to 100,000 shares of the Company's common stock, no par value per share ("Common Stock"), which can be issued by the Company pursuant to the First Security Bancorp, Inc. Stock Award Plan (the "Plan"). For purposes of rendering the opinions expressed herein, the undersigned has examined the Company's articles of incorporation and all amendments thereto; the Company's bylaws and amendments thereto; and such of the Company's corporate records as the undersigned has deemed necessary and material to rendering the undersigned's opinion. The undersigned has relied upon certificates of public officials and representations of the Company's officials, and has assumed that all documents examined by the undersigned as originals are authentic, that all documents submitted to the undersigned as photocopies are exact duplicates of original documents and that all signatures on all documents are genuine. Based upon and subject to the foregoing and subsequent assumptions, qualifications and exceptions, it is the undersigned's opinion that: 1. The Company is a duly organized and validly existing corporation in good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and has all requisite power and authority to issue, sell and deliver the subject securities, and to carry on its business and own its property as now conducted; and 2. The shares of Common Stock to be issued by the Company in accordance with the terms set forth in the Registration Statement have been duly authorized and, when (a) the pertinent provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and such "blue sky" and securities law provisions as may be applicable have been complied with and (b) such shares have been duly delivered Plan participants as contemplated by the Registration Statement, such shares of Common Stock will be legally issued, fully paid and nonassessable. The opinions expressed above are limited by the following assumptions, qualifications and exceptions: (a) The undersigned is licensed to practice law only in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and expresses no opinion with respect to the effect of any laws other than those of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and of the United States of America; (b) The opinions stated herein are based upon statutes, regulations, rules, court decisions and other authorities existing and effective as of the date of this opinion, and the undersigned undertakes no responsibility to update or supplement said opinion in the event of or in response to any subsequent changes in the law or said authorities, or upon the occurrence after the date hereof of events or circumstances that, if occurring prior to the date hereof, might have resulted in different opinions;and (c) This opinions are limited to the legal matters expressly set forth herein, and no opinion is to be implied or inferred beyond the legal matters expressly so addressed. The undersigned hereby consents to the filing of this opinion with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement as well as all state regulatory bodies and jurisdictions where qualification is sought for the sale of the subject securities. Very truly yours, STOLL, KEENON & PARK, LLP /s/ Stoll, Keenon & Park, LLP EXHIBIT 23.1 Consent of Independent Public Accountants We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Form S-8 Registration Statement of First Security Bancorp, Inc., of our report dated January 25, 2002 on the consolidated financial statements of First Security Bancorp, Inc., as of December 31, 2001 and 2000 and for the years then ended as included in the registrant's annual report on Form 10-KSB. \s\ Crowe, Chizek and Company, LLP Crowe, Chizek and Company, LLP J. David Smith, Jr. (859) 231-3062 smith@skp.com August 23, 2002 Securities and Exchange Commission 450 Fifth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20549 Re: Registration Statement on Form S-8 First Security Bancorp, Inc. Dear Sir or Madam: On behalf of First Security Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company"), we transmit herewith for filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8, dated August 23, 2002, together with the exhibits thereto, in connection with the registration of 100,000 shares of no par value Common Stock. The registration fee of $186.30 has been wire transferred to the Commission's account at Mellon Bank in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Pursuant to General Instruction G to Form S-8, the within registration statement will become effective automatically upon filing. Very truly yours, /s/ J. David Smith, Jr. J. David Smith, Jr.