Exhibit 99.1


                                  NEWS RELEASE

DATE:      June 22, 2005   3:00 p.m. E.S.T.
CONTACT:   James L. Saner, Sr., President and CEO
           MainSource Financial Group, Inc. 812-663-0157

                Hines and Crall Elected to Board of Directors for
                           MainSource Financial Group

James L. Saner, Sr., President and CEO of MainSource Financial Group,  announced
today that D.J. Hines and Brian Crall were elected to the Board of Directors for
the corporation at its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 25, 2005.

Mr. Hines is Chief Executive Officer of Schuler Bauer Real Estate Services Inc.,
a real estate  brokerage  company,  and has held this position since 1987. He is
also  President of Bugaboo  Developers,  Inc. and a member of  Whispering  Pines
Developers, LLC, a residential land development company.

Mr. Crall is Deputy Secretary of the Executive  Cabinet,  Office of the Governor
of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. He has held this position since April 2004. Mr.
Crall also served as CEO of the  Owensboro  Family YMCA from November 1986 until
June 2000, CEO of Progress Printing Company from July 2000 until April 2004, and
was the 13th District State Representative in the state of Kentucky from January
1995 until April 2004.

At the meeting,  shareholders  also  re-elected  the following  directors to its
board for 2005: Robert E. Hoptry,  William G. Barron;  Philip A. Frantz; Rick S.
Hartman;  Douglas I. Kunkel;  and James L. Saner,  Sr.  Longtime  director  Dale
Deffner was honored for his dedication over the past 31 years as a Board Member,
as well as for his  service  on various  committees  throughout  the years.  Mr.
Deffner retired this year due to the age limitation established years ago.

Donald A. Benziger,  Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, reviewed
the 2004  financial  performance  of the Company  and all of the  changes  which
occurred  during the year. Mr. Saner spoke about the Company's  future  strategy
and the various  challenges that face the Company in 2005. He also discussed the
Company's  secondary  common  stock  offering  and  the  merger  of the  pending
acquisition  of Madison Bank and Trust Company into  MainSource  Bank,  which is
expected to be completed during the third quarter of 2005, subject to regulatory
approval.

Mr. Saner  stated,  "Our Board is a group of very  talented  individuals  from a
variety of different  backgrounds that continue to work together as a group with
their primary focus on building  shareholder value. The majority of the Board is
independent and the Board exceeds all SEC and NASDAQ requirements.  I am pleased
to be associated with such a fine group of people.  Our new members,  D.J. Hines
and Brian Crall, will continue to add diversified expertise and overall guidance
to our Company."

MainSource  Financial  Group,  Inc.,  headquartered in Greensburg,  Indiana,  is
listed  on  the  NASDAQ  Stock   Market   (trading   symbol:   MSFG)  and  is  a
community-focused,   financial   services   holding   company   with  assets  of
approximately $1.5 billion.  Through its three banking subsidiaries,  MainSource
Bank,  Greensburg,   Indiana;   Peoples  Trust  Company,  Linton,  Indiana;  and
MainSource Bank of Illinois,  Kankakee,  Illinois,  it operates 53 offices in 22
Indiana  counties  and six  offices  in three  Illinois  counties.  Through  its
non-banking  subsidiaries,  MainSource  Insurance LLC, MainSource Title LLC, and
MainSource Mortgage LLC, the Company provides various related financial services
through the Company's banking affiliates.

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 MainSource Financial Group, 201 N. Broadway, P.O. Box 87, Greensburg, IN 47240