UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 10-K

              [X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                   For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2001

            [ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                         Commission File Number 0-14412

                        Farmers Capital Bank Corporation
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                Kentucky                                       61-1017851
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation               (I.R.S. Employer
             or organization)                             Identification Number)


P.O. Box 309, 202 West Main St.
Frankfort, Kentucky                                               40601
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(Address of principal executive offices)                       (Zip Code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (502) 227-1600

           Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

          None                                          None
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   (Title of each class)             (Name of each exchange on which registered)

           Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

                    Common Stock - $ .125 per share Par Value
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                                (Title of Class)

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent  filers  pursuant to Item 405
of Regulation  S-K is not contained  herein,  and will not be contained,  to the
best of registrant's  knowledge,  in definitive proxy or information  statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K. [x]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the  preceding 12 months (or for such  shorter  period that the  registrant  was
required  to file  such  reports),  and  (2) has  been  subject  to such  filing
requirements for the past 90 days.

                                 Yes [x] No [ ]

The  aggregate  market  value of the voting stock held by  nonaffiliates  of the
Registrant as of March 27, 2002 was $ 251,733,711.

As of March 27, 2002 there were 6,896,814 shares outstanding.

Documents incorporated by reference:

     Portions  of the  Registrant's  2001  Annual  Report  to  Shareholders  are
     incorporated by reference into Part II. Portions of the Registrant's  Proxy
     Statement  relating to the Registrant's 2002 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
     are incorporated by reference into Part III.

An index of exhibits filed with this Form 10-K can be found on page 14.



                        FARMERS CAPITAL BANK CORPORATION
                                    FORM 10-K
                                      INDEX

                                                                            Page
Part I

     Item 1.  Business                                                        3
     Item 2.  Properties                                                      7
     Item 3.  Legal Proceedings                                               8
     Item 4.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders             9

Part II

     Item 5.  Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related
              Shareholder Matters                                             9
     Item 6.  Selected Financial Data                                        10
     Item 7.  Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
              Condition and Results of Operations                            10
     Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures
              About Market Risk                                              10
     Item 8.  Financial Statements and Supplementary Data                    10
     Item 9.  Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants
              on Accounting and Financial Disclosure                         11

Part III

     Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant             11
     Item 11. Executive Compensation                                         11
     Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners
              and Management                                                 11
     Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions                 11

Part IV

     Item 14. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules, and Reports
              on Form 8-K                                                    12

Signatures                                                                   13

Index of Exhibits                                                            14




                                     PART I

Item 1. Business
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                                  Organization
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Farmers  Capital Bank  Corporation  (the  "Registrant"  or the  "Company")  is a
financial  holding  company.  The  Registrant  was  originally  formed as a bank
holding  company  under the Bank  Holding  Company Act of 1956,  as amended,  on
October 28, 1982 under the laws of the  Commonwealth  of Kentucky.  During 2000,
the  Registrant  elected to change  from a bank  holding  company to a financial
holding company (see  discussion in Supervision  and Regulation  section of this
report).  The  Registrant's  subsidiaries  provide a wide range of  banking  and
bank-related  services to customers throughout  Kentucky.  The bank subsidiaries
owned by the  Registrant  include  Farmers  Bank & Capital  Trust Co.  ("Farmers
Bank"),   Frankfort,   Kentucky;  United  Bank  &  Trust  Co.  ("United  Bank"),
Versailles,   Kentucky;   Lawrenceburg  National  Bank  ("Lawrenceburg   Bank"),
Harrodsburg,  Kentucky; First Citizens Bank,  Shepherdsville,  Kentucky; Farmers
Bank and Trust Company ("Farmers Georgetown Bank"),  Georgetown,  Kentucky;  and
Kentucky Banking Centers, Inc. ("Ky. Banking Centers"),  Glasgow,  Kentucky. The
Registrant  also owns FCB  Services,  Inc.,  ("FCB  Services"),  a nonbank  data
processing  subsidiary located in Frankfort,  Kentucky and Kentucky General Life
Insurance  Company,  Inc.,  ("Kentucky  General"),  a nonbank  insurance  agency
subsidiary located in Frankfort,  Kentucky.  The Registrant's banking operations
are aggregated into one reportable  operating segment.  As of December 31, 2001,
the Registrant had $1.2 billion in consolidated assets.

Farmers Bank, originally organized in 1850, is a state chartered bank engaged in
a wide range of  commercial  and  personal  banking  activities,  which  include
accepting savings, time and demand deposits;  making secured and unsecured loans
to corporations,  individuals and others;  providing cash management services to
corporate and  individual  customers;  issuing  letters of credit;  renting safe
deposit  boxes;  and  providing  funds  transfer  services.  The bank's  lending
activities include making commercial,  construction, mortgage and personal loans
and lines of credit. The bank serves as an agent in providing credit card loans.
It acts as trustee of personal  trusts,  as executor of estates,  as trustee for
employee  benefit  trusts and as registrar,  transfer agent and paying agent for
bond issues.  Farmers  Bank also acts as  registrar,  transfer  agent and paying
agent for the Registrant's  stock issue.  Farmers Bank is the general depository
for the Commonwealth of Kentucky and has been for more than 70 years.

Farmers  Bank is the largest  bank  chartered  in Franklin  County.  It conducts
business in its principal office and four branches within Frankfort, the capital
of  Kentucky.  Franklin  County is a diverse  community,  including  government,
commerce, finance, industry,  medicine, education and agriculture. The bank also
serves  many  individuals  and  corporations  throughout  Central  Kentucky.  On
December 31, 2001, it had total consolidated  assets of $568 million,  including
loans net of unearned income of $262 million.  On the same date,  total deposits
were $353 million and shareholders' equity totaled $50 million.

Farmers  Bank had  four  subsidiaries  during  2001:  Farmers  Bank  Realty  Co.
("Realty"),  Leasing One Corporation  ("Leasing One"), Farmers Capital Insurance
Corporation  ("Farmers  Insurance"),  and E Properties,  Inc. ("E  Properties").
Prior to 2001,  Farmers Bank  participated  in a joint venture - Frankfort  ATM,
Ltd. ("ATM").

Realty was  incorporated  in 1978 for the purpose of owning  certain real estate
used by the  Registrant  and Farmers  Bank in the  ordinary  course of business.
Realty had total assets of $3.2 million on December 31, 2001.

Leasing One was incorporated in August 1993 to operate as a commercial equipment
leasing company. It is located in Frankfort and is currently licensed to conduct
business  in  thirteen  states.   In  1997,  it  began  to  service  leases  for
unaffiliated  third  parties.  At  year-end  2001 it had  total  assets of $24.5
million, including leases net of unearned income of $24.2 million.

Farmers  Insurance  was  organized  in 1988 to  engage in  insurance  activities
permitted to the Registrant by federal and state law.  Farmers Bank  capitalized
this corporation, which had no activity prior to 1998, in December 1998. Farmers
Insurance acts as an agent for  Commonwealth  Land Title Co. At year-end 2001 it
had total  assets of $77  thousand.  Farmers  Insurance  has a 50%  interest  in
Farmers  Fidelity  Insurance  Company,  LLP ("Farmers  Fidelity").  The Creech &
Stafford Insurance Agency, Inc., an unrelated party to the Registrant,  also has
a 50% interest in Farmers Fidelity.

E Properties was  incorporated on May 5, 2000. This company was involved in real
estate management and liquidation for properties  repossessed by Farmers Bank. E
Properties was effectively liquidated on December 31, 2001.

Farmers  Bank had a 50%  interest  in ATM, a joint  venture  for the  purpose of
ownership of automatic  teller  machines in the Frankfort  area.  State National
Bank, a Frankfort bank not otherwise associated with the Registrant,  also had a
50% interest in ATM. ATM was dissolved in December 2000, and the total remaining
assets were distributed to its partners.

On February 15, 1985, the  Registrant  acquired  United Bank, a state  chartered
bank originally  organized in 1880. It is engaged in a general banking  business
providing  full service  banking to  individuals,  businesses  and  governmental
customers.  It conducts  business in its  principal  office and two  branches in
Woodford  County,  Kentucky.  During 1997, it purchased a building in Midway for
the purpose of moving its existing  Midway branch.  The new building  allows the
bank to offer drive thru services to its customers in Midway. United Bank is the
largest bank chartered in Woodford  County with total assets of $142 million and
total deposits of $126 million at December 31, 2001.

On June  28,  1985,  the  Registrant  acquired  Lawrenceburg  Bank,  a  national
chartered bank originally  organized in 1885. It is engaged in a general banking
business   providing  full  service  banking  to  individuals,   businesses  and
governmental customers.  During 1998, it was granted permission by the Office of
the  Comptroller of the Currency  ("OCC") to move its charter and main office to
Harrodsburg,  Kentucky  in  Mercer  County.  Construction  of the  new  site  in
Harrodsburg was completed and operations began there in July 1999.  Lawrenceburg
Bank  conducts  business at the  Harrodsburg  site and two  branches in Anderson
County,  Kentucky. The Anderson County branches rank number one in size compared
to all banks  chartered in Anderson  County.  Total assets were $126 million and
total deposits were $113 million at December 31, 2001.

On March  31,  1986,  the  Registrant  acquired  First  Citizens  Bank,  a state
chartered bank originally  organized in 1964. It is engaged in a general banking
business   providing  full  service  banking  to  individuals,   businesses  and
governmental  customers.  During 1997, it applied and was granted  permission by
the Kentucky Department of Financial  Institutions  ("KDFI") to move its charter
and main office to  Shepherdsville,  Kentucky in Bullitt County.  First Citizens
Bank  completed  construction  of the site and began  operations  in April 1998.
During 1999, First Citizens Bank closed its South Dixie branch in Elizabethtown,
Kentucky.  It now  conducts  business  in its four  branches  in Hardin  County,
Kentucky  along with its  principal  office in  Shepherdsville.  First  Citizens
Bank's  Hardin  County  branches  rank number four in size compared to all banks
chartered in Hardin  County.  Total assets were $145 million and total  deposits
were $121 million at December 31, 2001.

On June 30, 1986,  the  Registrant  acquired  Farmers  Georgetown  Bank, a state
chartered bank originally  organized in 1850. It is engaged in a general banking
business   providing  full  service  banking  to  individuals,   businesses  and
governmental  customers.  It conducts business in its principal office and three
branches in Scott County, Kentucky.  Farmers Georgetown Bank is the largest bank
chartered in Scott  County with total assets of $165 million and total  deposits
of $129 million at December 31, 2001.

On June 15,  1987,  the  Registrant  acquired  Horse  Cave State  Bank,  a state
chartered bank originally  organized in 1926.  During 1997, it received approval
from the KDFI to move its  charter  to  Glasgow,  Kentucky.  Subsequent  to that
approval,  Horse Cave State Bank changed its name to Kentucky  Banking  Centers,
Inc. Ky. Banking Centers is engaged in a general banking business providing full
service banking to  individuals,  businesses,  and  governmental  customers.  It
conducts  business in its  principal  office in Glasgow and two branches in Hart
County,  Kentucky.  Ky. Banking Centers' Hart County branches rank number one in
size  compared to all banks  chartered  in Hart  County.  Total  assets were $98
million and total deposits were $85 million at December 31, 2001.

The  Registrant's  subsidiary banks make first and second  residential  mortgage
loans secured by the real estate not to exceed 90% loan to value without seeking
third party  guarantees.  Commercial  real  estate  loans are made in the low to
moderate  range,  secured by the real  estate not  exceeding  80% loan to value.
Other  commercial  loans are asset based loans secured by equipment and lines of
credit secured by  receivables.  Secured and unsecured  consumer loans generally
are made for  automobiles  and other  motor  vehicles.  In most cases  loans are
restricted to the subsidiaries' general market area.

FCB Services,  organized in 1992,  provides data processing services and support
for the Registrant and its subsidiaries.  It is located in Frankfort,  Kentucky.
During  1994,  FCB  Services  began  performing  data  processing  services  for
nonaffiliated  banks.  FCB Services had total assets of $3.3 million at December
31, 2001.

Kentucky  General  was  incorporated  on June 22,  2000 to engage  in  insurance
activities  permitted by federal and state law. This corporation was inactive as
of December 31, 2001.


                           Supervision and Regulation
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The  Registrant  originally  registered  as  a  bank  holding  company  and  was
restricted to those activities permissible under the Bank Holding Company Act of
1956, as amended ("BHC Act"). The BHC Act provides for regulation,  supervision,
and examination by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ("FRB").
The  Gramm-Leach-Bliley  Act of 1999 ("GLB Act") signed into law on November 12,
1999  had a  significant  effect  on  Federal  banking  laws  applicable  to the
Registrant  and its  subsidiary  banks.  The GLB Act permitted the Registrant to
elect to become a financial holding company.  The Registrant elected this option
on June 9, 2000. In order to be granted status as a financial holding company, a
bank holding company and each of its subsidiary depository  institutions must be
well capitalized, well managed, and have achieved at least a satisfactory record
of meeting community credit needs at its most recent Community  Reinvestment Act
("CRA") examination. A financial holding company is subject to corrective action
by the FRB if any  depository  institution  controlled  by the company  fails to
maintain  both well  capitalized  and well  managed  status.  The GLB Act places
limitations on a financial  holding company's ability to engage in new financial
activities and  affiliations  if the company fails to maintain its  satisfactory
CRA rating.

The GLB Act amended the BHC Act to allow a bank holding company that has elected
financial  holding  company  status to engage in an expanded list of permissible
activities,  including insurance and securities underwriting,  among others. The
GLB Act includes a system of  functional  regulation  in which the FRB serves as
the  umbrella   regulator  of  the  holding  company.   The  FRB  regulates  the
Registrant's business activities in a variety of ways including, but not limited
to, requirements on acquiring control of other banks and bank holding companies,
limitations on activities and investments,  and regulatory capital requirements.
State and other federal financial regulators, such as the KDFI, OCC, the Federal
Deposit  Insurance  Corporation  ("FDIC"),   and  the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission also regulate either affiliates of the holding company or the holding
company itself.

The  Registrant's  state bank  subsidiaries are subject to state banking law and
regulation and periodic examinations by the KDFI.  Lawrenceburg Bank, a national
bank,  is subject to similar  regulation  and  supervision  by the OCC under the
National  Banking Act and the Federal  Reserve System under the Federal  Reserve
Act. Other regulations that apply to the Registrant's bank subsidiaries include,
but are not limited to, insurance of deposit accounts,  capital ratios,  payment
of dividends,  liquidity requirements, the nature and amount of investments that
can be made,  transactions with affiliates,  community and consumer lending, and
internal policies and control.

The operations of the  Registrant and its subsidiary  banks are also affected by
other  banking  legislation  and  policies and  practices of various  regulatory
authorities.  Such legislation and policies include  statutory  maximum rates on
loans,   reserve   requirements,   domestic  monetary  and  fiscal  policy,  and
limitations on the kinds of services that may be offered. During 2000, the State
Wide  Branching  Bill  became  effective,  which  allows  banks to open a branch
anywhere in the state of Kentucky.  Previously, banks were limited to the county
where the main office was located.

The BHC Act formerly  prohibited  the Federal  Reserve  Board from  approving an
application from a bank holding company to acquire shares of another bank across
its  own  state  lines.  However,  effective  September  1995,  new  legislation
abolished those  restrictions  and now allows bank holding  companies to acquire
shares of out of state  banks,  subject to certain  conditions.  Currently,  the
Company has no plans to purchase an out of state bank.

The GLB Act includes various extensive customer privacy  protection  provisions.
The GLB Act  requires a financial  institution  to clearly  disclose its privacy
policy to its customers regarding the sharing of non-public personal information
with affiliates and third parties.  The financial  institution's  privacy policy
must be disclosed at the time a customer  relationship  is  established  and not
less than annually thereafter.

The  Financial  Reform,  Recovery and  Enforcement  Act of 1989  provides that a
holding company's controlled insured depository  institutions are liable for any
loss  incurred  by the FDIC in  connection  with  the  default  of,  or any FDIC
assisted transaction involving, an affiliated insured bank.

Deposits  of the  Registrant's  subsidiary  banks are insured by the FDIC's Bank
Insurance Fund, which subjects the banks to regulation and examination under the
provisions of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.

Under the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act ("FDICIA"),  the
FDIC  established  a  risk-based   assessment  system  for  insured   depository
institutions,  which became  effective  January 1, 1994.  The FDIC has adopted a
risk-based  deposit insurance  assessment system under which the assessment rate
for  an  insured   depository   institution   depends  on  the  assessment  risk
classification  assigned to the  institution  by the FDIC which is determined by
the institution's capital level.

Under  FDICIA,  the  federal  banking  regulators  are  required  to take prompt
corrective  action if an institution  fails to satisfy  certain  minimum capital
requirements,  including a leverage limit, a risk-based capital requirement, and
any other measure  deemed  appropriate  by the federal  banking  regulators  for
measuring  the  capital  adequacy  of an  insured  depository  institution.  All
institutions, regardless of their capital levels, are restricted from making any
capital  distribution  or  paying  any  management  fees  that  would  cause the
institution to become undercapitalized.

The purpose of the CRA is to  encourage  banks to respond to the credit needs of
the communities they serve, including low and moderate-income neighborhoods. CRA
states that banks should  accomplish this while still preserving the flexibility
needed for safe and sound  operations.  It is designed  to  increase  the bank's
sensitivity to investment opportunities that will benefit the community.

References under the caption "Supervision and Regulation" to applicable statutes
and regulations are brief summaries of portions  thereof which do not purport to
be complete and which are qualified in their entirety by reference thereto.


                                   Competition
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The Registrant and its  subsidiaries  compete for banking  business with various
types  of  businesses   other  than  commercial   banks  and  savings  and  loan
associations.  These include,  but are not limited to, credit  unions,  mortgage
lenders,  finance  companies,  insurance  companies,  stock  and  bond  brokers,
financial  planning firms,  and department  stores which compete for one or more
lines of banking  business.  The banks also  compete for  commercial  and retail
business not only with banks in Central Kentucky, but with banking organizations
from Ohio,  Indiana,  Tennessee,  Pennsylvania,  and North  Carolina  which have
banking  subsidiaries located in Kentucky and may possess greater resources than
the Corporation.

The primary areas of competition pertain to quality of services, interest rates,
and fees charged on loans and deposits.

The business of the  Registrant is not  dependent  upon any one customer or on a
few  customers,  and the  loss of any one or a few  customers  would  not have a
material adverse effect on the Registrant.

No material  portion of the business of the Registrant is seasonal.  No material
portion of the business of the Registrant is subject to renegotiation of profits
or termination of contracts or  subcontracts  at the election of the government,
though certain contracts are subject to such renegotiation or termination.

The Registrant is not engaged in operations in foreign countries.

                                    Employees
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As of December 31, 2001, the Registrant and its  subsidiaries  had 468 full-time
equivalent  employees.  Employees  are  provided  with  a  variety  of  employee
benefits. A retirement plan, a profit-sharing (401K) plan, group life insurance,
hospitalization,  dental,  and major medical insurance are available to eligible
personnel.  Employees are not  represented  by a union.  Management and employee
relations are good.

During 1997, the Registrant's  Board of Directors approved its Stock Option Plan
("Plan"),  which  grants  certain  eligible  employees  the option to purchase a
limited  number  of the  Registrant's  common  stock.  The  Plan  specifies  the
conditions  and  terms  that the  grantee  must  meet in order to  exercise  the
options. The Plan was subsequently ratified by the Registrant's  shareholders at
its annual meeting held on May 12, 1998.

Item 2. Properties
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The Registrant leases its main office from Realty.

Farmers Bank and its subsidiaries currently own or lease nine buildings. Farmers
Bank  operates  at five  locations,  two of which it owns and  three of which it
leases.  United  Bank owns its two branch  offices  and  approximately  52% of a
condominiumized  building which houses its main office.  Lawrenceburg  Bank owns
its main office in Harrodsburg and its two branch sites in  Lawrenceburg.  First
Citizens Bank owns its main office and two of its four  branches.  The other two
branch locations of First Citizens Bank are leased  facilities,  one of which is
located  in a grocery  store.  Farmers  Georgetown  Bank  owns its main  office,
another  branch in Georgetown,  and one in Stamping  Ground,  Kentucky.  Farmers
Georgetown  Bank's third  branch is located in a leased  facility.  Ky.  Banking
Centers  owns its main office in Glasgow,  Kentucky and its branch site in Horse
Cave, Kentucky. It leases its branch facilities in Munfordville, Kentucky.

Item 3. Legal Proceedings
-------------------------

Farmers  Bank was named,  on  September  10,  1992,  as a defendant  in Case No.
92CIO5734 in Jefferson Circuit Court, Louisville,  Kentucky, Earl H. Shilling et
al. v.  Farmers  Bank & Capital  Trust  Company.  Details of this case have been
disclosed in previous  Annual Reports on Form 10-K and subsequent  10-Q filings.
The named  plaintiffs  purported to represent a class  consisting of all present
and former owners of the County of Jefferson,  Kentucky,  Nursing Home Refunding
Revenue Bonds  (Filson Care Home Project)  Series 1986A and County of Jefferson,
Kentucky,  Nursing Home  Improvement  Revenue  Bonds  (Filson Care Home Project)
Series 1986B  (collectively "the Bonds").  The plaintiffs alleged that the class
had been  damaged  through a  reduction  in the value of the Bonds and a loss of
interest  on the Bonds  because of the  actions of the Bank in its  capacity  as
indenture trustee for the Bondholders.  The plaintiffs demanded compensatory and
punitive damages.

On July 6, 1993, the Court denied the plaintiffs'  motion to certify the case as
a class action.  Subsequently,  the plaintiffs  amended their  complaint to join
additional  Bondholders as plaintiffs.  The plaintiffs  claimed to hold Bonds in
the aggregate  principal  amount of $480,000.  Before trial, the Court dismissed
thirty-nine of the  plaintiffs  because they were unable or unwilling to present
testimony to support their claims.

The case was tried to a jury  beginning  on March 28, 2000 on the claims of four
plaintiffs holding Bonds in the aggregate principal amount of $80,000. The Court
granted a directed  verdict in favor of the Bank on the  plaintiffs'  claim that
the Bank had  engaged in  commercial  bribery  and that the legal fees that were
paid by the Bank should be disgorged  because of an alleged conflict of interest
of the Bank's  counsel.  The jury found for the plaintiffs on the claim that the
Bank had  breached  its  fiduciary  duty and awarded the  plaintiffs  $99,875 in
compensatory damages and $600,000 in punitive damages.

The Bank filed a motion for  judgment  notwithstanding  the  verdict  or, in the
alternative,  for a new trial,  asserting  that the jury's verdict that the Bank
breached its fiduciary duty was not supported by sufficient  evidence,  that the
jury's award of damages was  speculative  and was not supported by the evidence,
and that the jury's award of punitive  damages was not  supported by  sufficient
evidence.  The Bank also asserted that a new trial was warranted  because of the
erroneous admission of evidence concerning legal fees paid by the Bank.

Plaintiffs filed an appeal contending that the denial of class certification was
erroneous,  that the individual  plaintiffs  should not have been dismissed from
the  lawsuit,  that  certain  evidence was  erroneously  excluded,  and that the
directed  verdict  regarding the  disgorgement  of legal fees and the commercial
bribery claims was  erroneous.  On August 1, 2000, the Kentucky Court of Appeals
dismissed the appeal as having been prematurely filed.

On January 3, 2001, the Jefferson Circuit Court entered judgment in favor of the
Bank notwithstanding the jury's verdict in favor of the plaintiffs, holding that
the Bank  reasonably  relied in good  faith on the advice of its  counsel,  that
there  was no  evidence  that  the  Bank  breached  its  fiduciary  duty  to the
plaintiffs,  and that there was no evidence that the Bank caused the plaintiffs'
losses.

On January 31, 2001,  the  plaintiff  bondholders  appealed,  and on February 9,
2001, defendant Bank cross-appealed, the judgment of the Jefferson Circuit Court
to the Kentucky Court of Appeals.

In their appeal,  the  Bondholders  claim that the trial court's denial of class
certification was erroneous,  that certain individual plaintiffs should not have
been dismissed  from the lawsuit,  that the trial court  erroneously  directed a
verdict  against  them on the  issue of a  conflict  of  interest,  and that the
judgment  notwithstanding  the  verdict  was  erroneously  granted  because  the
evidence was sufficient to support the jury's verdict.

In its cross-appeal, the Bank claims that the trial court erroneously bifurcated
the trial on the issue of liability and damages,  that certain  witnesses should
have been  excluded  from the  trial,  that the Bank  should  have been  granted
summary judgment,  and that certain evidence and testimony regarding  attorneys'
fees should have been excluded.

The  Bank  intends  to  vigorously  pursue  its  pending  motion  and to  defend
plaintiffs'  claims. It is not possible at this stage of the proceedings to make
any prediction as to the outcome.

As of December 31, 2001,  there were various  other  pending  legal  actions and
proceedings against the Company,  including these above, arising from the normal
course of business  and in which  claims for damages are  asserted.  Management,
after  discussion  with legal  counsel,  believes that these actions are without
merit and that the ultimate  liability  resulting  from these legal  actions and
proceedings,  if  any,  will  not  have  a  material  adverse  effect  upon  the
consolidated financial statements of the Company.

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
-----------------------------------------------------------

No matters were submitted during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year covered
by this report to a vote of security holders, through the solicitation of
proxies or otherwise.



                                     PART II

Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related Shareholder Matters
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

The  information  set forth under the  sections  "Shareholder  Information"  and
"Stock Prices" on pages 33 and 34 of the 2001 Annual Report to  Shareholders  is
hereby incorporated by reference. Additional information set forth under Note 16
to the Registrant's  Consolidated Financial Statements on pages 53 and 54 of the
2001 Annual Report to Shareholders is also hereby incorporated by reference.

Stock Transfer Agent and Registrar:

         Farmers Bank & Capital Trust Co.
         P.O. Box 309
         Frankfort, Kentucky 40602

The Registrant offers shareholders automatic reinvestment of dividends in shares
of stock at the market price without fees or  commissions.  For a description of
the plan and an authorization card, contact the Registrar above.

NASDAQ Market Makers:

     Herzog, Heine, Geduld, Inc.                    Morgan, Keegan and Company
     (800) 221-3600                                 (800) 260-0280

     J.J.B. Hilliard, W.L. Lyons, Inc.              Spear, Leeds & Kellogg
     (502) 588-8400 or                              (800) 526-3160
     (800) 444-1854

     Knight Securities LP
     (888) 302-9197






Item 6. Selected Financial Data
-------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DECEMBER 31,                                              2001           2000            1999           1998           1997
(In thousands, except per share data)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                 
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Interest Income                                    $    77,039    $    75,481      $   69,034      $  69,681    $    67,360
Interest Expense                                        34,357         32,536          27,184         29,147         27,450
Net Interest Income                                     42,682         42,945          41,850         40,534         39,910
Provision for Loan Losses                                2,448          2,472           2,863          1,134          1,830
Net Income                                              14,671         14,380          13,930         14,247         14,103
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PER SHARE DATA
Net Income -
  Basic                                            $      2.10    $      1.97      $     1.86      $    1.89     $     1.86
  Diluted                                                 2.09           1.97            1.86           1.89           1.86
Cash Dividends Declared                                   1.21           1.17            1.13           1.00            .855
Book Value                                               17.89          17.49           16.82          16.47          15.48
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SELECTED RATIOS
Percentage of Net Income to:
  Average Shareholders' Equity (ROE)                     11.93%         11.61%          11.20%         11.88%         12.50%
  Average Total Assets (ROA)                              1.28           1.40            1.41           1.49           1.56
Percentage of Dividends Declared to
  Net Income                                             57.70          59.33           60.66          53.02          45.90
Percentage of Average Shareholders'
  Equity to Average Total Assets                         10.75          12.06           12.58          12.55          12.46
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total Shareholders' Equity                          $  123,560     $  125,461      $  125,106      $ 123,839     $  117,044
Total Assets                                         1,183,530      1,204,752       1,039,787        992,338      1,014,183
WEIGHTED AVERAGE SHARES OUTSTANDING
  Basic                                                  6,982          7,304           7,478          7,555          7,572
  Diluted                                                7,025          7,307           7,478          7,555          7,572
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        of Operations
        -------------

The discussion on pages 22 through 35 of the 2001 Annual Report to  Shareholders
is hereby incorporated by reference.

Item 7A.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
--------  ----------------------------------------------------------

The  information  set forth under the item "Market Risk  Management" on pages 31
and 32 of the 2001  Annual  Report to  Shareholders  is hereby  incorporated  by
reference.

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
---------------------------------------------------

The  information  set forth  below on pages 37 through  58, and the inside  back
cover of the 2001  Annual  Report  to  Shareholders  is hereby  incorporated  by
reference:

Independent Auditors' Report
Consolidated Balance Sheets
Consolidated Statements of Income
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders' Equity
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Shareholder Information


Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
        Financial Disclosure
        --------------------

The Registrant has had no  disagreement  on accounting and financial  disclosure
matters  and has not  changed  accountants  during the three year  period  ended
December 31, 2001.


                                    PART III

Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant
-----------------------------------------------------------

                                  Positions and             Years of Service
                                  Offices With              With the
Executive Officer1        Age     the Registrant            Registrant
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Charles S. Boyd2           60     President and CEO,            38*
                                  Director3

Allison B. Gordon          38     Senior Vice President4        15*


Additional  information  required by Item 10 is hereby incorporated by reference
from the  Registrant's  definitive proxy statement in connection with its annual
meeting of shareholders  scheduled for May 14, 2002 which will be filed with the
Commission on or about April 1, 2002, pursuant to Regulation 14A.

*    Includes years of service with the Registrant and its subsidiaries.

1    For  Regulation  O  purposes,   Frank  W.  Sower,   Jr.,  Chairman  of  the
     Registrant's board of directors, is considered an executive officer in name
     only.

2    Mr. Boyd died on March 8, 2002.  Refer to Form 8-K dated March 13, 2002 for
     additional information.

3    Also a director of Farmers Bank, Ky. Banking  Centers,  Farmers  Georgetown
     Bank,  United  Bank,  Lawrenceburg  Bank,  First  Citizens  Bank,  and  FCB
     Services.

4    Also a director of Farmers Bank, Farmers Georgetown Bank, and FCB Services.

Item 11. Executive Compensation
-------------------------------

Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions
-------------------------------------------------------

The  information  required  by Items 11  through  13 is hereby  incorporated  by
reference from the  Registrant's  definitive  proxy statement in connection with
its annual  meeting of  shareholders  scheduled  for May 14,  2002 which will be
filed with the Commission on or about April 1, 2002, pursuant to Regulation 14A.




                                     PART IV

Item 14. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules, and Reports on Form 8-K
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                              2001 Annual Report
                                                                To Shareholders
(a)1.    Financial Statements                                          Page
         --------------------

         Independent Auditors' Report                                    37

         Consolidated Balance Sheets at
              December 31, 2001 and 2000                                 38

         Consolidated Statements of Income
              for the years ended December 31, 2001, 2000, and 1999      39

         Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
              for the years ended December 31, 2001, 2000, and 1999      40

         Consolidated Statements of Changes in
              Shareholders' Equity for the years
              ended December 31, 2001, 2000, and 1999                    41

         Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
              for the years ended December 31, 2001, 2000, and 1999      42

         Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements                 43 - 58

(a)2.    Financial Statement Schedules
         -----------------------------

         All schedules are omitted for the reason they are not required, or are
         not applicable, or the required information is disclosed elsewhere in
         the financial statements and related notes thereto.

(a)3.    Exhibits:
         ---------

                  13.      2001 Annual Report to Shareholders
                  21.      Subsidiaries of the Registrant
                  23.      Independent Auditors' Consent

(b)      Reports on Form 8-K
         -------------------

          On March 13, 2002, the Registrant filed a report on Form 8-K regarding
          the  March 8, 2002  death of  Charles  S.  Boyd,  President  and Chief
          Executive  Officer of the Registrant.  On March 11, 2002, the Board of
          Directors  of  the  Registrant  elected  G.  Anthony  Busseni  as  the
          permanent  President and Chief Executive  Officer to replace Mr. Boyd,
          effective  immediately.  There were no financial statements filed with
          this Form 8-K.

(c)      Exhibits
         --------

         See Index of Exhibits set forth on page 14.

(d)      Separate Financial Statements and Schedules
         -------------------------------------------

         None.



                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the  requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange
Act of 1934,  the  Registrant  has duly  caused  this report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                      FARMERS CAPITAL BANK CORPORATION


                      By:    /s/ G. Anthiny Busseni
                             ------------------------------
                             G. Anthony Busseni
                             President and Chief Executive Officer


                      Date:  March 11, 2002
                            ------------------------------



Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report
has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and
in the capacities and on the dates indicated.


/s/ G. Anthony Busseni    President, Chief Executive Officer   Mar-11-02
------------------------- and Director (principal executive  -------------------
G. Anthony Busseni        officer of the Registrant)


/s/ Frank W. Sower, Jr.          Chairman                      Mar-11-02
-------------------------                                    -------------------
Frank W. Sower, Jr.

                                 Director
-------------------------                                    -------------------
Charles S. Boyd 1

/s/ Lloyd C. Hillard, Jr.        Director                      Mar-11-02
-------------------------                                    -------------------
Lloyd C. Hillard, Jr.

                                 Director
-------------------------                                    -------------------
W. Benjamin Crain

/s/ Stokes A. Baird              Director                       3-21-02
-------------------------                                    -------------------
Stokes A. Baird, IV

/s/ Harold G. Mays               Director                      Mar 12-02
-------------------------                                    -------------------
Harold G. Mays

/s/ E. Glenn Birdwhistell        Director                      Mar 11, 02
-------------------------                                    -------------------
E. Glenn Birdwhistell

/s/ Michael M. Sullivan          Director                      Mar 12 02
-------------------------                                    -------------------
Michael M. Sullivan

/s/ J. Barry Banker              Director                      Mar 11, 2002
-------------------------                                    -------------------
J. Barry Banker

/s/ Robert Roach, Jr.            Director                      March 11, 2002
-------------------------                                    -------------------
Robert Roach, Jr.

/s/ Shelley S. Sweeney           Director                      March 11, 2002
-------------------------                                    -------------------
Shelley S. Sweeney

/s/ C. Douglas Carpenter   Vice President, Secretary           3-11-02
-------------------------  and CFO (principal financial      -------------------
C. Douglas Carpenter       and accounting officer)

1 Mr. Boyd died on March 8, 2002.


                                INDEX OF EXHIBITS



                                                                       Page


13.      2001 Annual Report to Shareholders                        Enclosed

21.      Subsidiaries of the Registrant                                  15

23.      Independent Auditors' Consent                                   16








                                   Exhibit 21
                         Subsidiaries of the Registrant
                         ------------------------------

The  following  table  provides a listing of the direct and  indirect  operating
subsidiaries  of the  Registrant,  the  percent  of  voting  stock  held  by the
Registrant  as of December 31, 2001 and the  jurisdiction  of  incorporation  in
which each subsidiary was incorporated or organized.

                                                                  Percentage of
                                                                     Voting
                                                  Jurisdiction    Stock held by
Subsidiaries of the Registrant                  of Incorporation    Registrant
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Farmers Bank & Capital Trust Co.                  Kentucky            100%

United Bank & Trust Company                       Kentucky            100%

First Citizens Bank                               Kentucky            100%

Lawrenceburg National Bank                        Kentucky            100%

Farmers Bank and Trust Company                    Kentucky            100%

Kentucky Banking Centers, Inc.                    Kentucky            100%

FCB Services, Incorporated                        Kentucky            100%

Kentucky General Life Insurance Company, Inc.     Kentucky               1

Farmers Capital Insurance Corporation 2           Kentucky

Farmers Fidelity Insurance Agency, LLP 3          Kentucky

Farmers Bank Realty Co. 2                         Kentucky

Leasing One Corporation 2                         Kentucky



1   None Issued

2   A wholly owned subsidiary of Farmers Bank & Capital Trust Co.

3   A fifty (50%) percent owned LLP of Farmers Capital Insurance Corporation




                                   Exhibit 23
                          Independent Auditors' Consent
                          -----------------------------





The Board of Directors
Farmers Capital Bank Corporation

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration  statement (No.
333-63037) on Form S-8 of Farmers  Capital Bank  Corporation of our report dated
January 15, 2002,  with respect to the  consolidated  balance  sheets of Farmers
Capital Bank  Corporation and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2001 and 2000, and
the related consolidated statements of income,  comprehensive income, changes in
shareholders'  equity,  and cash  flows for each of the years in the  three-year
period ended  December 31, 2001,  which report  appears in the December 31, 2001
annual report on Form 10-K of Farmers Capital Bank Corporation.


/s/ KPMG LLP

Louisville, Kentucky
March 27, 2002