PREFERRED STOCK AND COMMON STOCK WARRANT	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
PREFERRED STOCK AND COMMON STOCK WARRANT [Abstract]
PREFERRED STOCK AND COMMON STOCK WARRANT	NOTE 24 – PREFERRED STOCK AND COMMON STOCK WARRANT On October 2, 2009, as part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program ("TARP") Capital Purchase Program, the Company entered into a Letter Agreement and Securities Purchase Agreement (collectively, the "Purchase Agreement") with the United States Department of the Treasury ("U.S. Treasury"). Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company issued and sold to the U.S. Treasury 22,252 shares of Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A, no par value, with a liquidation preference of one thousand dollars per share (the "Series A Preferred Stock") and a ten-year warrant (the "Warrant") to purchase 691,446 (historically, 628,588 as adjusted for the 10% stock dividend) shares of the Company's common stock, no par value, at an exercise price of $4.83 per share (historically $5.31 per share), for an aggregate purchase price of $22,252 in cash. Under standardized TARP Capital Purchase Program terms, cumulative dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock accrued on the liquidation preference at a rate of 5% per annum until November 14, 2014. As of November 14, 2014, all of the 22,252 shares of the Series A Preferred Stock have been repurchased or redeemed. The Series A Preferred Stock had no maturity date and ranked senior to the Company's common stock with respect to the payment of dividends and distributions and amounts payable upon liquidation, dissolution and winding up of Premier. Under terms of the Warrant, the exercise price and the number of shares that can be purchased were adjusted based upon certain events including common stock dividends paid to shareholders that exceed the $0.10 per share regular quarterly dividend paid by Premier at the time the Warrant was issued. Due to dividends paid in 2015 and 2014 that were either special cash dividends or dividends that exceeded the $0.10 regular quarterly cash dividend per share defined in the terms of the Warrant, the Warrant was adjusted to permit the purchase of 700,016 (historically 636,378) shares of the Company's common stock at an exercise price of $4.77 (historically $5.25) per share. On May 6, 2015, Premier purchased the Warrant from the U.S. Treasury for $5,675. Premier borrowed $4,000 on its line of credit with the Bankers Bank of Kentucky and used $1,675 of its cash and cash equivalents to complete the purchase. The purchase reduced shareholders' equity and regulatory capital by the $5,675 purchase price but also reduced the dilutive effect of potential additional common shares. See Note 16 above for additional information on the calculation of diluted earnings per share.

NOTE 24 – PREFERRED STOCK AND COMMON STOCK WARRANT

On October 2, 2009, as part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program ("TARP") Capital Purchase Program, the Company entered into a Letter Agreement and Securities Purchase Agreement (collectively, the "Purchase Agreement") with the United States Department of the Treasury ("U.S. Treasury"). Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company issued and sold to the U.S. Treasury 22,252 shares of Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A, no par value, with a liquidation preference of one thousand dollars per share (the "Series A Preferred Stock") and a ten-year warrant (the "Warrant") to purchase 691,446 (historically, 628,588 as adjusted for the 10% stock dividend) shares of the Company's common stock, no par value, at an exercise price of $4.83 per share (historically $5.31 per share), for an aggregate purchase price of $22,252 in cash.

Under standardized TARP Capital Purchase Program terms, cumulative dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock accrued on the liquidation preference at a rate of 5% per annum until November 14, 2014. As of November 14, 2014, all of the 22,252 shares of the Series A Preferred Stock have been repurchased or redeemed. The Series A Preferred Stock had no maturity date and ranked senior to the Company's common stock with respect to the payment of dividends and distributions and amounts payable upon liquidation, dissolution and winding up of Premier.

Under terms of the Warrant, the exercise price and the number of shares that can be purchased were adjusted based upon certain events including common stock dividends paid to shareholders that exceed the $0.10 per share regular quarterly dividend paid by Premier at the time the Warrant was issued. Due to dividends paid in 2015 and 2014 that were either special cash dividends or dividends that exceeded the $0.10 regular quarterly cash dividend per share defined in the terms of the Warrant, the Warrant was adjusted to permit the purchase of 700,016 (historically 636,378) shares of the Company's common stock at an exercise price of $4.77 (historically $5.25) per share. On May 6, 2015, Premier purchased the Warrant from the U.S. Treasury for $5,675. Premier borrowed $4,000 on its line of credit with the Bankers Bank of Kentucky and used $1,675 of its cash and cash equivalents to complete the purchase. The purchase reduced shareholders' equity and regulatory capital by the $5,675 purchase price but also reduced the dilutive effect of potential additional common shares. See Note 16 above for additional information on the calculation of diluted earnings per share.