Company: SYBT
Filing Date: 2025-03-12
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001437749-25-007118
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Company: Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-12
Form: DEF 14A
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2025.

A list of shareholders of record as of the record date and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting will be made available for inspection by shareholders for any legally valid purpose related to the Annual Meeting (i) at the principal executive offices of Stock Yards Bancorp, beginning five business days prior to the meeting date and (ii) on the virtual shareholder meeting web site on the date of the meeting.

In order to lessen the environmental impact of our Annual Meeting and increase the ability of shareholders to connect with the Company to gain the information they need, we are furnishing our proxy materials to shareholders over the Internet. We are mailing a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials to our shareholders instead of paper copies of these materials. The Notice contains instructions on how to access the proxy materials on the Internet, how to vote your shares and how shareholders can request paper copies of these documents, including the Proxy Statement, our 2024 Annual Report and proxy card, if they prefer.

Your vote is important. Whether or not you plan to virtually attend the Annual Meeting of Shareholders, we hope you will vote as soon as possible. You may vote your shares electronically using your computer, telephone or mobile device. If you request and receive paper copies of our proxy materials, you may also vote your shares by completing, signing, dating and returning the included proxy card in the mailing envelope provided. Instructions regarding each of these methods of voting are contained in the accompanying Proxy Statement.

Thank you for your support of Stock Yards Bancorp. If your schedule permits, I hope you will join us via the live webcast.

| By Order of the Board of Directors   
 /s/ James A. Hillebrand              
 James A. Hillebrand                  
 Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |

<div align='center'>PROXY STATEMENT
FOR THE 2025 ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

PROXY HIGHLIGHTS</div>

This summary highlights information contained elsewhere in this Proxy Statement about the Annual Meeting and is not complete. We encourage you to read the entire Proxy Statement before voting your shares at the meeting. For complete information about our performance and financial results for 2024, please review our Annual Report on Form 10-K which accompanies this Proxy Statement.

Annual Meeting Information

Voting Matters and Board Recommendations

|    | Proposal                                | Board              
 Recommendation     |      Page 
 Reference |
| 1: | Election of directors                   | ✔ FOR all nominees |        16 |
| 2: | Advisory vote on executive compensation | ✔