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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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 14A Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. ) Filed by the Registrant ☒ Filed by a Party other than the Registrant ☐

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| Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc.                                                |
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<div align='center'>NOTICE OF THE
2025 ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS</div>

March 12, 2025

To our Shareholders:

The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc., a Kentucky corporation, will be held on Thursday, April 24, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Time, solely by remote communication in a virtual-only format. The meeting will be accessible on the Internet at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/SYBT2025. The items of business to be presented at the Annual Meeting include the following proposals:

| (1) | To elect directors to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified; |

| (2) | To approve a non-binding resolution to approve the compensation of Stock Yards Bancorp’s named executive officers; and |

| (3) | To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting. |

The record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting or at any adjournment thereof is the close of business on February 28,