Company: SYBT
Filing Date: 2025-03-12
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001437749-25-007118
Chunk: 25

Company: Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-12
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 25
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| ● | We offer a number of mortgage and financial assistance programs to remove barriers to homeownership, particularly for first-time home buyers, and reduce blight in distressed neighborhoods. |

| ● | Our employees are expected to communicate with customers in a clear, truthful and complete manner to assure clarity and transparency in all our business relationships. |

Responsibility to Our Employees

| ● | We offer competitive pay that includes annual performance and merit-based bonuses and generous paid time-off policies, and a comprehensive benefits package that includes a 401(k) and employee stock ownership plan with a substantial company matching contribution. |

| ● | Our commitment to employees’ financial wellness and personal well-being includes educational opportunities and guidance for wealth management and estate planning, training and professional development programs and fully-funded wellness programs that reward employees for healthy behaviors. |

| ● | We recognize employees for their extraordinary efforts and innovative ideas with quarterly achievement awards, and their time and investment in reaching the Bank’s goals with service anniversary rewards. |

| ● | We provide numerous opportunities for career advancement and professional development through online learning libraries, our management training program and general banking schools. |

| ● | Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion is reflected in the overall representation of minorities and women in our workforce, including increasing representation on senior leadership teams – 25% of our senior vice presidents are female and 5% are minorities. |

Responsibility to Our Community

| ● | Our Director of Community Engagement and Outreach works proactively to establish and maintain strong relationships with community-based charitable and non-profit organizations in support of our community reinvestment and fair lending programs. |

| ● | Our employees make significant contributions of their time and talent to our communities through volunteer activities – over 4,700 hours were spent on volunteer activities in 2024. |

| ● | Our employees are generous financial supporters of civic, cultural and emergency relief activities which, when combined with Bank contributions, amounted to approximately $1,600,000 contributed to nonprofit organizations across our markets. |

| ● | We offer numerous digital options for both consumer and commercial customers to minimize the carbon impact or improve the environmental impact of their operations including eStatements, remote deposit capture and online banking. Customers can conduct routine business transactions without the need to physically visit a branch or use paper resources. |

Awards and Recognition

As a testament to the strong culture, inclusive environment and numerous benefits we are committed to providing our employees, we were again nationally recognized