# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000921557
**File Stem:** 0001104659-26-048535
**Filing Date:** 2026-4
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001104659-26-048535.hdr.sgml**: 20260424

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001104659-26-048535

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 11

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260423

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260424

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260424

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** REPUBLIC BANCORP INC /KY/
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000921557
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 02 Finance
- **EIN:** 610862051
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** KY
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 000-24649
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26893437

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** REPUBLIC CORPORATE CENTER
- **STREET 2:** 601 WEST MARKET ST
- **CITY:** LOUISVILLE
- **STATE:** KY
- **ZIP:** 40202
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 5025843600

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 601 W MARKET ST
- **CITY:** LOUISVILLE
- **STATE:** KY
- **ZIP:** 40202

?xml version='1.0' encoding='ASCII'? REPUBLIC BANCORP, INC._April 23, 2026

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**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, D.C. 20549**

**FORM 8-K**

#### CURRENT REPORT

#### Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): April 23, 2026

**REPUBLIC BANCORP, INC.**

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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| Kentucky | 0-24649 | 61-0862051 |
| (State or other jurisdiction | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| of incorporation) |  |  |

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601 West Market Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40202 <br> (Address of principal executive offices) (zip code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (502) 584-3600

NOT APPLICABLE

(Former Name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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

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| Title of each class | Trading Symbol | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| Class A Common  | RBCAA | The Nasdaq Stock Market |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

**Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.**

On April 23, 2026, Republic Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company") held its 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting"). At the Meeting, the Company's shareholders voted and: (1) elected each of the Company's nominees for director to the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board"); and (2) ratified the appointment of Forvis Mazars, LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026. Set forth below are the final voting results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of the Company's shareholders at the Meeting.

Proposal 1: To elect 13 directors to serve until the 2027 annual meeting of shareholders and their successors are elected and qualified or their earlier resignation or removal.

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|  |  | **Votes** | **Broker** |
| **Nominee** | **Votes For** | **Withheld** | **Non-Votes** |
| Yoania Cannon | 32501954 | 1853836 | 1814250 |
| Jennifer N. Green | 32482664 | 1873126 | 1814250 |
| Heather V. Howell | 32461113 | 1894677 | 1814250 |
| Timothy S. Huval | 32499749 | 1856041 | 1814250 |
| Ernest W. Marshall, Jr. | 32482852 | 1872938 | 1814250 |
| W. Kennett Oyler, III | 32478631 | 1877159 | 1814250 |
| Logan M. Pichel | 32392906 | 1962884 | 1814250 |
| Vidya Ravichandran | 32468621 | 1887169 | 1814250 |
| Alejandro M. Sanchez | 32501321 | 1854469 | 1814250 |
| A. Scott Trager | 32002343 | 2353447 | 1814250 |
| Steven E. Trager | 32470100 | 1885690 | 1814250 |
| Andrew Trager-Kusman | 32340510 | 2015280 | 1814250 |
| Mark A. Vogt | 31837510 | 2518280 | 1814250 |

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Proposal 2: To ratify the appointment of Forvis Mazars, LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026.

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| Votes For | 35,141,356 |
| Votes Against | 16,037 |
| Votes Abstained | 12,647 |

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#### SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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|  |  | Republic Bancorp, Inc. |
|  |  | (Registrant) |
| Date: April 24, 2026 | By: | /s/ Kevin Sipes |
|  |  | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Chief Accounting Officer |

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