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Issuer:     REPUBLIC BANCORP INC /KY/ (RBCAA)
CIK:        0000921557
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-24T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-019155
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 7.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Republic Bancorp completes sale of RBF division assets; expects $6M pre-tax gain in Q1 2026
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- Sold substantially all assets of Republic Bank Finance (RBF) to CAN Capital Merchant Services at net book value plus fixed premium.
- CAN acquired ~$81M in loans/leases and assumed ~$1M in related liabilities.
- Bank will record ~$6M pre-tax gain (net of broker commissions) in Q1 2026.
- RBF was originally acquired via the CBank acquisition in March 2023.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/921557/000110465926019155/0001104659-26-019155-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/921557/000110465926019155/rbcaa-20260220x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-019155

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