---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-25-007894"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SYBT"
cik: "0000835324"
company_name: "Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-03-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T17:15:16.098055+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Stock Yards Bancorp names CFO T. Clay Stinnett as principal accounting officer after Newton resignation

## Summary
- Michael B. Newton resigned as Senior VP and Principal Accounting Officer effective March 14, 2025; no disagreement with financial reporting or operations.
- T. Clay Stinnett, age 51, appointed as principal accounting officer effective March 14, 2025; he is already EVP, Treasurer and CFO since 2019.
- No changes to Stinnett's compensatory arrangements in connection with the appointment.
- Stinnett has no familial relationships or reportable transactions with the Company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-25-007894
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SYBT
- cik: 0000835324
- company_name: Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-03-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/835324/000143774925007894/0001437749-25-007894-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/835324/000143774925007894/sybt20250317_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  T. Clay Stinnett was appointed as principal accounting officer at Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: principal accounting officer
  source text: appointed T. Clay Stinnett as the Company’s principal accounting officer, effective as of March 14, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/835324/000143774925007894/0001437749-25-007894-index.htm
- Executive change
  Michael B. Newton resigned as Senior Vice President and Principal Accounting Officer at Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Principal Accounting Officer
  source text: the departure of Michael B. Newton, who notified the Company of his resignation as Senior Vice President and Principal Accounting Officer, effective March 14, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/835324/000143774925007894/0001437749-25-007894-index.htm

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