---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-002223"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SYBT"
cik: "0000835324"
company_name: "Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-01-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T07:44:54.551537+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Stock Yards to acquire Field & Main for ~$106M in stock, expand in Western KY

## Summary
- All-stock deal valued at $105.7M; 0.6550 SYBT shares per Field & Main share ($44.55 implied price).
- Field & Main: $861M assets, $652M loans, $781M deposits, $800M trust AUM as of Dec 31, 2025.
- Pro forma combined: $10.4B assets, 81 branches; expected Q2 2026 close subject to approvals.
- Deal expected 5.7% EPS accretive after cost saves; TBV dilution ~0.9%, earnback ~0.9 years.
- Field & Main CEO Scott Davis to join Stock Yards board post-closing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-002223
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SYBT
- cik: 0000835324
- company_name: Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-01-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/835324/000143774926002223/0001437749-26-002223-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/835324/000143774926002223/sybt20260127_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-002223
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-002223.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-002223.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc. entered into Agreement and Plan of Merger with Field & Main Bancorp, Inc. (effective 2026-01-27).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: merger
  - Counterparty: Field & Main Bancorp, Inc.
  - Effective: 2026-01-27
  source text: On January 27, 2026, Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc., a Kentucky corporation (“ Stock Yards ”), River Holdings, Inc., a Kentucky corporation and direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Stock Yards (“ Merger Sub ”), and Field & Main Bancorp, Inc., a Kentucky corporation (“ Field & Main ”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “ Merger Agreement ”)
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/835324/000143774926002223/0001437749-26-002223-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.