---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-23-006435"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RBCAA"
cik: "0000921557"
company_name: "REPUBLIC BANCORP INC /KY/"
filed_at: "2023-04-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T22:01:26.967319+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Republic Bancorp shareholders elect directors, approve say-on-pay every two years

## Summary
- All 16 director nominees elected; votes for ranged from 31.69M to 33.92M.
- Advisory say-on-pay passed with 33.9M for (98.3% of votes cast).
- Shareholders chose two-year frequency for future say-on-pay (29.7M votes for two years).
- Crowe LLP ratified as independent auditor for 2023 with 35.6M for (99.7%).
- Company will hold advisory vote on executive compensation every two years per shareholder recommendation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-23-006435
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RBCAA
- cik: 0000921557
- company_name: REPUBLIC BANCORP INC /KY/
- filed_at: 2023-04-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/921557/000155837023006435/0001558370-23-006435-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/921557/000155837023006435/rbcaa-20230420x8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  REPUBLIC BANCORP INC /KY/ shareholders approved To, on an advisory basis, vote on the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers at the 2023-04-20 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-20
  source text: Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. ​ The following matters were voted upon at Annual Meeting of Shareholders for Republic Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company” or “Republic”) held on April 20, 2023: ​ (1) Election of Directors; (2) To, on an advisory basis, vote on the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers; (3) To, on an advisory basis, vote on the frequency of holding an advisory vote on the Company’s Named Executive Officers; and (4) Ratification of Crowe LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023. ​ The final number of votes cast with respect to each matter is set out below: ​ (1) Election of Directors: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Votes ​ Broker Nominee ​ Votes For ​ Withheld ​ Non-Votes David P. Feaster ​ 31,914,802 ​ 2,313,335 ​ 1,462,106 Jennifer N. Green ​ 32,009,776 ​ 2,218,361 ​ 1,462,106 Heather V. Howell ​ 32,000,467 ​ 2,227,670 ​ 1,462,106 Tim S. Huval ​ 31,924,930 ​ 2,303,207 ​ 1,462,106 Erne
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/921557/000155837023006435/0001558370-23-006435-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  REPUBLIC BANCORP INC /KY/ shareholders approved Ratification of Crowe LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-04-20 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-20
  source text: Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. ​ The following matters were voted upon at Annual Meeting of Shareholders for Republic Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company” or “Republic”) held on April 20, 2023: ​ (1) Election of Directors; (2) To, on an advisory basis, vote on the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers; (3) To, on an advisory basis, vote on the frequency of holding an advisory vote on the Company’s Named Executive Officers; and (4) Ratification of Crowe LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023. ​ The final number of votes cast with respect to each matter is set out below: ​ (1) Election of Directors: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Votes ​ Broker Nominee ​ Votes For ​ Withheld ​ Non-Votes David P. Feaster ​ 31,914,802 ​ 2,313,335 ​ 1,462,106 Jennifer N. Green ​ 32,009,776 ​ 2,218,361 ​ 1,462,106 Heather V. Howell ​ 32,000,467 ​ 2,227,670 ​ 1,462,106 Tim S. Huval ​ 31,924,930 ​ 2,303,207 ​ 1,462,106 Erne
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/921557/000155837023006435/0001558370-23-006435-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  REPUBLIC BANCORP INC /KY/ shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-04-20 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-20
  source text: Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. ​ The following matters were voted upon at Annual Meeting of Shareholders for Republic Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company” or “Republic”) held on April 20, 2023: ​ (1) Election of Directors; (2) To, on an advisory basis, vote on the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers; (3) To, on an advisory basis, vote on the frequency of holding an advisory vote on the Company’s Named Executive Officers; and (4) Ratification of Crowe LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023. ​ The final number of votes cast with respect to each matter is set out below: ​ (1) Election of Directors: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Votes ​ Broker Nominee ​ Votes For ​ Withheld ​ Non-Votes David P. Feaster ​ 31,914,802 ​ 2,313,335 ​ 1,462,106 Jennifer N. Green ​ 32,009,776 ​ 2,218,361 ​ 1,462,106 Heather V. Howell ​ 32,000,467 ​ 2,227,670 ​ 1,462,106 Tim S. Huval ​ 31,924,930 ​ 2,303,207 ​ 1,462,106 Erne
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/921557/000155837023006435/0001558370-23-006435-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  REPUBLIC BANCORP INC /KY/ shareholders approved To, on an advisory basis, vote on the frequency of holding an advisory vote on the Company’s Named Executive Officers at the 2023-04-20 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-20
  source text: Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. ​ The following matters were voted upon at Annual Meeting of Shareholders for Republic Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company” or “Republic”) held on April 20, 2023: ​ (1) Election of Directors; (2) To, on an advisory basis, vote on the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers; (3) To, on an advisory basis, vote on the frequency of holding an advisory vote on the Company’s Named Executive Officers; and (4) Ratification of Crowe LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023. ​ The final number of votes cast with respect to each matter is set out below: ​ (1) Election of Directors: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Votes ​ Broker Nominee ​ Votes For ​ Withheld ​ Non-Votes David P. Feaster ​ 31,914,802 ​ 2,313,335 ​ 1,462,106 Jennifer N. Green ​ 32,009,776 ​ 2,218,361 ​ 1,462,106 Heather V. Howell ​ 32,000,467 ​ 2,227,670 ​ 1,462,106 Tim S. Huval ​ 31,924,930 ​ 2,303,207 ​ 1,462,106 Erne
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/921557/000155837023006435/0001558370-23-006435-index.htm

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