---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-23-019474"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RBCAA"
cik: "0000921557"
company_name: "REPUBLIC BANCORP INC /KY/"
filed_at: "2023-12-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T18:29:53.536654+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Republic Bancorp dismisses Crowe, appoints FORVIS as auditor for FY 2024

## Summary
- Crowe dismissed effective after completing 2023 audit; no disagreements or adverse opinions in prior years.
- FORVIS appointed for fiscal year ending Dec 31, 2024, subject to engagement letter.
- Previously disclosed material weaknesses in internal controls over new products and reconciliations remain.
- No consultations with FORVIS on accounting principles or reportable events prior to appointment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-23-019474
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RBCAA
- cik: 0000921557
- company_name: REPUBLIC BANCORP INC /KY/
- filed_at: 2023-12-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/921557/000155837023019474/0001558370-23-019474-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/921557/000155837023019474/rbcaa-20231201x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-23-019474.txt

## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  REPUBLIC BANCORP INC /KY/ dismissed Crowe LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: dismissal
  - Auditor: Crowe LLP
  - Successor: FORVIS, LLP
  source text: the Committee approved the dismissal of Crowe LLP ("Crowe") as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, effective upon completion of Crowe’s audit of the consolidated financial statements of the Company and filing of the Company’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/921557/000155837023019474/0001558370-23-019474-index.htm
- Auditor Changes
  REPUBLIC BANCORP INC /KY/ engaged FORVIS, LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: FORVIS, LLP
  source text: at a meeting held on December 1, 2023, the Audit Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors of the Company approved the appointment of FORVIS, LLP (“FORVIS”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/921557/000155837023019474/0001558370-23-019474-index.htm

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