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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-24-000466"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RBCAA"
cik: "0000921557"
company_name: "REPUBLIC BANCORP INC /KY/"
filed_at: "2024-01-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T19:44:12.941825+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Republic Bancorp increases share buyback authorization by 400,000 shares

## Summary
- Board authorized purchase of up to 400,000 additional Class A shares, representing 2.3% of outstanding Class A shares.
- As of Jan 23, 2024: 17,244,056 Class A shares and 2,150,669 Class B shares outstanding.
- No expiration date set; purchases at management's discretion via open market, block trades, or private transactions.
- Authorization allows adoption of 10b5-1 trading plans to repurchase during insider-trading blackout periods.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-24-000466
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RBCAA
- cik: 0000921557
- company_name: REPUBLIC BANCORP INC /KY/
- filed_at: 2024-01-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/921557/000155837024000466/0001558370-24-000466-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/921557/000155837024000466/rbcaa-20240124x8k.htm

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