STOCK YARDS BANCORP, INC.
1040 East Main Street
Louisville, Kentucky 40206
April 2, 2021
via EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
| Attention: | Sonia Bednarowski |
Re: Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”)
Request for Acceleration of Effectiveness
Form S-4 filed on March 19, 2021
Registration No. 333-254494
Dear Ms. Bednarowski:
In accordance with Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc. hereby requests acceleration of the effectiveness of the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form S-4, as amended on April 2, 2021, to 4:00 p.m. (EDT) on Tuesday, April 6, 2021, or as soon as practicable thereafter.
Please contact our counsel, James A. Giesel of Frost Brown Todd LLC, at (502) 568-0307 or jgiesel@fbtlaw.com with any questions you may have concerning this letter, or if you require any additional information. Please notify Mr. Giesel when this request for acceleration of effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been granted.
| Sincerely, |
| STOCK YARDS BANCORP, INC. |
| By: | /s/ James A. Hillebrand | |
| James A. Hillebrand | ||
| Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
