Stock Yards Bancorp (SYBT) 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): April 22, 2021
STOCK YARDS BANCORP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Kentucky (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	001-13661 (Commission File Number)	61-1137529 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1040 East Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky, 40206
(Address of principal executive offices)
(502) 582-2571
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, no par value per share	SYBT	The NASDAQ Stock Market, LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter). 

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

ITEM 5.07. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

On April 22, 2021, Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc. held its 2021 annual meeting of shareholders. As of the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 22,732,976 shares of Common Stock outstanding and entitled to one vote on each matter presented for vote at the Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting, 19,909,559 or 87.58% of the outstanding common shares entitled to vote were represented in person or by proxy. Those shares were voted as follows:

1.         The following individuals were nominated in 2021 to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders in 2022. All nominees were elected. The results were as follows:

	Votes For	Votes Against		Votes Withheld		Broker Non-Votes
Paul J. Bickel III	16,113,181		60,906		13,578		3,721,894
J. McCauley Brown	15,629,431		540,443		17,791		3,721,894
David P. Heintzman	15,793,526		371,427		22,712		3,721,894
Donna L. Heitzman	16,035,924		141,188		10,553		3,721,894
Carl G. Herde	15,528,440		638,047		21,178		3,721,894
James A. Hillebrand	15,832,830		337,402		17,433		3,721,894
Richard A. Lechleiter	15,945,544		194,191		47,930		3,721,894
Stephen M. Priebe	15,255,623		886,190		45,852		3,721,894
John L. Schutte	16,073,353		92,249		22,063		3,721,894
Kathy C. Thompson	15,758,141		409,544		19,980		3,721,894

2.         Ratification of BKD, LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the year ending December 31, 2021:

For	19,883,013
Against	5,471
Abstain	21,075
Broker non-vote	-

3.         Proposal to approve a non-binding resolution to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

For	15,744,996
Against	295,854
Abstain	146,815
Broker non-vote	3,721,894

ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

D.       Exhibits

None

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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Date:   April 23, 2021	STOCK YARDS BANCORP, INC.
	By:   /s/ T. Clay Stinnett
		T. Clay Stinnett, Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer