REPUBLIC BANCORP, INC. (NASDAQ:RBCAA) Files An 8-K Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

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REPUBLIC BANCORP, INC. (NASDAQ:RBCAA) Files An 8-K Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

ITEM 5.03. AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OR BYLAWS;
CHANGE IN FISCAL YEAR.

On March 15, 2017, Republic Bancorp, Inc.s (the Company) Board of
Directors amended and restated the Companys By-Laws.The By-Laws,
as amended and restated, are attached as Exhibit 3(ii) and
replace and supersede in their entirety the then-existing
By-Laws. to the amendment and restatement, among other things:

Article II (Capital Stock) was revised to reflect the
Companys use of a registrar and transfer agent, and to
facilitate the Companys maintenance of orderly books and
records, including uncertificated shares;

Certain sections of Article III (Stockholders), including
Section 2 (Annual Meeting: Time, Place and Purpose),
Section 5 (Special Meetings: Call), Section 7 (Place of
Meeting), Section 8 (Record Date), Section 9
(Stockholders List for Meeting), Section 10 (Meetings;
Proxies), Section 11 (Meetings: Quorum and Voting),
Section 12 (Voting for Directors), and Section 16 (Waiver
of Notices; Action Without Meeting) were added or revised
to more precisely reflect current practices of the
Company, to remove provisions that were no longer
relevant, and to clarify certain procedures and
requirements related to meetings of and voting by the
Companys stockholders;

Section 14 (Notice of Stockholder Business) and Section
15 (Notice of Director Candidates) of Article III were
added to provide for advance notice procedures
stockholders must follow in order to make proposals for
business to be brought before an annual meeting. As
specified in the By-Laws, the provisions require advance
notice of stockholder nominations for election to the
Board of Directors and stockholder requests for business
to be brought before a meeting of stockholders. Such
advance notice must include certain information about the
director nominee or business proposed to be brought
before the meeting. This information must be submitted in
writing and delivered to the Secretary of the Company not
less than 90 calendar days before the one-year
anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting. In
addition, the provisions expand the disclosure required
by stockholders making proposals or director nominations
to include, among other things, information on material
interests, arrangements and relationships that could
influence proposals or nominations and other information
typically required in a proxy statement;

Certain sections of Article IV (Directors), including
Section 1 (General Powers), Section 4 (Regular Meetings),
Section 6 (Participation in Meetings), Section 7 (Waiver
of Notice), and Section 10 (Directors Action Without
Meeting), were added or revised to more precisely reflect
current practices of the Company relating to its
directors, to remove provisions that were no longer
relevant, and to clarify certain policies related to the
Board of Directors, including an increase in the
mandatory retirement age from 70 years to 72 years;

Section 2 (Other Officers) of Article V (Officers) was
revised to consolidate two previous sections of the
By-Laws to more precisely reflect current practices of
the Company relating to its officers; and

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A provision relating to indemnification of directors,
officers, employees or agents of the Company was moved
from Article IV (Directors) to a new Article VIII
(Indemnification) to clarify that the Companys
indemnification obligations extended beyond directors
to officers, employees or agents of the Company.

The foregoing description of the revisions to the By-Laws in
connection with the amendment and restatement thereof does not
purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by
reference to the full text of the By-Laws, as so amended and
restated, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 3(ii) to this
Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by
reference.

ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(d)

Exhibits.

Exhibit No.

3(ii)

By-Laws of Republic Bancorp, Inc. (Restated March 15,
2017)


About REPUBLIC BANCORP, INC. (NASDAQ:RBCAA)

Republic Bancorp, Inc. (Republic) is a financial holding company of Republic Bank & Trust Company (the Bank) and Republic Insurance Services, Inc. (the Captive). The Bank is a Kentucky-based, state chartered non-member financial institution. The Captive is an insurance subsidiary of the Company. It operates in four segments: Traditional Banking, which provides traditional banking products primarily to customers; Warehouse Lending (Warehouse), which provides short-term, revolving credit facilities to mortgage bankers across the Nation; Mortgage Banking, which originates, sells and services long-term, single family, first lien residential real estate loans, and Republic Processing Group (RPG), which facilitates the receipt and payment of federal and state tax refund products. . In addition to Internet Banking and Correspondent Lending delivery channels, the Company has approximately 44 full-service banking centers.

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