REPUBLIC BANCORP, INC. (NASDAQ:RBCAA) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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REPUBLIC BANCORP, INC. (NASDAQ:RBCAA) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Republic Bancorp, Inc. held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on Thursday,April 19, 2018 (“Annual Meeting”).The following matters were voted upon:

(1)

Election of Directors;

(2)

Approval of the Amended and Restated Non-Employee Director and Key Employee Deferred Compensation Plan;

(3)

Approval of the Employee Stock Purchase Plan; and

(4)

Ratification of Crowe Horwath LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2018.

The final number of votes cast with respect to each matter is set out below:

(1)

Election of Directors:

Votes

Broker

Nominee

Votes For

Withheld

Non Votes

Craig A. Greenberg

35,365,058

568,633

2,612,501

Michael T. Rust

35,541,407

392,284

2,612,501

R. Wayne Stratton

35,535,266

398,425

2,612,501

Susan Stout Tamme

35,583,106

350,585

2,612,501

A. Scott Trager

35,738,348

195,343

2,612,501

Steven E. Trager

35,398,949

534,741

2,612,501

Mark A. Vogt

35,425,363

508,328

2,612,501

(2)

Approval of the Amended and Restated Non-Employee Director and Key Employee Deferred Compensation Plan:

For

33,939,091

Against

1,909,610

Abstain

84,989

Broker Non Vote

2,612,501

(3)

Approval of the Employee Stock Purchase Plan:

For

35,838,437

Against

31,948

Abstain

63,306

Broker Non Vote

2,612,501

(4)

Ratification of Crowe Horwath LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2018:

For

38,430,609

Against

107,546

Abstain

8,037

Broker Non Vote

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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.