STOCK YARDS BANCORP, INC. (NASDAQ:SYBT) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

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STOCK YARDS BANCORP, INC. (NASDAQ:SYBT) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On April 26, 2018, shareholders of Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) approved Amendment No. 2 (the “Amendment”) to the Stock Yards Bancorp 2015 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan (the “Plan”). The Amendment:

Increases the number of shares of Common Stock reserved and available for issuance under the Plan by 500,000 shares;

Prohibits the payment or vesting of dividends or dividend equivalents on unvested awards; and

Adjusts the various share limits under the Plan solely to reflect how those limits apply following the Company’s 2016 stock split.

A copy of the full text of the Amendment is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this report.This summary of the Amendment is not intended to be a complete description of the Amendment and is qualified in its entirety by the actual text of the Amendment to which reference is hereby made.

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On April 26, 2018, the Company held its 2018 annual meeting of shareholders. As of the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 22,715,322shares of Common Stock outstanding and entitled to one vote on each matter presented for vote at the Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting, 16,592,865 or 73.05% 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 2018 to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders in 2019. All nominees were elected. The results were as follows:

Votes

For

Votes

Against

Votes Withheld

Broker Non-Votes

Paul J. Bickel III

16,372,072

59,401

161,392

J. McCauley Brown

16,368,181

64,910

159,774

Charles R. Edinger III

15,835,633

594,791

162,441

David P. Heintzman

16,246,597

185,234

161,034

Donna L. Heitzman

16,147,298

273,083

172,484

Carl G. Herde

16,168,011

260,980

163,874

James A. Hillebrand

16,131,290

298,330

163,245

Richard A. Lechleiter

16,089,893

340,942

162,030

Richard Northern

16,285,355

142,364

165,146

Stephen M. Priebe

16,231,083

197,635

164,147

Norman Tasman

15,911,540

519,669

161,656

Kathy C. Thompson

16,115,758

315,512

161,595

2.Proposal to amend the 2015 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan:

For

15,164,299

Against

474,295

Abstain

954,271

Broker non-vote

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

For

15,233,711

Against

449,467

Abstain

909,687

Broker non-vote

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.


Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc. Exhibit
EX-10.1 2 a51799322ex10_1.htm EXHIBIT 10.1 Exhibit 10.1     Amendment No. 2 to the Stock Yards Bancorp 2015 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan     This is Amendment No. 2 to the Stock Yards Bancorp 2015 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan (the “Plan”),…
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About STOCK YARDS BANCORP, INC. (NASDAQ:SYBT)

Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc. is the holding company for Stock Yards Bank & Trust Company (the Bank). The Company operates through two segments: commercial banking, and investment management and trust. Its commercial banking segment provides a range of loan and deposit products to individual consumers and businesses. The commercial banking segment also includes the Company’s mortgage origination and securities brokerage activity. Its investment management and trust segment provides wealth management services, including investment management, trust and estate administration, and retirement plan services. The Bank is a state chartered bank that provides commercial and personal banking services in the Louisville, Kentucky, Indianapolis, Indiana and Cincinnati, Ohio metropolitan markets. The Bank has an investment management and trust department offering a range of investment management, trust, employee benefit plan and estate administration, and financial planning services.