<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001415889-24-018569.txt : 20240701
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20240701152540
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001415889-24-018569
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20240628
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240701
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240701

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PICHEL LOGAN
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001279261
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-24649
		FILM NUMBER:		241090212

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		601 W MARKET ST
		CITY:			LOUISVILLE
		STATE:			KY
		ZIP:			40202

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			REPUBLIC BANCORP INC /KY/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000921557
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	02 Finance
		IRS NUMBER:				610862051
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			KY
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		REPUBLIC CORPORATE CENTER
		STREET 2:		601 WEST MARKET ST
		CITY:			LOUISVILLE
		STATE:			KY
		ZIP:			40202
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5025843600

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		601 W MARKET ST
		CITY:			LOUISVILLE
		STATE:			KY
		ZIP:			40202
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    <periodOfReport>2024-06-28</periodOfReport>

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        <issuerName>REPUBLIC BANCORP INC /KY/</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>RBCAA</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001279261</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>PICHEL LOGAN</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>601 W MARKET ST</rptOwnerStreet1>
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            <rptOwnerCity>LOUISVILLE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>KY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>40202</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>true</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>true</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>false</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>false</isOther>
            <officerTitle>PRESIDENT &amp; CEO, REPUBLIC BANK</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class A Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2024-06-28</value>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>125.551</value>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>53.61</value>
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                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
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                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By 401(k) Plan</value>
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            </ownershipNature>
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                <value>Employee Stock Option (right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>51.39</value>
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            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2024-12-31</value>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2025-12-31</value>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Employee Stock Option (right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>42.74</value>
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            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2025-12-31</value>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2026-12-31</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Class A Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>21505</value>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
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            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
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                <value>2027-01-01</value>
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                <value>2030-01-01</value>
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                    <value>17937</value>
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                    <value>D</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Reflects additional dividend equivalent rights acquired since the date of the Reporting Person's last ownership report.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Includes 75.269 shares acquired under the Issuer's employee stock purchase plan on June 28, 2024.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Includes 8.311 shares acquired under the Issuer's dividend reinvestment plan since the date of the Reporting Person's last ownership report.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Reflects additions to and change in value of 401(k) plan since the date of the Reporting Person's last ownership report.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Kevin Sipes, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2024-07-01</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:12.2px; font-size:11pt" align="center"><b>LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY</b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:12.2px; text-indent:48px; font-size:11pt">Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Kevin Sipes and John Rippy, as the undersigned<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power to appoint a substitute or substitutes to act hereunder with the same power and authority as said agent and attorney-in-fact would have if personally acting, to:</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:48px; width:72px; font-size:11pt; float:left">(1)</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:12.2px; padding-left:72px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:11pt">execute for, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s capacity as director of Republic Bancorp, Inc. (the <font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&ldquo;</font>Company<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rdquo;</font>), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules promulgated thereunder;</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:48px; width:72px; font-size:11pt; float:left">(2)</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:12.2px; padding-left:72px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:11pt">undertake and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Forms 3, 4, or 5 or any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form(s) or amendment(s) with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and, if applicable, any stock exchange or similar authority; and</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:48px; width:72px; font-size:11pt; float:left">(3)</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:12.2px; padding-left:72px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:11pt">take any other action of any nature whatsoever in connection with the foregoing that, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be in the best interest of or legally required of the undersigned.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:12.2px; padding-left:48px; text-indent:24px; font-size:11pt; clear:left">The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact the full power and authority to do and perform any and every act whatsoever which is requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, to the full extent the undersigned might or could do or perform if personally present, with full power of substitution in the premises.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:12.2px; padding-left:48px; text-indent:24px; font-size:11pt">The undersigned hereby acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that the foregoing attorney-in-fact may refrain from acting under this Power of Attorney in his discretion without liability to the undersigned.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:12.2px; padding-left:48px; text-indent:24px; font-size:11pt">This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.</p>
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<hr style="margin-bottom: 9.6px; padding-top: 9.6px;" noshade size="1"><p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:12.2px; padding-left:48px; text-indent:24px; font-size:11pt; page-break-before:always">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 5<sup>th</sup> day of February, 2024.</p>
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<p style="margin:0px; padding-left:48px; text-indent:192px; font-size:11pt"><u>/s/Logan M Pichel</u></p>
<p style="margin:0px; padding-left:48px; text-indent:192px; font-size:11pt">Signature</p>
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<p style="margin:0px; padding-left:48px; text-indent:192px; font-size:11pt"><u>Logan M. Pichel</u></p>
<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:240px; font-size:11pt">Print Name</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:192px; font-size:11pt; float:left">STATE OF KENTUCKY</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:192px; font-size:11pt; float:left">COUNTY OF JEFFERSON</p>
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<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-size:11pt">The foregoing instrument was subscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me this 5 day of February, 2024.</p>
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<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-size:11pt">My commission expires: <u>6/24/2025</u></p>
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<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:336px; font-size:11pt"><u>/s/ Staci R Benton KYNP32036</u></p>
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