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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
June 25, 2025
Commission file number 001-31220
Community Trust Bancorp, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Kentucky (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |  | 61-0979818 (IRS Employer Identification No.)
P.O. Box 2947 346 North Mayo Trail Pikeville, Kentucky (Address of principal executive offices) |  | 41502 (Zip code)

(606) 432-1414
(Registrant’s telephone number)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

| Common Stock (Title of class) |
CTBI (Trading symbol) |  | The NASDAQ Global Select Market (Name of exchange on which registered)

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ITEM 5.02 – DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS
On June 25, 2025, Community Trust Bancorp, Inc.’s (“CTBI”) Board of Directors appointed David L. Baird as a director, effective immediately. The addition of Mr. Baird expands CTBI’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) to ten members. Mr. Baird is expected to be named to the Risk and Compliance Committee of the Board.
In connection with his service as a non-employee director, Mr. Baird will be compensated in accordance with CTBI’s standard compensation policies and practices for non-employee directors of the Board as described in CTBI’s Proxy Statement for its 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 21, 2025.
Mr. Baird does not have any family relationships with any of CTBI’s directors or executive officers. He is a shareholder in Baird and Baird, P.S.C., a law firm that provided services to CTBI and its subsidiaries during previous years and has been retained during the fiscal year 2025. Approximately $0.5 million in legal fees and $0.1 million in expenses paid on behalf of CTBI, $0.6 million total, were paid to this law firm during 2024.
For further information regarding Mr. Baird, please see the attached press release included as Exhibit 99.1.
ITEM 9.01 – FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No. | Description
99.1 | Press release dated June 26, 2025

SIGNATURES
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 hereunto duly authorized.

|  | COMMUNITY TRUST BANCORP, INC.
|  | By:
Dated: June 26, 2025 |  | /s/ Mark A. Gooch
|  | Mark A. Gooch
|  | Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer