UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
 EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported):  May 18, 2016

STOCK YARDS BANCORP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Kentucky

1-13661

61-1137529

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)


1040 East Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky, 40206

(Address of principal executive offices)


(502) 582-2571
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)



Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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ITEM 8.01. OTHER EVENTS.
 

On May 17, 2016, the Board of Directors of Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc. voted to increase the Company's quarterly cash dividend to $0.18 per common share. The higher rate will be paid on July 1, 2016, to stockholders of record as of June 13, 2016, and accordingly, will apply to new shares distributed on May 27, 2016, pursuant to the Company's recently announced three-for-two stock split. On a split-adjusted basis, the new rate reflects an 8% increase in the Company's cash dividend compared with the previous rate and marks the seventh increase in the dividend over the past five years, for a cumulative increase of approximately 50% since 2011. On May 18, 2016, Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc. issued a press release, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference, announcing the dividend increase.

 
 
ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
 

D.          Exhibits

 

                           99.1 Press Release dated May 18, 2016



SIGNATURE

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 thereunto duly authorized.


Date:

May 18, 2016

STOCK YARDS BANCORP, INC.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Nancy B. Davis                          

Nancy B. Davis, Executive Vice

President, Treasurer and Chief

Financial Officer