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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2013

or

Commission File Number: 0-24649

REPUBLIC BANCORP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(502) 584-3600

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  x Yes   o No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).  x Yes  o No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  o Yes  x No

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date:

The number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, as of October 31, 2013, was 18,533,502 and 2,259,926 respectively.

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PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.  Financial Statements.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (in thousands) (unaudited)

See accompanying footnotes to consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (UNAUDITED)

(in thousands, except per share data)

See accompanying footnotes to consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (UNAUDITED)

(in thousands)

See accompanying footnotes to consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (UNAUDITED)

NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

See accompanying footnotes to consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)

NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2013 AND 2012 (in thousands)

See accompanying footnotes to consolidated financial statements.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — SEPTEMBER 30, 2013 AND 2012 (UNAUDITED) AND DECEMBER 31, 2012

1.                                            BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Presentation — The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Republic Bancorp, Inc. (the “Parent Company”) and its wholly-owned subsidiaries: Republic Bank & Trust Company (“RB&T”) and Republic Bank (“RB”) (collectively referred together as the “Bank”). Republic Invest Co., a former subsidiary of RB&T, and its subsidiary, Republic Capital LLC, were dissolved in April 2013 in connection with the full repayment by RB&T of intragroup subordinated debentures issued by Republic Capital LLC in a 2004 intragroup trust preferred transaction. All companies are collectively referred to as “Republic” or the “Company.” All significant intercompany balances and transactions are eliminated in consolidation.

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, the financial statements do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2013. For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto included in Republic’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012.

As of September 30, 2013, the Company was divided into three distinct business operating segments: Traditional Banking, Mortgage Banking and Republic Processing Group (“RPG”). During the second quarter of 2012, the Company realigned the previously reported Tax Refund Solutions (“TRS”) segment as a division of the RPG segment. Along with the TRS division, Republic Payment Solutions (“RPS”) and Republic Credit Solutions (“RCS”) also operate as divisions of the RPG segment.

Traditional Banking and Mortgage Banking (collectively “Core Banking”)

As of September 30, 2013, in addition to an Internet delivery channel, Republic had 45 full-service banking centers with locations as follows:

·                  Kentucky — 34

·                  Metropolitan Louisville — 20

·                  Central Kentucky — 11

·                  Elizabethtown — 1

·                  Frankfort — 1

·                  Georgetown — 1

·                  Lexington — 5

·                  Owensboro — 2

·                  Shelbyville — 1

·                  Northern Kentucky — 3

·                  Covington — 1

·                  Florence — 1

·                  Independence — 1

·                  Southern Indiana — 3

·                  Floyds Knobs — 1

·                  Jeffersonville — 1

·                  New Albany — 1

·                  Metropolitan Tampa, Florida — 4

·                  Metropolitan Cincinnati, Ohio — 1

·                  Metropolitan Nashville, Tennessee — 2

·                  Metropolitan Minneapolis, Minnesota — 1

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In October 2013, Republic gave the required 90-day regulatory notice of its intentions to close its sole banking center in Palm Harbor, Florida. This location is expected to close in January 2014 with the lease for the premises expiring in February 2014.

In October 2013, Republic gave the required 90-day regulatory notice of its intentions to close its sole banking center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which it acquired in connection with the First Commercial Bank (“FCB”) acquisition in September 2012.  The Bank is currently under a lease for this location which is set to expire in April 2015. The Bank intends to repurpose the location as a support office until the expiration of its lease or until such time that it is able to negotiate with the landlord a buy-out of its future lease obligations. The banking center is expected to stop transacting business at the Minnesota location with deposit customers in January 2014.

Core Banking results of operations are primarily dependent upon net interest income, which represents the difference between the interest income and fees on interest-earning assets and the interest expense on interest-bearing liabilities. Principal interest-earning Core Banking assets represent investment securities and real estate, commercial and consumer loans. Interest-bearing liabilities primarily consist of interest-bearing deposit accounts, securities sold under agreements to repurchase, as well as short-term and long-term borrowing sources. The Bank also provides short-term, revolving credit facilities to mortgage bankers across the nation through warehouse lines of credit. These credit facilities are secured by single family, first lien residential real estate loans.

Other sources of Core Banking income include service charges on deposit accounts, debit card interchange fee income, title insurance commissions, fees charged to customers for trust services and revenue generated from Mortgage Banking activities. Mortgage Banking activities represent both the origination and sale of loans in the secondary market and the servicing of loans for others, primarily the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac” or “FHLMC”).

Core Banking operating expenses consist primarily of salaries and employee benefits, occupancy and equipment expenses, communication and transportation costs, data processing, debit card interchange expenses, marketing and development expenses, FDIC insurance expense, and various general and administrative costs. Core Banking results of operations are significantly impacted by general economic and competitive conditions, particularly changes in market interest rates, government laws and policies and actions of regulatory agencies.

Republic Processing Group

Nationally, through RB&T, RPG facilitates the receipt and payment of federal and state tax refunds under the TRS division, primarily through refund transfers (“RT”s). RTs are products whereby a tax refund is issued to the taxpayer after RB&T has received the refund from the federal or state government. There is no credit risk or borrowing costs associated with these products, because they are only delivered to the taxpayer upon receipt of the tax refund directly from the governmental paying authority.  Fees earned on RTs, net of rebates, are the primary source of revenue for the TRS division and the RPG segment, and are reported as non-interest income under the line item “Net refund transfer fees.”

The TRS division historically originated and obtained a significant source of revenue from Refund Anticipation Loans (“RAL”s), but terminated this product effective April 30, 2012. RALs were short-term consumer loans offered to taxpayers that were secured by the customer’s anticipated tax refund, which represented the sole source of repayment. The fees earned on RALs for the applicable reporting period in 2012 were reported as interest income under the line item “Loans, including fees.”

Through RB, the RPS division is an issuing bank offering general purpose reloadable prepaid debit cards through third party program managers. Through RB&T, the RCS division is piloting short-term consumer credit products.

Reclassifications and recasts — Certain amounts presented in prior periods have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation. These reclassifications had no impact on previously reported prior periods’ net income. Additionally, as discussed in Footnote 2 “2012 FDIC-Assisted Acquisitions of Failed Banks,” during the first quarter of 2013 the Bank posted adjustments to the First Commercial Bank (“FCB”) acquired assets in the determination of acquisition day (“day-one”) fair values, which resulted in a $1.3 million increase to the bargain purchase gain presented.

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2.                                      2012 FDIC-ASSISTED ACQUISITIONS OF FAILED BANKS

OVERVIEW

During 2012, the Bank acquired two failed institutions in FDIC-assisted transactions. The Bank did not raise capital to complete either of these acquisitions.

The Bank determined that the acquisitions of these failed banks constituted “business acquisitions” as defined by Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 805, Business Combinations. Accordingly, the assets acquired and liabilities assumed have been presented at their estimated fair values, as required. Fair values were determined over a measurement period based on the requirements of ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures. The measurement period for day-one fair values begins on the acquisition date and ends the earlier of: (a) the day management believes it has all the information necessary to determine day-one fair values; or (b) one year following the acquisition date. In many cases, the determination of these day-one fair values requires management to make material estimates about discount rates, future expected cash flows, market conditions and other future events that are highly subjective in nature and subject to recast adjustments, which are retrospective adjustments to reflect new information existing at the acquisition date affecting day-one fair values. More specifically, recast adjustments for loans and other real estate owned were made as market value data, such as appraisals, were received by the Bank. Increases or decreases to day-one fair values have been reflected with a corresponding increase or decrease to bargain purchase gain.

Tennessee Commerce Bank (“TCB”)

On January 27, 2012, the Bank acquired specific assets and assumed substantially all of the deposits and specific other liabilities of TCB, headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee from the FDIC, as receiver for TCB, pursuant to the terms of a Purchase and Assumption Agreement (“P&A”) — Whole Bank; All Deposits entered into among RB&T, the FDIC as receiver of TCB and the FDIC. On January 30, 2012, TCB’s sole location re-opened as a division of RB&T.

The Bank acquired approximately $221 million in notional assets from the FDIC as receiver for TCB. In addition, the Bank recorded a receivable from the FDIC for approximately $785 million, which represented the net difference between the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed, adjusted for the discount the Bank received for the acquisition. The FDIC paid approximately $771 million of this receivable on January 30, 2012 with the remaining $14 million paid on February 15, 2012.

During the first quarter of 2012, the Bank recorded an initial bargain purchase gain of $27.9 million as a result of the TCB acquisition. The bargain purchase gain was realized because the overall price paid by the Bank was substantially less than the fair value of the TCB assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the acquisition. In the second and third quarters of 2012, the Bank posted adjustments to the acquired assets for its FDIC-assisted acquisition in the determination of day-one fair values and recorded a net decrease to the bargain purchase gain of $285,000, as additional information relative to the day-one fair values became available.

Information obtained subsequent to January 27, 2012 and through September 30, 2012 was considered in forming TCB estimates of cash flows and collateral values as of the January 27, 2012 acquisition date, i.e., TCB’s day-one fair values. Day-one fair values for TCB were considered final as of September 30, 2012, which was the date the Bank believed it had received all the information necessary to determine TCB’s day-one fair values.

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A summary of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the TCB acquisition follows:

Tennessee Commerce Bank