Form 4 - Statement of changes in beneficial ownership of securities

SEC Form 4 
   

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
	Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
	Check this box to indicate that a transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of equity securities of the issuer that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c). See Instruction 10.

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* TRAGER SCOTT (Last) (First) (Middle) 601 W MARKET ST (Street) LOUISVILLE KY 40202 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol REPUBLIC BANCORP INC /KY/ [ RBCAA ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director X 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) VICE CHAIRMAN
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 10/30/2024
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Class A Common Stock	10/30/2024		A		45	A	$68.89	203,190.121(1)	D
Class A Common Stock	10/30/2024		F		15	D	$68.89	203,175.121	D
Class A Common Stock								54,573.774(2)	I	By 401(k) Plan
Class A Common Stock								1,985.052	I	By Jaytee Properties Limited Partnership(3)
Class A Common Stock								17,231.037	I	By Teebank Family Limited Partnership(4)
Class A Common Stock								60,420	I	By Trager Family Irrevocable Trust(5)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Class B Common Stock	(6)							(7)	(8)	Class A Common Stock	444.787		444.787	I	By Jaytee Properties Limited Partnership(3)
Class B Common Stock	(6)							(7)	(8)	Class A Common Stock	4,217.524		4,217.524	I	By Teebank Family Limited Partnership(4)
Class B Common Stock	(6)							(7)	(8)	Class A Common Stock	2,054		2,054	I	By Trager Family Irrevocable Trust(5)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Includes 236.717 shares acquired under the Issuer's dividend reinvestment plan since the date of the Reporting Person's last ownership report.

2. Reflects additions to and change in value of 401(k) plan since the date of the Reporting Person's last ownership report.

3. Jaytee Properties Limited Partnership is a family limited partnership of which the Reporting Person is a limited partner.

4. Teebank Family Limited Partnership is a family limited partnership of which the Reporting Person is a limited partner.

5. Trager Family Irrevocable Trust is a family trust of which the Reporting Person is a co-trustee and a beneficiary.

6. Class B Common Stock is immediately convertible into Class A Common Stock on a one share for one share basis.

7. Immediate.

8. None.

	/s/ Kevin Sipes, Attorney-in-Fact	11/01/2024
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
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LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Kevin Sipes and John Rippy, as the undersigned’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:

(1)

execute for, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as director of Republic Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules promulgated thereunder;

(2)

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

(3)

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.

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.

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’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.

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’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.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 1 day of February, 2024.

/s/A Scott Trager

Signature

A. Scott Trager

Print Name

STATE OF KENTUCKY

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: SS

COUNTY OF JEFFERSON

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The foregoing instrument was subscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me this 1^st day of February, 2024.

My commission expires: 07-16-2024

/s/ Jennifer M. Stanfield

Notary Public

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LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Kevin Sipes and John Rippy, as the undersigned’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:

(1)

execute for, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as director of Republic Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules promulgated thereunder;

(2)

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

(3)

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.

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.

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’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.

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’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.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 1 day of February, 2024.

/s/A Scott Trager

Signature

A. Scott Trager

Print Name

STATE OF KENTUCKY

)

: SS

COUNTY OF JEFFERSON

)

The foregoing instrument was subscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me this 1^st day of February, 2024.

My commission expires: 07-16-2024

/s/ Jennifer M. Stanfield

Notary Public

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