Republic Bancorp, Inc. announced a 9% increase in the Company’s quarterly cash dividends. The quarterly cash dividend of $0.264 per share of Class A Common Stock and $0.24 per share on Class B Common Stock will be payable on April 19, 2019 to shareholders of record as of March 15, 2019. The increased cash dividend results in an annualized dividend yield for the Class A Common stock of 2.67% based upon the stock’s closing price on January 22, 2019.