Stock Yards Bancorp Completes Acquisition of Kentucky Bancshares LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 01, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc. (Stock Yards or the Company) (NASDAQ: SYBT), the parent company of Stock Yards Bank Trust Company, with offices in the Louisville, Lexington, Indianapolis and Cincinnati metropolitan markets, today announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Kentucky Bancshares, Inc. Kentucky Bancshares, headquartered in Paris, Kentucky, is the holding company for Kentucky Bank, which operates 19 branches in 11 communities throughout central and eastern Kentucky, including the Lexington, Kentucky metropolitan statistical area and contiguous counties.