ITEM 8.01. OTHER EVENTS.

On November 13, 2012, the Board of Directors of S.Y. Bancorp, Inc. voted to increase the Company's quarterly cash dividend rate 5.3% to $0.20 per common share. The new rate will go into effect with the next payment on December 31, 2012, to stockholders of record as of December 10, 2012. On November 14, 2012, S.Y. 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.

The information in this Form 8-K and the attached Exhibits shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.