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  <title>chco-20250430</title></head><body><div style="display:none"><ix:header><ix:hidden><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="dei:EntityCentralIndexKey" id="f-21">0000726854</ix:nonNumeric><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="dei:AmendmentFlag" id="f-22">false</ix:nonNumeric></ix:hidden><ix:references xml:lang="en-US"><link:schemaRef xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="chco-20250430.xsd"/></ix:references><ix:resources><xbrli:context id="c-1"><xbrli:entity><xbrli:identifier scheme="http://www.sec.gov/CIK">0000726854</xbrli:identifier></xbrli:entity><xbrli:period><xbrli:startDate>2025-04-30</xbrli:startDate><xbrli:endDate>2025-04-30</xbrli:endDate></xbrli:period></xbrli:context></ix:resources></ix:header></div><div id="i32de1d2be3774164b7605073f3021958_1"></div><div style="min-height:36pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div style="-sec-extract:summary;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New 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style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Section 5 &#8211; Corporate Governance and Management</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Item 5.07      Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">On April 30, 2025, City Holding Company (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) held its 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (&#8220;2025 Annual Meeting&#8221;) in Beckley, WV.  The Company&#8217;s Board of Directors fixed the close of business on March 17, 2025, as the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice and vote at the 2025 Annual Meeting.  As of March 17, 2025, there were 14,715,305 issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock (exclusive of 4,346,243 shares held as treasury stock which were not voted).  </span><span style="color:#212529;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">A total of 12,318,187 shares of common stock were voted in person or by proxy, representing 83.71% percent of the shares entitled to be voted.  Following are the final voting results on the matters considered and voted upon at the 2025 Annual Meeting, all of which are described in the Proxy Statement for the 2025 Annual Meeting.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#212529;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">Proposal 1&#8212;Election of Directors</span><span style="color:#212529;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">.</span></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#212529;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">The Company&#8217;s shareholders elected three nominees to serve as Class II Directors each for a three-year term expiring at the 2028 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.</span></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:87.222%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:26.607%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:8.454%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:16.097%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:15.778%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:13.231%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:13.233%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">Class</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:right"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">For</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:right"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">Against</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:right"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">Abstain</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:right"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Broker</span></div><div style="text-align:right"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">Non-Vote</span></div></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">James A. Hoyer</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">II</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">10,233,326</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">46,108</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">46,053</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1,992,700</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">C. Dallas Kayser</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">II</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">9,852,285</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">429,658</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">43,540</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1,992,704</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Sharon H. Rowe</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">II</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">8,648,709</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1,601,319</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">75,455</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1,992,704</span></td></tr></table></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#212529;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">Proposal 2&#8212;Ratification of the Appointment of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</span><span style="color:#212529;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">.</span></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#212529;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">The Company&#8217;s shareholders ratified, on an advisory basis, the appointment of Crowe LLP as the Company&#8217;s independent registered public accounting firm for 2025.</span></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:81.666%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:23.900%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:23.900%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:23.900%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:23.900%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:right"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">For</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:right"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">Against</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:right"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">Abstain</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:right"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">Broker Non-Vote</span></div></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">12,230,521</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">13,896</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">73,770</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">0</span></td></tr></table></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#212529;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">Proposal 3&#8212;Non-Binding Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation</span><span style="color:#212529;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">.</span></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#212529;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">The Company&#8217;s shareholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company&#8217;s named executive officers disclosed in the Proxy Statement for the 2025 Annual Meeting.</span></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:81.666%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:23.900%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:23.900%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:23.900%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:23.900%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:right"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">For</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:right"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">Against</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:right"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">Abstain</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:right"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">Broker Non-Vote</span></div></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">9,708,964</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">527,911</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">88,606</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1,992,706</span></td></tr></table></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Signatures</span></div><div style="text-align:justify"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the Undersigned hereunto duly authorized. </span></div><div style="margin-top:5pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:44.455%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:53.345%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Dated: May 1, 2025</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">City Holding Company</span></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">By:</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">/s/ David L. Bumgarner</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">David L. Bumgarner</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Executive Vice President &amp; Chief Financial Officer</span></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div><div style="height:36pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="-sec-extract:summary;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">-2-</span></div></div></div></body></html>
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text: chco-20250430
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C., 20549
  FORM
  8-K
  CURRENT REPORT
  Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
  the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):
  April 30, 2025
  CITY HOLDING COMPANY
  (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
  Commission File Number:
  0-11733
  West Virginia
  55-0619957
  (State or Other Jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Incorporation or Organization)
  Identification No.)
  25 Gatewater Road
  ,
  Cross Lanes
  ,
  West Virginia
  25313
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)
  304
  -
  769-1100
  (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
  Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
  ☐
  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
  ☐
  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12(b))
  ☐
  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  ☐
  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17CFR240.13e-4(c))
  Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
  Title of each class
  Trading
  symbol(s)
  Name of each exchange on which registered
  Common Stock $2.50 Par Value
  CHCO
  NASDAQ Global Select Market
  Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
  Emerging growth company
  ☐
  If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
  ☐
  -1-
  Section 5 – Corporate Governance and Management
  Item 5.07      Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  On April 30, 2025, City Holding Company (the "Company") held its 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders ("2025 Annual Meeting") in Beckley, WV.  The Company's Board of Directors fixed the close of business on March 17, 2025, as the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice and vote at the 2025 Annual Meeting.  As of March 17, 2025, there were 14,715,305 issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock (exclusive of 4,346,243 shares held as treasury stock which were not voted).
  A total of 12,318,187 shares of common stock were voted in person or by proxy, representing 83.71% percent of the shares entitled to be voted.  Following are the final voting results on the matters considered and voted upon at the 2025 Annual Meeting, all of which are described in the Proxy Statement for the 2025 Annual Meeting.
  Proposal 1—Election of Directors
  .
  The Company's shareholders elected three nominees to serve as Class II Directors each for a three-year term expiring at the 2028 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
  Class
  For
  Against
  Abstain
  Broker
  Non-Vote
  James A. Hoyer
  II
  10,233,326
  46,108
  46,053
  1,992,700
  C. Dallas Kayser
  II
  9,852,285
  429,658
  43,540
  1,992,704
  Sharon H. Rowe
  II
  8,648,709
  1,601,319
  75,455
  1,992,704
  Proposal 2—Ratification of the Appointment of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
  .
  The Company's shareholders ratified, on an advisory basis, the appointment of Crowe LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2025.
  For
  Against
  Abstain
  Broker Non-Vote
  12,230,521
  13,896
  73,770
  0
  Proposal 3—Non-Binding Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation
  .
  The Company's shareholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers disclosed in the Proxy Statement for the 2025 Annual Meeting.
  For
  Against
  Abstain
  Broker Non-Vote
  9,708,964
  527,911
  88,606
  1,992,706
  Signatures
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the Undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  Dated: May 1, 2025
  City Holding Company
  By:
  /s/ David L. Bumgarner
  David L. Bumgarner
  Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
  -2-