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  <title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i_0_1"></div><div style="height:42.75pt;width:100%;"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">UNITED STATES</font></div><div style="text-align:center;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="text-align:center;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">Washington, D.C., 20549</font></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;line-height:120%;">&#160;</font></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;line-height:120%;">&#160;</font></div><div style="text-align:center;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">FORM 8-K</font></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;line-height:120%;">&#160;</font></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;line-height:120%;">&#160;</font></div><div style="text-align:center;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">CURRENT REPORT</font></div><div style="text-align:center;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of</font></div><div style="text-align:center;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;line-height:120%;">&#160;</font></div><div style="text-align:center;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;line-height:120%;">Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported)</font></div><div style="text-align:center;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">January&#160;24, 2019</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">&#160;</font></div><div style="text-align:center;"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="image1.jpg" src="image1.jpg" style="height:105px;width:293px;"></div><div style="text-align:center;"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">CITY HOLDING COMPANY</font></div><div style="text-align:center;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">Commission File Number&#58; 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text: Document
  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)
  January 24, 2019
  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, WV 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):
  x
  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))
  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.
  ¨
  Section 2 - Financial Information
  Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
  On
  January 24, 2019
  , City Holding Company ("the Company") issued a news release, attached as Exhibit 99.1, announcing the Company's earnings results for the
  fourth
  quarter ended
  December 31, 2018
  . Furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference is the news release issued by the Company.
  Section 9 - Financial Statements and Exhibits
  Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
  (c) Exhibits
  99.1
  News Release issued
  January 24, 2019
  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.
  City Holding Company
  By:
  /s/ David L. Bumgarner
  David L. Bumgarner
  Chief Financial Officer
  Date:
  January 24, 2019