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            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
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        <footnote id="F1">For purposes of establishing a value of the stock award, the Company has determined that $120.21 per share, or 100% of the fair market value of the Company's closing price of common stock on 3/26/2025, the date of grant for the award, is appropriate</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Includes 216.99273 shares acquired during the year through the reporting person's participation in the dividend reinvestment plan based upon the most recent plan statement.</footnote>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Victoria A. Faw, attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2025-03-27</signatureDate>
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X0508
4
2025-03-26
0
0000726854
CITY HOLDING CO
CHCO
0001234850
FISHER ROBERT D
25 GATEWATER ROAD
CROSS LANES
WV
25313
1
0
0
0
0
Common Stock
2025-03-26
4
A
0
266
0
A
45122.9163
D
For purposes of establishing a value of the stock award, the Company has determined that $120.21 per share, or 100% of the fair market value of the Company's closing price of common stock on 3/26/2025, the date of grant for the award, is appropriate
Includes 216.99273 shares acquired during the year through the reporting person's participation in the dividend reinvestment plan based upon the most recent plan statement.
Victoria A. Faw, attorney-in-fact
2025-03-27