--- schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1" accession: "0000947559-25-000035" form_type: "8-K" ticker: null cik: "0000947559" company_name: "FIRST BANCSHARES INC /MS/" filed_at: "2025-04-07T23:59:59+00:00" generated_at: "2026-05-23T20:36:27.820861+00:00" event_type: "m_and_a" sentiment: "neutral" materiality_score: 0.7 calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7 confidence: "high" source: SEC EDGAR --- # Renasant completes acquisition of The First Bancshares; shares converted 1:1 ## Summary - On April 1, 2025, The First Bancshares merged into Renasant; each First share converted into 1 Renasant share with cash for fractions. - Former First directors M. Ray Cole, Jonathan Levy, Renee Moore, and Ted E. Parker appointed to Renasant board. - First common stock delisted from NYSE; Renasant will file Form 15 to deregister and suspend reporting. - Simultaneously, The First Bank merged into Renasant Bank, with Renasant Bank as the surviving entity. ## SEC filing metadata - accession: 0000947559-25-000035 - form_type: 8-K - cik: 0000947559 - company_name: FIRST BANCSHARES INC /MS/ - filed_at: 2025-04-07T23:59:59+00:00 - event_type: m_and_a - sentiment: neutral - materiality_score: 0.7 - calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7 - confidence: high - sec_items: 2.01, 3.01, 3.03, 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 9.01 - EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/947559/000094755925000035/0000947559-25-000035-index.htm - EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/947559/000094755925000035/fbms-20250401.htm ## Machine-readable alternates - HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000947559-25-000035 - JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000947559-25-000035.json - Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000947559-25-000035.txt ## Key facts - Executive change Ted E. Parker departed as Director at FIRST BANCSHARES INC /MS/. - Action: ceased serving - Role: Director source text: each of whom was a member of the board of directors of The First immediately prior to the Effective Time evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/947559/000094755925000035/0000947559-25-000035-index.htm - Executive change Jonathan A. Levy departed as Director at FIRST BANCSHARES INC /MS/. - Action: ceased serving - Role: Director source text: each of whom was a member of the board of directors of The First immediately prior to the Effective Time evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/947559/000094755925000035/0000947559-25-000035-index.htm - Executive change M. Ray (Hoppy) Cole, Jr. departed as Director at FIRST BANCSHARES INC /MS/. - Action: ceased serving - Role: Director source text: each of whom was a member of the board of directors of The First immediately prior to the Effective Time evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/947559/000094755925000035/0000947559-25-000035-index.htm - Executive change Renee Moore departed as Director at FIRST BANCSHARES INC /MS/. - Action: ceased serving - Role: Director source text: each of whom was a member of the board of directors of The First immediately prior to the Effective Time evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/947559/000094755925000035/0000947559-25-000035-index.htm - Governance Changes FIRST BANCSHARES INC /MS/: The Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of The First ceased to be in effect and were replaced by the Articles of Incorporation of Renasant. - Change: charter amendment source text: At the Effective Time, the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and the Amended and Restated Bylaws of The First ceased to be in effect by operation of law and the organizational documents of Renasant (as successor to The First by operation of law) remained the Articles of Incorporation, as amended, of Renasant and the Amended and Restated Bylaws of Renasant, in each case including all amendments thereto as in effect as of immediately prior to the Effective Time. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/947559/000094755925000035/0000947559-25-000035-index.htm - M&A Transactions FIRST BANCSHARES INC /MS/ underwent a change of control involving Renasant Corporation for Each share of First common stock converted into the right to receive 1.00 share of Renasant common stock, with cash paid in lieu of fractional shares. (closed 2025-04-01). - Action: change of control - Counterparty: Renasant Corporation - Consideration: Each share of First common stock converted into the right to receive 1.00 share of Renasant common stock, with cash paid in lieu of fractional shares. - Closing: 2025-04-01 source text: On April 1, 2025 (the “Closing Date”), The First Bancshares, Inc. (“The First” or the “Company”), the parent holding company of The First Bank, completed the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 29, 2024 (the “Agreement”), by and between the Company and Renasant Corporation (“Renasant”), a Mississippi corporation and the parent holding company of Renasant Bank. On the Closing Date, (i) The First merged with and into Renasant (the “Merger”), with Renasant continuing as the surviving corporation in the Merger (the effective time of the Merger, “Effective Time”) and (ii) simultaneously with the Merger, The First Bank merged with and into Renasant Bank, with Renasant Bank continuing as the surviving bank (together with the Merger, the “Mergers”). The Mergers were described in the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-281851) filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on August 30, 2024 and amended on September 13 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/947559/000094755925000035/0000947559-25-000035-index.htm This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.