secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. (FGBI)
CIK:        0001408534
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-07-23T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001408534-24-000067
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

First Guaranty cuts dividend to $0.08, reports $36.9M nonaccrual loan, 15% staff reduction
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- Net income $7.2M vs $2.7M YoY (EPS $0.53) boosted by $13.2M pre-tax gain from branch sale-leaseback.
- Nonaccrual loans surge to $62.3M from $25.2M; one $36.9M CRE relationship drives increase.
- Provision for credit losses jumps to $6.8M from $0.5M; Q2 charge-offs total $8.8M.
- Board plans $0.08 quarterly dividend for Q3/Q4 2024, down from $0.16 per share maintained in Q2.
- 71 positions eliminated (15% workforce); expects $12M annual pre-tax cost savings starting Q4 2024.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408534/000140853424000067/0001408534-24-000067-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408534/000140853424000067/fgbi-20240723.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001408534-24-000067

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