---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-21-019182"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ISTR"
cik: "0001602658"
company_name: "Investar Holding Corp"
filed_at: "2021-08-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T18:43:33.809193+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Investar Holding appoints Candace LeBlanc as Chief Accounting Officer

## Summary
- Candace J. LeBlanc named EVP and CAO of Investar Holding and Investar Bank, effective August 9, 2021.
- Rachel P. Cherco steps down as CAO but remains EVP and Treasurer of the company and bank.
- LeBlanc previously served as SVP and Director of Financial Reporting since July 2014.
- No family relationships or material transactions with LeBlanc requiring disclosure.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-21-019182
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ISTR
- cik: 0001602658
- company_name: Investar Holding Corp
- filed_at: 2021-08-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1602658/000143774921019182/0001437749-21-019182-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1602658/000143774921019182/istr20210720_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-21-019182
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-21-019182.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-21-019182.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Rachel P. Cherco changed role as Chief Accounting Officer at Investar Holding Corp.
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On that day, Rachel P. Cherco, the Company’s current Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, will step down from that position but will remain the Executive Vice President and Treasurer of the Company and the Bank.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1602658/000143774921019182/0001437749-21-019182-index.htm
- Executive change
  Candace J. LeBlanc was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer at Investar Holding Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On August 9, 2021, Investar Holding Corporation (the “Company”) announced the appointment of Candace J. LeBlanc as Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary Investar Bank (the “Bank”) effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1602658/000143774921019182/0001437749-21-019182-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.