---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-015037"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ISTR"
cik: "0001602658"
company_name: "Investar Holding Corp"
filed_at: "2023-05-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T21:16:09.505141+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Investar Holding announces 2023 annual meeting results; all proposals approved

## Summary
- All 10 director nominees elected; votes for ranged from 5.5M to 6.0M, broker non-votes 1.44M.
- Ratification of Horne LLP as independent auditor approved (7,434,044 for, 174,633 against).
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved (3,994,488 for, 1,864,124 against).
- 76.9% quorum (7,609,066 of 9,900,648 shares represented).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-015037
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ISTR
- cik: 0001602658
- company_name: Investar Holding Corp
- filed_at: 2023-05-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1602658/000143774923015037/0001437749-23-015037-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1602658/000143774923015037/istr20230505c_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Investar Holding Corp shareholders approved Election of 10 Directors at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: Proposal No. 1: Election of 10 Directors Each of the director nominees listed below was elected to serve as a member of the Company’s board of directors, each to serve a one-year term.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1602658/000143774923015037/0001437749-23-015037-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Investar Holding Corp shareholders approved Ratification of the Appointment of Horne LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the 2023 Fiscal Year at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: The proposal to ratify the appointment of Horne LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2023 fiscal year was approved.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1602658/000143774923015037/0001437749-23-015037-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Investar Holding Corp shareholders approved Approval, on an Advisory Basis, of the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: The proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1602658/000143774923015037/0001437749-23-015037-index.htm

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