secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Investar Holding Corp (ISTR)
CIK:        0001602658
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-07-20T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-23-020311
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.40
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Investar Holding authorizes repurchase of additional 350,000 shares, citing undervaluation
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- Board authorized 350,000 additional shares for repurchase, ~4% of outstanding common stock.
- Combined with 248,439 remaining under prior authorization, total remaining ~598,000 shares.
- Repurchased 138,275 shares in H1 2023 at avg $14.39; $46.7M spent since 2015 (2.45M shares at avg $19.05).
- Company pays $0.10 quarterly dividend (34% CAGR since IPO).
- CEO says current price undervalued; repurchase program has no expiration date and may be suspended anytime.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1602658/000143774923020311/0001437749-23-020311-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1602658/000143774923020311/istr20230714_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-020311

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