---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-25-032442"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ISTR"
cik: "0001602658"
company_name: "Investar Holding Corp"
filed_at: "2025-10-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T01:20:37.041428+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Investar receives shareholder and regulatory approvals for Wichita Falls Bancshares acquisition

## Summary
- Shareholders approved merger with 6.75M for, 7.9K against, 76.8K abstain; quorum of 6.83M shares.
- Regulatory approvals from federal banking regulators received; closing expected on or about Jan 1, 2026.
- Wichita Falls Bancshares (FNB) had $1.3B total assets, $1.1B net loans, $1.1B deposits at Sept 30, 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-25-032442
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ISTR
- cik: 0001602658
- company_name: Investar Holding Corp
- filed_at: 2025-10-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1602658/000143774925032442/0001437749-25-032442-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1602658/000143774925032442/istr20251024_8k.htm

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