secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Investar Holding Corp (ISTR)
CIK:        0001602658
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-07-20T10:01:27+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-26-023812
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 2.02, 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Investar Q2 net income $8.9M ($0.61 EPS); core EPS $0.75; enters new employment agreements with two executives
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- Net income available to common shareholders $8.9M, or $0.61 diluted EPS, down from $11.5M ($0.77) in Q1 2026 but up from $4.5M ($0.46) in Q2 2025.
- Core (non-GAAP) diluted EPS of $0.75, compared to $0.87 in Q1 2026 and $0.47 in Q2 2025.
- Entered employment agreements with Linda Crochet (COO) and Jeffrey Martin (CRO) effective July 17, 2026; base salaries $280K and $275K respectively, with incentive up to 36% of base.
- Salary Continuation Agreements provide annual payments of $100K upon reaching ages 68 (Crochet) and 65 (Martin), payable over 10 years.
- Severance provisions include 12 months of base salary plus average bonus for non-cause termination, and enhanced change-in-control benefits.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1602658/000143774926023812/0001437749-26-023812-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1602658/000143774926023812/istr20260518_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-023812

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