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Investar Holding Corp — fact timeline

Source-grounded facts extracted from Investar Holding Corp's SEC 8-K filings across all families, newest first. Each cites a verbatim SEC excerpt.

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Earnings Releases

Investar Holding Corp reported quarter ended March 31, 2026 results: net income $11.5 million, EPS $0.77 per diluted common share.

“Investar reported net income available to common shareholders of $11.5 million, or $0.77 per diluted common share, for the first quarter of 2026”
Debt Financings

Investar Holding Corp incurred loan of $10.0 million with TIB, N.A. at Wall Street Journal prime rate.

“Investar assumed WFB’s obligations on an unsecured basis with respect to a $10.0 million note to TIB, N.A.”
Debt Financings

Investar Holding Corp incurred senior notes of $9.3 million at three-month SOFR rate plus 3.1% maturing June 26, 2033.

“Investar assumed WFB’s obligations with respect to an aggregate principal amount of $9.3 million of junior subordinated debentures (the “Debentures”) underlying $9.0 million in aggregate liquidation amount of trust preferred securities, comprised of (i) $6,186,000 in aggregate principal amount issued to Wichita Falls Statutory Trust I and (ii) $3,093,000 in aggregate principal amount issued to Chico Statutory Trust I.”
M&A Transactions

Investar Holding Corp completed an acquisition involving Wichita Falls Bancshares, Inc. for 3,955,334 shares of common stock and $7.2 million in cash (closed 2026-01-01).

“the merger of First National Bank with and into Investar Bank, with Investar Bank as the surviving bank. Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, Investar issued an aggregate of 3,955,334 shares of its common stock and $7.2 million in cash to the shareholders of WFB as consideration for the exchange of their shares of WFB common stock. The foregoing description of”
Auditor Changes

Investar Holding Corp engaged BDO USA, P.C. as its auditor.

“On November 3, 2025, following the resignation of Horne, the Company, through and with the approval of its Audit Committee, appointed BDO as its independent registered public accounting firm.”
Auditor Changes

HORNE LLP resigned as auditor of Investar Holding Corp.

“☐ Item 4.01 Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant On November 1, 2025, the partners and professional staff of HORNE LLP (“Horne”), which was engaged as the independent registered public accounting firm of the registrant, Investar Holding Corporation (the “Company”), joined BDO USA, P.C. (“BDO”). As a result of this transaction, Horne resigned as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm on November 1, 2025. On November 3, 2025, following the resignation of Horne, the Company, through and with the approval of its Audit Committee, appointed BDO as its independent registered public accounting firm.”
Governance Changes

Investar Holding Corp: Established and designated Series A Preferred Stock with 32,500 authorized shares (effective 2025-06-30).

“On June 30, 2025, Investar filed the Articles of Amendment with the Louisiana Secretary of State, which became effective as of June 30, 2025, amending Investar’s Restated Articles of Incorporation, by establishing and designating the newly authorized Series A Preferred Stock of Investar initially consisting of 32,500 authorized shares.”

Anita M. Fontenot resigned as Director at Investar Holding Corp.

“Anita M. Fontenot notified Investar Holding Corporation (the “Company”) of her resignation from the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), effective on January 20, 2025.”

Scott Ginn was appointed as Director at Investar Holding Corp.

“On September 18, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Investar Holding Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Scott Ginn to serve as a director of the Board upon recommendation of the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board (the “Nominating Committee”), effective immediately.”
Shareholder Votes

Investar Holding Corp shareholders approved Election of 11 Directors at the 2024-05-15 meeting.

“Proposal No. 1: Election of 11 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.”
Earnings Releases

Investar Holding Corp reported the quarter ended March 31, 2024 results: net income $4.7 million, EPS $0.48 per diluted common share.

“Investar reported net income of $4.7 million, or $0.48 per diluted common share, for the first quarter of 2024”

Facts are extracted by an LLM and gated to those whose source quote is present verbatim in the filing text. Coverage is best-effort while backfill and monitoring mature; this is not yet a full-market index. See methodology.