Investar Holding Corp 10-Q

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities None. 55 Table of Contents Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities The table below provides information with respect to purchases made by the Company of shares of its common stock during each of the months during the three month period ended March 31, 2025 . Period (a) Total Number of Shares (or Units) Purchased (1) (b) Average Price Paid per Share (or Unit) (c) Total Number of Shares (or Units) Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs (d) Maximum Number (or Approximate Dollar Value) of Shares (or Units) That May Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs January 1, 2025 - January 31, 2025 3,500 $ 19.18 3,500 492,145 February 1, 2025 - February 28, 2025 19,805 18.82 19,492 472,653 March 1, 2025 - March 31, 2025 43,167 17.95 12,000 460,653 66,472 $ 18.27 34,992 460,653 (1) Includes 4,293 s h ares of common stock surrendered to cover the payroll taxes due upon the vesting of RSUs and 27,187 shares of common stock surrendered to satisfy the net exercise of stock options and related tax withholding obligations . (2) The Comp any has had a stock repurchase program since 2015. As of March 31, 2025, the Company had 460,653 shares remaining avail able under the program. Because we are a holding company with no material business activities, our ability to pay dividends is substantially dependent upon the ability of the Bank to transfer funds to us in the form of dividends, loans and advances. The Bank’s ability to pay dividends and make other distributions and payments to us depends upon the Bank’s earnings, financial condition, general economic conditions, compliance with regulatory requirements and other factors. In addition, the Bank’s ability to pay dividends to us is itself subject to various legal, regulatory and other restrictions under federal banking laws that are described in Part I. Item 1. “Business” of our Annual Report. In addition, as a Louisiana corporation, we are subject to certain restrictions on dividends under the Louisiana Business Corporation Act. Generally, a Louisiana corporation may pay dividends to its shareholders unless, after giving effect to the dividend, either (1) the corporation would not be able to pay its debts as they come due in the usual course of business or (2) the corporation’s total assets are less than the sum of its total liabilities and the amount that would be needed, if the corporation were to be dissolved at the time of the payment of the dividend, to satisfy the preferential rights of shareholders whose preferential rights are superior to those receiving the dividend. In addition, our existing and future debt agreements limit, or may limit, our ability to pay dividends. Under the terms of our 2032 Notes, we are prohibited from paying dividends upon and during the continuance of any Event of Default under such notes. Finally, our ability to pay dividends may be limited on account of the junior subordinated debentures that we assumed through acquisitions. We must make payments on the junior subordinated debentures before any dividends can be paid on our common stock. 56 Table of Contents Item 6. Exhibits Exhibit No. Description of Exhibit 3.1 Restated Articles of Incorporation of Investar Holding Corporation (1) 3.2 Amended and Restated By-laws of Investar Holding Corporation (2) 4.1 Specimen Common Stock Certificate (3) 4.2 Indenture, dated April 6, 2022, by and among Investar Holding Corporation and UMB Bank, National Association, as trustee (4) 4.3 Form of 5.125% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Note due 2032 (5) 10.1* Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement for Non-Employee Directors - Five Year Vesting 31.1 Certification of the Principal Executive Officer, as required pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 31.2 Certification of the Principal Financial Officer, as required pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 32.1 Certification of the Principal Executive Officer, as required pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 32.2 Certification of the Principal Financial Officer, as required pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 101.INS Inline XBRL Instance Document 101.SCH Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document 101.CAL Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document 101.LAB Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document 101.PRE Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document 101.DEF Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted in Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101) (1) Filed as exhibit 3.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 of the Company filed with the SEC on May 16, 2014 and incorporated herein by reference. (2) Filed as exhibit 3.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 of the Company filed with the SEC on October 10, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference. (3) Filed as exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 of the Company filed with the SEC on May 16, 2014 and incorporated herein by reference. (4) Filed as exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 7, 2022 and incorporated herein by reference. (5) Filed as exhibit 4.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 7, 2022 and incorporated herein by reference. * Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement. The Company does not have any long-term debt instruments under which securities are authorized exceeding 10% of the total assets of the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis. The Company will furnish to the SEC, upon its request, a copy of all long-term debt instruments. 57 Table of Contents SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. INVESTAR HOLDING CORPORATION Date: May 7, 2025 /s/ John J. D’Angelo John J. D’Angelo President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) Date: May 7, 2025 /s/ John R. Campbell John R. Campbell Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) 58