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Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (225) 227-2222

 

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

☐         Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

☐         Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

☐         Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company ☐

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 

 

On March 17, 2021, Investar Holding Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that the shareholders of Cheaha Financial Group, Inc. (“Cheaha”), the holding company for Cheaha Bank in Oxford, Alabama, approved the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the “Merger Agreement”). The Company also announced that the necessary regulatory approvals for the acquisition of Cheaha have been received from the Company’s federal banking regulators. The acquisition is expected to be consummated on or about April 1, 2021, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the other closing conditions described in the Merger Agreement.

 

A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.

 

Item  9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

 

 

 

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 hereunto duly authorized.