Company: RNST
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form Type: 8-K
Source: 0000715072-25-000123
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Company: RENASANT CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form: 8-K
Item: Item 5.02
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Board of Directors

Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, the board of directors of Renasant (the “ Board”) increased the number of directors that comprised the Board to 17 directors, an increase of four, and appointed each of M. Ray (Hoppy) Cole, Jr., Jonathan A. Levy, Renee Moore, and Ted E. Parker to fill the new seats on the Board, effective as of the Effective Time, to hold such office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her resignation or removal. Prior to the Merger, Mr. Cole was the Chief Executive Officer and President and a director of The First, and Jonathan A. Levy, Renee Moore, and Ted E. Parker were directors of The First. The Company has not yet determined the committees of the Board to which these directors will be appointed; when made, these directors’ respective Board committee assignments will be set forth on the Company’s website, www. renasant. com, by clicking on “ Committee Composition” under the “ Corporate Governance” tab.

Mr. Levy, Mr. Parker and Ms. Moore will be entitled to receive compensation as a non-employee member of the Board, as described under the heading “ Director Compensation” in the “ Board Members and Compensation” section of the Company’s 2025 Proxy Statement, filed with the SEC on March 12, 2025, which is incorporated herein by reference (the “2025 Proxy Statement”). A description of each director’s background and experience can be found in the “ Proposals” section of the 2025 Proxy Statement, under the heading “ Proposal 1 - Election of Directors.” These descriptions are incorporated herein by reference.

In connection with the Agreement, Mr. Cole entered into an employment agreement with Renasant (the “ Cole Employment Agreement”), effective as of the Closing Date. The Cole Employment Agreement is described in the section titled “ Interests of FBMS’s Directors and Executive Officers in the Mergers” of the Registration Statement and such description is incorporated herein by reference. The description of the Cole Employment Agreement is not

complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the Cole Employment Agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

Since the beginning of the last fiscal year there have been no related party