Company: RNST
Filing Date: 2025-02-26
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000715072-25-000054
Chunk: 93

Company: RENASANT CORP
Filing Date: 2025-02-26
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 7
Chunk 93
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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

(In Thousands, Except Share Data)

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 and results of operations  for each of the years then ended should be read together with the cautionary language regarding forward-looking statements at the beginning of this Annual Report on Form 10-K and the consolidated financial statements and related notes included under Part II, Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data, of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, as well as Part II, Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the SEC on February 23, 2024, which provides a discussion of 2022 items and year-to-year comparisons between 2023 and 2022 that are not included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Performance Overview

Net income was $195,457 for 2024 compared to $144,678 for 2023. Basic and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) were $3.29 and $3.27, respectively, for 2024 compared to $2.58 and $2.56, respectively, for 2023. At December 31, 2024, total assets increased to $18,034,868 from $17,360,535 at December 31, 2023. The changes in our financial condition and results of operations from 2023 to 2024 were driven by a number of factors, the most prominent of which are highlighted below:Financial Highlights—In July 2024, the Company and The First Bancshares, Inc. (“The First”) entered into an agreement and plan of merger, pursuant to which, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, among other things, The First will merge with and into the Company, with the Company as the surviving entity in such merger, and immediately thereafter, The First’s subsidiary bank and Renasant Bank will enter into a subsidiary plan of merger, pursuant to which The First’s subsidiary bank will merge with and into Renasant Bank, with Renasant Bank as the surviving entity in such merger. Subject to the terms and conditions of the merger agreement, at the effective time of the merger, each outstanding share of common stock of The First will be converted into the right to