Company: FGBI
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001408534-25-000019
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Company: First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form: DEF 14A
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 financial reporting.

Tax Fees. These are fees billed for professional services related to tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning, including the preparation and filing of tax returns.

All Other Fees. These are fees for all other permissible services that do not meet the above category descriptions. Fees in this category include due diligence assistance services when provided.

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Unless otherwise instructed, validly executed proxies will be voted "FOR" the ratification.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE "FOR" THE RATIFICATION OF GRIFFITH, DELANEY, HILLMAN & LETT, CPAS, PSC , AS OUR INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2025.

Policy on Audit Committee Pre-Approval of Audit and Non-Audit Services of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Audit Committee or the Chair of the Audit Committee under authority delegated by the Audit Committee, will pre-approve all services (audit and permissible non-audit services) performed by the independent registered public accounting firm and the associated costs and fees, in order to assure that the provision of such services does not impair the independent registered public accounting firm's independence. Any services approved by the Audit Committee Chair will be brought to the full Audit Committee for approval at the next scheduled committee meeting. Services which qualify under the de minimis exception to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 shall be approved by the Committee or a delegated Committee Member prior to the completion of the audit.

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### SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS

#### 2026 Annual Meeting
The deadline for submission of shareholder proposals to be considered for inclusion in the proxy materials relating to the 2026 Annual Meeting is December 19, 2025.

Under new SEC Rule 14a-19, a shareholder intending to engage in a director election contest with respect to First Guaranty's annual meeting of shareholders to be held in 2026 must give First Guaranty notice of its intent to solicit proxies by providing the names of its nominees and certain other information at least 60 calendar days before the anniversary of the previous year's annual meeting. This deadline is February 17, 2026.

Shareholder proposals to be presented at the 2026 Meeting, but not included in the proxy materials for that Meeting, must be submitted not less than 30 or more than 90 days before the date