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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#### Insider Trading Policy
First Guaranty has adopted an insider trading policy , a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 19.1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. The insider trading policy applies to First Guaranty’s directors, officers, employees and certain of their respective family members, households and controlled entities. The insider trading policy governs the purchase or sale of First Guaranty stock while aware of material nonpublic information and prohibits the disclosure of material nonpublic information to others who then trade First Guaranty stock.

#### Hedging Policy
First Guaranty does not currently have any policy regarding the ability of its employees (including officers) or directors to purchase financial instruments (such as prepaid variable forward contracts, equity swaps, collars and exchange funds), or otherwise engage in transactions that hedge or offset, or are designed to hedge or offset any decrease in value of First Guaranty stock.

### BOARD OF DIRECTORS INDEPENDENCE
The Board of Directors determines the independence of each director in accordance with the Nasdaq Stock Market rules, which include all elements of independence as set forth in the listing requirements for Nasdaq securities. The board of directors has determined that all of our directors are "independent" within the meaning of such standards, with the exception of Ms. Vanessa R. Drew who is an Assistant Vice President and Administrative Officer with First Guaranty Bank. Based on information provided by each director concerning his or her background, employment and affiliations, our board of directors has determined that Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Hood, Mr. Rossi, Mr. Smith, Mr. McAnally, and Mr. Walker do not have relationships that would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director. In making these determinations, our board of directors considered the current and prior relationships that each director has with First Guaranty Bancshares and First Guaranty Bank and all other facts and circumstances our board of directors deemed relevant in determining their independence, including the transactions described in the section titled "Transactions with Related Parties."

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### BOARD COMMITTEES AND MEETINGS

#### General
During 2024, there were 18 meetings of First Guaranty's Board of Directors. There were 16 meetings of First Guaranty Bank's Board of Directors, six meetings of First Guaranty's Audit Committee, six meetings of First Guaranty Bank's Audit