Company: FGBI
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001408534-25-000019
Chunk: 5

Company: First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form: DEF 14A
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 or skills that caused the Board to determine that the person should serve as a director are set forth below.

The Board of Directors unanimously recommends a vote "FOR" all of the nominees listed below for election as directors.

| Name                 |     | Age(1) |     | Director Since(2) |     | Principal Occupation During the Past Five Years                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| William K. Hood      |     |     74 |     |              1977 |     | President of Hood Automotive Group since 1977 and a director of Entergy Louisiana, Inc. from 1987 to 2010. Mr. Hood's extensive management experience in running a business enterprise provides the Board with valuable insight in the oversight of management.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| Marshall T. Reynolds |     |     88 |     |              1993 |     | Chairman of First Guaranty's Board of Directors since inception in July 2007. Chairman of First Guaranty Bank's Board of Directors since May 1996. Chairman of the Board of Champion Industries, Inc. a holding company for commercial printing and office products companies since 1992.  Chief Executive Officer of Champion Industries, Inc. from 1992 to 2016.  President of Champion Industries, Inc. from December 1992 to September 2000. President and general manager of The Harrah and Reynolds Corporation, predecessor of Champion Industries, Inc., from 1964 (and sole shareholder from 1972) to present. Chairman of the Board of Directors, Broughton Foods Company from November 1996 to June 1999; Director (from 1983 to November 1993) and Chairman of the Board of Directors (from 1983 to November 1993) of Bank One West Virginia Corporation (formerly Key Centurion Bancshares, Inc.). Chairman of the Board of Premier Financial Bancorp, Inc. of Huntington, West Virginia from 1996 to September 2021. Chairman of the Board of Portec Rail Products, Inc. in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from December 1997 until December 2010, Director of Summit State Bank in Santa Rosa, California since December 1998, Director of Bank of Mingo in Williamson, West Virginia since 2018 and Director of First State Financial Corporation in Sarasota, Florida from 1999 to 2009. Chairman of the Board of Directors of Energy Services