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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1. To elect the Board of Directors to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified;

2. To approve an advisory, non-binding resolution regarding our executive compensation as described in this Proxy Statement;

3. To ratify the appointment of Griffith, DeLaney, Hillman & Lett, CPAs, PSC as First Guaranty's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2025; and

4. To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

The Board of Directors has fixed March 24, 2025, as the record date for determining shareholders entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. Only shareholders of record at the close of business on March 24, 2025, are entitled to notice and to vote at the Meeting.

We encourage all shareholders to participate in this year’s Annual Meeting in person. However, if you prefer, you may still attend the Annual Meeting via computer and telephone. See instructions below.

<div align='center'>Instructions to view Annual Meeting via the web:</div>

To see and hear the presentation, using your computer:

1. Go to http://www.fgb.net/investor-relations

2. Click the button that says, “Join the Meeting”

3. Enter your name and email address, you will then be joined to the visual component of the meeting. You will be able to use your computer audio or dial in by phone for the audio portion of the presentation.

To hear the presentation, using your phone (without need to use a computer):

1. Dial Conference Phone: 305 224 1968

2. Enter Meeting ID: 853 0249 5419

3. Enter Passcode: 20240515

Your vote is important regardless of the number of shares you own. All shareholders are invited to attend the Meeting in person, but if you do not plan to attend this Meeting, please mark, date, and sign the enclosed proxy card and return it promptly in the enclosed stamped envelope . This proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board of Directors and may be revoked by written notice to the Secretary of First Guaranty at any time prior to exercise thereof.

Our Proxy Statement, Annual Report and Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 may be accessed on our website at www.fgb