Company: RNST
Filing Date: 2025-02-26
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0000715072-25-000057
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Company: RENASANT CORP
Filing Date: 2025-02-26
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 93
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 enhance the capabilities of the board.

As of the date of this proxy statement, all of our nominees are current directors standing for re-election, except for Messrs. Cole, Levy and Parker and Ms. Moore, who will be standing for election as Renasant directors for the first time, with their election subject to the completion of the FBMS merger. Biographical information about each nominee for election other than Messrs. Cole, Levy and Parker and Ms. Moore may be found in the Board Members and Compensation section under the heading “Members of the Board of Directors.” Biographical information for Messrs. Cole, Levy and Parker and Ms. Moore follows. If for any reason a nominee is not available as a candidate for director, an event that the board does not anticipate, the proxy holders will vote, in their discretion, for another candidate nominated by the board.

| Name                     |     | Age |     | Background, Experience, Qualifications and Skills                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| M. Ray (Hoppy) Cole, Jr. |     |  63 |     | Background:Since 2009 Mr. Cole has served as FBMS’s and The First Bank’s chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer. Mr. Cole will be appointed a Renasant director upon the completion of the FBMS merger.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
 Experience/Qualifications/Skills:As FBMS’s and The First Bank’s chief executive officer, Mr. Cole has extensive knowledge of all aspects of FBMS’s business, and his role on our board will be essential to our efforts to successfully integrate FBMS’s operations with Renasant’s following the completion of the merger. His many years of experience in banking and his leadership in building FBMS make him well qualified to serve as a Renasant director. His insight is expected to be an essential part of formulating Renasant’s policies, plans and strategies. |

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| Jonathan A. Levy |     | 64 |     | Background:Mr. Levy has been involved in the real estate and construction industry for more than 35 years. He is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Redstone Investments, which is a development, management, and acquisitions company with a focus on shopping center development. Redstone also has a  commercial real estate brokerage which provided asset management services for financial institutions and other third parties. Mr. Levy is involved in many civic and educational activities in the Tampa, Florida area. Mr. Levy also currently serves as a director