Company: RNST
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form Type: 8-K
Source: 0000715072-25-000123
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Company: RENASANT CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form: 8-K
Item: Item 2.01
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Item 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

On April 1, 2025 (the “ Closing Date”), Renasant Corporation (“ Renasant” or the “ Company”), the parent holding company of Renasant Bank (“ Renasant Bank” or the “ Bank”), completed the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 29, 2024 (the “ Agreement”), by and between the Company and The First Bancshares, Inc. (“ The First”), a Mississippi corporation and the parent holding company of The First Bank. On the Closing Date, (i) The First merged with and into Renasant (the “ Merger”), with Renasant continuing as the surviving corporation in the Merger (the effective time of the Merger, “ Effective Time”) and (ii) simultaneously with the Merger, The First Bank merged with and into Renasant Bank, with Renasant Bank continuing as the surviving bank (together with the Merger, the “ Mergers”). The Mergers were described in the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-281851) filed with the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC”) on August 30, 2024 and amended on September 13, 2024 (as amended, the “ Registration Statement”).

At the Effective Time, pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, each share of common stock, par value $1.00 per share, of The First was converted into the right to receive 1.00 share of common stock, par value $5.00 per share, of Renasant, with cash paid in lieu of fractional shares.

The foregoing summary of the Agreement and the Mergers is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Agreement, which is contained in Annex A to the joint proxy statement/prospectus included in the Registration Statement, which is attached as Exhibit 2.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.