0001437749-23-000674 3 2 20221229 20230106 20230106 Moore Corey E 0001961337 3 34 001-36522 23516101 10500 COURSEY BOULEVARD BATON ROUGE LA 70816 Investar Holding Corp 0001602658 6022 271560715 LA 1231 10500 COURSEY BLVD THIRD FLOOR BATON ROUGE LA 70816 225-227-2222 10500 COURSEY BLVD THIRD FLOOR BATON ROUGE LA 70816 3 1 rdgdoc.xml COREY MOORE FORM 3 X0206 3 2022-12-29 0 0001602658 Investar Holding Corp ISTR 0001961337 Moore Corey E C/O INVESTAR HOLDING CORPORATION 10500 COURSEY BLVD. BATON ROUGE LA 70816 1 Chief Accounting Officer Common Stock 1112 D Includes 1,112 restricted stock units subject to certain annual vesting requirements. EX 24: POWER OF ATTORNEY /s/ Corey E. Moore 2023-01-06 EX-24 2 powerofattorney-coreymoore.txt INVESTAR HOLDING CORPORATION POWER OF ATTORNEY Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints the Corporate Secretary, any Assistant Corporate Secretary, the Chief Financial Officer of Investar Holding Corporation (the "Company"), and the Director of Financial Reporting of Investar Bank, each signing individually (individually, an "Agent"), as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to: (1) prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC; (2) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of the Company, Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder; (3) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and (4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in- fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion. The undersigned hereby grants to such attorneys-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact, or any such attorney-in- fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of the date set forth below. /s/ Corey E. Moore ------------------- Signature Corey E. Moore ------------------- Print name Witness: /s/ Amanda Biggs ------------------- Witness: /s/ Brittanie Pevito ------------------- Date: January 5, 2023 SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED BEFORE ME this 5th day of January 2023. /s/ Denetria Burris ------------------- Notary Public #143260 ------------------- Notary Public #