FORM 3
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| 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Melara Julio A |
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY)
| 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Investar Holding Corp [ISTR] |
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4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) | ||
| 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(MM/DD/YYYY) | 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person | |
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned | |||
| 1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) | 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) | 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) |
| Common Stock | 6804 (1) | D | |
| Common Stock | 2436 | I | 401(k) |
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||
| 1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YYYY) | 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) | 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) | ||
| Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||
| Explanation of Responses: | |
| (1) | Includes 1,803 restricted stock units subject to certain annual vesting requirements. |
| Remarks: EX 24: POWER OF ATTORNEY |
| Reporting Owners | |||||
| Reporting Owner Name / Address | |||||
| Director | 10% Owner | Officer | Other | ||
| Melara Julio A C/O INVESTAR HOLDING CORPORATION 10500 COURSEY BLVD. BATON ROUGE, LA 70816 | X | ||||
| Signatures | ||
| /s/ Julio Melara | 6/30/2023 | |
| **Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | |
| * | If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v). |
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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/ Julio Melara ------------------- Signature |
Witness:
/s/ Patrice Theriot ------------------- Witness: /s/ John Campbell ------------------- Date: June 21, 2023 |
SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED BEFORE ME
this 21st day of June 2023.
/s/ Katie Gravois Plaisance ------------------- Notary Public |