2,875,000 Shares Investar Holding Corporation Common Stock $1.00 par value per share Underwriting AgreementUnderwriting Agreement • July 3rd, 2014 • Investar Holding Corp • State commercial banks • New York
Investar Holding Company, a Louisiana corporation (the “Company”), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell to the Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. is acting as Representative (the “Representative”), an aggregate of 2,875,000 shares (the “Firm Shares”) of common stock, $1.00 par value per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”) and all or any part of 431,250 additional shares of Common Stock (the “Optional Shares”) pursuant to the option described in Section 2 hereof to cover over-allotments, if any (the Firm Shares and the Optional Shares that the Underwriter elects to purchase pursuant to Section 2 hereof being collectively called the “Shares”). A primary purpose of the proposed offering is to support the long-term growth of the Company and Investar Bank (the “Bank”), a Louisiana-chartered bank, as set forth in the Registration Statement (as defined below).
