On November 3, 2022, Christopher L. Hufft, Executive Vice President of Investar Holding Corporation (Company) and Investar Bank (Bank), notified the company of his intent to separate from all positions at the company and the Bank, to be effective November 4, 2022 (the “Separation Date”). As previously announced on July 26, 2022, Mr. Hufft's decision to separate is being taken for health reasons. Effective as of the Separation Date, the Board of Directors of the Company designated John J. D'Angelo as the interim Chief Financial Officer and principal financial officer of the Company, to serve in that function until a permanent replacement is named.

Mr. D'Angelo, 62, has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since its organization as a bank holding company in 2013. He has also served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company's subsidiary Investar Bank since its organization in 2006. Prior to the Bank's organization, Mr. D'Angelo was manager of the private banking, small business banking, construction lending, brokerage and trust areas of Hibernia National Bank (the predecessor to Capital One, N.A.) for more than six years in the East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, market.

From 1996 to 2005, Mr. D'Angelo was president and director of Aegis Lending Corporation, a company with lending operations in 46 states and the District of Columbia. Prior to 1996, Mr. D'Angelo, who has a Bachelor's of Science in Accounting and was previously a licensed Certified Public Accountant, worked as an accountant at KPMG and other accounting firms.