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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Renasant (RNST)

Renasant completes merger with The First Bancshares, effective April 1, 2025

Neutral Impact 4 of 5 m&a Written later

Renasant Corporation completed its merger with The First Bancshares, Inc. on April 1, 2025, with each First share converted into 1.00 Renasant share. Renasant also assumed $133,786,000 of subordinated debentures and notes, and its board grew to 17 directors, while Executive Chairman E. Robinson McGraw agreed to resign as an officer effective May 1, 2025, when Kevin D. Chapman becomes Chief Executive Officer.

Key points

  • Merger completed April 1, 2025; each First share converted into 1.00 Renasant share, with cash paid in lieu of fractional shares
  • Renasant assumed subordinated debentures and notes totaling $133,786,000 in aggregate principal amount
  • Board increased to 17 directors with four new seats filled by M. Ray (Hoppy) Cole, Jr., Jonathan A. Levy, Renee Moore and Ted E. Parker
  • E. Robinson McGraw will resign as an officer effective May 1, 2025; Kevin D. Chapman becomes CEO on that date, and McGraw has a $672,185.55 severance payment

The filing

CompanyRenasant (RNST)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECApr 4, 2025, 3:11 PM ET
Accession number0000715072-25-000123

Items reported: 2.01 Acquisition or Disposition Completed2.03 New Direct Financial Obligation5.02 Director / Officer Change7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:38 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on April 04, 2025.

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