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Investar Holding Executive Compensation (FY25)

ISTR · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2024 to 2025
Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): May 22, 2026
103 figures on this page: 96 cited to the filing that reported them, 7 calculated from figures it prints. See the citations
Total compensation for John D'Angelo, President and Chief Executive Officer, came to $1,484,431 in fiscal 2025, and D'Angelo's total was 14.1% higher than the $1,301,304 reported for fiscal 2024. For fiscal 2025, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 99.4% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held May 20, 2026. Companies named in the disclosed peer group include Business First Bancshares, Inc., Capital City Bank Group, Inc., CoastalSouth Bancshares, Inc., First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. and Home Bancorp, Inc., among others. The fiscal 2025 disclosure covers 3 named executive officers.
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
John D'Angelo
Latest say-on-pay support
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May 20, 2026
This company is not required to report a chief executive pay ratio.
What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025
The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.
Chief executive total compensation — John D'Angelo: $1,301,304$1,484,431 (14.1% higher)
Say-on-pay support: 97.3%99.4% (2.1 points higher)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Investar Holding's chief executive and what were they paid?
Total compensation for John D'Angelo, President and Chief Executive Officer, came to $1,484,431 in fiscal 2025. D'Angelo's total was 14.1% higher than the $1,301,304 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was Investar Holding's say-on-pay result?
For fiscal 2025, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 99.4% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held May 20, 2026.
Which companies are in Investar Holding's peer group?
Companies named in the disclosed peer group include Business First Bancshares, Inc., Capital City Bank Group, Inc., CoastalSouth Bancshares, Inc., First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. and Home Bancorp, Inc., among others.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
John D'Angelo
President and Chief Executive Officer
John Campbell
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Linda Crochet
Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
John D'Angelo
President and Chief Executive Officer
John Campbell
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Linda Crochet
Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Equity awards granted

Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2025
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
John CampbellOTHER
John D'AngeloOTHER
Linda CrochetOTHER
Fiscal 2024 are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
John D’AngeloRSU
John CampbellRSU
Linda CrochetRSU
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Suzanne O. Middleton
William H. Hidalgo, Sr
Board chair
Rose J. Hudson
Frank L. Walker
James E. Yegge, M.D
Gordon H. Joffrion, III
Robert Chris Jordan
Andrew C. Nelson, M.D
Julio A. Melara
Scott G. Ginn
James F. Dunkerley, David A. Flack, M.D and John J. D'Angelo served on the board in fiscal 2025 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
Earlier years are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
Board cash retainer
Board equity retainer
Total board retainer
Board chair premium
Equity is delivered as restricted stock units.

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
  • Business First Bancshares, Inc. BFST
  • Capital City Bank Group, Inc. CCBG
  • CoastalSouth Bancshares, Inc. COSO
  • First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. FGBI
  • Home Bancorp, Inc. HBCP
  • MetroCity Bankshares, Inc. MCBS
  • Red River Bancshares, Inc. RRBI
  • SmartFinancial, Inc. SMBK
  • South Plains Financial, Inc. SPFI
  • Third Coast Bancshares, Inc. TCBX
  • Triumph Financial, Inc. TFIN
  • USCB Financial Holdings, Inc. USCB
  • Wilson Bank Holding Company WBHC

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025May 20, 2026=
2024May 21, 2025=
2023May 15, 2024=
2022May 17, 2023=
2021May 18, 2022=
2020May 19, 2021=
2019May 27, 2020=
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103 figures on this page: 96 cited to the filing that reported them, 7 calculated from figures it prints.
96 cited to the filing
7 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001437749-26-018275
  2. 0001437749-26-011771
    COMPENSATION TABLES · EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION & · NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR COMPENSATION · Outstanding Equity Awards at December 31, 2025 · and 1 more section
  3. 0001437749-25-018156
  4. 0001437749-25-011424
    COMPENSATION TABLES
  5. 0001437749-24-017264
  6. 0001437749-23-015037
  7. 0001437749-22-013047
  8. 0001437749-21-012880
  9. 0001602658-20-000117
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Peers Investar Holding discloses

The companies named in ISTR's own disclosed peer group.

Business First Bancshares, Inc.Capital City Bank Group, Inc.Home Bancorp, Inc.MetroCity Bankshares, Inc.Red River Bancshares, Inc.SmartFinancial, Inc.South Plains Financial, Inc.Third Coast Bancshares, Inc.Triumph Financial, Inc.USCB Financial Holdings, Inc.Wilson Bank Holding Company

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APA
Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
BibTeX
@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}
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