FIRST GUARANTY BANCSHARES, INC. (NASDAQ:FGBI) Files An 8-K Other Events

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FIRST GUARANTY BANCSHARES, INC. (NASDAQ:FGBI) Files An 8-K Other Events
Item 8.01. Other Events

OnNovember 27,2017 the Board of Directors of First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. ("First Guaranty") declared a 10 percent common stock dividend on First Guaranty's outstanding shares of common stock. The record datewill beDecember 8, 2017 and the payable date will be December 14, 2017.


About FIRST GUARANTY BANCSHARES, INC. (NASDAQ:FGBI)

First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. is a bank holding company. The Company operates through its owned subsidiary, First Guaranty Bank (the Bank). The Bank offers personalized commercial banking services to Louisiana customers, through approximately 20 banking facilities located in the Market Services Areas (MSAs). Its principal business consists of attracting deposits from the general public and local municipalities in its market areas and investing those deposits, together with funds generated from operations and borrowings in securities and in lending activities to serve the credit needs of its customer base, including commercial real estate loans, commercial and industrial loans, one- to four-family residential real estate loans, construction and land development loans, agricultural and farmland loans, and to a lesser extent, consumer and multifamily loans. It also participates in certain syndicated loans, including shared national credits, with other financial institutions.