SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Smith Edgar R. III (Last) (First) (Middle) 400 EAST THOMAS STREET (Street) HAMMOND LA 70401 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. [ FGBI ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 06/30/2025
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
COMMON STOCK	06/30/2025		P		30,865	A	$8.1	870,961	D
COMMON STOCK	06/30/2025		A(2)		1,981,506	A	$7.57	2,852,467	D
COMMON STOCK	06/30/2025		A(3)		88,482	A	$8	186,942	I	By: Smith & Tate Investments, LLC(1)
COMMON STOCK								19,407	I	By: MACSMITH LLC(1)
COMMON STOCK								340,637	I	By: Smith & Hood Investment, LLC(1)
COMMON STOCK								340,344	I	By: Big 4 Investments, LLC(1)
COMMON STOCK								17,063	I	By: Smith-Hoover Holdings, L.L.C.(1)
COMMON STOCK								1,062,817	I	By Smith & Hood Holding Company, LLC

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

2. The 1,981,506 shares of common stock of the issuer were issued to the reporting person pursuant to the terms of the Exchange Agreement, dated as of June 16, 2025, by and between First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. and Edgar Ray Smith, III (the "Exchange Agreement"). The Exchange Agreement provides for the issuance of 1,981,506 shares of common stock of the issuer at a price of $7.57 per share in exchange for that certain Floating Rate Subordinated Note due June 21, 2032, in the principal amount of $15,000,000. The Exchange Agreement was filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Form 8-K filed by First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. with the SEC on June 18, 2025.

3. The 88,482 shares of common stock of the issuer were issued to the reporting person pursuant to the terms of the First Amendment to the Promissory Note, dated as of June 4, 2025, by and between First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. and Smith & Tate Investment, L.L.C. (the "Promissory Note Amendment") and the First Amendment to the First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. Floating Rate Subordinated Note due March 28, 2034, dated as of June 4, 2025, by and between First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. and Smith & Tate Investment, L.L.C. (the "Subordinated Note Amendment"). The Promissory Note Amendment and the Subordinated Note Amendment were filed as Exhibit 10.1 and Exhibit 10.2 to the Form 8-K filed by First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. with the SEC on June 9, 2025.

	/s/ Edgar R. Smith III	07/02/2025
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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