Julio A. Melara - 21 Jan 2026 Form 4 Insider Report for Investar Holding Corp (ISTR)

Role: Director
Signature: /s/ Julio A. Melara
Issuer symbol: ISTR
Transactions as of: 21 Jan 2026
Net transactions value: $0
Form type: 4
Filing time: 23 Jan 2026, 18:04:24 UTC
Previous filing: 03 Jul 2025
SEC: View on sec.gov

Reporting Owners (1)

Name	Relationship	Address	Signature	Signature date	CIK
Melara Julio A	Director	C/O INVESTAR HOLDING CORPORATION, 10500 COURSEY BLVD., BATON ROUGE	/s/ Julio A. Melara	23 Jan 2026	0001982976

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	ISTR	Common Stock	Award	$0	+1,431	+14%	$0.000000	11,903	21 Jan 2026	Direct	F1
holding	ISTR	Common Stock						2,436	21 Jan 2026	401(k)

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	Grant of restricted stock units ("RSUs") that convert into common stock on a one-for-one basis. Twenty percent of the RSUs will vest on 1/21/2027 and the remaining RSUs will vest in four substantially equal annual installments beginning on 1/1/2028.