First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. Appoints Edgar R. Smith III to the Board of Directors

First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. is the holding company for First Guaranty Bank (the Bank). The Bank offers a range of financial services and focuses on building client relationships and providing customer service. The Bank operates about 36 locations throughout Louisiana, Texas, Kentucky, and West Virginia. The Banks principal business consists of attracting deposits from the general public and local municipalities in its market areas and then investing those deposits. The Bank also generates funds from operations, borrowings in lending and investing in securities. The Bank serves the credit needs of its customer base, including commercial real estate loans, commercial and industrial loans, commercial leases, and others. The Bank offers a variety of deposit accounts to consumers, small businesses, and municipalities, including personal and business checking and savings accounts, time deposits and money market accounts. In addition, the Bank offers a range of consumer services.