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15-12G 1 projectipa-form15commonsto.htm 15-12G Document

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 15
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CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

Commission File Number: 000-22507

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The First Bancshares, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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6480 U.S. Highway 98 West,

Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39402

(601) 268-8998

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

Common Stock, $1.00 Par Value
(Title of class of securities covered by this Form)

4.25% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Notes Due 2030
(Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)

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Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:

Rule 12g-4(a)(1)

Rule 12g-4(a)(2)

Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)

Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)

Rule 15d-6

Rule 15d-22(b)

Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date: Zero (0)*

* On April 1, 2025, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 29, 2024, by and between Renasant Corporation (“Renasant”) and The First Bancshares, Inc. (“The First”), The First merged with and into Renasant (the “Merger”), with Renasant as the surviving corporation. As a result of the Merger, all shares of outstanding common stock of The First were exchanged for shares of common stock of Renasant at the effective time of the Merger on April 1, 2025.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Renasant Corporation has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.


	RENASANT CORPORATION
Date: April 17, 2025	By:	/s/ C. Mitchell Waycaster
	Name:	C. Mitchell Waycaster
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice President

SEC Form 15-12G filed by First Bancshares Inc.