SEC FORM 4

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

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Hood William K

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

400 EAST THOMAS STREET

(Street)

HAMMOND

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)
03/08/2019

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)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. $1 Par Common Stock	03/08/2019		P		2,187⁽³⁾	A	$20.9954	529,279⁽²⁾	I	By Smith & Hood Investments, LLC
First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. $1 Par Common Stock	03/20/2019		P		1,090⁽³⁾	A	$21	530,369⁽²⁾	I	By Smith & Hood Investments, LLC
First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. $1 Par Common Stock	03/21/2019		P		858⁽³⁾	A	$20.8419	531,227⁽²⁾	I	By Smith & Hood Investments, LLC
First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. $1 Par Common Stock	03/22/2019		P		465⁽³⁾	A	$21	531,692⁽²⁾	I	By Smith & Hood Investments, LLC
First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. $1 Par Common Stock	05/07/2019		P		869	A	$21.45	532,561⁽²⁾	I	By Smith & Hood Investments, LLC
First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. $1 Par Common Stock								878,361⁽¹⁾	I	By Smith & Hood Holding Company, LLC
First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. $1 Par Common Stock								54,806	I	By affiliate, Hood Investments, LLC
First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. $1 Par Common Stock								19,649	I	By affiliate, WKH Management, Inc.
First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. $1 Par Common Stock								152,781	D
First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. $1 Par Common Stock								3,692	I	By affiliate, Amite Mini Storage
First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. $1 Par Common Stock								1,650	I	Held in brokerage account (Stifel) owned by WKH Holdings

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)
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)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Explanation of Responses:

1. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of 439,180.5 shares of common stock held by a company in which the reporting person is deemed to be a controlling shareholder, which are included in this ownership report.

2. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of 266,280.50 shares of common stock held by a company in which the reporting person is deemed to be a controlling shareholder, which are included in this ownership report.

3. This transaction was matchable under Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, against a sale transaction which occurred on December 6, 2018 and was previously reported on a Form 4. Smith & Hood Investments, LLC has paid the Issuer $6,125.71, representing the full amount of profit realized in connection with the short-swing transactions.

	/s/ William K. Hood	05/08/2019
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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