M. RAY (HOPPY) COLE, JR.

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FIRST BANCSHARES INC /MS/

Filing Date Source Excerpt
2007-04-11 M. Ray (Hoppy) Cole, 45, currently serves as President of the Picayune branch of the bank and President of the Southern Region... In 2005, he was named President of the Company. He served as director from 1998 to 1999, and then from 2001 through the present.
2008-04-18 M. Ray (Hoppy) Cole, 46, currently serves as President of the bank and the company... He served as director from 1998 to 1999, and then from 2001 through the present.
2009-04-16 M. Ray (Hoppy) Cole, 47, currently serves as President of the bank and the company. ... Mr. Cole graduated from the University of Mississippi ... Mr. Cole also attended the Stonier Graduate School of Banking at the University of Delaware. ... Mr. Cole has been a director of the Company since 1998 and served as a director of our Laurel Bank prior to consolidation and currently serves on the board of the bank. ... Summary Compensation Table shows total compensation $178,999.51.
2010-04-20 M. Ray (Hoppy) Cole, Jr., 48, currently serves as CEO and President of the bank and the Company... Director Compensation Table does not list compensation for him as director.
2011-04-25 Background: M. Ray (Hoppy) Cole, Jr., 49, currently serves as CEO and President of the bank and the Company... Mr. Cole has served on the board of the Company for ten years... Summary Compensation Table... M. Ray (Hoppy) Cole, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer... Total: $221,849.74
2012-04-23 M. Ray (Hoppy) Cole, Jr., 50, currently serves as CEO and President of the bank and the Company... Director Compensation Table shows $20,000 total compensation including fees and other cash compensation.
2013-05-02 M. Ray (Hoppy) Cole, Jr., 51, currently serves as CEO and President of the bank and the Company...Director Compensation Table shows total $19,300.00.
2014-04-22 M. Ray (Hoppy) Cole, Jr., 52, currently serves as CEO and President of the bank and the Company... Mr. Cole has served on the board of the Company for more than ten years... Director Compensation Table: M. Ray (Hoppy) Cole, Jr. total $20,200.
2015-04-16 M. Ray (Hoppy) Cole, Jr., 53, currently serves as CEO and President of the bank and the Company. Mr. Cole has served on the board of the Company for more than ten years.
2016-04-15 M. Ray (Hoppy) Cole, Jr., 54, currently serves as CEO and President of the bank and the Company... Director Compensation Table... M. Ray (Hoppy) Cole, Jr. did not receive director stock awards. The management stock awards he received are shown in Summary Compensation Table... Fees Earned or Paid in Cash $21,800.00
2017-04-12 M. Ray (Hoppy) Cole, Jr., 55, served as director of the Company from 1998 to 1999, and then from 2001 through the present and currently serves on the board of the bank. ... Mr. Cole currently serves as CEO and President of the bank and the Company. ... Current Members are Ricky Gibson, M. Ray (Hoppy) Cole, Jr., Doug Seidenburg, and Charles Lightsey. ... The committee met four times during the year ended December 31, 2016. Current Members are Charles Lightsey, Dr. Rodney Bennett (currently a director of the bank), M. Ray (Hoppy) Cole, Jr., and Fred McMurry. ... Director Compensation Table ... M. Ray (Hoppy) Cole, Jr. did not receive director stock awards. The director fees he received are shown in Summary Compensation Table under “All Other Compensation”. ... Summary Compensation Table ... All Other Compensation ... $73,262.55
2018-04-11 M. Ray (Hoppy) Cole, Jr., 55, serves as CEO and President of the Company and the Bank, Vice Chair of the Board of Directors. He serves on the Executive Committee and Risk Committee. Director fees he received are shown in Summary Compensation Table under All Other Compensation totaling $21,480.93.
2019-04-03 M. Ray (Hoppy) Cole, Jr., 57, served as director of the Company from 1998 to 1999 and from 2001 through the present and is also a director of the Bank. ... Mr. Cole currently serves as President and CEO of the Company and the Bank and serves as the Vice Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors. ... Director Compensation Table ... M. Ray (Hoppy) Cole, Jr. did not receive director stock awards nor did he receive director fees for his service on the Board of Directors for the Company or the Bank.
2021-04-07 M. Ray (Hoppy) Cole, Jr., 59, served as director of the Company from 1998 to 1999 and from 2001 through the present and is also a director of the Bank. He has served as President and CEO since 2009 and Vice Chairman since 2010. He did not receive director stock awards nor fees. He is on the Executive Committee.
2022-04-06 M. Ray (Hoppy) Cole, Jr., 60, has served as director of the Company from 1998 to 1999 and from 2001 through the present and is also a director of the Bank. ... Mr. Cole has served as President and CEO of the Company and the Bank since 2009 and has served as the Vice Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors since 2010. ... M. Ray (Hoppy) Cole, Jr. did not receive director stock awards nor did he receive director fees for his service on the Board of Directors for the Company or the Bank.
2023-04-12 M. Ray (Hoppy) Cole, Jr., 61, has served as director of the Company from 1998 to 1999 and from 2001 through the present and is also a director of the Bank. ... Mr. Cole has served as President and CEO of the Company and the Bank since 2009 and has serves as the Chairman of both the Company’s and Bank’s Board of Directors. ... M. Ray (Hoppy) Cole, Jr. did not receive director stock awards nor did he receive director fees for his service on the Board of Directors for the Company or the Bank.
2024-04-10 M. Ray (Hoppy) Cole, Jr., 62, has served as director of the Company from 1998 to 1999 and from 2001 through the present and is also a director of the Bank. ... Mr. Cole has served as President and CEO of the Company and the Bank since 2009 and has serves as the Chairman of both the Company’s and Bank’s Board of Directors. ... Director Compensation Table ... M. Ray (Hoppy) Cole, Jr. did not receive director stock awards nor did he receive director fees for his service on the board of Directors for the Company or the Bank. ... Summary Compensation Table ... Total $2,426,148

RENASANT CORP

Filing Date Source Excerpt
2025-03-12 Mr. Cole has served as FBMS’s and The First Bank’s chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer.

Data sourced from SEC filings. Last updated: 2026-02-03