First Bancshares, Inc. · OTC:FIBH

First Bancshares — Q4 2023 Earnings Presentation

36 slides from First Bancshares's earnings presentation, Jan 25, 2024

  1. Slide 1: The First Bancshares, Inc. January 2024

    TheFirst BANCSHARES, INC. January 2024 NASDAQ: FBMS

  2. Slide 2: Safe Harbor & Forward Looking Statements

    2 Safe Harbor & Forward Looking Statements ABOUT THE FIRST BANCSHARES, INC. The First Bancshares, Inc. (“FBMS” or the “Company”), headquartered in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, is the parent company of The First Bank. Founded in 1996, The First has operations in Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida

  3. Slide 3: Our Company: Company Overview

    1.54% Cost of Deposits 15.0% Total Capital Ratio 5th Largest Bank Headquartered in MS $8.0bn Total Assets $22,855 Average Deposit Size (3) 3 Our Company Company Overview 80% Loans / Deposits 12.1% CET1 Ratio Data as of or for the three months ended 12/31/23 (1) Non-GAAP measure, refer to appendix fo

  4. Slide 4: Q4 2023 Highlights

    Q4 2023 Highlights Key Highlights Data as of or for the three months ended 12/31/23 (1) Non-GAAP measure, refer to appendix for “Non-GAAP Reconciliation” (2) Excludes public funds and ICS accounts (3) Cumulative deposit beta is defined as the change in cost of interest bearing deposits from Q4 ’21 o

  5. Slide 5: Evolution of Our Franchise

    New Orleans Mobile Baton Rouge Jackson Tallahassee Montgomery Shreveport Columbus Evolution of Our Franchise December 31, 2009 FBMS Branch (9) Hattiesburg Source: S&P Global Market Intelligence, Company documents Data as of 12/31 of each year, respectively December 31, 2023 Valdosta Tallahassee Tamp

  6. Slide 6: Q4 2023 Significant Update: Bond Portfolio Restructuring Transaction

    Q4 2023 Significant Update 6  $9.7 million pre-tax charge, or $0.20 EPS (1)  $123 million in bonds sold with weighted average book yield of 1.12 and average remaining life of 3 years  $92 million of proceeds reinvested into available-for-sale bonds yielding 5.33%, and $30 million of proceeds used

  7. Slide 7: Improving Geographic Diversification of our Balance Sheet

    Improving Geographic Diversification of our Balance Sheet 7 2015 Deposits by State December 31, 2023 Deposits by State 2009 and 2015 data as of 6/30 2015 Loans by State December 31, 2023 Loans by State2009 Loans by State 2009 Deposits by State Mississippi 100% Mississippi 100% Mississippi 70% Alabam

  8. Slide 8: Financial Results

    8 FINANCIAL RESULTS

  9. Slide 9: Historical Performance Over Time

    EPS Net Income ($mm) 9 Pre-tax Pre Provision Income ($mm), Operating (1) PTPP ROAA, Oper. (1) Annual data for the twelve months ended 12/31 of each respective year; quarterly data for the three months ended each respective quarter (1) Non-GAAP measure, refer to appendix for “Non-GAAP Reconciliation”

  10. Slide 10: Net Interest Income Over Time

    Net Interest Income Over Time 3.74% 3.99% 3.59% 3.44% 3.70% 3.72% 3.71% Net Interest Income ($mm) NIM, FTE (1) 3.34%3.83% 3.94% 3.51%4.02% Annual data for the twelve months ended 12/31 of each respective year; quarterly data for the three months ended each respective quarter (1) Non-GAAP measure, re

  11. Slide 11: Historical Cost and Yield Analysis

    Historical Cost and Yield Analysis 11Data as of or for the three months ended each respective quarter (1) Non-GAAP measure, refer to appendix for “Non-GAAP Reconciliation” Quarterly Yields & Costs (%) 0.51% 0.72% 0.91% 1.21% 1.54% 3.37% 3.69% 3.82% 3.52% 3.33% 4.98% 5.45% 5.99% 5.92% 6.03% 2.48% 2.5

  12. Slide 12: NIM Impact for the Quarter

    12 NIM Impact for the Quarter Drivers of Change Q3 ‘23 to Q4 ‘23 Data as of or for the three months ended 9/30/23 and 12/31/23, respectively (1) Non-GAAP measure, refer to appendix for “Non-GAAP Reconciliation” N et In te re st M ar gi n , F TE (1 ) C o re N et I n te re st M ar gi n , F TE (1 ) 3.5

  13. Slide 13: Historical Profitability Trends

    Historical Profitability Trends 13Data as of or for the three months ended each respective quarter (1) Non-GAAP measure, refer to appendix for “Non-GAAP Reconciliation” Reported ROAA (%) ROAA, Operating (%) (1) Reported ROATCE (%) (1) ROATCE, Operating (%) (1) PTPP ROAA, Oper. (1) 1.07% 1.36% 1.36%

  14. Slide 14: Historical Profitability Trends

    14 Historical Profitability Trends Non-interest Income, Oper. / Adj. Operating Revenue (%) (1) Non-interest Income Q4 ‘23 (%) (2) Efficiency Ratio, Operating (%) (1) Adjusted Operating Expense / Average Assets (%) (1) Data as of or for the three months ended each respective quarter (1) Non-GAAP meas

  15. Slide 15: Deposit and Loan Information

    15 DEPOSIT AND LOAN INFORMATION

  16. Slide 16: Deposit Composition Growth

    0.30% 0.23% 0.19% 0.18% 0.15% 0.21% 0.52% 0.72% 0.91% 1.21% 1.54% 1.47% 1.50% 1.64% Q2 '21 Q3 '21 Q4 '21 Q1 '22 Q2 '22 Q3 '22 Q4 '22 Q1 '23 Q2 '23 Q3 '23 Q4 '23 Oct '23 Nov '23 Dec '23 16 Deposit Composition Growth Historical Deposit Composition Cost of Total Deposits Over Time (%) Dollars in millio

  17. Slide 17: Granular Loan Portfolio

    17 Granular Loan Portfolio Dollars in millions Data as of 12/31/23 Size of our top 75 Relationships • Largest individual loan is $28.8 million total committed exposure • Total participations purchased are less than 3% of outstanding balances $40.7 $21.9 $17.2 $13.1 $10.0 1 10 25 50 75 Total Advanced

  18. Slide 18: Balanced Loan Portfolio

    18 Balanced Loan Portfolio Data as of 12/31/23 (1) Excludes owner-occupied CRE Loan Portfolio Mix CRE (1) Exposure by Type  Granular loan portfolio, average loan size excluding PPP is ~$215 thousand  Top 20 loans represent ~7% of total portfolio  De Minimis consumer credit card loans ($1.6 millio

  19. Slide 19: Office Exposure

    19 Office Exposure Data as of 12/31/23; Dollars in millions Professional Office by GeographyOffice Portfolio Maturity Florida 12% Georgia 47% Mississippi 19% Louisiana 12% Alabama 9% Office Portfolio Non-Owner Occupied % of Total Cumulative % Maturing in 2023 $1.8 1% 1% Maturing in 2024 15.8 8% 8% M

  20. Slide 20: Loan Concentrations Over Time

    20 Loan Concentrations Over Time C&D Loan Concentration Over Time CRE Loan Concentration Over Time Yearly data as of 12/31 each respective year; quarterly data for the three months ended each respective quarter Note: 100% and 300% are the interagency guidance figures for C&D Concentration and CRE Co

  21. Slide 21: Asset Quality Over Time

    21 Asset Quality Over Time NPAs / Loans + OREO (%) NCOs / Average Loans (%) ACL / NPLs (%)ACL / Loans (%) Yearly data as of or for the twelve months ended each respective year; quarterly data for the three months ended each respective quarter 2.1% 1.5% 1.0% 0.5% 0.5% 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 2019 2020 2021 20

  22. Slide 22: History of Prudent Credit Culture

    0.5% 0.4% 0.3% 0.4% 0.3% 0.0% 0.2% (0.0%) (0.0%) (0.0%) 0.0% (0.0%) 0.1% 0.1% (0.1%) 1.3% 2.5% 2.5% 1.6% 1.1% 0.7% 0.5% 0.4% 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 0.3% 0.3% 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 FBMS Banking Industry 22 History of Prudent Credit Culture 15-Yea

  23. Slide 23: Capital & Liquidity

    23 CAPITAL & LIQUIDITY

  24. Slide 24: Capital Position

    24 Capital Position TCE / TA (%) (1) Leverage Ratio (%) Total Risk Based Capital Ratio (%)CET1 Ratio (%) Data as of 12/31 of each year, respectively; quarterly data for the three months ended each respective quarter (1) Non-GAAP measure, refer to appendix for “Non-GAAP Reconciliation” 9.5% 9.2% 8.3%

  25. Slide 25: Capital Position Including Unrealized Losses

    25 Capital Position Including Unrealized Losses Data as of or for the three months ended 12/31/23 (1) Non-GAAP measure, refer to appendix for “Non-GAAP Reconciliation” (2) Assumes AOCI adjustments related to market valuations on securities and related hedges are included for regulatory capital calcu

  26. Slide 26: Capital Appreciation & Returns to Shareholders

    26 Capital Appreciation & Returns to Shareholders Tangible Book Value per Share (1) ($) Dividends Declared per Share ($) Shares Repurchased (%) (2) Data as of 12/31 of each year, respectively; quarterly data for the three months ended each respective quarter (1) Non-GAAP measure, refer to appendix f

  27. Slide 27: Liquidity Position

    27 Liquidity Position Gross Loans / Deposits (%) Funding Sources 84.0% 84.9% 74.6% 68.9% 56.6% 55.8% 68.8% 78.6% 80.0% 40.0% 50.0% 60.0% 70.0% 80.0% 90.0% 2018 2019 2020 2020 (ex. PPP) 2021 2021 (ex. PPP) 2022 Q3 '23 Q4 '23 Outstanding / Remaining Usage Bank Sources Available ($mm) Pledged ($mm) Ava

  28. Slide 28: Securities Portfolio Composition

    28 Securities Portfolio Composition Dollars in millions Data as of or for the three months ended 12/31/23 Available-For-Sale Portfolio Summary Held-To-Maturity Government Agency 1% MBS 52%Corporates 3% Treasury 1% TE & TX Muni 42% Government Agency 2% MBS 45%Corporates 1% Treasury 13% TE & TX Muni 3

  29. Slide 29: Appendix

    29 APPENDIX

  30. Slide 30: Historical Financials

    Historical Financials 30 Dollars in thousands, except for per share data Annual data as of or for the twelve months ended each respective year; quarterly data as of or for the three months ended each respective quarter (1) Non-GAAP measure, refer to appendix for “Non-GAAP Reconciliation” For the Yea

  31. Slide 31: Non-GAAP Reconciliation

    31 Non-GAAP Reconciliation The First Bancshares, Inc. Non-GAAP For the Year Ended December 31, For the Three Months Ended, March 31, June 30, September 30, December 31, (Dollars in thousands) 2020 2021 2022 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 Net Income Available to Common $52,506 $64,167 $62,919 $75,457 $16,2

  32. Slide 32: Non-GAAP Reconciliation (cont.)

    32 Non-GAAP Reconciliation (cont.) The First Bancshares, Inc. Non-GAAP For the Three Months Ended, December 31, March 31, June 30, September 30, December 31, (Dollars in thousands) 2022 2023 2023 2023 2023 Net Interest Income After Provision for Credit Losses $47,216 $53,926 $64,780 $59,704 $56,415

  33. Slide 33: Non-GAAP Reconciliation (cont.)

    33 Non-GAAP Reconciliation (cont.) The First Bancshares, Inc. Non-GAAP For the Year Ended December 31, For the Three Months Ended, March 31, June 30, September 30, December 31, (Dollars in thousands) 2020 2021 2022 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 Operating Expense Total non-interest expense $106,341 $114,5

  34. Slide 34: Non-GAAP Reconciliation (cont.)

    34 Non-GAAP Reconciliation (cont.) The First Bancshares, Inc. Non-GAAP For the Three Months Ended, December 31, March 31, June 30, September 30, December 31, (Dollars in thousands) 2022 2023 2023 2023 2023 Total non-interest income $8,131 $12,612 $12,423 $19,324 $2,346 Pre-tax non-operating items -

  35. Slide 35: Non-GAAP Reconciliation (cont.)

    35 Non-GAAP Reconciliation (cont.) The First Bancshares, Inc. Non-GAAP For the Year Ended December 31, For the Three Months Ended, March 31, June 30, September 30, December 31, (Dollars in thousands) 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 Total common equity $543,658 $644,815 $676,172 $646,663

  36. Slide 36: Non-GAAP Reconciliation (cont.)

    36 Non-GAAP Reconciliation (cont.) The First Bancshares, Inc. Non-GAAP For the Three Months Ended, December 31, March 31, June 30, September 30, December 31, (Dollars in thousands) 2022 2023 2023 2023 2023 Net Interest Income $47,921 $64,926 $66,030 $60,704 $57,665 Tax-Exempt Investment Income (2,93

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