HLS 182ES-143 ORIGINAL
2018 Second Extraordinary Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 29
BY REPRESENTATIVE SHADOIN
COMMENDATIONS: Commends Origin Bancorp, Inc., the financial holding company for
Origin Bank headquartered in Ruston, on its recent listing on the NASDAQ stock
exchange
1 A RESOLUTION
2To commend Origin Bancorp, Inc., the financial holding company for Origin Bank
3headquartered in Ruston, on its recent listing on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
4 WHEREAS, The Bank of Choudrant was opened in 1912 in Lincoln Parish,
5Louisiana; and
6 WHEREAS, The Bank of Choudrant acquired the Bank of Bernice in Union Parish,
7Louisiana in 1987 and changed its name to Community Trust Bank; and
8 WHEREAS, Community Trust Bank went on to expand into Ouachita, Morehouse,
9and Bossier Parishes; and
10 WHEREAS, Community Trust Bank also opened branches in Texas and Mississippi;
11and
12 WHEREAS, through these significant expansions Community Trust Bank became
13the first billion dollar bank from northern Louisiana; and
14 WHEREAS, in 2012, Community Trust Bank celebrated one hundred years of
15enriching the communities it serves through activities such as sponsoring little league teams,
16volunteering at food banks, and helping community members achieve their goals through
17financial planning; and
18 WHEREAS, in 2015, president and chief executive officer Drake Mills announced
19that Community Trust Bank, while continuing its commitment to community and looking
20forward to future success, would be known as Origin Bank; and
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1 WHEREAS, these future successes were realized as Origin Bank now employs close
2to seven hundred employees, operates more than forty banking centers, and has assets of
3over four billion dollars; and
4 WHEREAS, Origin Bancorp, Inc., the financial holding company for Origin bank,
5is headquartered in Ruston, Louisiana; and
6 WHEREAS, on May 9, 2018, Origin Bancorp, Inc. officially listed Origin's stock on
7the NASDAQ under the symbol OBNK; and
8 WHEREAS, on May 17, 2018, Origin Bancorp, Inc. celebrated its listing on the
9NASDAQ stock exchange by engaging in the time-honored tradition of ringing the bell to
10officially mark the closing of the trading day.
11 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
12Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend Origin Bancorp, Inc. on its recent listing on
13the NASDAQ stock exchange and does hereby extend best wishes for the bank's continued
14success in the future.
15 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
16to Drake Mills, president and chief executive officer of Origin Bancorp, Inc.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HR 29 Original 2018 Second Extraordinary Session Shadoin
Commends Origin Bancorp, Inc., the financial holding company for Origin Bank, which is
headquartered in Ruston, Louisiana, on its recent listing on the NASDAQ stock exchange
and subsequent opportunity to ring the closing bell.
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