EX-FILING FEES 8 tm2227448d2_ex-filingfees.htm EX-FILING FEES

EX-FILING FEES

 

Calculation of Filing Fee Tables

  

Form S-4
(Form Type)

 

The First Bancshares, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Table 1: Newly Registered and Carry Forward Securities

 

   Security Type  Security
Class
Title
  Fee
Calculation
or Carry
Forward Rule
  Amount
Registered
  Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
Per Unit
  Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
  Fee Rate  Amount of
Registration Fee
  Carry
Forward
Form Type
  Carry
Forward
File Number
  Carry
Forward
Initial
effective date
  Filing Fee
Previously Paid
In Connection
with Unsold
Securities
to be Carried
Forward
 
Newly Registered Securities
Fees to Be Paid  Equity  Common stock, par value $1.00 per share  Other  6,962,436(1)  N/A  $206,780,725(2)  0.0001102  $22,787.24(3)               
Fees Previously Paid                                  
Carry Forward Securities
Carry Forward Securities                                  
   Total Offering Amounts             $22,962.16               
   Total Fees Previously Paid             $0.00               
   Total Fee Offsets             $0.00               
   Net Fee Due             $22,962.16            

  

(1)Represents the maximum number of shares of The First Bancshares, Inc. common stock, par value $1.00 per share, that could be issued to holders of common stock and preferred stock of Heritage Southeast Bancorporation, Inc. in connection with the merger described herein. This number is based upon the sum of (i) 7,020,849 shares of Heritage Southeast Bancorporation, Inc. common stock outstanding as of June 30, 2022, and (ii) 194,110 shares of Heritage Southeast Bancorporation, Inc. common stock issuable in connection with certain Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan Agreements, multiplied by 0.965, the exchange ratio for Heritage Southeast Bancorporation, Inc. shares in the merger. Pursuant to Rule 416, this registration statement also covers additional shares that may be issued as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions. In the event the number of shares of common stock required to be issued to consummate the merger described herein is increased after the date this registration statement is declared effective, The First Bancshares, Inc. will register such additional shares in accordance with Rule 413 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), by filing a registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) or Rule 429 under the Securities Act, as applicable, with respect to such additional shares.

 

(2)Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee required by Section 6(b) of the Securities Act, and calculated in accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(f) promulgated thereunder. The proposed maximum aggregate offering price is (i) $28.66, the average of the high and low prices reported for Heritage Southeast Bancorporation, Inc. common stock on the OTC Market Group’s OTCQX market on October 10, 2022, which was within five business days prior to the date of filing of this registration statement, multiplied by (ii) 7,214,959, the estimated maximum number of shares of Heritage Southeast Bancorporation, Inc. common stock to be exchanged for shares of The First Bancshares, Inc. common stock in the merger.

 

(3)Calculated pursuant to Rule 457 of the Securities Act by multiplying the proposed maximum aggregate offering price by 0.0001102.