Business First Bancshares, Inc. SEC Filing

Business First Bank (symbol BFST) filed a Form 144 indicating a planned sale of 3,778 common shares through broker Edward Jones on Nasdaq, with an aggregate market value of $103366.00.

Accepted by SEC EDGAR 01/29/2026 - 01:00 PM EST Learn about SEC filing dates

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Business First Bank (symbol BFST) filed a Form 144 indicating a planned sale of 3,778 common shares through broker Edward Jones on Nasdaq, with an aggregate market value of $103366.00. The issuer reports 29,615,370 common shares outstanding.

The shares to be sold were acquired as performance grant compensation from Business First Bank, including 1,350 shares on 03/01/2025, 1,272 shares on 12/12/2024, and 1,156 shares on 02/01/2024, all paid as compensation rather than cash purchases.

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Form 144 Filer Information	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Form 144 NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
FORM 144

144: Filer Information

Filer CIK	0002021584
Filer CCC	XXXXXXXX
Is this a LIVE or TEST Filing?	LIVE TEST
Submission Contact Information
Name
Phone
E-Mail Address

144: Issuer Information

Name of Issuer	Business First Bancshares, Inc.
SEC File Number	001-38447
Address of Issuer	500 LAUREL STREET SUITE 101 BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA 70801
Phone	225-248-7600
Name of Person for Whose Account the Securities are To Be Sold	Carter Donald Chad
See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice.
Relationship to Issuer	Officer

144: Securities Information

Title of the Class of Securities To Be Sold	Name and Address of the Broker	Number of Shares or Other Units To Be Sold	Aggregate Market Value	Number of Shares or Other Units Outstanding	Approximate Date of Sale	Name the Securities Exchange
Common	Edward Jones 201 Progress Parkway Maryland Heights MO 63043	3778	103366.00	29615370	01/29/2026	Nasdaq

Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:

144: Securities To Be Sold

Title of the Class	Date you Acquired	Nature of Acquisition Transaction	Name of Person from Whom Acquired	Is this a Gift?	Date Donor Acquired	Amount of Securities Acquired	Date of Payment	Nature of Payment *
Common	03/01/2025	Performance Grant	Business First Bank			1350	03/01/2025	Compensation
Common	12/12/2024	Performance Grant	Business First Bank			1272	12/12/2024	Compensation
Common	02/01/2024	Performance Grant	Business First Bank			1156	02/01/2024	Compensation

* If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.

Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.

144: Securities Sold During The Past 3 Months

Nothing to Report

144: Remarks and Signature

Remarks
Date of Notice	01/29/2026
ATTENTION:
The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly disclosed. If such person has adopted a written trading plan or given trading instructions to satisfy Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act, by signing the form and indicating the date that the plan was adopted or the instruction given, that person makes such representation as of the plan adoption or instruction date.
Signature	Annie Mechlin
ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)