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The Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) SEC filings page on Stock Titan provides access to the company’s regulatory disclosures as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Business First is a Louisiana-incorporated bank holding company for b1BANK, and its common stock trades on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol BFST, as noted in multiple Form 8-K filings.
Through its periodic and current reports, Business First details its financial condition and results of operations. Quarterly earnings information is often furnished via Form 8-K under Item 2.02, accompanied by press releases and supplemental slide presentations. These materials describe net interest income, loan and deposit trends, credit quality metrics, securities portfolio changes, capital ratios and non-GAAP measures such as core net income and tangible book value per share.
Filings also document capital management and corporate actions. An 8-K dated October 28, 2025, outlines a stock repurchase program authorizing the company to repurchase shares of its common stock up to a specified aggregate purchase price over a defined period, with purchases permitted in the open market or through privately negotiated transactions. Other 8-Ks report the declaration of common and preferred dividends, including record and payment dates.
Investors can review merger and acquisition disclosures through Forms 8-K that describe the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization with Progressive Bancorp, Inc. and Progressive Bank, including the exchange ratio, conditions to closing, termination rights and related voting and director support agreements. Subsequent filings and press releases discuss the completion of the transaction and its impact on assets, loans, deposits and geographic presence.
Business First’s filings also cover executive and change-in-control arrangements. A November 4, 2025, Form 8-K summarizes an Amended and Restated Executive Employment Agreement with the company’s chief executive officer, including term, compensation, severance protections and post-termination covenants. The same filing describes change in control agreements with other senior officers, outlining payment formulas and non-competition and non-solicitation provisions.
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Business First Bancshares, Inc. executive Donald Chad Carter reported a routine tax-withholding share disposition. On March 31, 2026, 317 shares of common stock were withheld at $27.04 per share to cover tax obligations, a non-market transaction.
Following this, he directly held 14,517 shares of common stock, plus units in the employer stock fund through the company 401(k) plan equivalent to 6,799 shares of common stock. He also held 9,319 time-based restricted stock units tied to common stock that will vest over future years under prior awards.
The Vanguard Group filed an amended Schedule 13G/A reporting 0% ownership of Business First Bancshares Inc common stock. The amendment explains an internal realignment on January 12, 2026 that caused certain Vanguard subsidiaries to report beneficial ownership separately.
The filing lists 0 shares beneficially owned and zero voting or dispositive power as of the amendment, and is signed by Vanguard's Head of Global Fund Administration on March 26, 2026.
Business First Bancshares director Cummings George W. III sold 11,000 shares of common stock in an open-market transaction at $27.60 per share. After this sale on March 4, 2026, he directly owned 317,775 shares, which includes 223,669 shares pledged as collateral.
In addition to his direct holdings, 3,911 shares were reported as indirectly owned through his spouse, with no change in that indirect position reported in this filing.
BFST Form 144 notifies proposed sales of Common stock tied to a Merger with Progressive Bank, listing 277,969 shares to be sold on 01/01/2026. The filing also reports recent sales by George Cummings III: 20,000 (02/25/2026), 200 (03/02/2026), 9,800 (03/03/2026), and 11,000 (03/04/2026).
Business First Bancshares, Inc. director George W. Cummings III reported open-market sales of a total of 10,000 shares of common stock. On March 3, 2026, he sold 9,800 shares at an average price of $27.42 per share, and on March 2, 2026, he sold 200 shares at $27.80 per share.
After these sales, he directly owns 328,775 shares of common stock, which the footnote states includes 223,669 pledged shares. He also has indirect ownership of 3,911 shares held by his spouse.
BFST filed a Form 144 disclosing affiliate sales of common stock following a merger.
The filing records a merger with Progressive Bancorp effective 01/01/2026 and lists three transactions by George Cummings III: 20,000 shares on 02/25/2026 for $560,056; 200 shares on 03/02/2026 for $5,560; and 9,800 shares on 03/03/2026 for $268,760. The filing names Raymond James & Associates and references NASDAQ.
Business First Bancshares, Inc. reported multiple equity-related transactions by Norman Jerome Vascocu Jr., President of b1Bank. On March 2, 2026, he received grants of 1,577 and 6,309 time-based restricted stock units, each economically equivalent to one share of common stock and vesting in three annual installments beginning March 2, 2027.
On March 1, 2026, 2,655 restricted stock units were exercised into 2,655 shares of common stock, followed by a disposition of 2,655 common shares to the issuer at $27.30 per share. Certain awards are deferred into the b1BANK Deferred Compensation Plan, with future cash paid over 10 years after separation from service.
Business First Bancshares, Inc. EVP & General Counsel Saundra Strong reported multiple equity compensation transactions involving restricted stock units (RSUs) and common stock. On March 2, 2026, she received grants of 815 time-based RSUs and an additional 3,264 time-based RSUs at a price of $0.00 per unit. These RSUs are scheduled to vest in substantially equal installments on the first, second, and third anniversaries of the grant dates, running from 2027 through 2029, and each unit is economically equivalent to one share of common stock. A portion of these RSUs has been irrevocably deferred under the company’s deferred compensation plan, to be paid in cash after separation from service, death, or disability.
On March 1, 2026, 1,338 RSUs were exercised into 1,338 shares of common stock at $0.00 per share. In connection with this event, 295 shares at $27.30 per share were disposed of to satisfy tax withholding obligations, and a further 669 shares at $27.30 per share were disposed of to the issuer. Following these transactions, Strong directly held 7,082 shares of common stock and 9,377 RSUs.
Business First Bancshares EVP and CAO Heather G. Roemer reported multiple equity compensation transactions. On March 1, 2026, 1,141 restricted stock units were exercised into the same number of common shares, and those 1,141 shares were then disposed of to the issuer at $27.30 per share. She also reported indirect holdings of common stock held by her spouse and as custodian for minor children.
On March 2, 2026, Roemer received grants of 722 and 2,891 time-based restricted stock units, each economically equivalent to one common share. The 722-unit grant vests in tranches on March 2, 2027, 2028, and 2029, and the 2,891-unit grant vests in similar annual installments over the same three dates, with the larger grant deferred into the company’s Deferred Compensation Plan for cash settlement after separation, death, or disability.
Business First Bancshares, Inc. EVP and CFO Greg Robertson reported multiple equity compensation moves involving restricted stock units (RSUs) and common stock. On March 2, 2026, he received grants of 1,148 and 4,592 time-based RSUs, each economically equivalent to one share of common stock.
The RSUs vest in installments between March 2, 2027 and March 2, 2029, with the larger grant deferred into the b1BANK Deferred Compensation Plan and ultimately settled in cash. On March 1, 2026, he exercised 1,926 RSUs into the same number of common shares and had 527 shares withheld at $27.30 per share to cover taxes, leaving 70,565 common shares directly owned.