Equity Bancshare SEC Filings

The Vanguard Group filed Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13G reporting a passive stake in Equity Bancshares, Inc. (EQBK). Vanguard beneficially owns 921,826 shares of common stock, representing 4.79% of the class as of 09/30/2025. The filing lists 0 shares with sole voting power and 96,873 with shared voting power. Vanguard reports 807,731 shares with sole dispositive power and 114,095 with shared dispositive power. The certification states the securities were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and not for the purpose of changing or influencing control.

Equity Bancshares (EQBK) disclosed an insider transfer on a Form 4. On October 22, 2025, the reporting person, who serves as Chief Executive Officer and Director, made a bona fide gift of 23,897 shares (Transaction Code G) to Elliott Legacy, LLC at $0.00.

After this transaction, beneficial ownership stood at 45,264 shares held directly and 308,787 shares held indirectly through Elliott Legacy, LLC. The direct total includes 237 shares purchased on August 14, 2025 under the company’s 2019 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

Equity Bancshares, Inc. (EQBK) director reported a Form 4 transaction, disclosing an open‑market purchase of 250 shares of Class A Common Stock on 10/17/2025 at a price of $40.32 per share (transaction code P).

Following the reported trade, the filing lists beneficial ownership as 9,171 shares held directly, and indirect holdings of 9,655 shares by the Leon Harold Borck Trust dtd 09/23/1994 and 21,036 shares by EDBI, Inc. The filing notes the reporting person is trustee of the trust and President of EDBI, Inc., and disclaims beneficial ownership of certain indirectly held shares except to the extent of pecuniary interest.

The report was filed by one reporting person in the capacity of Director.

BlackRock, Inc. filed Amendment No. 5 to Schedule 13G reporting beneficial ownership of 1,175,062 shares of Equity Bancshares, Inc. (EQBK) Class A Stock, representing 6.1% of the class as of 09/30/2025.

BlackRock reports 1,136,985 shares with sole voting power and 1,175,062 shares with sole dispositive power, with no shared voting or dispositive power. The filing states the securities were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and not for the purpose of changing or influencing control. Various persons may receive dividends or sale proceeds through client accounts, and no single such person exceeds five percent of outstanding shares.

Equity Bancshares, Inc. announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2025 via a furnished press release. The company will host an investor call and webcast on October 15, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. Central Time to discuss the quarter. The earnings press release and an investor presentation were provided as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 and are furnished, not filed, under the Exchange Act.

Equity Bancshares, Inc. is registering a business combination to acquire Frontier Holdings, LLC and its bank, Frontier Bank, by converting each Frontier unit into a mix of common stock and cash. The proposal values each Frontier unit at roughly $2,847 (using a $40.86 per-share Equity closing price) composed of about $2,096 of stock and $751.06 cash, producing aggregate consideration near $123.2M (stock) plus $32.5M (cash) in the examples shown. The merger includes contingent adjustments: cash per unit may be reduced pro rata if Frontier's GAAP-adjusted members' equity is below a $99,416,508 minimum and merger costs and other specified items are applied. Pro forma schedules combine Equity and Frontier balances and show transaction-related adjustments (including $11.0M pre-tax direct incremental costs and various fair-value amortizations) and indicate the deal is expected to be dilutive to tangible book value per share while maintaining regulatory capital above well-capitalized thresholds. The filing discloses realized net losses of approximately $53.3M previously in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income from sales in the available-for-sale securities portfolio, with proceeds reinvested to increase on-balance liquidity and improve asset yields.