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Equity Bancshares, Inc. filings document the regulatory record for Equity Bank's bank holding company, including operating results, governance, capital structure and material-event disclosures. Form 8-K reports furnish earnings releases, Regulation FD investor presentations, cash dividend declarations, amendments to credit arrangements and direct financial obligations.
Proxy materials describe annual-meeting voting matters such as director elections and board governance. Other filings address shareholder votes, board composition changes, material agreements, common-stock matters and the financial condition associated with a regional banking business built around deposits, loans, securities and other financial instruments.
Equity Bancshares Inc. director Donald Scott Rogerson reported an open-market purchase of Class A Common Stock. He bought 2,000 shares on April 29, 2026 at a price of $45.93 per share. After this transaction, he directly owns a total of 5,000 shares of Equity Bancshares common stock.
Equity Bancshares Inc. director Donald Scott Rogerson filed an initial ownership report showing he directly holds 3,000 shares of the company’s Class A Common Stock as of April 21, 2026. This Form 3 reflects his existing stake and does not report any recent purchases or sales.
Equity Bancshares Inc. ownership disclosure: an amendment to a Schedule 13G/A reports that FJ Capital Management LLC and affiliated entities collectively have shared voting and dispositive power over 921,074 shares of common stock, representing 4.39% of the class. The filing breaks the position down into Financial Opportunity Fund LLC (906,969 shares, 4.32%) and Financial Opportunity Long/Short Fund LLC (2,827 shares, 0.01%), and states shared control and a disclaimer of beneficial ownership by the reporting manager. The disclosure lists addresses, CUSIP 29460X109, and is signed by Martin Friedman as Managing Member.
Equity Bancshares, Inc. reported results of its Annual Meeting, where stockholders approved a Second Amendment to the 2022 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan, increasing Class A common stock authorized for issuance under the plan by 1,000,000 shares.
Stockholders elected five Class III directors to serve until the 2029 annual meeting and gave advisory approval to executive compensation. They also ratified Crowe LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026. Following the meeting, the Board appointed D. Scott Rogerson as a Class I director and noted the previously announced retirement of director Randee R. Koger.
Equity Bancshares, Inc. reported first quarter 2026 net income of $17.0 million, or $0.80 per diluted share, with core diluted earnings of $1.32 after excluding merger-related items. Net interest income rose to $73.7 million and the net interest margin was 4.33% as average interest‑earning assets expanded to $6.9 billion.
The Company closed its Frontier Holdings acquisition on January 1, 2026, adding about $1.3 billion of loans and $1.1 billion of deposits and helping drive total assets to $7.7 billion, up 41% year over year. Loans reached $5.4 billion and deposits $6.3 billion, while core return on average tangible common equity was a robust 16.10%.
Asset quality remained controlled, with annualized net charge‑offs of 0.10% of average loans and nonperforming assets at 0.76% of total assets. Capital ratios declined but stayed strong following the merger and share repurchases, with common equity tier 1 at 11.54% and tangible common equity to tangible assets at 8.99%. The Company declared a quarterly dividend of $0.18 per share and repurchased 500,000 shares at a weighted average price of $44.74.
Equity Bancshares, Inc. (EQBK) received an amended Schedule 13D from the Patriot Financial Group III, updating its ownership and recent trading activity. Patriot Financial Partners III, L.P. and its related general partners and principals now beneficially own 1,017,214 shares of common stock, representing 4.85% of the outstanding class, based on 20,992,139 shares reported in the company's Form 10-K/A.
The group reports shared voting and dispositive power over all of these shares and no sole power. The stake is held for investment purposes, funded with working capital. Patriot Fund III sold shares in late March and early April 2026 and indicates it may buy or sell additional shares over time, subject to market, regulatory and investment considerations.
Equity Bancshares Inc Chief Human Resources Officer Ann Knutson reported an open-market sale of 450 shares of Class A Common Stock on March 19, 2026 at $43.93 per share. After this transaction, she directly holds 8,364 shares, including 372 shares acquired under the company’s 2019 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Equity Bancshares, Inc. filed an amended current report to add detailed financial information for its completed merger with Frontier Holdings, LLC, which became effective on January 1, 2026.
The amendment supplies audited consolidated financial statements for Frontier as of September 30, 2025 and 2024, including a balance sheet showing total assets of 1,420,376 (thousands) and members’ equity of 119,066 (thousands) in 2025. Frontier generated net income of 12,902 (thousands) for the year ended September 30, 2025, up from 7,024 (thousands) in 2024, with comprehensive income of 13,378 (thousands).
The filing also includes unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated combined financial statements for Equity Bancshares and Frontier as of and for the year ended December 31, 2025, helping readers see how the merged company might look on a combined basis.
Equity Bancshares Inc. Chief Executive Officer Brad S. Elliott reported routine tax-related share dispositions. On March 2, 2026, a total of 5,852 shares of Class A Common Stock were withheld at prices of $46.00 and $47.49 per share to cover tax liabilities, not as open-market sales. Following these transactions, Elliott directly holds 55,313 shares. An additional 308,787 shares are held indirectly by Elliott Legacy, LLC, an entity for which he is managing member and where he disclaims beneficial ownership except for his pecuniary interest.