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Results of Operations and Financial Condition. On April 27, 2026, Business First Bancshares, Inc. (“Business First”), the parent company of b1BANK, issued a press release announcing financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2026. The release also announced that the Board of Directors of Business First declared a common dividend on April 23, 2026, in the amount of $0.15 per share to the common shareholders of record on May 15, 2026. The dividend is to be paid on May 29, 2026, or as soo…
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Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant. On April 2, 2026, Business First Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Subordinated Note Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with certain qualified institutional buyers and accredited investors pursuant to which the Company sold and issued $85.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 6.50% fixed-to-floating rate subordinated notes due 2036 (the “Notes”) in a…
Results of Operations and Financial Condition. On January 22, 2026, Business First filed the Original Form 8-K in which it furnished a copy of the press release announcing its financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2025 (the “Original Press Release”). Business First is now filing this Amendment to furnish a revised press release (the “Revised Press Release”) to correct the record and payment dates of the quarterly preferred and common dividends which were inadvertently…
Results of Operations and Financial Condition. On January 22, 2026, Business First Bancshares, Inc. (“Business First”), the parent company of b1BANK, issued a press release announcing financial results for the year and quarter ended December 31, 2025. The release also announced that the Board of Directors of Business First declared a common dividend on January 22, 2026, in the amount of $0.15 per share to the common shareholders of record on February 15, 2026. The dividend is to be paid on Fe…
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers At the effective time of the Merger, pursuant to the Reorganization Agreement, the Board of Directors of BFST (the “BFST Board”) increased the number of directors of BFST from sixteen (16) to seventeen (17), and appointed Mr. George W. Cummings III to the BFST Board and the Audit Committee of the BFST Board. In addition, at the effective time of the…
Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets On January 1, 2026, pursuant to the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated as of July 7, 2025 (the “Reorganization Agreement”), by and between Business First Bancshares, Inc., a Louisiana corporation (“BFST”), and Progressive Bancorp, Inc., a Louisiana corporation (“Progressive”), Progressive merged with and into BFST, with BFST continuing as the surviving corporation (the “Merger”). Immediately after the Merger, Pro…
Results of Operations and Financial Condition. On October 23, 2025, Business First Bancshares, Inc. (“Business First”), the parent company of b1BANK, issued a press release announcing financial results for the first quarter ended September 30, 2025. The release also announced that the Board of Directors of Business First declared a common dividend on October 23, 2025, in the amount of $0.15 per share to the common shareholders of record on November 15, 2025. The dividend is to be paid on Nove…
Results of Operations and Financial Condition. On July 28, 2025, Business First Bancshares, Inc. (“Business First”), the parent company of b1BANK, issued a press release announcing financial results for the first quarter ended June 30, 2025. The release also announced that the Board of Directors of Business First declared a common dividend on July 24, 2025, in the amount of $0.14 per share to the common shareholders of record on August 15, 2025. The dividend is to be paid on August 31, 2025,…
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. On July 7, 2025, Business First Bancshares, Inc., a Louisiana corporation (“BFST”), and Progressive Bancorp, Inc., a Louisiana corporation (“Progressive”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the “Reorganization Agreement”), providing for the acquisition by BFST of Progressive through the merger of Progressive with and into BFST, with BFST surviving the merger (the “Merger”). Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions of t…
Results of Operations and Financial Condition. On April 24, 2025, Business First Bancshares, Inc. (“Business First”), the parent company of b1BANK, issued a press release announcing financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2025. The release also announced that the Board of Directors of Business First declared a common dividend on April 24, 2025, in the amount of $0.14 per share to the common shareholders of record on May 15, 2025. The dividend is to be paid on May 31, 2025, or…
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. (d) On March 27, 2025, the boards of directors of Business First Bancshares, Inc. (“Business First”) and b1BANK appointed Alejandro M. Sanchez to serve as a director of each of Business First and b1BANK. The Board determined that Mr. Sanchez is an independent director under applicable Nasdaq listing standards. There is no arrangement or understandi…
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