Transaction #20687 · Form 4 · 0001437749-25-038054
Business First Bancshares, Inc. · Exercise / conversion · COMMON STOCK
Business First Bancshares, Inc. · Transacted December 12, 2025 · Filed December 16, 2025
What does this filing report?
An SEC Form 4 filing for Business First Bancshares, Inc. records an exercise / conversion involving COMMON STOCK on December 12, 2025. The reported quantity was 1,272. The filing date is December 16, 2025. This is one transaction record; amounts are not allocated among any joint reporting owners.
The acquisition category describes how securities were received. It does not by itself establish a cash purchase of common stock. Read the transaction code definitionsand the original filing before interpreting the amounts.
Transaction details
- Company CIK
- 0001624322
- Security type
- Non-derivative
- Acquisition type
- Exercise / conversion · Code M
- Quantity acquired
- 1,272
- Reported price
- Not reported · See footnotes
- Reference value
- Not reported
- Currency
- Currency not specified
- Ownership
- Direct
- Holdings after transaction
- 7,269
- Ownership description
- Not reported
- SEC acceptance time
- Dec 16, 2025, 5:41 PM EST
- 10b5-1 indication
- Not indicated
Reference value is reported quantity × reported price. It is not a confirmed cash payment or an estimate of a derivative's economic value. A missing currency is not assumed to be USD.
Reporting owners
- Strong Saundra ↗
EVP & General Counsel
CIK 0001889385
These are the reporting owners named in the filing. Quantities and amounts are not allocated among co-reporters. Roles reflect this filing, not a current profile.
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Filing footnotes & remarks
- F1
- Includes 2,732 shares of unvested restricted stock granted on February 1, 2024, which will vest on March 31, 2026. Under the terms of the relevant restricted stock grants, the reported shares of unvested restricted stock are subject to forfeiture upon the occurrence of certain events.
- F2
- The reporting person received an award of 3,856 time-based restricted stock units on December 12, 2024, vesting in three substantially equal installments on the first, second, and third anniversary of the issuance date.
- F3
- Includes: (a) 2,584 time-based restricted stock units granted on December 12, 2024, of which 1,272 shares will vest on December 12, 2026 and the remaining 1,312 shares will vest on December 12, 2027; and (b) 4,052 time-based restricted stock units granted to the reporting person on March 1, 2025, of which 1,337 shares will vest on March 1, 2026, 1,337 shares will vest on March 1, 2027, and the remaining 1,378 shares will vest on March 1, 2028.
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