Saundra Strong - Mar 1, 2025 Form 4 Insider Report for Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST)

Role: EVP & General Counsel
Signature: /s/ Heather Roemer, as attorney-in-fact for Saundra Strong
Stock symbol: BFST
Transactions as of: Mar 1, 2025
Transactions value $: $0
Form type: 4
Date filed: 3/5/2025, 06:01 AM
Previous filing: Mar 19, 2025
Next filing: Apr 2, 2025
SEC: View on sec.gov

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
holding	BFST	COMMON STOCK						11.3K	Mar 1, 2025	Direct	F1, F2

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Underlying Class	Amount	Exercise Price	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	BFST	Restricted Stock Units	Award		+4.05K	+105.08%		7.91K	Mar 1, 2025	Common Stock	4.05K	$0.00	Direct	F3, F4, F5

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	No transaction is being reported at this time. This line is only reporting holdings as of the date hereof.
F2	Includes: (a) 4,102 shares of unvested restricted stock granted on February 1, 2023 which will vest on March 31, 2025; and (b) 5,383 shares of unvested restricted stock granted on February 1, 2024, of which 2,651 shares will vest on March 31, 2025, and the remaining 2,732 shares 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.
F3	Reflects the grant of 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. Each time-based restricted stock unit is economically equivalent to one share of common stock of the issuer.
F4	The reporting person has irrevocably elected to defer 50% of the reported securities under the b1BANK Deferred Compensation Plan (the "Deferred Compensation Plan"). In accordance with the Deferred Compensation Plan, the reporting person will receive a lump sum cash distribution in an amount equal to the vested securities deferred under the Deferred Compensation Plan, plus any earnings or losses attributable thereto in accordance with the Deferred Compensation Plan, on the first business day of the month following the month in which the reporting person's separation of service, death or disability occurs.
F5	Includes: (a) 3,856 time-based restricted stock units granted on December 12, 2024, of which 1,272 shares will vest on December 12, 2025, 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.