Zeenat Sidi - Jun 26, 2025 Form 4 Insider Report for Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST)

Role: Director
Signature: /s/ Heather Roemer, as attorney-in-fact for Zeenat Sidi
Stock symbol: BFST
Transactions as of: Jun 26, 2025
Transactions value $: $0
Form type: 4
Date filed: 6/30/2025, 07:51 PM
Previous filing: Sep 27, 2024
SEC: View on sec.gov

Reporting Owners (1)

Name	Relationship	Address	Signature	Signature date	CIK
Sidi Zeenat	Director	500 LAUREL STREET, SUITE 101, BATON ROUGE	/s/ Heather Roemer, as attorney-in-fact for Zeenat Sidi	2025-06-30	0002032494

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
holding	BFST	COMMON STOCK						658	Jun 26, 2025	Direct	F1

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		+1.02K			1.02K	Jun 26, 2025	Common Stock	1.02K	$0.00	Direct	F2

* 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 June 26, 2025.
F2	Reflects the grant of time-based restricted stock units granted to the reporting person under the Business First Bancshares, Inc. 2024 Equity Incentive Plan on June 26, 2025. The time-based restricted stock units will fully vest on June 26, 2026. Each time-based restricted stock unit is economically equivalent to one share of common stock of the issuer. Under the terms of the relevant restricted stock unit grant, the reported unvested restricted stock units are subject to forfeiture upon the occurrence of certain events.

Content

No transaction is being reported at this time. This line is only reporting holdings as of June 26, 2025.

Reflects the grant of time-based restricted stock units granted to the reporting person under the Business First Bancshares, Inc. 2024 Equity Incentive Plan on June 26, 2025. The time-based restricted stock units will fully vest on June 26, 2026. Each time-based restricted stock unit is economically equivalent to one share of common stock of the issuer. Under the terms of the relevant restricted stock unit grant, the reported unvested restricted stock units are subject to forfeiture upon the occurrence of certain events.