John P. Ducrest - Jul 31, 2025 Form 4 Insider Report for Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST)

Role
Director
Signature
/s/ Heather Roemer, as attorney-in-fact for John P. Ducrest
Stock symbol
BFST
Transactions as of
Jul 31, 2025
Transactions value $
$52,555
Form type
4
Date filed
8/1/2025, 04:05 PM
Previous filing
Jun 30, 2025
SEC
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Reporting Owners (1)

Name Relationship Address Signature Signature date CIK
Ducrest John P. Director 500 LAUREL STREET, SUITE 101, BATON ROUGE /s/ Heather Roemer, as attorney-in-fact for John P. Ducrest 2025-08-01 0001852200

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction BFST COMMON STOCK Purchase $52.6K +2.23K +19.36% $23.62 13.7K Jul 31, 2025 Direct
holding BFST COMMON STOCK 6.04K Jul 31, 2025 By spouse

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
holding BFST Restricted Stock Units 1.02K Jul 31, 2025 Common Stock 1.02K $0.00 Direct F1
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 The time-based restricted stock units were granted to the reporting person on June 26, 2025 under the Business First Bancshares, Inc. 2024 Equity Incentive Plan. 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.