George W. Cummings III - 01 Jan 2026 Form 3 Insider Report for Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST)

Role
Director
Signature
/s/ Heather G. Roemer, as Attorney-in-Fact for George W. Cummings III
Issuer symbol
BFST
Transactions as of
01 Jan 2026
Net transactions value
$0
Form type
3
Filing time
21 Jan 2026, 18:05:23 UTC
Next filing
27 Feb 2026
SEC
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Reporting Owners (1)

Name Relationship Address Signature Signature date CIK
Cummings George W. III Director 500 LAUREL STREET, SUITE 101, BATON ROUGE /s/ Heather G. Roemer, as Attorney-in-Fact for George W. Cummings III 21 Jan 2026 0002106698

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
holding BFST Common Stock 358,775 01 Jan 2026 Direct F1, F2
holding BFST Common Stock 3,911 01 Jan 2026 By Spouse F1
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 Acquired in exchange for 54,704 shares of Progressive Bancorp, Inc. ("Progressive") in connection with the merger of Progressive with and into the issuer (the "Merger"). At the effective time of the Merger, each share of Progressive common stock was converted into the right to receive 6.63 shares of the issuer's common stock, plus cash, without interest, in lieu of any fractional shares.
F2 Includes 223,669 pledged shares of common stock of the issuer.

Remarks:

Exhibit List: Exhibit 24, Power of Attorney