Donald Chad Carter - 06 Aug 2026 Form 4 Insider Report for Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST)

Reporting relationship: EVP, Correspondent Banking
Issuer ticker: BFST
Reported as of: 06 Aug 2026
Net transaction value: -$59,325
SEC form: 4
Accepted by SEC: 07 Aug 2026, 17:53:40 UTC
Prior SEC filing: 02 Apr 2026
Source filing: View source filing
Reporting owner signature: /s/ Heather Roemer, as attorney-in-fact for Donald Chad Carter

Key filing fact

Donald Chad Carter filed Form 4 for Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) on 07 Aug 2026.

Key facts

This page summarizes Donald Chad Carter's Form 4 filing for Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST).
1 reported transaction and 1 derivative row are listed below.
Accepted by SEC: 07 Aug 2026, 17:53.

Change

Previous filing in this sequence was filed on 02 Apr 2026.
Current net transaction value: -$59,325.

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Evidence

Filed on Form 4

Ownership activity is grounded in SEC Form 4 disclosures.

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Reporting Owners (1)

CIK 0002021584 Primary reporting owner

Carter Donald Chad

Relationship: EVP, Correspondent Banking
Address: 500 LAUREL STREET, SUITE 101, BATON ROUGE
Signature: /s/ Heather Roemer, as attorney-in-fact for Donald Chad Carter
Signature date: 07 Aug 2026

Reported non-derivative transactions

Shares, units, or other non-derivative securities reported in this filing.

BFST transaction

COMMON STOCK

Sale

Transaction value: $59,325
Shares: -1,875
Change %: -13%
Price: $31.64
Shares after: 12,642
Date: 06 Aug 2026
Ownership: Direct
Footnotes: F1

Reported derivative securities

Options, warrants, convertible securities, or similar derivative positions disclosed in the filing.

BFST holding Derivative

Restricted Stock Units

No transaction description listed

Transaction value
Shares
Change %
Price
Shares after: 9,319
Date: 06 Aug 2026
Ownership: Direct
Underlying class: Common Stock
Underlying amount: 9,319
Exercise price: $0.000000
Footnotes: F2

^* marks a reported price that did not pass the local price check.

Additional SEC filing notes

Filing notes and footnotes

Explanation of responses 2 footnotes

Footnote F1

Includes units of the employer stock fund through the issuer's 401(k) plan equivalent to 6,799 shares of common stock of the issuer.

Footnote F2

Includes: (a) 2,584 time-based restricted stock units granted on December 12, 2024, which will vest in two substantially equal installments on the second and third anniversary of the issuance date; (b) 2,715 time-based restricted stock units granted to the reporting person on March 1, 2025, which will vest in two substantially equal installments on the second and third anniversary of the issuance date; and (c) 4,020 time-based restricted stock units granted to the reporting person on March 2, 2026, which will vest in three substantially equal installments on the first, second, and third anniversary of the issue date.