---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-000016"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EQBK"
cik: "0001227500"
company_name: "EQUITY BANCSHARES INC"
filed_at: "2026-01-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T11:47:00.611396+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Equity Bancshares completes merger with Frontier Holdings, adds 7 Nebraska locations

## Summary
- Merger effective January 1, 2026; adds seven Nebraska branches, entering sixth state.
- Proforma consolidated assets approximately $7.9 billion; footprint now includes AR, KS, MO, NE, OK, and a loan office in IA.
- Frontier locations reopened as Equity Bank on January 2, 2026; core system consolidation expected in February 2026.
- Original deal announced September 2, 2025; Equity CEO cites strategic growth and shared community-banking values.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-000016
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EQBK
- cik: 0001227500
- company_name: EQUITY BANCSHARES INC
- filed_at: 2026-01-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1227500/000119312526000016/0001193125-26-000016-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1227500/000119312526000016/eqbk-20260102.htm

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