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Issuer:     EQUITY BANCSHARES INC (EQBK)
CIK:        0001227500
Form:       8-K/A
Filed at:   2026-03-18T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-114201
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Equity Bancshares closes Frontier merger; pro forma assets $7.8B, EPS $1.29
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- Total consideration ~$131.6M: 2.22M shares at $44.65/share plus $32.5M cash.
- Pro forma combined assets $7.76B, loans $5.46B, deposits $6.30B.
- Pro forma net income $26.7M for 2025; diluted EPS $1.29, basic EPS $1.30.
- Goodwill increased to $111.4M; $11.0M core deposit intangible added.
- Deal effective January 1, 2026; Frontier was a Subchapter S corporation.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1227500/000119312526114201/0001193125-26-114201-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1227500/000119312526114201/eqbk-20260101.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-114201

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