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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-335263"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EQBK"
cik: "0001227500"
company_name: "EQUITY BANCSHARES INC"
filed_at: "2026-08-05T20:30:15+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-05T20:31:38.998392+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Equity Bancshares authorizes repurchase of up to 1M shares over one year

## Summary
- Board approved plan on May 20, 2026 for up to 1,000,000 shares of common stock.
- Repurchase period begins after current authorization ends or is completed, through September 30, 2027.
- Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City issued non-objection on August 5, 2026.
- Program does not obligate company to acquire a specific number of shares; may be modified or discontinued.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-335263
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EQBK
- cik: 0001227500
- company_name: EQUITY BANCSHARES INC
- filed_at: 2026-08-05T20:30:15+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1227500/000119312526335263/0001193125-26-335263-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1227500/000119312526335263/eqbk-20260805.htm

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