{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001437749-24-002752","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"BFST","cik":"0001624322","company_name":"Business First Bancshares, Inc.","filed_at":"2024-02-01T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:24.847579+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-06T11:07:52.556456+00:00","sec_items":["7.01","9.01"],"event_type":"m_and_a","sentiment":"positive","materiality_score":0.4,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.4,"confidence":"high","headline":"Business First Bancshares acquires Waterstone LSP, SBA lending services firm","bullets":["Acquired Waterstone LSP, LLC, an SBA lending services company headquartered in Katy, Texas.","Waterstone founded in 2012 by Mark Danford and Anthony Parrino; will operate as a b1BANK subsidiary.","Waterstone reports through b1BANK Chief Administrative Officer Jerry Vascocu.","No financial terms or deal value disclosed in the press release.","Acquisition signed and closed on February 1, 2024."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-002752","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-002752.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-002752.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-002752.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1624322/000143774924002752/0001437749-24-002752-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1624322/000143774924002752/bfbi20240131_8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-06T11:07:52.556456+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}