secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST)
CIK:        0001624322
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-02-01T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-24-002752
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.40
Item codes: 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Business First Bancshares acquires Waterstone LSP, SBA lending services firm
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- 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.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1624322/000143774924002752/0001437749-24-002752-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1624322/000143774924002752/bfbi20240131_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-002752

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