secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST)
CIK:        0001624322
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-07-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-25-022269
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Business First Bancshares to acquire Progressive Bancorp in stock deal valued ~$82.6M
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- BFST to issue ~3.05M shares for Progressive at fixed exchange ratio of 6.63 BFST shares per Progressive share.
- Deal valued at ~$82.6M based on BFST's July 3 close of $26.19; expected to close early Q1 2026.
- Post-merger assets ~$8.5B, loans ~$6.6B; Progressive had $752M assets, $673M deposits as of Mar 2025.
- Progressive shareholders, including directors/execs owning 30.7%, agreed to vote in favor.
- George Cummings III to join BFST and b1BANK boards; David Hampton to be vice chairman of North Louisiana market.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1624322/000143774925022269/0001437749-25-022269-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1624322/000143774925022269/bfbi20250703_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-25-022269

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