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EQUITY BANCSHARES INC — fact timeline

Source-grounded facts extracted from EQUITY BANCSHARES INC's SEC 8-K filings across all families, newest first. Each cites a verbatim SEC excerpt.

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Earnings Releases

EQUITY BANCSHARES INC reported financial results for first quarter ended March 31, 2026.

“On April 14, 2026, Equity Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026.”
Debt Financings

EQUITY BANCSHARES INC amended credit facility with ServisFirst Bank maturing February 10, 2027.

“The Amendment extended the maturity date of the commitment to extend credit under the Agreement to February 10, 2027.”
Material Agreements

EQUITY BANCSHARES INC amended Amendment with ServisFirst Bank (effective 2026-02-13).

“On February 13, 2026, Equity Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”), as borrower, entered into the Ninth Amendment (the “Amendment”) to its Loan and Security Agreement (the “Agreement”) with ServisFirst Bank.”
Debt Financings

EQUITY BANCSHARES INC incurred senior notes of $75 million at 7.125% Fixed-to-Floating Rate maturing mature on August 1, 2035.

“On July 17, 2025, Equity Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”) completed an offering of $75 million in aggregate principal amount of its 7.125% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due 2035”

Gregory H. Kossover was appointed as Executive Vice President, Capital Markets at EQUITY BANCSHARES INC.

“On February 3, 2025, Gregory H. Kossover was appointed as Executive Vice President, Capital Markets of Equity Bank.”

Julie A. Huber changed role as Chief Operating Officer at EQUITY BANCSHARES INC.

“On May 10, 2024, the Company also announced the promotion of Julie A. Huber to Chief Operating Officer.”

Richard M. Sems changed role as Chief Executive Officer of Equity Bank at EQUITY BANCSHARES INC.

“On May 10, 2024, Equity Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”) announced the promotion of Richard M. Sems to Chief Executive Officer of Equity Bank.”
Shareholder Votes

EQUITY BANCSHARES INC shareholders approved Ratification of Crowe LLP as independent registered public accounting firm at the 2024-04-23 meeting.

“The stockholders of the Company ratified the appointment of Crowe LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024 by the votes set forth in the table below:”
Shareholder Votes

EQUITY BANCSHARES INC shareholders approved First Amendment to the Equity Bancshares, Inc. 2022 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan at the 2024-04-23 meeting.

“The stockholders of the Company approved the First Amendment to the Equity Bancshares, Inc. 2022 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares available for issuance under such plan by the vote set forth in the table below:”
Shareholder Votes

EQUITY BANCSHARES INC shareholders approved Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation at the 2024-04-23 meeting.

“The stockholders of the Company approved, in a non-binding, advisory vote, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 by the votes set forth in the table below:”
Shareholder Votes

EQUITY BANCSHARES INC shareholders approved Election of Class II Directors at the 2024-04-23 meeting.

“The stockholders of the Company elected the individuals listed below to serve as Class II members of the Company’s Board of Directors until the Company’s 2027 annual meeting of stockholders by the votes set forth in the table below:”
Material Agreements

EQUITY BANCSHARES INC entered into Agreement and Plan of Merger with Kansasland Bancshares, Inc. valued at $100,000 (effective 2024-04-18).

“entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Agreement”), by and among the Company, KL Merger Sub, Inc. (“Merger Sub”), a Kansas corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, Kansasland Bancshares, Inc. (“Kansasland”), a Kansas corporation and the parent company of KansasLand Bank (“KansasLand Bank”), a Kansas state bank.”
Earnings Releases

EQUITY BANCSHARES INC reported first quarter ended March 31, 2024 results: net income $14.1 million, EPS $0.90 earnings per diluted share.

“Equity Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024.”

Facts are extracted by an LLM and gated to those whose source quote is present verbatim in the filing text. Coverage is best-effort while backfill and monitoring mature; this is not yet a full-market index. See methodology.