Highest-materiality recent filing
Equity Bancshares authorizes repurchase of up to 1M shares over one year
Board approved plan on May 20, 2026 for up to 1,000,000 shares of common stock.
Equity Bancshares closes Frontier merger; pro forma assets $7.8B, EPS $1.29
Total consideration ~$131.6M: 2.22M shares at $44.65/share plus $32.5M cash.
Equity Bancshares completes merger with Frontier Holdings, adds 7 Nebraska locations
Merger effective January 1, 2026; adds seven Nebraska branches, entering sixth state.
Equity Bancshares receives regulatory approvals for Frontier merger; close Dec 2025/Jan 2026
Received all required regulatory approvals for merger with Frontier Holdings, LLC.
EQBK to acquire Frontier Bank ($1.4B assets, 7 NE branches); expected Q4 2025 close upon regulatory/member approvals.
Equity Bancshares closes NBC Corp. merger, issues 1.73M shares, adds Fergeson to board
Closed merger with NBC Corp. of Oklahoma; issued 1,729,783 shares of Class A common stock.
Equity Bancshares completes NBC Corp. acquisition; Oklahoma franchise doubles to 15 locations
Adds seven Oklahoma locations, doubling franchise to 15 branches in state.
Equity Bancshares receives all regulatory approvals for NBC Corp. merger; close expected early July
Received all regulatory approvals effective June 2, 2025 for merger with NBC Corp. of Oklahoma.
Equity Bancshares to acquire NBC Oklahoma; $35.54+3.219 shares per NBC share, close Q3 2025
Consideration: 80% stock/20% cash; each NBC share receives 3.219 EQBK shares + ~$35.54 cash, subject to NBC equity adjustments.
Equity Bancshares prices $80M underwritten public offering of Class A common stock at $44.50/share
1,797,600 shares at $44.50/share; net proceeds ~$75.5M after underwriting discounts and expenses.
Equity Bancshares Q2 adj. EPS $0.99; NIM expands to 3.94%; closes KansasLand merger
Q2 GAAP EPS $0.76; adjusted EPS $0.99 (excl. $2.3M merger costs and $1.7M BOLI surrender costs).
Equity Bancshares completes KansasLand acquisition, adds Kansas branches
Acquisition closed July 1, 2024; KansasLand branches open as Equity Bank on July 2.
Net income $14.1M, diluted EPS $0.90; adjusted EPS $1.03 excluding $2.6M merger/provision costs.
Equity Bancshares extends $25M credit line to Feb 2025, waives ROA covenant breach
Maturity of $25M line extended to Feb 10, 2025 from Feb 10, 2024, via Seventh Amendment with ServisFirst Bank.
Equity Bancshares completes acquisition of Rockhold BanCorp, adding 8 Missouri locations
Merger closed Feb 12, 2024; Bank of Kirksville locations opened as Equity Bank on Feb 10.
Equity Bancshares receives all regulatory approvals for Rockhold merger; close expected Feb 2024
Company announced it obtained all required regulatory approvals for its merger with Rockhold BanCorp.
On February 3, 2025, Gregory H. Kossover was appointed as Executive Vice President, Capital Markets of Equity Bank.
On May 10, 2024, Equity Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”) announced the promotion of Richard M. Sems to Chief Executive Officer of Equity Bank.
On May 10, 2024, the Company also announced the promotion of Julie A. Huber to Chief Operating Officer.
On August 22, 2023, Equity Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”) announced the appointment of Krzysztof P. Slupkowski as Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer of Equity Bank.
On August 1, 2023, Eric R. Newell notified Equity Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”) of his decision to resign from his role as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and his roles at Equity Bank effective the day after the Company files its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2023 with the Securities Exchange Commission.
On August 4, 2023, the Company announced the appointment of Chris M. Navratil as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company.
On July 25, 2023, John G. Creech notified Equity Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”) of his decision to resign from his role as Executive Vice President of the Company and Chief Credit Officer of Equity Bank (the “Bank”) effective August 25, 2023.
On April 25, 2023, Gregory H. Kossover notified Equity Bancshares, Inc. (the "Company") of his intent to resign from his position as Executive Vice President of the Company and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Equity Bank, and his retirement from banking.
In connection with the closing of the Merger, Leon Borck, the former Chairman and President of ASB, was appointed to the board of directors of the Company and the board of directors of Equity Bank effective October 2, 2021, in accordance with the terms of the Agreement.
Max materiality 0.90 · Median 0.45 · Most common event m_and_a