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Overview

Business, legal identity, ownership structure and classifications.

What the company does

About

Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) serves as the bank holding company for b1BANK, delivering an extensive array of banking products and financial services. Its deposit offerings include checking, demand, money market, time, and savings accounts, alongside certificates of deposit, and modern conveniences such as remote and direct deposit capabilities. The company provides a diverse portfolio of lending solutions.

Sector and industry values retain their source labels. A classification provider, taxonomy version and assignment date are not established unless the cited record states them.

Stable business record

Identity and status

Ownership and listing state

Public listing published

Ownership not asserted

The canonical public record includes at least one active security listing.

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Legal name
Business First Bancshares, Inc.
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Country
US
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Sector
Financial Services
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Industry
Banks - Regional
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Source-backed public-market identity

Index memberships

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No current membership is published in Alpha's tracked index universe.

This is not evidence that the company is absent from every market index.

As of Sep 26, 2026. Rights-filtered public evidence only; no redistribution or model training is granted.

Only source-backed memberships with an explicit public redistribution basis are returned.

Relationships and related records

Connections

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Aimee Quirk

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Aimee QuirkAimee QuirkAlejandro SanchezAlejandro SanchezArthur J. PriceArthur J. PriceDavid A. Montgomer…David A. Montgomery, Jr.David R. Melville …David R. Melville IIIGeorge W. Cummings…George W. Cummings IIIGregory RobertsonGregory RobertsonJ. Vernon JohnsonJ. Vernon JohnsonJohn P. DucrestJohn P. DucrestKeith A. TillageKeith A. TillageKeith MansfieldKeith MansfieldMark P. FolseMark P. FolseBusiness First Ban…

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Published record

Featured coverage

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Source 1 · canonical_identityAlpha canonical company public projectionSupports Company identity, Published leadership, Entity status boundary. Reviewed Sep 26, 2026.Open source

Board & Leadership

Board leadership, management, committees and their disclosed responsibilities.

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Executive leadership

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Executive team

5 public records

Governance leadership

Boards & Committees

Board and committee assignments appear only when the canonical public projection retains a current role and supporting source. Unpublished records are not interpreted as absence.

Record as of Sep 26, 2026. Chair, executive office, Lead Independent Director and committee appointments retain their separate source roles. A complete board composition denominator and committee charters are not established by a partial roster.

Board roles

19 public records

Disclosure boundary

Governance and independence

Only current, confirmed leadership roles with public evidence are included in the canonical projection.

RecordStatusAuthorityEffective

Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.

Financials & Filings

Reported statements, original filings and proxy disclosures with their reporting periods.

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Proxy & Voting · Temporarily unavailable

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Ownership & Markets

Ownership, funding and dated financial information.

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Ownership disclosures retain their reporting dates and source types. Economic ownership, investment discretion and voting authority are distinct. Activism and settlement-dated short interest are not established by holdings or short-sale volume.

Risk & Assurance

Disclosed coverage, ratings and assurance scope.

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Evidence & History

Identifiers, sources and record limitations.

Identifiers

Alpha ID
alpha:company:54063d87-48f5-4564-a45f-822a06c9db56
Record version
public-1

Sources

Sources and published information

Published evidence records

3 evidence records, matching Agent View. Records may refer to different locations or observations in the same document. This count is not a count of independent corroborating sources.

  1. Alpha canonical company public projection

    canonical identity · Source published: Date unavailable · Retrieved: Sep 26, 2026

    Supports 5 claims
    • Legal Name: Business First Bancshares, Inc. · Claim reviewed: Sep 26, 2026
    • Entity Status: Public listing published · Claim reviewed: Sep 26, 2026
    • Published Fact: US · Claim reviewed: Sep 26, 2026
    • Published Fact: Financial Services · Claim reviewed: Sep 26, 2026
    • Published Fact: Banks - Regional · Claim reviewed: Sep 26, 2026

  2. SEC DEF 14A 0001437749-26-011695

    sec def 14a · Source published: Apr 8, 2026 · Retrieved: Sep 6, 2026

    Supports 20 claims
    • Leadership Role: David R. Melville III: Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer · Claim reviewed: Sep 26, 2026
    • Leadership Role: Aimee Quirk: Director · Claim reviewed: Sep 26, 2026
    • Leadership Role: Alejandro Sanchez: Director · Claim reviewed: Sep 26, 2026
    • Leadership Role: Arthur J. Price: Director · Claim reviewed: Sep 26, 2026
    • Leadership Role: David A. Montgomery, Jr.: Director · Claim reviewed: Sep 26, 2026
    • Leadership Role: George W. Cummings III: Director · Claim reviewed: Sep 26, 2026
    • Leadership Role: J. Vernon Johnson: Director · Claim reviewed: Sep 26, 2026
    • Leadership Role: John P. Ducrest: Director · Claim reviewed: Sep 26, 2026
    • Leadership Role: Keith A. Tillage: Director · Claim reviewed: Sep 26, 2026
    • Leadership Role: Mark P. Folse: Lead Director · Claim reviewed: Sep 26, 2026
    • Leadership Role: Ricky D. Day: Director · Claim reviewed: Sep 26, 2026
    • Leadership Role: Rolfe H. McCollister, Jr.: Vice Chairman · Claim reviewed: Sep 26, 2026
    • Leadership Role: Steven G. White: Director · Claim reviewed: Sep 26, 2026
    • Leadership Role: William G. Hall: Director · Claim reviewed: Sep 26, 2026
    • Leadership Role: Zeenat Sidi: Director · Claim reviewed: Sep 26, 2026
    • Leadership Role: David R. Melville III: Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer · Claim reviewed: Sep 26, 2026
    • Leadership Role: Gregory Robertson: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer · Claim reviewed: Sep 26, 2026
    • Leadership Role: Keith Mansfield: Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer · Claim reviewed: Sep 26, 2026
    • Leadership Role: N. Jerome Vascocu, Jr.: President · Claim reviewed: Sep 26, 2026
    • Leadership Role: Philip Jordan: Executive Vice President and Chief Banking Officer · Claim reviewed: Sep 26, 2026

  3. DEF 14A bfbi20260325_def14a.htm

    sec proxy · Source published: Apr 8, 2026 · Retrieved: Sep 2, 2026

    Supports 4 claims
    • Leadership Role: Keith Mansfield: Director · Claim reviewed: Sep 26, 2026
    • Leadership Role: Patrick E. Mockler: Director · Claim reviewed: Sep 26, 2026
    • Leadership Role: Philip Jordan: Director · Claim reviewed: Sep 26, 2026
    • Leadership Role: Saundra Strong: Director · Claim reviewed: Sep 26, 2026