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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip code)
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(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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Title of each class
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Trading Symbol(s)
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Name of each exchange on which registered
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Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
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Yes ☐
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Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.
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Yes ☐
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Note – Checking the box above will not relieve any registrant required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act from their obligations under those Sections.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Date File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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Large accelerated filer
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Non-accelerated filer
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Smaller reporting company
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Emerging growth company
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by a check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.
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If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.
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Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b).
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).
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Yes
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(a)
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List of documents filed as part of this Report
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(1)
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Financial Statements
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(2)
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Financial Statement Schedules
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(3)
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Exhibits
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Number
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Description
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2.1
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2.2
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3.1
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3.2
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4.1
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4.2
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4.3
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10.1 +
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10.3 +
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10.9 +
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10.10 +
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10.11 +
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10.12 +
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10.14 +
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10.18
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10.19 +
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21.1
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23.1
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24.1
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31.1
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31.2
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32.1
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101.INS
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Inline XBRL Instance Document (included in the Original Form 10-K).
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101.SCH
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Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document (included in the Original Form 10-K).
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101.CAL
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Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document (included in the Original Form 10-K).
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101.DEF
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Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document (included in the Original Form 10-K).
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101.LAB
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Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document (included in the Original Form 10-K).
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101.PRE
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Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document (included in the Original Form 10-K).
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104
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Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)*
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Filed herewith.
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Represents a management contract or a compensatory plan or arrangement.
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BUSINESS FIRST BANCSHARES, INC.
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March 15, 2023
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By:
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/s/ David R. Melville, III
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David R. Melville, III
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President and Chief Executive Officer
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