Ownership Submission
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FORM 4
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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16, Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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OMB Number:3235-0287Expires:January 31, 2005Estimated average burden hours per response...0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
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Manning Kathryn
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Business First Bancshares, Inc. [BFST]
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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_____ Director
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_____ 10% Owner
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_____ Officer (give title below)
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_____ Other (specify below)
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Chief Risk Officer /
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(Last)
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(First)
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(Middle)
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500 LAUREL STREET
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3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
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(Street)
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BATON ROUGE
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LA
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70801
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4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
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6. Individual or Join/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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1.Title of Security
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2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)
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2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)
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3. Transaction Code
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4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
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5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
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6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
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7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
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Code
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V
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Amount
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(A) or (D)
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Price
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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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1. Title of Derivate Security
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2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security
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3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)
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3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)
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4. Transaction Code
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5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
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6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
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7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
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8. Price of Derivative Security
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9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
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10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
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11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
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Code
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V
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(A)
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(D)
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Date Exercisable
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Expriation Date
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Title
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Amount or Number of Shares
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Reporting Owners
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Reporting Owner Name / Address
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Relationships
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Director
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10% Owner
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Officer
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Other
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Manning Kathryn
500 LAUREL STREET
BATON ROUGE, LA70801
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Chief Risk Officer
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Signatures
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/s/ Heather Roemer, as attorney-in-fact for Kathryn Manning
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2023-02-03
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**Signature of Reporting Person
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Date
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Explanation of Responses:
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(*)
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If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
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(**)
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Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
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(1)
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Reflects the grant of restricted stock to reporting person. The terms of the restricted stock grant are described in footnote 2 below.
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(2)
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Includes (a) 237 shares of unvested restricted stock granted on 2/1/2021, which will vest on 3/31/2023, (b) 760 shares of unvested restricted stock granted on 2/1/2022, of which 380 shares will vest on 3/31/2023, and the remaining 380 shares will vest on 3/31/2024, and (c) 9,652 shares of unvested restricted stock granted on 2/1/2023, of which 3,185 shares will vest on 3/31/2023, 3,185 shares will vest on 3/31/2024, and the remaining 3,282 shares will vest on 3/31/2025. Under the terms of the relevant restricted stock grants, the reported shares of unvested restricted stock are subject to forfeiture upon the occurrence of certain events.
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(3)
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Includes 997 shares that were inadvertently omitted from the reporting person's Form 3 filed on May 9, 2022.
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