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0001437749-19-001881.txt : 20190205 0001437749-19-001881.hdr.sgml : 20190205 20190205162713 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001437749-19-001881 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20190201 FILED AS OF DATE: 20190205 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20190205 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: JORDAN PHILIP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001734775 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-38447 FILM NUMBER: 19568286 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 500 LAUREL AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 100 CITY: BATON ROUGE STATE: LA ZIP: 70801 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Business First Bancshares, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001624322 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022] IRS NUMBER: 205340628 STATE OF INCORPORATION: LA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 500 LAUREL STREET STREET 2: SUITE 101 CITY: BATON ROUGE STATE: LA ZIP: 70801 BUSINESS PHONE: 225-248-7600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 500 LAUREL STREET STREET 2: SUITE 101 CITY: BATON ROUGE STATE: LA ZIP: 70801 4 1 rdgdoc.xml FORM 4 X0306 4 2019-02-01 0001624322 Business First Bancshares, Inc. BFST 0001734775 JORDAN PHILIP 500 LAUREL STREET, SUITE 101 BATON ROUGE LA 70801 1 EVP&CCO of Business First Bank COMMON STOCK 2019-02-01 4 I 0 5583 23.05 A 15067 D Reflects reallocation of 401(k) assets by reporting person, pursuant to which reporting person acquired units of an employer stock fund available through issuer's 401(k) plan. Share numbers and price are on an approximately equivalent basis for units held in the fund as if investable cash equivalents held by the fund were fully invested in issuer common stock. Includes (a) 412 shares of unvested restricted stock granted on 03/31/2017 and (b) 3,235 shares of unvested restricted stock granted on 03/31/2018, in each case subject to vesting in three equal installments over a period of two years beginning on the grant date and subject to the terms of the relevant restricted stock grant. The reported shares of unvested restricted stock are subject to forfeiture upon the occurrence of certain events specified in the restricted stock grant.. Includes 4,000 shares held by reporting person's IRA and units of employer stock fund through issuer's 401(k) plan equivalent to approximately 5,583 shares. /s/ Heather Roemer, as attorney-in-fact 2018-02-05 EX-24 2 poa.htm ex_134130.htm

Exhibit 24

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned, Philip Jordan, an executive officer of Business First Bancshares, Inc. (the “Corporation”) and/or the Corporation’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Business First Bank, hereby authorizes and designates each of David R. Melville, III; Heather Roemer; Terre Bidwell; and Fenimore, Kay, Harrison and Ford, LLP, as my agent and attorney-in-fact, each with full power of substitution to:

(1) prepare and sign on my behalf any Form ID for filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, generate or update on my behalf any applicable EDGAR access codes, and request on my behalf any EDGAR passphrases or other related filings codes, if necessary;

(2) prepare and sign on my behalf any Form 3, Form 4 or Form 5 under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any amendment thereto and file, or cause to be filed, the same with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and, if applicable, each national stock exchange on which the Corporation’s stock is listed;

(3) prepare and sign on my behalf any Form 144 Notice under the Securities Act of 1933, or any amendment thereto, and file, or cause to be filed, the same with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission;

(4) prepare and sign on my behalf any Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or any amendment thereto, and file, or cause to be filed, the same with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and, if applicable, each national stock exchange on which the Corporation’s stock is listed; and

(5) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on my behalf pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney shall be in such a form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact’s discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact’s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Corporation assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer subject to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 with respect to the Corporation, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Limited Power of Attorney to be executed on this 7th day of March, 2018.


		/s/ Philip Jordan______________________
		Philip Jordan

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me this 7th day of March, 2018.

		/s/ Eleisha M. Lechman_________________
		Notary Public


My Commission Expires:		Eleisha M. Lechman
		Notary Public, ID# 67284
		Parish of Bossier
		MY COMMISSION IS FOR LIFE