# Business First Bancshares, Inc. — Form D

Business First Bancshares, Inc. of BATON ROUGE, LA, a company, filed a Form D exempt-offering notice with the SEC on 2017-10-11. The offering totals $66.0M. Industry: Other Banking and Financial Services.

## Offering

- Filed: 2017-10-11
- Form: D
- Accession: 0001624322-17-000002
- Industry: Other Banking and Financial Services
- Exemptions: 06b
- Total offering: $66.0M
- Remaining: $66.0M
- Minimum investment: $8K
- Investors: 49
- Security types: equity
- Revenue range: Decline to Disclose
- SEC file number: 021-296446

## Issuer

- Name: Business First Bancshares, Inc.
- CIK: 0001624322
- Entity type: Corporation
- Jurisdiction: LOUISIANA
- Address: 500 LAUREL STREET SUITE 101, BATON ROUGE, LA, 70801
- Phone: 225-248-7600

## Officers, directors & promoters (87)

_Showing 25 of 87 people._

| Name | Role | Location |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lloyd Benny Alford | Director | Baton Rouge, LA |
| John Benny Graves | Director | Baton Rouge, LA |
| David L Laxton III | Director | Baton Rouge, LA |
| Rolfe Hood McCollister, Jr. | Director | Baton Rouge, LA |
| David R Melville III | Director | Baton Rouge, LA |
| C. Stewart Slack | Director | Baton Rouge, LA |
| Kenneth Stewart Smith | Director | Baton Rouge, LA |
| Thomas Everett Stewart, Jr. | Director | Baton Rouge, LA |
| Steve Everett White | Director | Baton Rouge, LA |
| Robert Everett Yarbrough | Director | Baton Rouge, LA |
| David R Melville III | Executive Officer | Baton Rouge, LA |
| David R Montgomery | Director | Baton Rouge, LA |
| Ricky R Day | Director | Baton Rouge, LA |
| Keith R Mansfield | Executive Officer | Baton Rouge, LA |
| Rolfe R McCollister, Jr. | Director | Baton Rouge, LA |
| Patrick R Mockler | Director | Baton Rouge, LA |
| Steven R White | Director | Baton Rouge, LA |
| Kenneth R Smith | Director | Baton Rouge, LA |
| Warren R McDonald | Executive Officer | Baton Rouge, LA |
| Keith R Tillage | Director | Baton Rouge, LA |
| David R Melville, III | Director | Baton Rouge, LA |
| David R Melville, III | Executive Officer | Baton Rouge, LA |
| Jesse R Jackson | Executive Officer | Baton Rouge, LA |
| Gregory R Robertson | Executive Officer | Baton Rouge, LA |
| Carol R Calkins | Director | Baton Rouge, LA |

## Other filings by this issuer (4)

| Filed | Form | Offering | Sold |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [2026-04-14](https://search.stillhousedata.com/formd/0001624322-26-000020) | D | $85.0M | $85.0M |
| [2022-09-15](https://search.stillhousedata.com/formd/0001624322-22-000001) | D | $72.0M | $72.0M |
| [2021-04-07](https://search.stillhousedata.com/formd/0001624322-21-000001) | D | $52.5M | $52.5M |
| [2019-01-02](https://search.stillhousedata.com/formd/0001437749-19-000101) | D | $25.0M | $25.0M |

## More

- [CIK 1624322 on SEC EDGAR (source of record)](https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=1624322&type=&dateb=&owner=include&count=40)
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