SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Elliott Brad S (Last) (First) (Middle) 7701 E. KELLOGG DR., STE. 300 (Street) WICHITA KS 67207 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol EQUITY BANCSHARES INC [ EQBK ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Chief Executive Officer
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/09/2021
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Class A Common Stock	03/09/2021		S		4,913	D	$29.02(1)	97,228(2)	D
Class A Common Stock	03/10/2021		S		8,229	D	$28.48(3)	88,999	D
Class A Common Stock	03/10/2021		A		11,166(4)	A	$0.00	100,165	D
Class A Common Stock	03/11/2021		S		8,358	D	$28.33(5)	91,807	D
Class A Common Stock								9,615	I	By Equity Holdings, LLC(6)
Class A Common Stock								172,551	I	By Elliott Legacy, LLC(6)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. The price reported in column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $29.00 to $29.05, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to Equity Bancshares, Inc., any security holder of Equity Bancshares, Inc., or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares purchased at each separate price within the range.

2. Includes 500 shares purchased on February 14, 2021 pursuant to the Equity Bancshares, Inc. 2019 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

3. The price reported in column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $28.25 to $29.12, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to Equity Bancshares, Inc., any security holder of Equity Bancshares, Inc., or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares purchased at each separate price within the range.

4. Vesting of performance shares following the Compensation Committee's certification of achievement of certain pre-established performance goals.

5. The price reported in column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $28.25 to $28.56, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to Equity Bancshares, Inc., any security holder of Equity Bancshares, Inc., or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares purchased at each separate price within the range.

6. The reporting person is the managing member of Equity Holdings, LLC and Elliott Legacy, LLC. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, and the inclusion of these shares in this report shall not be deemed an admission of beneficial ownership of all the reported shares for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.

Remarks:

	/s/ Eric Newell, attorney-in-fact	03/11/2021
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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