0001437749-18-012016.txt : 20180618 0001437749-18-012016.hdr.sgml : 20180618 20180618164537 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001437749-18-012016 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20180614 FILED AS OF DATE: 20180618 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20180618 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ROBERTSON ALICIA CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001734772 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-38447 FILM NUMBER: 18905160 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 2018-06-14 0001624322 Business First Bancshares, Inc. BFST 0001734772 ROBERTSON ALICIA 500 LAUREL STREET, SUITE 101 BATON ROUGE LA 70801 1 EVP&CRO of Business First Bank COMMON STOCK 2018-06-14 4 P 0 200 25.05 A 1259 D Includes (a) 94 shares of unvested restricted stock granted on 3/31/2017 and (b) 523 shares of unvested restricted stock granted on 3/31/2018, 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 stock are subject to forfeiture upon the occurrence of certain events specified in the restricted stock grant. /s/ David R. Melville, III, as attorney-in-fact 2018-06-18 EX-24 2 poa_robertson.htm poa_robertson.htm

EXHIBIT 24

 

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

The undersigned, Alicia Robertson, 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. 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Limited Power of Attorney to be executed on this 1st day of March, 2018.

 

 

 

/s/ Alicia Robertson 

  

 

Alicia Robertson

 

 

 

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me this 1st day of March, 2018.

  

 

 

/s/ Pamela S. Willard

  

 

Notary Public

 

My Commission Expires: Pamela S. Willard, Notary Public, La. Notary No. 82362  
  My commission is for Life  

 

 

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