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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 7.2pt;text-align:center;"><b>As filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on October 18, 2019</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 7.2pt;text-align:center;"><b>Registration Statement No. 333-</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>UNITED STATES </b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMMISSION</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Washington, D.C. 20549</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>FORM S-8</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>UNDER </b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>BUSINESS FIRST BANCSHARES, INC.</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</p>

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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>20-5340628</b></p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>500 Laurel Street, Suite 101&nbsp;<br>
			Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70801</b></p>
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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;text-transform:uppercase;"><b>BUSINESS FIRST BANK EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT PLAN AND TRUST</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">(Full title of the plan)</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>David R. (&#8220;Jude&#8221;) Melville III</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>President</b><b> and Chief Executive Officer</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Business First Bancshares</b><b>, Inc.</b><br>
<b>500 Laurel Street, Suite 101</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Baton Rouge</b><b>, Louisiana </b><b>70801</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>(</b><b>225) 248-7600</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Copy to:</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Lowell W. Harrison</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Fenimore, Kay, Harrison &amp; Ford, LLP</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>812 San Antonio Street, Suite 600</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>(512) 583-5900</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non&#8722;accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer,&#8221; and &#8220;smaller reporting company&#8221; in Rule 12b&#8722;2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):</p>

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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 25%;">&#9744;</td>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Accelerated filer</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 25%;">&#9746;</td>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Non&#8722;accelerated filer</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Smaller reporting company</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 25%;">&#9746;</td>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 25%;">Emerging Growth Company</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 25%;">&#9746;</td>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Title of Each Class of<br>
			Securities to be Registered</b></p>
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			Registered</b></p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Proposed Maximum<br>
			Offering</b><b>&nbsp;</b><b>Price Per Share</b></p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Proposed Maximum<br>
			Aggregate</b><b>&nbsp;</b><b>Offering Price</b></p>
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			Registration Fee</b><b>&nbsp;</b></p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Common stock, par value $1.00 per share</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">750,000 (1)</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">$24.17&nbsp;(2)</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">$18,127,500 (2)</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">$2,352,95</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Interests in Business First Bank Employee Retirement Plan and Trust</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">(3)</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;">(1)</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;">Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act, this registration statement covers additional shares that may become issuable under the above-named plans by reason of certain corporate transactions or events, including any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the registrant&#8217;s outstanding shares of common stock.</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (&#8220;Securities Act&#8221;), based on the average of the high and low sales prices of the registrant&#8217;s common stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on October 15, 2019.</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;">Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(c) under the Securities Act, this registration statement covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the Business First Bank Employee Retirement Plan and Trust (&#8220;Plan&#8221;).</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;">In accordance with Rule 457(h)(2), no separate fee calculation is made for interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the Plan.</p>
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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>EXPLANATORY NOTE</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">This registration statement on Form S-8 relates to 750,000 shares of common stock of Business First Bancshares, Inc. (the &#8220;registrant&#8221;) to be issued under the Business First Bank Employee Retirement Plan and Trust, effective as of January 1, 2008, as amended, and as the same may be further amended from time to time (&#8220;Plan&#8221;), together with an indeterminate amount of associated interests to be offered and sold under the Plan. The Plan is intended to be a tax-qualified employee benefit plan with a cash or deferred arrangement under Sections 401(a) and 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the &#8220;Code&#8221;), maintained for the benefit of the registrant&#8217;s employees. The Plan allows participants to voluntarily invest and reinvest deferrals in common stock of the registrant.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;text-transform:uppercase;"><b>PART I<br>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;"><b>Item&nbsp;1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Plan Information.</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">The documents containing the information specified in Part I, Item 1 of Form S-8 will be sent or delivered to participants in the Plan as required by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act. These documents are not required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;), either as part of this registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements under Rule&nbsp;424 of the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this registration statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus as required by Section&nbsp;10(a) of the Securities Act.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;"><b>Item&nbsp;2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">The registrant will furnish without charge to each person to whom the prospectus is delivered, upon the written or oral request of such person, a copy of any and all of the documents incorporated by reference pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this registration statement, other than exhibits to such documents (unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference to the information that is incorporated). Requests should be directed to Business First Bancshares, Inc., 500 Laurel Street, Suite 101, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70801, Attention: Corporate Secretary, telephone number (225) 248-7600.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;text-transform:uppercase;"><b>PART II</b><br>
<b>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;"><b>Item 3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">The following documents that the registrant has previously filed with the Commission are incorporated herein by reference:</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The registrant&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, which was filed on March 22, 2019;</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Annual Report on Form 11-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 for the Business First Bank Employee Retirement Plan and Trust, which was filed on the date hereof;</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The registrant&#8217;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2019 and June 30, 2019, which were filed on May 10, 2019 and August 8, 2019, respectively;</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The registrant&#8217;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on February 7, 2019, May 22, 2019, July 25, 2019 and August 16, 2019 (other than any portions thereof deemed furnished and not filed in accordance with Commission rules); and</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The description of the registrant&#8217;s common stock contained in its registration statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-38447) filed with the Commission under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (&#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), on April 4, 2018, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">All documents filed by the registrant under Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, subsequent to the date of this registration statement will be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents until such time as there will have been filed a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold at the time of such amendment.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">Any statement contained herein or in any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded will not be deemed to constitute a part of this registration statement, except as so modified or superseded.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;"><b>Item 6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">Sections 1-850 through 1-859 of the Louisiana Business Corporation Act, or LBCA, governs indemnification of directors and officers of a corporation. In general, the LBCA provides that the registrant may indemnify each of its current or former directors and officers (each, an &#8220;indemnitee&#8221;) against liability (including judgments, settlements, penalties, fines, or reasonable expenses) incurred by the indemnitee in a proceeding to which the indemnitee is a party if the indemnitee acted in good faith and reasonably believed either (1) in the case of conduct in an official capacity, that the indemnitee&#8217;s conduct was in the best interests of the corporation or (2) in all other cases, that the indemnitee&#8217;s conduct was at least not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, the indemnitee had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. Under the LBCA, the registrant may also advance expenses to the indemnitee provided that the indemnitee delivers (1) a written affirmation of his or her good faith belief that the relevant standard of conduct has been met or that the proceeding involves conduct for which liability has been eliminated and (2) a written undertaking to repay any funds advanced if (i) the indemnitee is not entitled to mandatory indemnification by virtue of being wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any such proceeding and (ii) it is ultimately determined that the indemnitee has not met the relevant standard of conduct. In addition, the registrant has the power to obtain and maintain insurance with respect to any person who is or was acting on its behalf, regardless of whether it has the legal authority to indemnify, or advance expenses to, the insured person with respect to such liability. In furtherance of this authority, the registrant maintains directors&#8217; and officers&#8217; liability insurance.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">&nbsp;Under the LBCA, a corporation must indemnify any present or former director or officer of a corporation for expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding if such person was wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in defense of any proceeding, that he was a party to by virtue of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the corporation. This mandatory indemnification requirement does not limit the registrant&#8217;s right to permissibly indemnify a director or officer with respect to expenses of a partially successful defense of any proceeding.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">&nbsp;The registrant&#8217;s articles of incorporation, as amended, generally require that the registrant indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by Louisiana law, a director or officer with regards to actions taken in his or her capacity as such, and provide reimbursement of reasonable expenses incurred by a director or officer who is party to a proceeding in advance of final disposition of the proceeding, so long as the director or officer follows certain procedures.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">&nbsp;The&nbsp;foregoing is only a general summary of certain aspects of the LBCA and the registrant&#8217;s articles of incorporation, as amended, dealing with indemnification of directors and officers, and does not purport to be complete. It is qualified in its entirety by reference to the detailed provisions of those sections of the LBCA referenced above and the registrant&#8217;s articles of incorporation, as amended, which are incorporated by reference into this registration statement.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act, as amended, may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling us under any of the foregoing provisions, in the opinion of the Commission, that indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable. Finally, the registrant&#8217;s ability to provide indemnification to its directors and officers is limited by federal banking laws and regulations, including, but not limited to, 12 U.S.C. Section 1828(k).</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;"><b>Item 7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exemption From Registration Claimed.</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;"><b>Item 8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exhibits.</b></p>

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<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">The list of exhibits under &#8220;Exhibit Index&#8221; at the end of this registration statement is incorporated herein by reference.</p>

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<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">The registrant undertakes that it has submitted or will submit the Plan and any amendment to the Plan to the Internal Revenue Service (&#8220;IRS&#8221;) in a timely manner and has made or will make all changes by the IRS in order to qualify the Plan.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;"><b>Item 9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Undertakings.</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:31.7pt;">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:72pt;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)&nbsp;if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#8220;Calculation of Registration Fee&#8221; table in the effective registration statement;</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:36pt;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;"><i>provided, however</i>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:31.7pt;">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#8217;s annual report pursuant to section&nbsp;13(a) or section&nbsp;15(d) of the 1934 Act that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement will be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time will be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:31.7pt;">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers, and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that, in the opinion of the Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer, or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer, or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</p>

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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:7.2pt;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;"><a href="ex_160298.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Business First Bank Employee Retirement Plan and Trust, effective January 1, 2008, as amended*</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:7.2pt;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;"><a href="ex_160310.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Opinion of Fenimore, Kay, Harrison &amp; Ford, LLP*</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0pt;margin-right:7.2pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:right;">23.2</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:7.2pt;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;"><a href="#poa" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Power of attorney (included on signature page)</a></p>
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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">______________________<br>
* Filed herewith.<b>&nbsp;</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;text-transform:uppercase;"><b>SIGNATURES</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on the 18<sup>th</sup> day of October, 2019.</p>

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			<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><b>BUSINESS FIRST BANCSHARES</b><b>, INC.</b></p>
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			<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/&nbsp;</font>David R. Melville, III</p>
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			<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;">David R. Melville, III</p>
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			<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;">President and Chief Executive Officer</p>
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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;text-transform:uppercase;"><b><a id="poa" name="poa" title="poa"></a>POWER OF ATTORNEY</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints David R. Melville, III as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution, for him in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this registration statement (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on October 18, 2019.</p>

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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">/s/ David R. Melville, III</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">David R. Melville, III</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">/s/ Gregory Robertson</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">/s/ Lloyd Benny Alford</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Lloyd Benny Alford</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">/s/ Jack E. Byrd, Jr.</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">Director</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Jack E. Byrd, Jr.</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">John Graves</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">/s/ Robert S. Greer, Jr.</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Robert S. Greer, Jr.</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">/s/ David L. Laxton, III</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">Director</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">David L. Laxton, III</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">/s/ Rolfe Hood McCollister, Jr.</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">Director</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Rolfe Hood McCollister, Jr.</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">/s/ Andrew D. McLindon</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">Director</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">/s/ Patrick E. Mockler</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">Director</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Patrick E. Mockler</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">Director</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">David A. Montgomery, Jr.</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">/s/ Arthur Price</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">Director</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Arthur Price</p>
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bfbi20191015_s8.htm
As filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on October 18, 2019
Registration Statement No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
BUSINESS FIRST BANCSHARES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Louisiana
20-5340628
(State of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
500 Laurel Street, Suite 101
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70801
(Address of principal executive officers and zip code)
BUSINESS FIRST BANK EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT PLAN AND TRUST
(Full title of the plan)
David R. ("Jude") Melville III
President
and Chief Executive Officer
Business First Bancshares
, Inc.
500 Laurel Street, Suite 101
Baton Rouge
, Louisiana
70801
(
225) 248-7600
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Lowell W. Harrison
Fenimore, Kay, Harrison & Ford, LLP
812 San Antonio Street, Suite 600
Austin, Texas 78701
(512) 583-5900
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non−accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b−2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
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Accelerated filer
☒
Non−accelerated filer
☐
Smaller reporting company
☒
Emerging Growth Company
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each Class of
Securities to be Registered
Amount to be
Registered
Proposed Maximum
Offering
Price Per Share
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common stock, par value $1.00 per share
750,000 (1)
$24.17 (2)
$18,127,500 (2)
$2,352,95
Interests in Business First Bank Employee Retirement Plan and Trust
(3)
--
--
(4)
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act, this registration statement covers additional shares that may become issuable under the above-named plans by reason of certain corporate transactions or events, including any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the registrant's outstanding shares of common stock.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Securities Act"), based on the average of the high and low sales prices of the registrant's common stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on October 15, 2019.
(3)
Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act, this registration statement covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the Business First Bank Employee Retirement Plan and Trust ("Plan").
(4)
In accordance with Rule 457(h)(2), no separate fee calculation is made for interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the Plan.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This registration statement on Form S-8 relates to 750,000 shares of common stock of Business First Bancshares, Inc. (the "registrant") to be issued under the Business First Bank Employee Retirement Plan and Trust, effective as of January 1, 2008, as amended, and as the same may be further amended from time to time ("Plan"), together with an indeterminate amount of associated interests to be offered and sold under the Plan. The Plan is intended to be a tax-qualified employee benefit plan with a cash or deferred arrangement under Sections 401(a) and 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), maintained for the benefit of the registrant's employees. The Plan allows participants to voluntarily invest and reinvest deferrals in common stock of the registrant.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
Item 1.     Plan Information.
The documents containing the information specified in Part I, Item 1 of Form S-8 will be sent or delivered to participants in the Plan as required by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act. These documents are not required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), either as part of this registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements under Rule 424 of the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this registration statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus as required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
Item 2.     Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
The registrant will furnish without charge to each person to whom the prospectus is delivered, upon the written or oral request of such person, a copy of any and all of the documents incorporated by reference pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this registration statement, other than exhibits to such documents (unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference to the information that is incorporated). Requests should be directed to Business First Bancshares, Inc., 500 Laurel Street, Suite 101, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70801, Attention: Corporate Secretary, telephone number (225) 248-7600.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.     Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents that the registrant has previously filed with the Commission are incorporated herein by reference:
1.          The registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, which was filed on March 22, 2019;
2.          The Annual Report on Form 11-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 for the Business First Bank Employee Retirement Plan and Trust, which was filed on the date hereof;
3.          The registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2019 and June 30, 2019, which were filed on May 10, 2019 and August 8, 2019, respectively;
4.          The registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on February 7, 2019, May 22, 2019, July 25, 2019 and August 16, 2019 (other than any portions thereof deemed furnished and not filed in accordance with Commission rules); and
5.          The description of the registrant's common stock contained in its registration statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-38447) filed with the Commission under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("Exchange Act"), on April 4, 2018, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
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All documents filed by the registrant under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, subsequent to the date of this registration statement will be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents until such time as there will have been filed a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold at the time of such amendment.
Any statement contained herein or in any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded will not be deemed to constitute a part of this registration statement, except as so modified or superseded.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.     Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6.     Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Sections 1-850 through 1-859 of the Louisiana Business Corporation Act, or LBCA, governs indemnification of directors and officers of a corporation. In general, the LBCA provides that the registrant may indemnify each of its current or former directors and officers (each, an "indemnitee") against liability (including judgments, settlements, penalties, fines, or reasonable expenses) incurred by the indemnitee in a proceeding to which the indemnitee is a party if the indemnitee acted in good faith and reasonably believed either (1) in the case of conduct in an official capacity, that the indemnitee's conduct was in the best interests of the corporation or (2) in all other cases, that the indemnitee's conduct was at least not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, the indemnitee had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. Under the LBCA, the registrant may also advance expenses to the indemnitee provided that the indemnitee delivers (1) a written affirmation of his or her good faith belief that the relevant standard of conduct has been met or that the proceeding involves conduct for which liability has been eliminated and (2) a written undertaking to repay any funds advanced if (i) the indemnitee is not entitled to mandatory indemnification by virtue of being wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any such proceeding and (ii) it is ultimately determined that the indemnitee has not met the relevant standard of conduct. In addition, the registrant has the power to obtain and maintain insurance with respect to any person who is or was acting on its behalf, regardless of whether it has the legal authority to indemnify, or advance expenses to, the insured person with respect to such liability. In furtherance of this authority, the registrant maintains directors' and officers' liability insurance.
Under the LBCA, a corporation must indemnify any present or former director or officer of a corporation for expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding if such person was wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in defense of any proceeding, that he was a party to by virtue of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the corporation. This mandatory indemnification requirement does not limit the registrant's right to permissibly indemnify a director or officer with respect to expenses of a partially successful defense of any proceeding.
The registrant's articles of incorporation, as amended, generally require that the registrant indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by Louisiana law, a director or officer with regards to actions taken in his or her capacity as such, and provide reimbursement of reasonable expenses incurred by a director or officer who is party to a proceeding in advance of final disposition of the proceeding, so long as the director or officer follows certain procedures.
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The foregoing is only a general summary of certain aspects of the LBCA and the registrant's articles of incorporation, as amended, dealing with indemnification of directors and officers, and does not purport to be complete. It is qualified in its entirety by reference to the detailed provisions of those sections of the LBCA referenced above and the registrant's articles of incorporation, as amended, which are incorporated by reference into this registration statement.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act, as amended, may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling us under any of the foregoing provisions, in the opinion of the Commission, that indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable. Finally, the registrant's ability to provide indemnification to its directors and officers is limited by federal banking laws and regulations, including, but not limited to, 12 U.S.C. Section 1828(k).
Item 7.     Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.     Exhibits.
The list of exhibits under "Exhibit Index" at the end of this registration statement is incorporated herein by reference.
The registrant undertakes that it has submitted or will submit the Plan and any amendment to the Plan to the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") in a timely manner and has made or will make all changes by the IRS in order to qualify the Plan.
Item 9.     Undertakings.
(a)     The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)     To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i)     to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)     to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement;
(iii)     to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;
provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement.
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(2)     That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)     To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)     The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the 1934 Act that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement will be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time will be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers, and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that, in the opinion of the Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer, or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer, or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number
Description
4.1
Business First Bank Employee Retirement Plan and Trust, effective January 1, 2008, as amended*
5.1
Opinion of Fenimore, Kay, Harrison & Ford, LLP*
23.1
Consent of Fenimore, Kay, Harrison & Ford, LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1)*
23.2
Consent of Hannis T. Bourgeois, LLP*
24.1
Power of attorney (included on signature page)
______________________
* Filed herewith.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on the 18
th
day of October, 2019.
BUSINESS FIRST BANCSHARES
, INC.
By:
/s/
David R. Melville, III
David R. Melville, III
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints David R. Melville, III as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution, for him in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this registration statement (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on October 18, 2019.
Signature
Title
By:
/s/ David R. Melville, III
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
David R. Melville, III
(Principal Executive Officer)
By:
/s/ Gregory Robertson
Chief Financial Officer
Gregory Robertson
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
By:
/s/ Lloyd Benny Alford
Director
Lloyd Benny Alford
By:
/s/ Jack E. Byrd, Jr.
Director
Jack E. Byrd, Jr.
By:
/s/ John Graves
Director
John Graves
By:
/s/ Robert S. Greer, Jr.
Chairman of the Board
Robert S. Greer, Jr.
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Signature
Title
By:
/s/ David L. Laxton, III
Director
David L. Laxton, III
By:
/s/ Rolfe Hood McCollister, Jr.
Director
Rolfe Hood McCollister, Jr.
By:
/s/ Andrew D. McLindon
Director
Andrew D. McLindon
By:
/s/ Patrick E. Mockler
Director
Patrick E. Mockler
By:
/s/ David A. Montgomery, Jr.
Director
David A. Montgomery, Jr.
By:
/s/ Arthur Price
Director
Arthur Price
By:
/s/ Fayez K. Shamieh
Director
Fayez K. Shamieh
By:
/s/ C. Stewart Slack
Director
C. Stewart Slack
By:
/s/ Kenneth Smith
Director
Kenneth Smith
By:
/s/ Thomas Everett Stewart, Jr.
Director
Thomas Everett Stewart, Jr.
By:
/s/ Steven White
Director
Steve White
By:
/s/ Robert Yarborough
Director
Robert Yarborough
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