1,050,000 Shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share Underwriting AgreementUnderwriting Agreement • June 8th, 2018 • Business First Bancshares, Inc. • State commercial banks • New York
Business First Bancshares, Inc., a Louisiana corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you are acting as representative (the “Representative”), an aggregate of 1,050,000 shares of common stock, par value $ 1.00 per share, of the Company (the “Underwritten Shares”). In addition, the Company proposes to issue and sell, at the option of the Underwriters, up to an additional 157,500 shares of common stock of the Company (the “Option Shares”). The Underwritten Shares and the Option Shares are herein referred to as the “Shares.” The shares of common stock of the Company to be outstanding after giving effect to the sale of the Shares are referred to herein as the “Stock.”
