What they were paid
Business First Bancshares Director Compensation Table · all 5 fiscal years held| Fiscal year | Cash fees | Stock awards | Option awards | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $31,161 | $25,024 | $0 | $0 | $56,185 |
| FY2024 | $32,874 | $25,014 | — | — | $57,888 |
| FY2023 | $31,000 | $25,000 | $0 | $0 | $56,000 |
| FY2022 | $27,500 | $42,461 | — | — | $69,961 |
| FY2021 | $24,000 | $9,752 | — | $0 | $33,752 |
Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Business First Bancshares, Inc. DEF 14A filed April 8, 2026, accession 0001437749-26-011695, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.
How this page was built: the Business First Bancshares, Inc. filed document, accession 0001437749-26-011695. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 8, 2026.
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Data as of April 8, 2026 · Source: Velarion Executive Compensation Database, deposited on Zenodo (doi:10.5281/zenodo.22283855).
How this board is paid
company policy · FY2025Business First Bancshares pays directors a $25,000 cash retainer and $25,000 in Stock.
Committees
FY2025 · as the proxy prints themNominating/Governance
The rest of the Business First Bancshares board
FY2025 · as the company reported each| Director | Role | FY2025 total |
|---|---|---|
| Aimee Quirk | Independent Director | $53,602 |
| Alejandro Sanchez | Independent Director | $46,274 |
| Arthur J. Price | Independent Director | $66,685 |
| Carol M. Calkins | Independent Director | $58,018 |
| David A. Montgomery, Jr | Independent Director | $68,785 |
| David R. Melville, III | Chair of the Board | — |
| George W. Cummings III | Independent Director | — |
| J. Vernon Johnson | Independent Director | $60,852 |
| James J. Buquet, III | Independent Director | $14,744 |
| John P. Ducrest | Independent Director | $63,185 |
| Kenneth Wm. Smith | Independent Director | $31,885 |
| Mark P. Folse | Lead Independent Director | $90,547 |
| Patrick E. Mockler | Independent Director | $66,181 |
| Ricky D. Day | Independent Director | $60,185 |
| Rolfe H. McCollister, Jr | Independent Director | $88,852 |
| Steven G. White | Independent Director | $65,818 |
| William G. Hall | Independent Director | $33,750 |
| Zeenat Sidi | Independent Director | $57,366 |
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