SEC Company Response from Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) (CIK 0001624322) (BFST) — Feb 13, 2015
Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) (CIK 0001624322)
Date: Feb. 13, 2015 · CIK: 0001624322 · Accession: 0001193125-15-050528
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File numbers found in text: 333-200112
Letter
Acceleration Request
BUSINESS FIRST BANCSHARES, INC.
8440 Jefferson Highway, Suite 101
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70809
February 13, 2015
VIA EDGAR FILING AND EMAIL
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Jonathan E. Gottlieb
Re: Business First Bancshares, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-4, as amended (File No. 333-200112)
Acceleration Request
Requested Date: February 17, 2015
Requested Time: 4:00 PM Eastern Time
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Business First Bancshares, Inc. (“Registrant”) hereby requests that the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) take appropriate action to declare the above-captioned Registration Statement on Form S-4 effective at the “Requested Date” and “Requested Time” set forth above or as soon thereafter as practicable. The Registrant hereby authorizes Lowell W. Harrison, an attorney with the Registrant’s outside legal counsel, Fenimore, Kay, Harrison & Ford LLP, to orally modify or withdraw this request for acceleration.
The Registrant hereby acknowledges that:
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should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;
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the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Registrant from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and
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the Registrant may not assert the staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
The Registrant respectfully requests that it be notified of such effectiveness by a telephone call to Mr. Harrison at (512) 583-5905, or in his absence to Stephanie E. Kalahurka, an attorney at Fenimore, Kay, Harrison & Ford LLP, at (816) 292-8141. Please also provide a copy of the Commission’s order declaring the Registration Statement on Form S-4 effective to Mr. Harrison via email at lharrison@fkhpartners.com and via mail at 812 San Antonio Street, Suite 600, Austin, Texas 78701.
Sincerely,
BUSINESS FIRST BANCSHARES, INC.
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CORRESP 1 filename1.htm Acceleration Request BUSINESS FIRST BANCSHARES, INC. 8440 Jefferson Highway, Suite 101 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70809 February 13, 2015 VIA EDGAR FILING AND EMAIL U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission 100 F Street, NE Washington, D.C. 20549 Attention: Jonathan E. Gottlieb Re: Business First Bancshares, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-4, as amended (File No. 333-200112) Acceleration Request Requested Date: February 17, 2015 Requested Time: 4:00 PM Eastern Time Ladies and Gentlemen: Business First Bancshares, Inc. (“Registrant”) hereby requests that the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) take appropriate action to declare the above-captioned Registration Statement on Form S-4 effective at the “Requested Date” and “Requested Time” set forth above or as soon thereafter as practicable. The Registrant hereby authorizes Lowell W. Harrison, an attorney with the Registrant’s outside legal counsel, Fenimore, Kay, Harrison & Ford LLP, to orally modify or withdraw this request for acceleration. The Registrant hereby acknowledges that: • should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; • the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Registrant from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and • the Registrant may not assert the staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. The Registrant respectfully requests that it be notified of such effectiveness by a telephone call to Mr. Harrison at (512) 583-5905, or in his absence to Stephanie E. Kalahurka, an attorney at Fenimore, Kay, Harrison & Ford LLP, at (816) 292-8141. Please also provide a copy of the Commission’s order declaring the Registration Statement on Form S-4 effective to Mr. Harrison via email at lharrison@fkhpartners.com and via mail at 812 San Antonio Street, Suite 600, Austin, Texas 78701. Sincerely, BUSINESS FIRST BANCSHARES, INC. By: /s/ David R. Melville, III David R. Melville, III President and Chief Executive Officer