 Business First Bancshares, Inc. BFST Business First, parent company of b1BANK, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, announced today that due to the emerging public health impact of the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, the location of Business Firsts special meeting of shareholders to be held on Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at 8:00 a.m. Central Time the Special Meeting has been changed and will be held in a virtual meeting format only. The purpose of the Special Meeting is to consider and vote on certain proposals relating to the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated as of January 22, 2020, by and between Business First and Pedestal Bancshares, Inc. Pedestal, pursuant to which Pedestal will be merged with and into Business First the Merger, with Business First surviving the Merger. 