Operator

Hello, and welcome to the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Business First Bancshares, Inc. Please note that today's meeting is being recorded. During the meeting, we will have a Q&A session. [Operator Instructions] It is now my pleasure to turn today's meeting over to Jude Melville, Chairman of the Board. Mr. Melville, the floor is yours.

David Melville
Chairman, President & CEO

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Business First Bancshares. I'm Jude Melville, Chairman of the Board of Business First Bancshares, and I will act as Chairman of this meeting. Being able to hear from our shareholders is important to us. Although our shareholders who are attending virtually will not be able to speak verbally during the meeting today, you have 2 ways to ask questions or make statements. First, when you registered to participate in a virtual meeting, you were given an opportunity to submit a question writing. If any questions were submitted to the extent appropriate, we'll read them aloud to them later in the meeting. Second, you can submit a question writing during this meeting through the Q&A function on the virtual meeting website. We will also use the Q&A function to receive seconds to motions to the extent not received in person in the boardroom. As with the questions submitted during the registration process, we will read and respond to appropriate questions later in the meeting. A couple of other housekeeping announcements.

First, there are several documents that you may want to access during the meeting. When you registered, you should have received a copy