Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) Q3 2025 Earnings Call

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Hello, and thank you for standing by. My name is Mark, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to Business First BankShare's Q3 2025 earnings call. Online submit plays on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speaker's remarks, there will be a question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question during this time, simply press star followed by the number one on your telephone keypad. And to withdraw your question, press star one again. I would now like to turn the call over to Matt Seeley. You may begin. Thank you. Good afternoon, and thank you all for joining. Earlier today, we issued our third quarter 2025 earnings press release, a copy of which is available on our website, along with a slide presentation that we will reference during today's call. Please refer to slide three of our presentation, which includes our safe harbor statements regarding forward-looking statements and the use of non-GAAP financial measures. For those of you joining by phone, please note that slide presentation is available on our website at www.b1bank.com. Please also note our safe harbor statements are available on page 7 of our earnings press release that was filed with the SEC today. All comments made during today's call are subject to the safe harbor statements in our slide presentation and earnings release. I'm joined this afternoon by Business First Bank Shares Chairman and CEO, Jude Melville, Chief Financial Officer, Greg Robertson, Chief Banking Officer, Philip Jordan, and President of V1 Bank, Jerry Vaskegu. After the presentation, we'll be happy to address any questions you might have. With that, I'll turn the call over to you, Jude. Okay, thanks, Matt, and good afternoon, and thank you all for being with ...