Item 7.01Regulation FD Disclosure.

On October 26, 2020, Equity Bancshares, Inc. (the "Company") announced that Equity Bank ("Equity Bank"), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, acquired the assets and assumed the deposit liabilities of Almena State Bank at close of business on October 23, 2020, pursuant to a Purchase and Assumption Agreement facilitated by the FDIC. The press release announcing the closing of the transaction is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

As provided in General Instruction B.2 to Form 8-K, the information set forth in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and such information shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits.



(d) Exhibits



Exhibit No.                               Description
99.1             Press Release issued by Equity Bancshares, Inc., dated October
               26, 2020.
104            Cover Page Interactive Data File




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