UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

March 21, 2014

Date of Report

(Date of earliest event reported)

First Federal Bancshares of Arkansas, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(870) 741-7641

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

A special meeting of shareholders (the “Special Meeting”) of First Federal Bancshares of Arkansas, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on March 21, 2014. At the Special Meeting, the shareholders of the Company voted on the following matters: (i) a proposal to approve the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated July 1, 2013 between the Company and First National Security Company and the transactions contemplated therein (the “Merger Proposal”), (ii) a proposal to amend the Company’s articles of incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of Company common stock from 30,000,000 to 100,000,000 (the “Authorized Share Amendment Proposal”), (iii) a proposal to amend the Company’s articles of incorporation to change the name of the Company from “First Federal Bancshares of Arkansas, Inc.” to “Bear State Financial, Inc.” (the “Name Change Amendment Proposal”), (iv) a proposal to issue 2,531,645 shares of Company common stock in a private placement at a per share price of $7.90 to Bear State Financial Holdings, LLC (“BSF Holdings”) and certain members of BSF Holdings individually (the “Private Placement Proposal”), and (v) a proposal to adjourn or postpone the Special Meeting, if necessary to solicit additional proxies to approve the foregoing proposals (the “Adjournment Proposal”). The final voting results of the shareholders’ votes are reported below.

(i) Shareholders approved the Merger Proposal by the indicated votes:

(ii) Shareholders approved the Authorized Share Amendment Proposal by the indicated votes:

(iii) Shareholders approved the Name Change Amendment Proposal by the indicated votes:

(iv) Shareholders approved the Private Placement Proposal by the indicated votes:

(v) Shareholders approved the Adjournment Proposal by the indicated votes:

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.