SIMMONS FIRST NATIONAL CORPORATION (NASDAQ:SFNC) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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SIMMONS FIRST NATIONAL CORPORATION (NASDAQ:SFNC) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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

On April 19, 2017, Simmons First National Corporation
(Corporation) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (Meeting)
at the Corporations headquarters in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. At the
Meeting, the following matters were submitted to the Corporations
security holders for consideration: (1) ratification of the
action of the Corporations board of directors fixing the number
of directors at thirteen (13), (2) election of thirteen (13)
directors, (3) adoption of a non-binding resolution approving the
compensation of the named executive officers of the Corporation,
(4) setting the frequency at which the Corporation will seek
non-binding shareholder approval of the compensation of its named
executive officers at its annual meeting, (5) adoption of an
amendment to the Simmons First National Corporation 2015
Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares reserved for
issuance thereunder from 1,000,000 shares to 2,000,000 shares,
(6) re-approval of the performance goals included in the Simmons
First National Corporation 2015 Incentive Plan, and (7)
ratification of the Audit Committees selection of the accounting
firm BKD, LLP as independent auditors of the Company and its
subsidiaries for the year ending December 31, 2017.

At the Meeting, all thirteen (13) directors were elected by
proxies solicited to Section 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, without any solicitation in opposition thereto. The
following table summarizes the required analysis of the voting by
security holders at the Meeting:

Voting of Shares

Broker
Action For % Against % Abstain % Non-Votes
Fix the number of directors at thirteen (13) 26,084,641 99.2 193,522 0.7 23,852 0.1
Withhold Broker
Election of Directors For % Authority % Abstain % Non-Votes
Jay D. Burchfield 19,213,809 99.5 91,048 0.5 6,997,158
William E. Clark, II 19,210,333 99.5 94,524 0.5 6,997,158
Steven A. Cosse 19,191,984 99.4 112,873 0.6 6,997,158
Mark C. Doramus 19,210,020 99.5 94,537 0.5 0.0 6,997,158
Edward Drilling 19,216,020 99.5 88,837 0.5 6,997,158
Eugene Hunt 19,192,419 99.4 112,439 0.6 6,997,158
Jerry Hunter 19,251,934 99.7 52,623 0.3 0.0 6,997,158
Christopher R. Kirkland 19,257,927 99.8 46,930 0.2 6,997,158
George A. Makris, Jr. 18,973,497 98.3 331,361 1.7 6,997,158
W. Scott McGeorge 19,212,675 99.5 91,883 0.5 0.0 6,997,158
Joe D. Porter 18,393,208 95.3 911,649 4.7 6,997,158
Robert L. Shoptaw 19,204,740 99.5 100,117 0.5 6,997,158
Mindy West 19,251,136 99.7 53,421 0.3 0.0 6,997,158
Broker
Action For % Against % Abstain % Non-Votes
Adoption of a non-binding resolution approving the
compensation of the named executive officers 		18,826,714 97.5 350,873 1.8 127,270 0.7 6,997,158
Broker
Action 3 Years % 2 Years % 1 Year % Abstain % Non-Votes
Non-binding recommendation for the frequency of non-binding
shareholder vote on the compensation of the named executive
officers 		5,133,769 26.6 372,816 1.9 13,631,131 70.6 167,141 0.9 6,997,158

Broker
Action For % Against % Abstain % Non-Votes
Adoption of amendment to the SFNC 2015 Incentive Plan to
increase the number of shares reserved for issuance
thereunder from 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 		18,688,704 96.8 405,979 2.1 210,174 1.1 6,997,158
Broker
Action For % Against % Abstain % Non-Votes
Re-approval of the performance goals included in the SFNC
2015 Incentive Plan 		18,877,944 97.8 242,575 1.3 184,339 0.9 6,997,158
Broker
Action For % Against % Abstain % Non-Votes
Ratification of the Audit Committees selection of BKD, LLP as
independent auditors of the Corporation and its subsidiaries
for the year ending December 31, 2017 		26,179,484 99.5 60,437 0.2 62,094 0.3


About SIMMONS FIRST NATIONAL CORPORATION (NASDAQ:SFNC)

Simmons First National Corporation is a financial holding company. The Company’s subsidiary bank is Simmons First National Bank (Simmons Bank), a national bank. Simmons Bank and its subsidiaries provide banking services to individuals and businesses across the market areas they serve. Simmons Bank offers consumer, real estate and commercial loans, checking, savings and time deposits. It also offers a range of products and services, including credit cards, trust services, investments, agricultural finance lending, equipment lending, insurance, consumer finance and small business administration (SBA) lending. The Company conducts its banking operations through approximately 150 branches or financial centers, located in communities throughout Arkansas, Missouri, and Kansas. Its loan portfolios were loans to businesses (commercial loans, commercial real estate loans and agricultural loans) and individuals (consumer loans, credit card loans and single-family residential real estate loans).

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SIMMONS FIRST NATIONAL CORPORATION (NASDAQ:SFNC) closed its last trading session down -0.80 at 53.00 with 108,972 shares trading hands.