Company: SFNC
Filing Date: 2025-11-06
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001628280-25-050112
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Company: SIMMONS FIRST NATIONAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-11-06
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 8
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 conditions and the Company’s capital needs, among other things, will drive decisions regarding additional, future stock repurchases. 

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NOTE 13: UNDIVIDED PROFITS

 Simmons Bank, the Company’s subsidiary bank, is subject to legal limitations on dividends that can be paid to the parent company without prior approval of the applicable regulatory agencies. The approval of the Commissioner of the Arkansas State Bank Department is required if the total of all dividends declared by an Arkansas state bank in any calendar year exceeds seventy-five percent (75%) of the total of its net profits, as defined, for that year combined with seventy-five percent (75%) of its retained net profits of the preceding year. Since Simmons Bank is also under supervision of the Federal Reserve, it is further limited if the total of all dividends declared in any calendar year by Simmons Bank exceeds its net income to date for that year combined with its retained net profits for the preceding two years. At September 30, 2025, undivided profits of Simmons Bank were approximately $25.0 million, none of which were available for payment of dividends to the Company, without prior regulatory approval. The risk-based capital guidelines of the Federal Reserve Board and the Arkansas State Bank Department include the definitions for (1) a well-capitalized institution, (2) an adequately-capitalized institution, and (3) an undercapitalized institution. The criteria for a well-capitalized institution are: a 5% “Tier l leverage capital” ratio, an 8% “Tier 1 risk-based capital” ratio, 10% “total risk-based capital” ratio; and a 6.5% “common equity Tier 1 (CET1)” ratio. The Company and Simmons Bank must hold a capital conservation buffer of 2.5% composed of CET1 capital above its minimum risk-based capital requirements. Failure to meet this capital conservation buffer would result in additional limits on dividends, other distributions and discretionary bonuses. As of September 30, 2025, the Company and Simmons Bank met all capital adequacy requirements, including the capital conservation buffer, under the Basel III Capital Rules. The Company’s CET1 ratio was 11.54% at September 30, 2025.

NOTE 14: STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

 The Company’s Board of Directors has adopted various stock-based compensation plans, including the 2023 Stock and Incentive Plan that was approved by shareholders and became effective April 18, 2023. The