Company: SFNC
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form Type: DEFR14A
Source: 0001174947-25-000480
Chunk: 29

Company: SIMMONS FIRST NATIONAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form: DEFR14A
Chunk 29
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 and Chief Financial Officer in December 2023. Prior to joining the Company, he served as the Executive Vice President and Head of Finance for Regions Financial Corporation (“Regions”), and prior to that, as Regions’s Consumer Chief Financial Officer. [4]Mr. Van Steenberg was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in November 2024. Prior joining the Company, he served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Digital & Product Officer for First Horizon Corporation (“First Horizon”), and prior to that, as First Horizon’s Head of Regional Banking Strategy and Delivery.

20 [5]Mr. Makris III was appointed Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary in April 2020. Prior to serving in that role, he was Senior Vice President, Assistant General Counsel, and Assistant Secretary. [6]In addition to Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer, Ms. Compton has, during the last five years, served as the Company’s Chief Strategy Officer. [7]Mr. Yaney was appointed Executive Vice President of Credit Risk Management for the Bank in March 2022. Prior to serving in that role, he was Senior Vice President and Corporate Credit Risk Officer for the Bank. 21 EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS Introduction This section is a discussion of certain aspects of the Company’s compensation program as it pertains to the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer, and the three other most highly -compensatedexecutive officers during 2024. These five persons are referred to throughout this discussion as the “named executive officers” or “NEOs.” This discussion focuses on compensation and practices relating to the Company’s most recently completed fiscal year and certain changes to such compensation and practices going forward. Effective as of the end of the day December 31, 2024, Mr. Fehlman resigned from his position as Chief Executive Officer of the Company. From January 1, 2025, Mr. Fehlman served in an advisory role for the Company through March 31, 2025, at which time he retired from the Company. The Board appointed Mr. Makris, Jr. as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective January 1, 2025. The Company believes that the performance of each of the executive officers has the potential to impact the profitability of the Company, in both the short term and the long term. Therefore, the Company places significant emphasis on the design and administration of its executive compensation program