Company: SFNC
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001174947-25-000476
Chunk: 9

Company: SIMMONS FIRST NATIONAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 9
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 its subsidiaries, including the assessment of lending and deposit activities, the management of financial regulatory affairs, the evaluation of bank policies and practices, and the mitigation of enterprise risks. William E. Clark, II Mr. Clark,55, was elected to the Board in 2008. He is the Chief Executive Officer of Clark Contractors, LLC, a general contractor involved in commercial construction throughout the United States. Prior to the formation of Clark Contractors, LLC in 2009, he was employed by CDI Contractors from 1994 through 2009, where he served in various capacities culminating in his serving as Chief Executive Officer from 2007 to 2009. Mr. Clark received a B.S.B.A. degree in Business Management from the University of Arkansas in 1991. He is a member of Fifty for the Future, a board member of CARTI, a past chairman of the UAMS Foundation Fund Board of Directors, a past President/Chairman for the UAMS Consortium, Arkansas Children’s Hospital Committee for the Future, and St. Vincent Foundation, a former member of the Young Presidents Organization, and a member of the Dean’s Executive Advisory Board for the Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas and the Arkansas Executive Forum. 7 The Board believes that Mr. Clark’s experience within the commercial construction industry provides needed skills in the assessment of the construction industry utilized by the Company in setting policies involving the allocation of credit and lending priorities. Steven A. Cossé Mr. Cossé,77, was elected to the Board in 2004. In 2013, he retired as President and Chief Executive Officer of Murphy Oil Corporation, a Fortune 500 company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). Mr. Cossé has also previously served as the Executive Vice President and General Counsel for Murphy Oil Corporation. He had served as General Counsel since 1991 and had also previously served as Senior Vice President, Vice President and Principal Financial Officer. Prior to joining Murphy Oil Corporation as General Counsel, he served for eight years as General Counsel for Ocean Drilling & Exploration Company in New Orleans, Louisiana, a NYSE -listed, majority -ownedsubsidiary of Murphy Oil Corporation. Mr. Cossé received a B.A. degree in Government from Southeastern Louisiana University in 1969 and a Juris Doctorate degree from Loyola University in 1974. Mr. Cossé also currently serves on the boards of South Arkansas Regional Hospital and SHARE Foundation. He is a former member of the