Company: SFNC
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001174947-25-000476
Chunk: 85

Company: SIMMONS FIRST NATIONAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 85
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 Company for the year ended December 31, 2024, with management; The Audit Committee has discussed with FORVIS MAZARS, LLP (“FORVIS”), its independent auditors, the matters required to be discussed by the applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and the Securities and Exchange Commission; The Audit Committee has received the written disclosures and the letter from the independent accountant required by applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding the independent accountant’s communications with the Audit Committee concerning independence, and has discussed with the independent accountant the independent accountant’s independence; and Based upon the foregoing review and discussions, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board of Directors that the audited financial statements be included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10 -Kfor the last fiscal year for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In its analysis of the independence of FORVIS, the Audit Committee considered whether the non -auditrelated professional services rendered by FORVIS to the Company were compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence. AUDIT COMMITTEE

| Robert L. Shoptaw, Chair |     | Steven Cossé |     | Jerry Hunter |
| Susan Lanigan            |     | Mindy West   |     |              |

61 PROPOSAL 4 — TO RATIFY SELECTION OF
INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS The Audit Committee of the Board re -selectedthe accounting firm of FORVIS MAZARS, LLP (“FORVIS”) as independent auditors of the Company and its subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, subject to a formal acceptance of an engagement letter from FORVIS, and seeks ratification of the selection by the Company’s shareholders. Principal Accountant Fees Audit Fees The aggregate fees billed to the Company for professional services rendered by FORVIS for the audit of the Company’s annual financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024, and the reviews of the financial statements included in the Company’s quarterly reports on Form 10 -Qfor 2024 were $1,378,300. The aggregate fees billed to the Company by FORVIS for such services in 2023 were $1,394,666. Audit Related Fees The aggregate fees billed to the Company for professional services rendered by FORVIS for the audit related fees during 2024 were $30,975. The aggregate fees billed to the Company by FORVIS for such services in 2023 were $29,500. These services are primarily for the audit services provided in connection with audits of