Company: SFNC
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001174947-25-000476
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Company: SIMMONS FIRST NATIONAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form: DEF 14A
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,230 shares are held in his account in the SFNC Employee Stock Purchase Plan. [l]Mr. Clark owns of record 30,100 shares, and 3,000 shares are owned jointly with his spouse. [m]Mr. Cossé owns 88,762 shares jointly with his spouse. [n]Mr. Doramus owns 49,898 shares jointly with his spouse. [o]Mr. Shoptaw owns of record 46,716 shares; 36,000 shares are held jointly with his spouse; and 4,800 shares are held in his IRA. [p]Mr. Teubner owns of record 19,668 shares; 64,572 shares are held in his IRA; 2,478 shares are held in his wife’s IRA; and 27,948 shares are held by Mr. Teubner’s foundation. 4 PROPOSAL 1 — FIX THE NUMBER OF DIRECTORS At the 2024 annual shareholders’ meeting, the number of directors was set at fourteen (14), and the fourteen (14) nominees were elected. The Board has considered the number of directors that should serve on the Board for the ensuing year and has set the number of directors to be elected at the 2025 annual shareholders’ meeting at fourteen (14). The Board is presenting its decision to set the number of directors to be elected to the Board at the annual shareholders’ meeting at fourteen (14) to the shareholders for ratification. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT SHAREHOLDERS VOTE FORPROPOSAL 1 TO RATIFY THE ACTION OF THE BOARD TO FIX THE NUMBER OF DIRECTORS AT FOURTEEN (14). 5

PROPOSAL 2 — ELECTION OF DIRECTORS Each of the persons named below is presently serving as a director of the Company for a term which ends on May 7, 2025, or such other date upon which a successor is duly elected and qualified. The Board has evaluated the independence of each director serving on the Board and its audit, compensation, and nominating and corporate governance committees under applicable law and regulations and the NASDAQ listing standards. The table below summarizes the findings of the Board (and reflects the present composition of each of the named committees). The Board also determined that former directors Dean Bass, Jay Burchfield and W. Scott McGeorge, who did not stand for re -electionat the 2024 annual shareholders’ meeting were independent during the period of 2024