Company: SFNC
Filing Date: 2025-08-04
Form Type: 8-K
Source: 0001193125-25-172179
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Company: SIMMONS FIRST NATIONAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-08-04
Form: 8-K
Item: Item 5.02
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Item 5.02      Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.  

George A. Makris, Jr.

On July 30, 2025, George A. Makris, Jr. (age 69) notified Simmons First National Corporation (“ Company”) that he has decided to retire from his positions as chairman of the board, director, and chief executive officer of the Company and its subsidiary bank, Simmons Bank (“ Bank”), effective as of the end of the day December 31, 2025.

James “ Jay” M. Brogdon

On July 30, 2025, the Company’s board of directors (“ Board”) appointed James M. Brogdon (age 44) as president and chief executive officer of the Company and the Bank, effective January 1, 2026, to serve until such time as his successor is appointed, or his earlier death, resignation, or removal. Additionally, on July 30, 2025, the Board elected Mr. Brogdon to the Board as a director of the Company, effective January 1, 2026, to fill the vacancy created by Mr. Makris, Jr.’s retirement. Mr. Brogdon has served as the Company’s president since December 2023. Prior to serving in that role, he served the Company and the Bank as president and chief financial officer, and prior to that, as executive vice president, chief financial officer, and treasurer. Before joining the Company and the Bank in 2021, Mr. Brogdon was a managing director in the investment banking division of Stephens Inc. Additional information regarding Mr. Brogdon’s background and experience is provided in the Company’s proxy statement for the Company’s 2025 annual meeting of shareholders (“2025 Proxy Statement”).

Mr. Brogdon does not have any family relationships with any of the Company’s directors or executive officers. From time to time, deposit arrangements, wealth management arrangements, and/or loans and extensions of credit have been made by the Bank and Mr. Brogdon in the ordinary course of business on substantially the same terms (including interest rates and collateral) as those prevailing at the time for comparable transactions with other persons not related to the Bank and that did not involve more than the normal risk of collectability or present other unfavorable features.

The information for Mr. Brogdon, in connection with his new role, required by Item 5.