Company: SFNC
Filing Date: 2025-08-05
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001628280-25-037719
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Company: SIMMONS FIRST NATIONAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-08-05
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 2
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interest expense, which excludes branch right sizing, early retirement program costs, FDIC special assessment (for the six months ended June 30, 2024) and termination of vendor and software services (for the six months ended June 30, 2024), increased $4.7 million, or 1.7%, as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2024. 

Other noninterest expense decreased $4.2 million during the three month period ended June 30, 2025 as compared to the preceding sequential quarter and increased $1.5 million during the six month period ended June 30, 2025 when compared to the same period in the prior year. The decrease during the three month period ended June 30, 2025 as compared to the preceding sequential quarter is primarily due to a $4.3 million charge related to a commercial customer deposit fraud event that was identified during the comparative period. The increase during the six month period ended June 30, 2025 as compared to the same period in the prior year was also related to the previously mentioned fraud event, offset by a focus on disciplined expense management over the period. 

Salaries and employee benefits expense decreased $962,000 during the three month period ended June 30, 2025 as compared to the preceding sequential quarter and increased $5.3 million during the six month period ended June 30, 2025 when compared to the same period in the prior year. The decrease as compared to the preceding sequential quarter is primarily due to higher payroll taxes typically incurred during the first quarter, which was partially offset by early retirement program costs of $1.6 million recorded during the period. The increase as compared to the same period in the prior year is primarily due to employee merit increases over the comparative periods.

Deposit insurance expense for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2025 and six months ended June 30, 2024 decreased by $474,000 and $2.5 million, respectively. While the variance in deposit insurance expense on a sequential quarter basis is relatively flat, the decrease on a year over year basis for the six months ended June 30, 2025 is significantly attributable to the additional FDIC special assessments totaling $1.8 million during the six months ended June 30, 2024, which were levied to support the Deposit Insurance Fund following the failure of certain banks in 2023