Company: SFNC
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001174947-25-000476
Chunk: 82

Company: SIMMONS FIRST NATIONAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 82
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ubner    |     | $ 35,000 |     |   $          0 |     | $ 35,000 |
| West       |     | $ 35,000 |     |   $          0 |     | $ 35,000 |

[d]Messrs. Bass, Burchfield, and McGeorge did not seek reelection to the Board at the 2024 annual shareholders’ meeting. Therefore, the cash retainers paid to such directors during 2024 were prorated based upon the period of service, and they did not receive an equity retainer for 2024. [e]Represents charitable contribution made in recognition of the director’s retirement. [f]Compensation paid to Mr. Makris, Jr. is not included in this table, as his compensation as Executive Chairman of the Company during 2024 is disclosed in the preceding discussion concerning Executive Compensation.

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PROPOSAL 3 — ADVISORY VOTE TO APPROVE EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION The Compensation Committee and the Board are committed to excellence in governance and are aware of the significant interest in executive compensation matters by investors and the general public. The Company has designed its executive compensation program to attract, motivate, reward, and retain the management talent required to achieve our corporate objectives and enhance shareholder value. We believe that our compensation policies and procedures are centered on pay -for-performanceprinciples and are strongly aligned with the long -terminterests of our shareholders. As required by SEC regulations, the Company is presenting the following proposal, which gives you as a shareholder the opportunity to approve or disapprove our pay program for the named executive officers by voting for or against the resolution set forth below (“say -on-pay” vote). While the vote on the resolution is advisory in nature and will not bind the Company to take any particular action, the Compensation Committee and the Board intend to carefully consider the shareholder vote resulting from the proposal in making future decisions regarding the Company’s compensation program. The Company anticipates that the next “say -on-pay” vote will occur at the 2026 annual shareholders’ meeting. “RESOLVED, that the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S -K, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the compensation tables, and narrative discussion, is hereby APPROVED.” THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT SHAREHOLDERS VOTE FORPROPOSAL 3. Equity Compensation Plan Information