Company: SFNC
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form Type: DEFR14A
Source: 0001174947-25-000480
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Company: SIMMONS FIRST NATIONAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form: DEFR14A
Chunk 14
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 as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since joining the Company on January 2, 2013. Prior to his employment by the Company, Mr. Makris, Jr. had been employed by M. K. Distributors, Inc. since 1980 and had served as its President since 1985. Mr. Makris, Jr. previously served as a member of the Board of Directors of Worthen National Bank — Pine Bluff and its successors from 1985 to 1996 and served as Chairman of the Board from 1994 to 1996. Mr. Makris, Jr. received a B.A. degree in Business Administration from Rhodes College in 1978 and an M.B.A. from the University of Arkansas in 1980. Mr. Makris, Jr. also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of Jefferson Regional Medical Center and the Board of Visitors of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. In 2023, he represented the Eighth District of the Federal Reserve on the Federal Advisory Council to the Federal Reserve Board. He is a past Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Economic Development Corporation of Jefferson County, Arkansas. He has previously served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Arts and Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Economic Development Alliance for Jefferson County, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Greater Pine Bluff Chamber of Commerce, Chairman of the King Cotton Classic Basketball Tournament, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Trinity Episcopal School, a director of the Wholesale Beer Distributors of Arkansas, a director of the National Beer Wholesalers Association, a director of CHI St. Vincent. and a member of the Board of Visitors of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, College of Medicine. The Board believes that Mr. Makris, Jr.’s experience as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and former Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board of the Company, and his experience as a business executive and long -termresident of central and southeastern Arkansas provide needed skills and insight into the banking and financial services business conducted by the Company as well as the executive management of a successful business enterprise. Tom Purvis Mr. Purvis,66, was elected to the Board in 2017. He is a partner in a number of real estate development entities and is a partner in L2L Development Advisors, LLC. His career has spanned over 40 years in real estate and related