Company: SFNC
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001174947-25-000476
Chunk: 17

Company: SIMMONS FIRST NATIONAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 17
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 of information technology within the Company and its subsidiaries, as well as addressing technology -relatedrisks within the financial industry. Mindy West Ms. West,56, was elected to the Board in 2017. She currently serves as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Murphy USA Inc., a NYSE -listedretailer of gasoline products and convenience store merchandise and has held that role since February 2024. From August 2013 to February 2024, she served as the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for Murphy USA Inc. (and, in addition to those duties, served as Executive Vice President of Fuels from June 2018 to February 2024). Ms. West was previously employed by Murphy Oil Corporation, joining the company in 1996 and holding positions in accounting, employee benefits, planning and investor relations. She was Murphy Oil Corporation’s Director of Investor Relations from July 2001 until December 2006 and its Vice President and Treasurer from January 2007 until August 2013, when she joined Murphy USA Inc. Ms. West holds a bachelor’s degree in Finance from the University of Arkansas and a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Southern Arkansas University. She is a Certified Public Accountant (Inactive) and a Certified Treasury Professional. Ms. West also currently serves on the Board of Directors of SHARE Foundation of El Dorado, Arkansas, the Board of Directors of the Razorback Foundation, and its executive committee, as well as the Board of Directors of Ducks Unlimited Inc. and Wetlands America Trust, where she serves on the finance committee and board governance committee. Ms. West serves on the Natural State Advisory Council and is a former member of the South Arkansas University Business Advisory Council. The Board believes that Ms. West’s experience in accounting and finance, as well as her leadership roles in large, public companies, provide needed skills for assisting in the oversight of the Company’s business, including audit, risk management, internal controls and capital management. The table below sets forth the name, age, principal occupation or employment during the last five years, and prior service as a director of the Company with respect to each director nominee proposed:

| Name                  |     | Age |     | Principal Occupation                                                                                                                    |     | Director 
    Since |
| Marty D. Casteel      |     |  74 |     | Retired SEVP of the Company; Retired Chairman, President and CEO of the Bank                                                            |     |     2020 |
| William E. Clark,