Company: SFNC
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001174947-25-000476
Chunk: 13

Company: SIMMONS FIRST NATIONAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 13
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 Inc., where she chaired the Nominating Committee until December 31, 2022. 9 Ms. Lanigan previously served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Chico’s FAS, Inc. (then a NYSE -listedcompany) from May 2016 until her retirement in July 2018. She also served as Chair of the Tennessee Education Lottery Commission, a position to which she was appointed by the Governor of the State of Tennessee and approved by the State Legislature, from 2014 to 2021. Prior to that, she was Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Dollar General Corporation (a NYSE -listedcompany) (“Dollar General”), a Fortune 200 company, where she worked from July 2002 until May 2013. Prior to joining Dollar General, Ms. Lanigan served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Zale Corporation. She started her career as a litigation attorney for Troutman Sanders, LLP (now Troutman Pepper Locke LLP) in Atlanta, GA. Ms. Lanigan received her undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia and her law degree from the University of Georgia School of Law. The Board believes that Ms. Lanigan’s experiences as a senior executive officer and general counsel, and as a board member, of large corporations provide needed skills and insight in addressing legal, governance, and general business issues facing publicly traded companies. George A. Makris, Jr. Mr. Makris, Jr.,68, was elected to the Board in 1997. He currently serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, as well as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company’s lead subsidiary, Simmons Bank. Except for a two -yearperiod from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2024, during which time he served as the Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board of the Company and Simmons Bank, Mr. Makris, Jr. has served 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