Shareholder Vote

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549   FORM 8-K   CURRENT REPORT   Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934   Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) April 23, 2020   SIMMONS FIRST NATIONAL CORPORATION (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)   Arkansas 0-6253 71-0407808 (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)       501 Main Street , Pine Bluff , Arkansas   71601 (Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)   (870) 541-1000 (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)   Not Applicable (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)   Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):   ☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)   ☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)   ☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))   ☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))   Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:   Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered Common stock, par value $0.01 per share SFNC The Nasdaq Global Select Market   Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2). Emerging growth company ☐   If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐         Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.   On April 23, 2020, Simmons First National Corporation (“Corporation”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (“Meeting”) at the Corporation’s headquarters in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. At the Meeting, the following matters were submitted to the Corporation’s security holders for consideration: (1) ratification of the action of the Corporation’s board of directors fixing the number of directors at fifteen (15), (2) election of fifteen (15) directors, (3) adoption of a non-binding resolution approving the compensation of the named executive officers of the Corporation, (4) ratification of the Audit Committee’s selection of the accounting firm BKD, LLP as independent auditors of the Company and its subsidiaries for the year ending December 31, 2020, and (5) amending the First Amended and Restated Simmons First National Corporation 2015 Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares reserved for issuance thereunder from 4,000,000 to 6,800,000 and extend the term thereof from June 30, 2025 to June 30, 2030.   At the Meeting, all fifteen (15) directors were elected by proxies solicited pursuant to Section 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, without any solicitation in opposition thereto. The following table summarizes the required analysis of the voting by security holders at the Meeting:   Voting of Shares   Action     For     %     Against     %     Abstain     %   Broker Non-Votes Fix the number of directors at fifteen (15)     72,948,167       98.11       947,442       1.27       463,058       0.62       14,588,548       Election of Directors     For     %     Against     %     Abstain     %   Broker Non-Votes Jay D. Burchfield     72,579,342       97.61       1,101,905       1.48       677,420       0.91       14,588,548   Marty D. Casteel     72,968,184       98.13       722,396       0.97       668,087       0.90       14,588,548   William E. Clark, II     71,100,520       95.62       2,490,072       3.35       768,075       1.03       14,588,548   Steven A. Cosse     71,162,400       95.70       2,525,710       3.40       670,557       0.90       14,588,548   Mark C. Doramus     71,212,197       95.76       2,443,128       3.29       703,342       0.95       14,588,548   Edward Drilling     72,712,242       97.79       961,463       1.29       684,962       0.92       14,588,548   Eugene Hunt     72,579,543       97.61       1,095,038       1.47       684,085       0.92       14,588,548   Jerry Hunter     72,488,028       97.48       1,196,506       1.61       674,133       0.91       14,588,548   Susan Lanigan     72,827,855       97.95       851,217       1.14       679,595       0.91       14,588,548   George A. Makris, Jr.     71,559,288       96.23       2,156,158       2.90       643,221       0.87       14,588,548   W. Scott McGeorge     71,844,515       96.61       1,855,781       2.50       658,371       0.89       14,588,548   Tom E. Purvis     73,329,462       98.61       355,029       0.48       674,176       0.91       14,588,548   Robert L. Shoptaw     71,451,960       96.09       2,217,277       2.98       689,430       0.93       14,588,548   Russell Teubner     72,918,681       98.06       758,399       1.02       681,587       0.92       14,588,548   Mindy West     72,952,609       98.11       741,168       1.00       664,890       0.89       14,588,548       Action     For       %         Against         %         Abstain         %       Broker Non-Votes   Adoption of a non-binding resolution approving the compensation of the named executive officers     62,768,978       84.41       11,131,376       14.97       458,313       0.62       14,588,548       Action     For     %     Against     %     Abstain     %   Broker Non-Votes Ratification of the Audit Committee’s selection of BKD, LLP as independent auditors of the Corporation and its subsidiaries for the year ending December 31, 2020     86,899,681       97.70       1,867,186       2.10       178,326       0.20       0       Action     For   %     Against     %     Abstain     %   Broker Non-Votes Amendment of the First Amended and Restated Simmons First National Corporation 2015 Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares reserved for issuance thereunder from 4,000,000 to 6,800,000 and extend the term thereof from June 30, 2025 to June 30, 2030     70,583,074       94.93       3,155,131       4.24       620,462       0.83       14,588,548             SIGNATURE   Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.     SIMMONS FIRST NATIONAL CORPORATION         /s/ Robert A. Fehlman   Date: April 24, 2020 Robert A. Fehlman, Senior Executive Vice President,   Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Treasurer