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, 2024     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, 2024, Simmons First National Corporation (“Corporation”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (“Meeting”) at the Corporation’s corporate offices in Little Rock, 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 fourteen; (2) election of fourteen 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 FORVIS, LLP as independent auditors of the Corporation and its subsidiaries for the year ending December 31, 2024; and (5) approval of the Simmons First National Corporation Second Amended and Restated 2015 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. At the Meeting, all fourteen 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 fourteen    105,474,289    2,180,139    332,542    0 Election of Directors    For    Against    Abstain    Broker Non-Votes Marty D. Casteel    87,208,889    3,970,523    274,614    16,532,945 William E. Clark, II    87,261,593    3,909,155    283,278    16,532,945 Steven A. Cosse    80,014,396    11,157,346    282,284    16,532,945 Mark C. Doramus    87,067,835    4,096,065    290,126    16,532,945 Edward Drilling    86,508,382    4,668,922    276,722    16,532,945 Eugene Hunt    86,876,391    4,290,313    287,322    16,532,945 Jerry Hunter    86,352,608    4,749,261    352,157    16,532,945 Susan Lanigan    84,372,397    6,797,630    283,999    16,532,945 George A. Makris, Jr.    86,453,443    4,729,087    271,496    16,532,945 Tom E. Purvis    87,493,730    3,667,957    292,339    16,532,945 Robert L. Shoptaw    85,162,578    5,939,104    352,344    16,532,945 Julie Stackhouse    87,996,445    3,189,562    268,019    16,532,945 Russell Teubner    87,977,352    3,176,509    300,165    16,532,945 Mindy West    86,521,435    4,651,434    281,157    16,532,945 Action    For    Against    Abstain    Broker Non-Votes Adoption of a non-binding resolution approving the compensation of the named executive officers    84,412,981    6,301,373    739,672    16,532,945 Action    For    Against    Abstain    Broker Non-Votes Ratification of the Audit Committee’s selection of FORVIS, LLP as independent auditors of the Corporation and its subsidiaries for the year ending December 31, 2024    104,622,834    3,061,375    302,762    0 Action    For    Against    Abstain    Broker Non-Votes Approval of the Simmons First National Corporation Second Amended and Restated 2015 Employee Stock Purchase Plan    88,426,674    2,425,406    601,946    16,532,945 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/ C. Daniel Hobbs Date: April 26, 2024       C. Daniel Hobbs, Executive Vice President and       Chief Financial Officer