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 19, 2011
SIMMONS FIRST NATIONAL CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Arkansas
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0-6253
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71-0407808
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
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(Commission File Number)
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
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501 Main Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas
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71601
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code)
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(870) 541-1000
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
(a) The annual shareholders meeting of the Company was held on April 19, 2011. The matters submitted to the security holders for approval included (1) setting the number of directors at eleven (11), (2) the election of eleven (11) directors, (3) the approval of a non-binding resolution approving the compensation of the named executive officers of the Company, (4) the non-binding selection of the frequency of the shareholder vote on the compensation of the named executive officers of the Company, (5) the approval of the Simmons First National Corporation Employee Stock Purchase Plan and (6) ratification of the Audit and Security Committee’s selection of the accounting firm of BKD, LLP as independent auditors of the Company and its subsidiaries for the year ending December 31, 2011.
(b) At the annual meeting, all eleven (11) 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 annual meeting of shareholders held on April 19, 2011:
Voting of Shares
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Broker
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Action
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For
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%
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Against
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%
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Abstain
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%
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Non-Votes
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Set number of directors at eleven (11)
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14,104,100 | 99.7% | 18,316 | 0.1% | 25,482 | 0.2% |
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Withhold
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Broker
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Election of Directors:
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For
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%
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Authority
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%
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Non-Votes
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William E. Clark, II
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6,775,158 | 54.3 | % | 5,703,664 | 45.7 | % | 1,777,491 | |||||||||||||
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Steven A. Cossé
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12,133,363 | 98.1 | % | 237,045 | 1.9 | % | 1,777,491 | |||||||||||||
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Edward Drilling
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11,940,509 | 96.5 | % | 429,899 | 3.5 | % | 1,777,491 | |||||||||||||
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Sharon Gaber
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12,242,413 | 99.0 | % | 127,995 | 1.0 | % | 1,777,491 | |||||||||||||
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Eugene Hunt
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12,086,474 | 97.7 | % | 283,933 | 2.3 | % | 1,777,491 | |||||||||||||
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George A. Makris, Jr.
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11,713,214 | 94.7 | % | 657,193 | 5.3 | % | 1,777,491 | |||||||||||||
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J. Thomas May
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12,113,356 | 97.9 | % | 257,052 | 2.1 | % | 1,777,491 | |||||||||||||
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W. Scott McGeorge
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12,087,333 | 97.7 | % | 283,075 | 2.3 | % | 1,777,491 | |||||||||||||
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Stanley E. Reed
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12,086,883 | 97.7 | % | 283,525 | 2.3 | % | 1,777,491 | |||||||||||||
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Harry L. Ryburn
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12,093,275 | 97.8 | % | 277,133 | 2.2 | % | 1,777,491 | |||||||||||||
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Robert L. Shoptaw
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12,132,323 | 98.1 | % | 238,085 | 1.9 | % | 1,777,491 | |||||||||||||
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Broker
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Action
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For
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%
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Against
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%
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Abstain
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%
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Non-Votes
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Approval of non-binding resolution
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11,727,270 | 94.8% | 329,879 | 2.7% | 313,257 | 2.5% | 1,777,491 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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approving the compensation of
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the named executive officers
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Broker
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Action
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3 Years
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%
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2 Years
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%
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1 Year
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%
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Abstain
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%
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Non-Votes
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Set frequency of non-
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5,814,114 | 47.0% | 338,816 | 2.7% | 5,807,561 | 46.9% | 409,914 | 3.3% | 1,777,492 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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binding shareholder vote
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on compensation of the
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named executive officers
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Broker
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Action
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For
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Against
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Abstain
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Non-Votes
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Approval of SFNC Employee
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11,997,964 | 97.0% | 78,656 | 0.6% | 293,787 | 2.4% | 1,777,491 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Stock Purchase Plan
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Ratify the Audit & Security
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13,768,848
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97.3%
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28,216
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0.2%
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350,834
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2.5%
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Committee’s selection of the
accounting firm of BKD, LLP as
independent auditors of the
Company and its subsidiaries for
the year ending December 31, 2011
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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.
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SIMMONS FIRST NATIONAL CORPORATION
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/s/ Robert A. Fehlman
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Date: April 22, 2011
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Robert A. Fehlman, Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer
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