---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-22-003057"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SFNC"
cik: "0000090498"
company_name: "SIMMONS FIRST NATIONAL CORP"
filed_at: "2022-05-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T02:20:19.059768+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Simmons First National increases board to 17, elects Dean Bass; shareholders approve doubling authorized shares

## Summary
- Board expanded to 17 directors; Dean Bass (former Spirit of Texas CEO) elected effective April 27, 2022.
- Shareholders approved increasing authorized Class A common shares from 175M to 350M (79.5M for, 1.5M against).
- Advisory say-on-pay resolution passed with 55.8M for, 19.5M against (~26% opposed).
- Shareholders also approved removal of preferred stock liquidation limit and revision of outdated articles.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-22-003057
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SFNC
- cik: 0000090498
- company_name: SIMMONS FIRST NATIONAL CORP
- filed_at: 2022-05-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/90498/000117184322003057/0001171843-22-003057-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/90498/000117184322003057/f8k_050222.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-22-003057
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-22-003057.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-22-003057.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Dean Bass was elected as Director at SIMMONS FIRST NATIONAL CORP.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: the Corporation’s board of directors (“Board”) approved an increase in the size of the Board from sixteen (16) to seventeen (17) directors and elected Dean Bass to the Board, effective April 27, 2022, to fill the vacancy created by the increase.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/90498/000117184322003057/0001171843-22-003057-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.