---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-23-002437"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "SFNC"
cik: "0000090498"
company_name: "SIMMONS FIRST NATIONAL CORP"
filed_at: "2023-04-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T23:11:49.958907+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Simmons First board adopts annual say-on-pay votes after shareholder vote

## Summary
- Shareholders voted 80.1M for 1-year frequency, 7.6M for 3-year, 0.5M for 2-year.
- Board determined non-binding say-on-pay votes will be held annually going forward.
- Next say-on-frequency proposal to be presented no later than 2029 Annual Meeting.
- Decision aligns with majority shareholder preference expressed at April 18, 2023 meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-23-002437
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: SFNC
- cik: 0000090498
- company_name: SIMMONS FIRST NATIONAL CORP
- filed_at: 2023-04-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/90498/000117184323002437/0001171843-23-002437-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/90498/000117184323002437/f8ka_042023.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-23-002437.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  SIMMONS FIRST NATIONAL CORP shareholders approved Non-binding recommendation for the frequency of future non-binding shareholder votes on the compensation of the Corporation’s named executive officers at the 2023-04-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-18
  source text: At the Annual Meeting, the Corporation’s shareholders voted on a non-binding recommendation for the frequency of future non-binding shareholder votes on the compensation of the Corporation’s named executive officers (“Say-On-Frequency Proposal”). The results were as follows: Frequency Vote 3 Years 7,652,851 2 Years 458,766 1 Year 80,133,672 Abstain 655,694 Broker Non-Votes 18,113,114
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/90498/000117184323002437/0001171843-23-002437-index.htm

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