---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-055993"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SFNC"
cik: "0000090498"
company_name: "SIMMONS FIRST NATIONAL CORP"
filed_at: "2024-03-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T05:59:16.308567+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Simmons First National director Jay D. Burchfield will not stand for re-election at 2024 annual meeting

## Summary
- Jay D. Burchfield, age 77, notified Board on Feb 28, 2024 he will not seek re-election.
- Burchfield has served as director since 2015, chaired compensation committee, and was on audit committee.
- No replacement named; his term will end at the 2024 annual meeting.
- Company expressed appreciation for his service.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-055993
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SFNC
- cik: 0000090498
- company_name: SIMMONS FIRST NATIONAL CORP
- filed_at: 2024-03-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/90498/000119312524055993/0001193125-24-055993-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/90498/000119312524055993/d798602d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-055993.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jay D. Burchfield departed as Director at SIMMONS FIRST NATIONAL CORP.
  - Action: decided not to stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 28, 2024, Jay D. Burchfield (age 77), a member of the board of directors (“Board”) of Simmons First National Corporation (“Company”), notified the Company that he has decided not to stand for re-election at the Company’s 2024 annual meeting of shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/90498/000119312524055993/0001193125-24-055993-index.htm

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