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Issuer:     SIMMONS FIRST NATIONAL CORP (SFNC)
CIK:        0000090498
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-08-04T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-25-172179
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Simmons First National CEO George Makris Jr. to retire Dec 31; Jay Brogdon named successor effective Jan 1, 2026
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- CEO George Makris Jr. (69) will retire as Chairman and CEO of Simmons First National and Simmons Bank effective Dec 31, 2025.
- President Jay Brogdon (44) will become CEO and join the board effective Jan 1, 2026; previously CFO and President since Dec 2023.
- Current director Marty Casteel will become Chairman of both entities effective Jan 1, 2026.
- Makris oversaw geographic transformation and growth during his decade-plus tenure; Board cited deliberate succession planning.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/90498/000119312525172179/0001193125-25-172179-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/90498/000119312525172179/d934626d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-172179

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