f8k_042012.htm
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 17, 2012


SIMMONS FIRST NATIONAL CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 Arkansas
0-6253
71-0407808
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
 (Commission File Number)
 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     
501 Main Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas
  
71601
(Address of principal executive offices)
  
(Zip Code)
 
(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 17, 2012. The matters submitted to the security holders for approval included (1) setting the number of directors at ten (10), (2) the election of ten (10) directors, (3) the approval of a non-binding resolution approving the compensation of the named executive officers of the Company and (4) 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, 2012.

(b) At the annual meeting, all ten (10) 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 17, 2012:

Voting of Shares
 
Action
For
%
Against
%
Abstain
Non-Votes
Set number of directors at ten (10)
13,906,576
99.9%
18,975
0.1%
19,624
1,352
 
     
Withhold
  
Broker
Election of Directors:
For
%
Authority
%
Non-Votes
William E. Clark, II
11,657,661
96.8%
   389,891
 3.2%
1,898,975
Steven A. Cossé
11,888,560
98.7%
   158,992
 1.3%
1,898,975
Edward Drilling
11,657,160
96.8%
   390,392
 3.2%
1,898,975
Sharon Gaber
11,892,489
98.7%
155,063
 1.3%
1,898,975
Eugene Hunt
11,657,660
96.8%
389,892
 3.2%
1,898,975
George A. Makris, Jr.
  9,986,024
82.9%
2,061,527
17.1%
1,898,975
J. Thomas May
11,843,748
98.3%
   203,804
 1.7%
1,898,975
W. Scott McGeorge
11,886,401
98.7%
   161,151
 1.3%
1,898,975
Harry L. Ryburn
11,862,649
98.5%
   184,903
 1.5%
1,898,975
Robert L. Shoptaw
11,887,581
98.7%
   159,970
 1.3%
1,898,975

           
Broker
Action
For
%
Against
%
Abstain
Non-Votes
Approval of non-binding resolution
11,696,582
98.1%
229,642
1.9%
117,950
1,902,352
approving the compensation of
            
the named executive officers
            
 
           
Broker
Action
For
%
Against
%
Abstain
Non-Votes
Ratify the Audit & Security
13,828,728
99.4%
86,337
0.6%
30,109
1,352
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, 2012
            
 
 
 
 
 
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.
 
 
SIMMONS FIRST NATIONAL CORPORATION
   
 
/s/  Robert A. Fehlman
Date: April 20, 2012
Robert A. Fehlman
 
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer