f8k_041913.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 16, 2013


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 16, 2013. The matters submitted to the security holders for approval included (1) fixing the number of directors at eleven (11), (2) the election of eleven (11) directors, (3) adoption 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, 2013.

(b) At the annual meeting, all eleven (11) 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 16, 2013:

Voting of Shares
 Action  
For
%
Against
%
Abstain
Broker
Non-Votes
Fix the number of directors at eleven (11)
  
13,461,588
99.6%
59,686
0.4%
84,586
--
 
 
Election of Directors:
  
For
%
Withhold
Authority
%
Broker
Non-Votes
  
David L. Bartlett
  
11,629,664
99.3%
79,270
0.7%
1,896,928
  
William E. Clark, II
  
10,845,091
92.6%
863,843
7.4%
1,896,928
  
Steven A. Cossé
  
11,498,486
98.2%
210,447
1.8%
1,896,928
  
Edward Drilling
  
10,843,863
92.6%
865,071
7.4%
1,896,928
  
Sharon Gaber
  
10,847,132
92.6%
861,802
7.4%
1,896,928
  
Eugene Hunt
  
10,837,812
92.6%
871,121
7.4%
1,896,928
  
George A. Makris, Jr.
  
11,629,483
99.3%
79,451
0.7%
1,896,928
  
J. Thomas May
  
11,473,617
98.0%
235,317
2.0%
1,896,928
  
W. Scott McGeorge
  
11,499,802
98.2%
209,132
1.8%
1,896,928
  
Harry L. Ryburn
  
11,455,381
97.8%
253,552
2.2%
1,896,928
  
Robert L. Shoptaw
  
11,497,868
98.2%
211,065
1.8%
1,896,928
  
 
 
Action
  
For
%
Against
%
Abstain
Broker
Non-Votes
Consider adoption of a non-binding resolution approving the compensation of the named executive officers
11,268,010
97.3%
316,169
2.7%
124,752
1,896,930
 
Action
    
For
%
Against
%
Abstain
Broker
Non-Votes
Ratify the Audit & 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, 2013
  
13,482,502
99.4%
84,589
0.6%
38,770
--
 
 
 
 
 
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 19, 2013
  
Robert A. Fehlman
   
Senior Executive Vice President,
    Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer