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 19, 2011
 
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 19, 2011. The matters submitted to the security holders for approval included (1) setting the number of directors at eleven (11), (2) the election of eleven (11) directors, (3) the approval of a non-binding resolution approving the compensation of the named executive officers of the Company, (4) the non-binding selection of the frequency of the shareholder vote on the compensation of the named executive officers of the Company, (5) the approval of the Simmons First National Corporation Employee Stock Purchase Plan and (6) 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, 2011.

(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 19, 2011:

Voting of Shares
 
                     
 
                
Broker
  
Action
  
For
    
%
    
Against
    
%
    
Abstain
    
%
    
Non-Votes
  
Set number of directors at eleven (11)
     14,104,100       99.7%       18,316       0.1%       25,482       0.2%      
             --
  
 
               
Withhold
    
 
    
Broker
  
Election of Directors:
  
For
    
%
    
Authority
    
%
    
Non-Votes
  
William E. Clark, II
     6,775,158       54.3 %     5,703,664       45.7 %     1,777,491  
Steven A. Cossé
     12,133,363       98.1 %     237,045       1.9 %     1,777,491  
Edward Drilling
     11,940,509       96.5 %     429,899       3.5 %     1,777,491  
Sharon Gaber
     12,242,413       99.0 %     127,995       1.0 %     1,777,491  
Eugene Hunt
     12,086,474       97.7 %     283,933       2.3 %     1,777,491  
George A. Makris, Jr.
     11,713,214       94.7 %     657,193       5.3 %     1,777,491  
J. Thomas May
     12,113,356       97.9 %     257,052       2.1 %     1,777,491  
W. Scott McGeorge
     12,087,333       97.7 %     283,075       2.3 %     1,777,491  
Stanley E. Reed
     12,086,883       97.7 %     283,525       2.3 %     1,777,491  
Harry L. Ryburn
     12,093,275       97.8 %     277,133       2.2 %     1,777,491  
Robert L. Shoptaw
     12,132,323       98.1 %     238,085       1.9 %     1,777,491  
 
                                       
Broker
  
Action
  
For
    
%
    
Against
    
%
    
Abstain
    
%
    
Non-Votes
  
Approval of non-binding resolution
     11,727,270       94.8%       329,879       2.7%       313,257       2.5%       1,777,491  
approving the compensation of
                                                        
the named executive officers
                                                        
 
                                                   
Broker
  
Action
  
3 Years
    
%
    
2 Years
    
%
    
1 Year
    
%
    
Abstain
    
%
    
Non-Votes
  
Set frequency of non-
     5,814,114       47.0%       338,816       2.7%       5,807,561       46.9%       409,914       3.3%       1,777,492  
binding shareholder vote
                                                                        
on compensation of the
                                                                        
named executive officers
                                                                        

                                       
Broker
  
Action
  
For
    
%
    
Against
    
%
    
Abstain
    
%
    
Non-Votes
  
Approval of SFNC Employee
     11,997,964       97.0%       78,656       0.6%       293,787       2.4%       1,777,491  
Stock Purchase Plan
                                                        
                                                     
 
  
Ratify the Audit & Security
    
13,768,848
      
97.3%
      
28,216
      
0.2%
      
350,834
      
2.5%
      
             --
  
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, 2011
                                                        
 
 
 
 
 
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 22, 2011
 
Robert A. Fehlman, Executive Vice
     President and Chief Financial Officer