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 20, 2010
 
SIMMONS FIRST NATIONAL CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
Arkansas
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
0-6253
 
 (Commission File Number)
71-0407808
 
 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
501 Main Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas
(Address of principal executive offices)
71601
(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 20, 2010.  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 the Simmons First National Corporation Executive Stock Incentive Plan -2010 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, 2010.

(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 20, 2010:

Voting of Shares
 
       
Broker
Action
For
Against
Abstain
Non-Votes
Set number of directors at ten (10)
11,928,595
    21,396
         6,883
            --
         
     
Withhold
Broker
Election of Directors:
For
Against
Authority
Non-Votes
William E. Clark II
9,619,434
           --
     138,444
2,198,996
Steven A. Cossé
9,618,634
           --
     139,244
2,198,996
Edward Drilling
9,619,634
           --
     138,244
2,198,996
Eugene Hunt
9,585,477
           --
     172,400
2,198,996
George A. Makris, Jr.
9,483,814
           --
     274,063
2,198,996
J. Thomas May
9,452,439
           --
     305,439
2,198,996
W. Scott McGeorge
9,619,084
           --
     138,794
2,198,996
Stanley E. Reed
9,619,534
           --
     138,344
2,198,996
Harry L. Ryburn
8,405,048
           --
  1,352,830
2,198,996
Robert L. Shoptaw
9,618,250
           --
     139,628
2,198,996
         
       
Broker
Action
For
Against
Abstain
Non-Votes
Provide advisory approval of
7,964,575
1,593,504
     199,798
2,198,996
   the Company’s executive
        
   compensation program
        
         
Ratify the Audit & Security
11,836,280
    98,296
       22,298
            --
   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, 2010
        

 
 
 

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
  Simmons First National Corporation
 
(Registrant)
   
   
April 22, 2010
/s/ Robert A. Fehlman
(Date)
Robert A. Fehlman
 
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer