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) September 12, 2005
SIMMONS
FIRST NATIONAL CORPORATION
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Arkansas
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0-6253
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71-0407808
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(State
or other jurisdiction
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(Commission
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(I.R.S.
Employer
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of
incorporation)
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File
Number)
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Identification
No.)
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501
Main Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas
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71601
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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(870)
541-1000
(Registrant's
telephone number, including area code)
Not
Applicable
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check
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ITEM:
5.02(d)
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DEPARTURE
OF DIRECTORS OR PRINCIPAL OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT
OF
PRINCIPAL OFFICERS
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On
Monday, September 12, 2005, Simmons First National Corporation Board of
Directors approved the election of W. Scott McGeorge as a director of the
Company. Committee appointments for Mr. McGeorge have not been determined at
this time.
The
following is the text of a press release issued by the registrant at 4:00 P.
M.
Central Time on September 14, 2005.
SCOTT
MCGEORGE NAMED TO SIMMONS FIRST CORPORATE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
Pine
Bluff, AR - - W. Scott McGeorge has been named to the Simmons First National
Corporation (NASDAQ NM: SFNC) board of directors, according to J. Thomas May,
chairman, president and chief executive officer.
May
noted, “We are honored to have an individual of Scott’s reputation as a member
of our corporate board of directors. Simmons First began its operations in
1903
and, on a point of interest, Scott is the great grandson of S.W. Boswell who
was
issued Simmons National Bank of Pine Bluff Stock Certificate Number Two, dated
March 4, 1903.”
McGeorge,
president of Pine Bluff Sand and Gravel Company, senior vice president of
McGeorge Contracting Company, and vice president of Cornerstone Farm and Gin
Company, received his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.
He
joined
Pine Bluff Sand and Gravel in 1969 and the company operates barges and towboats
on the Arkansas, Mississippi, Red, Ouachita and Black rivers, and on the Gulf
Intracoastal Waterway.
McGeorge
is a director and president of the Trinity Foundation, on the board and
executive committee of the National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association in
Alexandria, Virginia, vice president of the National Waterways Conference,
Washington, D.C., and on the board of Dredging Contractors of
America.
He
is a
past chairman of the Board of Arkansas Waterways Commission and served as
chairman of the Pine Bluff-Jefferson County Port Authority and past president
of
the Mississippi Valley Flood Control Branch of Associated General Contractors
of
America at Memphis, Tennessee.
McGeorge
has been actively involved with several local charitable and civic organizations
to include Jefferson Regional Medical Center, United Way of Southeast Arkansas,
Southeast Arkansas College and the Greater Pine Bluff Chamber of
Commerce.
Simmons
First National Corporation is a $2.5 billion financial holding company with
eight community banks in Pine Bluff, Lake Village, Jonesboro, Rogers, Searcy,
Russellville, El Dorado and Hot Springs, Arkansas. The Company’s eight banks
conduct financial operations from 78 offices, of which 76 are financial centers,
in 44 communities.
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FOR
MORE
INFORMATION CONTACT:
ROBERT
A.
FEHLMAN
Senior
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Simmons
First National Corporation
(870)
541-1231
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.
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SIMMONS
FIRST NATIONAL CORPORATION
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Date:
September 14, 2005
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/s/
Robert A. Fehlman
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Robert
A. Fehlman, Senior Vice President
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and
Chief Financial Officer
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