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 15, 2015

 

 

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 1.02 Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement

On September 15, 2015, Simmons First National Corporation (“Company”) issued a press release announcing that its wholly owned subsidiary, Simmons First National Bank (“Bank”), entered into an agreement with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) to terminate all existing loss share agreements with the FDIC and received a payment of $2.368 million from the FDIC as consideration for the early termination of the agreements. These loss share agreements were entered into by the Bank in 2010 and 2012 in conjunction with the Bank acquiring substantially all of the assets and assuming substantially all of the liabilities of four failed banks in FDIC-assisted acquisitions. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

10.1   Termination Agreement among Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, as Receiver of Southwest Community Bank, Springfield, Missouri; Receiver of Security Savings Bank F.S.B., Olathe, Kansas; Receiver of Truman Bank, St. Louis, Missouri; and Receiver of Excel Bank, Sedalia, Missouri; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Simmons First National Bank, dated as of September 15, 2015.
   
99.1   Press Release of Simmons First National Corporation issued September 15, 2015.
   

 

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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
    Robert A. Fehlman, Senior Executive Vice President,
Date: September 15, 2015   Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

 

Exhibit

Number

  

 

 

Exhibit

     
10.1   Termination Agreement among Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, as Receiver of Southwest Community Bank, Springfield, Missouri; Receiver of Security Savings Bank F.S.B., Olathe, Kansas; Receiver of Truman Bank, St. Louis, Missouri; and Receiver of Excel Bank, Sedalia, Missouri; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Simmons First National Bank, dated as of September 15, 2015.
   
99.1   Press Release of Simmons First National Corporation issued September 15, 2015.

 

 

 

 

 

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