Simmons First National Corporation 8-K
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) December 1, 2006
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
(Address
of principal executive offices)
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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.)
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ITEM
7.01 REGULATION
FD DISCLOSURE
The
following is the text of a press release issued by the registrant at 3:15 P.
M.
Central Time on December 1, 2006.
SIMMONS
FIRST NATIONAL CORPORATION DECLARES $0.18 PER SHARE
DIVIDEND
Pine
Bluff, AR -- Simmons First National Corporation’s (NASDAQ-GS: SFNC) Board of
Directors declared a regular $0.18 per share quarterly cash dividend payable
January 2, 2007, to shareholders of record December 15, 2006. This dividend
represents a $0.01 per share, or 5.88% increase over the previous quarter and
a
$ 0.02 per share, or 12.5% increase over the dividend paid for the same period
in 2005.
Simmons
First National Corporation is a 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 84 offices, of which 81 are financial centers, in
46
communities.
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FOR
MORE
INFORMATION CONTACT:
ROBERT
A.
FEHLMAN
Executive
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Simmons
First National Corporation
(501)
558-3141
Ticker
symbol: SFNC
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: December
1, 2006 |
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/s/
Robert A. Fehlman |
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Robert
A. Fehlman, Executive Vice President |
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and
Chief Financial Officer |
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