EXHIBIT 99.1
PINE BLUFF, Ark., Feb. 5, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Simmons First National Corporation's (Nasdaq:SFNC) Board of Directors declared a regular $0.23 per share quarterly cash dividend payable April 1, 2015, to shareholders of record March 16, 2015. This dividend represents a $0.01 per share, or 4.5% increase over the dividend paid for the same period last quarter.
Simmons First National Corporation is an Arkansas-based financial holding company with total assets of $4.6 billion and conducts financial operations throughout Arkansas, Kansas and Missouri. The Company's common stock trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol "SFNC".
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DAVID W. GARNER
Executive Vice President and Investor Relations Officer
Simmons First National Corporation
(870) 541-1000