Simmons First National Corporation Declares $0.19 Per Share Dividend

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Mon Feb 28, 2011 4:15pm EST 

PINE BLUFF, Ark., Feb. 28, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Simmons First National
Corporation's (Nasdaq:SFNC) Board of Directors declared a regular $0.19 per
share quarterly cash dividend payable April 1, 2011, to shareholders of record
March 15, 2011.

Simmons First National Corporation is an eight bank financial holding company
with 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 89 offices, of which 85 are financial centers,
in 47 communities in Arkansas, Missouri and Kansas.

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CONTACT: DAVID W. GARNER
         Senior Vice President and Investor Relations Officer
         Simmons First National Corporation
         (870) 541-1000
         Ticker symbol:  SFNC
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