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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Simmons First National (SFNC)

Simmons First completes securities sale with estimated $604 million after-tax loss

Mixed Impact 4 of 5 restructuring Written later

On July 23, 2025, Simmons First completed a repositioning of its balance sheet, selling about $3.2 billion (amortized cost) of investment securities to Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC for an aggregate price of about $2.4 billion. The company estimates a realized after-tax loss of about $604 million, to be recorded in the third quarter of 2025. An underwritten offering of 18,653,000 Class A common shares, which also closed July 23, generated net proceeds of about $326.9 million, which partly offsets the cost for shareholders.

Key points

  • Sold about $3.2 billion (amortized cost) of investment securities to Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC for about $2.4 billion.
  • Estimated realized after-tax loss of about $604 million, based on an estimated 24.3% tax rate, to be recorded in Q3 2025.
  • Underwritten offering of 18,653,000 Class A shares closed July 23, 2025, with net proceeds of about $326.9 million.

The filing

CompanySimmons First National (SFNC)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECJul 25, 2025, 4:15 PM ET
Accession number0001193125-25-165459

Items reported: 2.01 Acquisition or Disposition Completed

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI on Nov 8, 2026, 1:38 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on July 25, 2025.

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