Simmons First National Corporation (NASDAQ:SFNC) Q2 2023 Earnings Conference Call July 25, 2023 10:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Ed Bilek - Executive Vice President, Director of Investor and Media Relations

George Makris - Executive Chairman

Bob Fehlman - Chief Executive Officer

Jay Brogdon - President and Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Brady Gailey - KBW

David Feaster - Raymond James

Matt Olney - Stephens

Gary Tenner - D.A. Davidson

Stephen Scouten - Piper Sandler

Operator

Good day, and welcome to the Simmons First National Corporation Second Quarter 2023 Earnings Conference Call. All participants’ will be in listen-only mode. [Operator Instructions] After today's presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. [Operator Instructions] Please note this event is being recorded.

I would now like to turn the conference over to Ed Bilek. Please go ahead.

Ed Bilek

Good morning, and welcome to Simmons First National Corporation Second Quarter 2023 Earnings Call. Joining me today are several members of our Executive Management Team, including our Executive Chairman, George Makris; CEO, Bob Fehlman; and President and CFO, Jay Brogdon.

Before we begin the Q&A, I would like to remind you that our second quarter earnings materials, including the release and presentation deck are available on our website at simmonsbank.com under the Investor Relations tab. During today's call, we will make forward-looking statements about our future plans, goals, expectations, estimates, projections and outlook, including, among others, our outlook regarding future economic conditions, interest rates, lending and deposit activity, credit quality, liquidity and net interest margin. These statements involve risks and uncertainties, and you should, therefore, not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statement as actual results could differ materially from those expressed in or implied by the forward-looking statements due to a variety of factors.

Additional information concerning some of these factors is contained in our earnings release and investor presentation furnished with our Form 8-K today, our most recent Form 10-Q and our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, including the risk factors contained in that Form 10-K. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and Simmons assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements or other information.

Finally, in this presentation, we will discuss certain non-GAAP financial metrics we believe provide useful information to investors. Additional disclosures regarding non-GAAP metrics, including the reconciliations of these non-GAAP metrics to GAAP are contained in our earnings release and investor presentation which are included as exhibits to the Form 8-K we filed this morning with the SEC and are also available on the Investor Relations page of our website, simmonsbank.com.