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Note 20 - Preferred Stock
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
Notes to Financial Statements  
Preferred Stock [Text Block]
NOTE
20:
PREFERRED STOCK
 
On
February 27, 2015,
as part of the acquisition of Community First, the Company issued
30,852
shares of Senior Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A (“Simmons Series A Preferred Stock”) in exchange for the outstanding shares of Community First Senior Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series C (“Community First Series C Preferred Stock”). The preferred stock was held by the United States Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) as the Community First Series C Preferred Stock was issued when Community First entered into a Small Business Lending Fund Securities Purchase Agreement with the Treasury.  The Simmons Series A Preferred Stock qualified as Tier
1
capital and paid quarterly dividends.  The rate remained fixed at
1%
through
February 18, 2016,
at which time it would convert to a fixed rate of
9%.
On
January 29, 2016,
the Company redeemed all of the preferred stock, including accrued and unpaid dividends.