Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. Announces Increased Regular Quarterly Dividend

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. (NASDAQ: OZRK) announced its Board of Directors has approved a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.18 per common share payable April 22, 2011 to shareholders of record as of April 15, 2011. The dividend of $0.18 per share represents an increase of $0.01 per share, or 5.88%, over the dividend paid in the previous quarter. The Company has increased its quarterly dividend in five of the last six quarters.

Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. is a bank holding company with $3.27 billion in total assets as of December 31, 2010 and trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “OZRK.” The Company owns a state-chartered subsidiary bank that conducts banking operations through 94 offices in Arkansas, Texas, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Alabama. The Company may be contacted at [phone] or P.O. Box 8811, Little Rock, Arkansas 72231-8811. The Company’s website is: www.bankozarks.com.