Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. Announces First Quarter Earnings Release Date and Conference Call

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. (NASDAQ: OZRK) expects to report first quarter earnings at the close of business Wednesday, April 13, 2011. Management plans to conduct a conference call to review this information at 10:00 a.m. CDT (11:00 a.m. EDT) on Thursday, April 14, 2011. Interested parties may listen to this call by dialing 1-800-990-4845 (United States and Canada only) and asking for the Bank of the Ozarks conference call. A recorded playback of the call will be available later that afternoon by calling 1-800-642-1687 (U.S. and Canada) or 706-645-9291 (internationally). The passcode for this playback is 57388902. In addition, the call will be available live or in recorded version on the Company's website www.bankozarks.com under “Investor Relations.”

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.