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LITTLE ROCK, Ark.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. (NASDAQ: OZRK) expects to report fourth quarter earnings at the close of business Tuesday, January 17, 2012. Management plans to conduct a conference call to review this information at 10:00 a.m. CST (11:00 a.m. EST) on Wednesday, January 18, 2012. Interested parties may listen to this call by dialing 1-888-300-2343 (United States and Canada only) and ask for the Bank of the Ozarks conference call. A recorded playback of the call will be available for one week following the call at 1-888-203-1112 (U.S. and Canada) or 719-457-0820 (internationally). The passcode for this playback is 8694378. The call will be available live or in a recorded version on the Companyas website [ www.bankozarks.com ] under aInvestor Relations.a

Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. is a bank holding company with $3.93 billion in total assets as of September 30, 2011 and trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol aOZRK.a The Company owns a state-chartered subsidiary bank that conducts banking operations through 112 offices in Arkansas, Georgia, Texas, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina and Alabama. The Company may be contacted at (501) 978-2265 or P.O. Box 8811, Little Rock, Arkansas 72231-8811. The Companyas website is: [ www.bankozarks.com ].