Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. (NASDAQ: OZRK) expects to report first quarter earnings at the close of business Wednesday, April 28, 2010. 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 29, 2010. Interested parties may listen to this call by dialing 1-800-990-4845 (United States and Canada only) and ask for the Bank of the Ozarks conference call. A recorded playback of the call will be available starting that afternoon by calling 1-800-642-1687 (U.S. and Canada) or 706-645-9291 (internationally). The passcode for this playback is 67275156. In addition, the call will be available live or in recorded version on the Company's website www.bankozarks.com under "Investor Relations."
The Company, through its bank subsidiary, entered into a purchase and assumption with loss share agreement with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on March 26, 2010 pursuant to which it acquired the majority of the assets and assumed the majority of the deposits and certain other liabilities of the former Unity National Bank of Cartersville, Georgia. The final carrying values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed are expected to be determined in the near future and included in the financial results to be released on April 28, 2010.
Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. is a bank holding company with $2.77 billion in total assets as of December 31, 2009, 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 78 offices including 65 banking offices in 34 communities throughout northern, western and central Arkansas, seven Texas banking offices, five Georgia banking offices, and a loan production office in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Company may be contacted at (501) 978-2265 or P.O. Box 8811, Little Rock, Arkansas 72231-8811. The Company's website is: www.bankozarks.com.
Contacts:
Bank of the Ozarks, Inc.
Susan Blair, 501-978-2217