Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. (NASDAQ: OZRK) announced its Board of Directors has approved a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.125 per share payable October 24, 2014 to shareholders of record as of October 17, 2014. The dividend of $0.125 per share represents an increase of $0.005 per share, or 4.17%, over the dividend paid in the previous quarter. The Company has increased its quarterly dividend in each of the last seventeen quarters.

Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. is a bank holding company with $6.30 billion in total assets as of June 30, 2014 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 165 offices in Arkansas, Georgia, Texas, North Carolina, Florida, Alabama, South Carolina, New York and California. 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.