Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. (NASDAQ: OZRK) announced its Board of Directors has approved a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.145 per common share payable October 23, 2015 to shareholders of record as of October 16, 2015. The dividend of $0.145 per common share represents an increase of $0.005 per common share, or 3.6%, over the dividend paid in the previous quarter. The Company has increased its quarterly cash dividend in each of the last twenty-one quarters.

Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. is a bank holding company with $8.7 billion in total assets as of June 30, 2015 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 174 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.