Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. (NASDAQ: OZRK) expects to report second quarter 2016 earnings results on Monday, July 11, 2016, before the market opens. Management plans to conduct a conference call to review this information at 10:00 a.m. Central Time (11:00 a.m. Eastern Time) on the same day. Interested parties may listen to this call by dialing 1-844-466-4111 (United States and Canada) or 765-507-2649 (internationally) and asking for the Bank of the Ozarks conference call. A recorded playback of the call will be available for one week following the call at 1-855-859-2056 (United States and Canada) or 800-585-8367 (internationally). The passcode for this playback is 40907307#. The call will be available live or in a recorded version on the Company’s website www.bankozarks.com under “Investor Relations.”

Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. is a bank holding company with $11.4 billion in total assets as of March 31, 2016 and its shares trade on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “OZRK.” The Company owns a state-chartered subsidiary bank that conducts banking operations through 177 offices in Arkansas, Georgia, North Carolina, Texas, 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.