Bank of the Ozarks Announces Increased Regular Quarterly Dividend to $0.12/Share

Bank of the Ozarks, Inc.

announced its Board of Directors has approved a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.12 per common share payable April 20, 2012 to shareholders of record as of April 13, 2012. The dividend of $0.12 per share represents an increase of $0.01 per share, or 9.1%, over the dividend paid in the previous quarter. The Company has increased its quarterly dividend in nine of the last ten quarters, including the past seven consecutive quarters.