Bank of the Ozarks Increases Regular Quarterly Dividend by 8.3% to $0.13

Bank of the Ozarks, Inc.

announced its Board of Directors has approved a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.13 per common share payable July 20, 2012 to shareholders of record as of July 13, 2012. The dividend of $0.13 per share represents an increase of $0.01 per share, or 8.3%, over the dividend paid in the previous quarter. The Company has increased its quarterly dividend in ten of the last eleven quarters, including the past eight consecutive quarters.