Bank of the Ozarks Announces Increased Regular Quarterly Dividend of $0.19 per Share; An Increase of 11.8%

Bank of the Ozarks OZRK announced its Board of Directors has approved a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.19 per common share payable July 19, 2013 to shareholders of record as of July 12, 2013. The dividend of $0.19 per share represents an increase of $0.02 per share, or 11.8%, over the dividend paid in the previous quarter. The Company has increased its quarterly dividend in fourteen of the last fifteen quarters, including the past twelve consecutive quarters. Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. is a bank holding company with $3.95 billion in total assets as of March 31, 2013 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 117 offices in Arkansas, Georgia, Texas, Florida, Alabama, North Carolina and South Carolina. 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.