Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. (NASDAQ: OZRK) announced it expects to report third quarter earnings at the end of business Tuesday, October 14, 2008. Management will conduct a conference call to review this information at 10:00 a.m. CDT (11:00 a.m. EDT) on Wednesday, October 15, 2008. Interested parties may listen to this call by dialing 1-800-990-4845 (United States and Canada only) and ask for the Bank of the Ozarks conference call. A recorded playback of the call will be available starting that afternoon by calling 1-800-642-1687 (U.S. and Canada) or 706-645-9291 (internationally). The passcode for this playback is 67493808. In addition, the call will be available live or in recorded version on the company's website www.bankozarks.com under “Investor Relations.”

Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. is a bank holding company with $3.1 billion in total assets as of June 30, 2008 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 73 offices including 65 banking offices in 34 communities throughout northern, western and central Arkansas, six Texas banking offices, and loan production offices in Little Rock, Arkansas, and Charlotte, North 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.

Bank of the Ozarks, Inc.
Susan Blair, 501-978-2217