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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </B></P>
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AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM S-8 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION
STATEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>BANK OF THE
OZARKS, INC. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>ARKANSAS</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>71-0556208</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt" align="left">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</B></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>BANK OF THE OZARKS, INC. 2009 RESTRICTED STOCK PLAN </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the plan) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Greg L. McKinney </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chief
Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>17901 Chenal Parkway </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Little Rock, Arkansas 72223 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name and address of agent for service) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>501-978-2265 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>With a copy to: </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>H. Watt Gregory, III </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Kutak Rock LLP </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>124 West
Capitol, Suite 2000 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>501-975-3000 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting
company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Registered</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Registered&nbsp;(1)</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Maximum<BR>Offering&nbsp;Price</B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Aggregate Offering</B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Common Stock, $0.01 par value</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">400,000 shares</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$69.21</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$27,684,000</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$3,565.70</TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), the number of shares of Common Stock registered hereunder includes such indeterminate number of additional shares of Common
Stock as may be offered or issued in the future to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(2)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Calculated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;under the Securities Act, based upon the average of the high and low sales prices of the shares of the
registrant&#146;s Common Stock as reported on the NASDAQ Stock Market on March&nbsp;18, 2014. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering an additional 400,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par value, of Bank
of the Ozarks, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148; or the &#147;Registrant&#148;) to be issued pursuant to the Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. 2009 Restricted Stock Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). The prior registration statement on Form S-8 (File
No.&nbsp;333-18390, referred to as the &#147;Prior Registration Statement&#148;), as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148; or &#147;Commission&#148;) on September&nbsp;14, 2012, is currently effective and, as
permitted by General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the Prior Registration Statement are incorporated herein by reference, except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set forth herein. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;3. <U>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</U>. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents previously filed by the Company with the Commission are incorporated by reference herein: </P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Company&#146;s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2013, filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;28, 2014 (including portions of the Company&#146;s definitive Proxy Statement
for the 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders incorporated therein by reference); </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Company&#146;s current reports on Form 8-K filed on January&nbsp;30, 2014 (excluding the matters in Item&nbsp;7.01 and Exhibits 99.1, 99.2 and 99.3 therein, which are not incorporated by reference herein) and
March&nbsp;6, 2014; and </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;26, 1997, and any amendment or report filed with the Commission for the
purpose of updating such description. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold
or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement in a document incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement will be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained in this Registration Statement or in any other later filed document that also is or is deemed
to be incorporated by reference modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to be a part of this Registration Statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;8. <U>Exhibits</U>. </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Kutak Rock LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. 2009 Restricted Stock Plan (previously filed as Exhibit 10.1(b)(i) to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on August 23, 2012, and incorporated herein by
reference).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Amendment to the Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. 2009 Restricted Stock Plan, as amended, effective as of April 15, 2013 (previously filed as Exhibit 10.6 to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2013, filed with the Commission on February 28, 2014, and incorporated herein by reference).</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Little Rock, State of Arkansas, on March&nbsp;21, 2014. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Greg L. McKinney</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Greg L. McKinney</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Title:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Chief Financial Officer and</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Chief Accounting Officer</TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the undersigned, a director or officer, or both, of Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;),
acting pursuant to authorization of the Board of Directors of the Company, hereby appoints George G. Gleason and Greg L. McKinney or any one of them, attorneys-in-fact and agents for me and in my name and on my behalf, individually and as a director
or officer, or both, of the Company, to sign this Registration Statement and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and all supplements and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ George G. Gleason</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">George G. Gleason</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Greg L. McKinney</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2">Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>March 21, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Greg L. McKinney</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">(Principal Financial Officer and Accounting Officer)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Dan Thomas</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dan Thomas</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Vice&nbsp;Chairman,&nbsp;Chief&nbsp;Lending&nbsp;Officer&nbsp;and President&#151;Real Estate Specialties Group</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>March 21, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Jean Arehart</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Jean Arehart</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Nicholas Brown</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>March 21, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Richard Cisne</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>March 21, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Robert East</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>March 21, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Catherine B. Freedberg</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Catherine B. Freedberg</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>March 21, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Linda Gleason</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Linda Gleason</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>March 21, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>March 21, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>March 21, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>March 21, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ John Reynolds</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>March 21, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Sherece West-Scantlebury</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>March 21, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion of Kutak Rock LLP.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Kutak Rock LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.2</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Crowe Horwath LLP.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>24.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Power of Attorney (included on signature page of the Registration Statement).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>99.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. 2009 Restricted Stock Plan (previously filed as Exhibit 10.1(b)(i) to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on August 23, 2012, and incorporated herein by
reference).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>99.2</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Amendment to the Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. 2009 Restricted Stock Plan, as amended, effective as of April 15, 2013 (previously filed as Exhibit 10.6 to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2013, filed with the Commission on February 28, 2014, and incorporated herein by reference).</TD></TR>
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Form S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 21, 2014
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
BANK OF THE
OZARKS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
ARKANSAS
71-0556208
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
17901 CHENAL PARKWAY
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
72223
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
BANK OF THE OZARKS, INC. 2009 RESTRICTED STOCK PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Greg L. McKinney
Chief
Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer
Bank of the Ozarks, Inc.
17901 Chenal Parkway
Little Rock, Arkansas 72223
(Name and address of agent for service)
501-978-2265
(Telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service)
With a copy to:
H. Watt Gregory, III
Kutak Rock LLP
124 West
Capitol, Suite 2000
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
501-975-3000
Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting
company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Large accelerated filer
x
Accelerated filer
¨
Non-accelerated filer
¨
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
¨
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title Of Securities To Be
Registered
Amount To Be
Registered (1)
Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share (2)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price (2)
Amount Of
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $0.01 par value
400,000 shares
$69.21
$27,684,000
$3,565.70
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"), the number of shares of Common Stock registered hereunder includes such indeterminate number of additional shares of Common
Stock as may be offered or issued in the future to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
(2)
Calculated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act, based upon the average of the high and low sales prices of the shares of the
registrant's Common Stock as reported on the NASDAQ Stock Market on March 18, 2014.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering an additional 400,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par value, of Bank
of the Ozarks, Inc. (the "Company" or the "Registrant") to be issued pursuant to the Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. 2009 Restricted Stock Plan (the "Plan"). The prior registration statement on Form S-8 (File
No. 333-18390, referred to as the "Prior Registration Statement"), as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC" or "Commission") on September 14, 2012, is currently effective and, as
permitted by General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the Prior Registration Statement are incorporated herein by reference, except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set forth herein.
PART II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
The following documents previously filed by the Company with the Commission are incorporated by reference herein:
(a)
The Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, filed with the Commission on February 28, 2014 (including portions of the Company's definitive Proxy Statement
for the 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders incorporated therein by reference);
(b)
The Company's current reports on Form 8-K filed on January 30, 2014 (excluding the matters in Item 7.01 and Exhibits 99.1, 99.2 and 99.3 therein, which are not incorporated by reference herein) and
March 6, 2014; and
(c)
The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on June 26, 1997, and any amendment or report filed with the Commission for the
purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold
or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement in a document incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement will be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained in this Registration Statement or in any other later filed document that also is or is deemed
to be incorporated by reference modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to be a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 8.
Exhibits
.
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Kutak Rock LLP.
23.1
Consent of Kutak Rock LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of Crowe Horwath LLP.
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page of the Registration Statement).
99.1
Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. 2009 Restricted Stock Plan (previously filed as Exhibit 10.1(b)(i) to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on August 23, 2012, and incorporated herein by
reference).
99.2
Amendment to the Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. 2009 Restricted Stock Plan, as amended, effective as of April 15, 2013 (previously filed as Exhibit 10.6 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2013, filed with the Commission on February 28, 2014, and incorporated herein by reference).
1
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Little Rock, State of Arkansas, on March 21, 2014.
BANK OF THE OZARKS, INC.
By:
/s/ Greg L. McKinney
Name:
Greg L. McKinney
Title:
Chief Financial Officer and
Chief Accounting Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the undersigned, a director or officer, or both, of Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. (the "Company"),
acting pursuant to authorization of the Board of Directors of the Company, hereby appoints George G. Gleason and Greg L. McKinney or any one of them, attorneys-in-fact and agents for me and in my name and on my behalf, individually and as a director
or officer, or both, of the Company, to sign this Registration Statement and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and all supplements and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.
SIGNATURES
TITLE
DATE
/s/ George G. Gleason
George G. Gleason
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
March 21, 2014
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Greg L. McKinney
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer
March 21, 2014
Greg L. McKinney
(Principal Financial Officer and Accounting Officer)
/s/ Dan Thomas
Dan Thomas
Vice Chairman, Chief Lending Officer and President—Real Estate Specialties Group
March 21, 2014
/s/ Jean Arehart
Jean Arehart
Director
March 21, 2014
/s/ Nicholas Brown
Nicholas Brown
Director
March 21, 2014
/s/ Richard Cisne
Richard Cisne
Director
March 21, 2014
/s/ Robert East
Robert East
Director
March 21, 2014
/s/ Catherine B. Freedberg
Catherine B. Freedberg
Director
March 21, 2014
/s/ Linda Gleason
Linda Gleason
Director
March 21, 2014
/s/ Peter Kenny
Peter Kenny
Director
March 21, 2014
/s/ Henry Mariani
Henry Mariani
Director
March 21, 2014
/s/ Robert Proost
Robert Proost
Director
March 21, 2014
/s/ R.L. Qualls
R.L. Qualls
Director
March 21, 2014
/s/ John Reynolds
John Reynolds
Director
March 21, 2014
/s/ Sherece West-Scantlebury
Sherece West-Scantlebury
Director
March 21, 2014
EXHIBIT INDEX
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Kutak Rock LLP.
23.1
Consent of Kutak Rock LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of Crowe Horwath LLP.
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page of the Registration Statement).
99.1
Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. 2009 Restricted Stock Plan (previously filed as Exhibit 10.1(b)(i) to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on August 23, 2012, and incorporated herein by
reference).
99.2
Amendment to the Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. 2009 Restricted Stock Plan, as amended, effective as of April 15, 2013 (previously filed as Exhibit 10.6 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2013, filed with the Commission on February 28, 2014, and incorporated herein by reference).