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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;15, 2006</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>HOME BANCSHARES, INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Arkansas</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>71-0682831</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(IRS Employer</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">incorporation or organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Identification Number)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>719 Harkrider, Suite&nbsp;100, Conway, Arkansas</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>72032</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Address of registrant&#146;s principal executive offices)
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>HOME BANCSHARES, INC. 2006 STOCK OPTION AND PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE PLAN</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>John W. Allison</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Copy to:</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Chairman and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
Home BancShares, Inc.<BR>
719 Harkrider, Suite&nbsp;100<BR>
Conway, Arkansas 72032<BR>
Telephone: (501)&nbsp;329-9330</B><BR>
(Name, address and telephone number,<BR>
including area code, of agent for service)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>John S. Selig, Esq.<BR>
Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates &#038;<BR>
Woodyard, P.L.L.C.<BR>
425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite&nbsp;1800<BR>
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201<BR>
Telephone: (501)&nbsp;688-8804<BR>
Facsimile: (501)&nbsp;918-7804</B></TD>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>

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                    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par value $0.01</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">1,200,000</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$21.36</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$25,632,000</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$2,743</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416, this registration statement is deemed to include additional shares of Common Stock issuable
under the terms of the Stock Option Plan to prevent dilution resulting from any further stock split, stock dividend or
similar transaction.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rules 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to be equal to $21.36 per share, the average of the high and low prices of the
Common Stock as reported on The Nasdaq Stock Market on August&nbsp;11, 2006.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.*</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#009">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#010">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#011">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#012">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="d38835exv5.htm">Opinion and Consent of Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="d38835exv15.htm">Awareness Letter</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="d38835exv23w1.htm">Consent of BKD, LLP</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="d38835exv23w2.htm">Consent of Ernst & Young, LLP</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.*</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;The documents containing the information specified in this Part&nbsp;I will be sent or given to
employees participating in the Home BancShares, Inc. 2006 Stock Option and Performance Incentive
Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;), as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). In accordance with the Note in the instructions to Part&nbsp;I of Form
S-8, such documents will not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;Commission&#148;) either as part of this registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus
supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 promulgated under the Securities Act. These documents and the
documents incorporated by reference pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II of this registration statement,
taken together, constitute the prospectus as required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act. Home
BancShares, Inc. (&#147;Home BancShares&#148;) shall maintain a file of such documents in accordance with the
provisions of Rule&nbsp;428. Upon request, Home BancShares will furnish to the Commission or its staff
a copy of all of the documents included in such file.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We hereby incorporate by reference into this registration statement the following documents
previously filed with the Commission:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) Our prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act in connection
with our Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-132427).
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2006.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) Our Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on July&nbsp;20, 2006, July
25, 2006, July&nbsp;27, 2006, and August&nbsp;1, 2006, respectively.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) The description of our Common Stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form
10, filed under Section&nbsp;12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), and
all amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by us pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities
offered have been sold or that 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.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable. Our Common Stock is registered with the Commission under Section&nbsp;12 of the
Exchange Act.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Certain legal matters with respect to the validity of the shares of our Common Stock offered
hereby will be passed upon for us by Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates &#038; Woodyard, P.L.L.C., Little
Rock, Arkansas. As of July&nbsp;15, 2006, attorneys with Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates &#038; Woodyard,
P.L.L.C. beneficially own approximately 10,671 shares of our Common Stock.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Our Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws authorize and require us to indemnify our directors,
officers, employees and agents to the full extent permitted by law. Section&nbsp;4-27-850 of the
Arkansas Business Corporation Act of 1987 contains detailed and comprehensive provisions providing
for indemnification of directors and officers
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">of Arkansas corporations against expenses, judgments, fines and settlements in connection with
litigation. Under Arkansas law, other than an action brought by or in the right of Home
BancShares, such indemnification is available if it is determined that the proposed indemnitee
acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
best interests of Home BancShares and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In actions brought by or in the right of Home BancShares, the Arkansas statute limits such
indemnification to expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred in the
defense or settlement of such action if the indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he or
she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of Home BancShares. However,
no indemnification is allowed in actions brought by or in the right of Home BancShares with respect
to any claim, issue or matter as to which such person has been adjudged to be liable to us, unless
and only to the extent that the court determines upon application that, in view of all the
circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such
expenses as the court deems proper.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To the extent that the proposed indemnitee has been successful on the merits or otherwise in
defense of any action, suit or proceeding (or any claim, issue or matter therein), under Arkansas
law we must indemnify him or her against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) that he or she
actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such defense.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Our Articles of Incorporation also provide that no director shall be liable to us or our
shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director to the fullest extent
permitted by the Arkansas Business Corporation Act.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The exhibits to this Form S-8 are listed on the exhibit index, which appears elsewhere herein
and is incorporated herein by reference.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(a)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the registration statement; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Provided, however, that subparagraphs (i)&nbsp;and (ii)&nbsp;do not apply if the information required to
be included in a post-effective amendment by those subparagraphs is contained in reports filed with
or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof; and
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(b)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to section 13(a)
or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to
our directors, officers and controlling persons pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the registrant has been advised that, in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission,
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
by that director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
</DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the requirements for filing
this registration statement 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 Conway, State of
Arkansas, on August&nbsp;14, 2006.
</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">HOME BANCSHARES, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">John W. Allison</FONT>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">John W. Allison&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Board of Directors&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">POWER OF ATTORNEY
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW BY ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints John W. Allison and Randy E. Mayor, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and
all documents in connection therewith, with the 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 in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="38%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="25%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="24%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Date</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<!-- End Table Head -->
<!-- Begin Table Body -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">John W. Allison</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John W. Allison
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Executive
Officer and Chairman
of the Board of
Directors (Principal
Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;14, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Ron W. Strother</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Ron W. Strother
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief
Operating Officer and
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;14, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Randy E. Mayor</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Randy E. Mayor
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Financial
Officer and Principal
Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;14, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Richard H. Ashley</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard H. Ashley
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice Chairman of the
Board and Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;14, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Dale A. Bruns</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Dale A. Bruns
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;14, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Richard A. Buckheim</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard A. Buckheim
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;14, 2006</TD>
</TR>
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<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="38%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="25%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="24%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Date</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Jack E. Engelkes</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jack E. Engelkes
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;14, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Frank D. Hickingbotham</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Frank D. Hickingbotham
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;14, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Herren C. Hickingbotham</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Herren C. Hickingbotham
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;14, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">James G. Hinkle</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James G. Hinkle
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;14, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Alex R. Lieblong</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Alex R. Lieblong
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;14, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">C. Randall Sims</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
C. Randall Sims
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Secretary and Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;14, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">William G. Thompson</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William G. Thompson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;14, 2006</TD>
</TR>
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</TABLE>
</DIV>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">5
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="87%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
</TR>


<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
</TR>

<!-- End Table Head -->
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Articles of Incorporation of Home BancShares, Inc. (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 of Home BancShares&#146;s registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (File No.
333-132427), as amended)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment to the Restated Articles of Incorporation of Home BancShares, Inc.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 of Home BancShares&#146;s registration statement
on Form&nbsp;S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-132427), as amended)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Second Amendment to the Restated Articles of Incorporation of Home BancShares, Inc.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.3 of Home BancShares&#146;s registration statement
on Form&nbsp;S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-132427), as amended)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Third Amendment to the Restated Articles of Incorporation of Home BancShares, Inc.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.4 of Home BancShares&#146;s registration statement
on Form&nbsp;S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-132427), as amended)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Bylaws of Home BancShares, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.5 of
Home BancShares&#146;s registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-132427), as amended)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Specimen Stock Certificate representing Home BancShares, Inc. Common Stock
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.6 of Home BancShares&#146;s registration statement
on Form&nbsp;S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-132427), as amended)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates &#038; Woodyard, P.L.L.C.</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">15
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Awareness Letter from BKD, LLP regarding unaudited interim financial information</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of BKD, LLP</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young, LLP</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Hacker, Johnson &#038; Smith, P.A.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates &#038; Woodyard, P.L.L.C. (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&#151;
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (on signature page)</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">2006 Stock Option and Performance Incentive Plan of Home BancShares, Inc. (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 of Home BancShares&#146;s registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-1
(File No.&nbsp;333-132427), as amended)</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Home BancShares, Inc. Stock Option Agreement under the 2006 Stock Option and
Performance Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.19 of Home
BancShares&#146;s registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-132427), as amended)</TD>
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Table of Contents
As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 15, 2006
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
HOME BANCSHARES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Arkansas
71-0682831
(State or other jurisdiction of
(IRS Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification Number)
719 Harkrider, Suite 100, Conway, Arkansas
72032
(Address of registrant's principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
HOME BANCSHARES, INC. 2006 STOCK OPTION AND PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
John W. Allison
Copy to:
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Home BancShares, Inc.
719 Harkrider, Suite 100
Conway, Arkansas 72032
Telephone: (501) 329-9330
(Name, address and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
John S. Selig, Esq.
Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates &
Woodyard, P.L.L.C.
425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1800
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
Telephone: (501) 688-8804
Facsimile: (501) 918-7804
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Title of Each Class of
Amount to be
Offering Price Per
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
Securities to be Registered
Registered (1)
Share (2)
Price (2)
Registration Fee (2)
Common Stock, par value $0.01
1,200,000
$21.36
$25,632,000
$2,743
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416, this registration statement is deemed to include additional shares of Common Stock issuable
under the terms of the Stock Option Plan to prevent dilution resulting from any further stock split, stock dividend or
similar transaction.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rules 457(c) and (h) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to be equal to $21.36 per share, the average of the high and low prices of the
Common Stock as reported on The Nasdaq Stock Market on August 11, 2006.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
Item 1. Plan Information.*
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
Opinion and Consent of Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C.
Awareness Letter
Consent of BKD, LLP
Consent of Ernst & Young, LLP
Consent of Hacker, Johnson & Smith, P.A.
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.*
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
* The documents containing the information specified in this Part I will be sent or given to
employees participating in the Home BancShares, Inc. 2006 Stock Option and Performance Incentive
Plan (the "Plan"), as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act"). In accordance with the Note in the instructions to Part I of Form
S-8, such documents will not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") either as part of this registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus
supplements pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the Securities Act. These documents and the
documents incorporated by reference pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this registration statement,
taken together, constitute the prospectus as required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act. Home
BancShares, Inc. ("Home BancShares") shall maintain a file of such documents in accordance with the
provisions of Rule 428. Upon request, Home BancShares will furnish to the Commission or its staff
a copy of all of the documents included in such file.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
We hereby incorporate by reference into this registration statement the following documents
previously filed with the Commission:
(1) Our prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act in connection
with our Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-132427).
(2) Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2006.
(3) Our Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on July 20, 2006, July
25, 2006, July 27, 2006, and August 1, 2006, respectively.
(4) The description of our Common Stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form
10, filed under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), and
all amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by us pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities
offered have been sold or that 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.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable. Our Common Stock is registered with the Commission under Section 12 of the
Exchange Act.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Certain legal matters with respect to the validity of the shares of our Common Stock offered
hereby will be passed upon for us by Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C., Little
Rock, Arkansas. As of July 15, 2006, attorneys with Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,
P.L.L.C. beneficially own approximately 10,671 shares of our Common Stock.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Our Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws authorize and require us to indemnify our directors,
officers, employees and agents to the full extent permitted by law. Section 4-27-850 of the
Arkansas Business Corporation Act of 1987 contains detailed and comprehensive provisions providing
for indemnification of directors and officers
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of Arkansas corporations against expenses, judgments, fines and settlements in connection with
litigation. Under Arkansas law, other than an action brought by or in the right of Home
BancShares, such indemnification is available if it is determined that the proposed indemnitee
acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
best interests of Home BancShares and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.
In actions brought by or in the right of Home BancShares, the Arkansas statute limits such
indemnification to expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred in the
defense or settlement of such action if the indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he or
she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of Home BancShares. However,
no indemnification is allowed in actions brought by or in the right of Home BancShares with respect
to any claim, issue or matter as to which such person has been adjudged to be liable to us, unless
and only to the extent that the court determines upon application that, in view of all the
circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such
expenses as the court deems proper.
To the extent that the proposed indemnitee has been successful on the merits or otherwise in
defense of any action, suit or proceeding (or any claim, issue or matter therein), under Arkansas
law we must indemnify him or her against expenses (including attorneys' fees) that he or she
actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such defense.
Our Articles of Incorporation also provide that no director shall be liable to us or our
shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director to the fullest extent
permitted by the Arkansas Business Corporation Act.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The exhibits to this Form S-8 are listed on the exhibit index, which appears elsewhere herein
and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the registration statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement;
Provided, however, that subparagraphs (i) and (ii) do not apply if the information required to
be included in a post-effective amendment by those subparagraphs is contained in reports filed with
or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof; and
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
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(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a)
or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to
our directors, officers and controlling persons pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the registrant has been advised that, in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission,
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
by that director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the requirements for filing
this registration statement 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 Conway, State of
Arkansas, on August 14, 2006.
HOME BANCSHARES, INC.
By:
/s/
John W. Allison
John W. Allison
Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Board of Directors
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW BY ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints John W. Allison and Randy E. Mayor, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and
all documents in connection therewith, with the 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 in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/
John W. Allison
John W. Allison
Chief Executive
Officer and Chairman
of the Board of
Directors (Principal
Executive Officer)
August 14, 2006
/s/
Ron W. Strother
Ron W. Strother
President, Chief
Operating Officer and
Director
August 14, 2006
/s/
Randy E. Mayor
Randy E. Mayor
Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Financial
Officer and Principal
Accounting Officer)
August 14, 2006
/s/
Richard H. Ashley
Richard H. Ashley
Vice Chairman of the
Board and Director
August 14, 2006
/s/
Dale A. Bruns
Dale A. Bruns
Director
August 14, 2006
/s/
Richard A. Buckheim
Richard A. Buckheim
Director
August 14, 2006
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/
Jack E. Engelkes
Jack E. Engelkes
Director
August 14, 2006
/s/
Frank D. Hickingbotham
Frank D. Hickingbotham
Director
August 14, 2006
/s/
Herren C. Hickingbotham
Herren C. Hickingbotham
Director
August 14, 2006
/s/
James G. Hinkle
James G. Hinkle
Director
August 14, 2006
/s/
Alex R. Lieblong
Alex R. Lieblong
Director
August 14, 2006
/s/
C. Randall Sims
C. Randall Sims
Secretary and Director
August 14, 2006
/s/
William G. Thompson
William G. Thompson
Director
August 14, 2006
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
—
Restated Articles of Incorporation of Home BancShares, Inc. (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 3.1 of Home BancShares's registration statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-132427), as amended)
4.2
—
Amendment to the Restated Articles of Incorporation of Home BancShares, Inc.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of Home BancShares's registration statement
on Form S-1 (File No. 333-132427), as amended)
4.3
—
Second Amendment to the Restated Articles of Incorporation of Home BancShares, Inc.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 of Home BancShares's registration statement
on Form S-1 (File No. 333-132427), as amended)
4.4
—
Third Amendment to the Restated Articles of Incorporation of Home BancShares, Inc.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 of Home BancShares's registration statement
on Form S-1 (File No. 333-132427), as amended)
4.5
—
Restated Bylaws of Home BancShares, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 of
Home BancShares's registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-132427), as amended)
4.6
—
Specimen Stock Certificate representing Home BancShares, Inc. Common Stock
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 of Home BancShares's registration statement
on Form S-1 (File No. 333-132427), as amended)
5
—
Opinion of Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C.
15
—
Awareness Letter from BKD, LLP regarding unaudited interim financial information
23.1
—
Consent of BKD, LLP
23.2
—
Consent of Ernst & Young, LLP
23.3
—
Consent of Hacker, Johnson & Smith, P.A.
23.4
—
Consent of Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C. (included in Exhibit 5)
24
—
Power of Attorney (on signature page)
99.1
—
2006 Stock Option and Performance Incentive Plan of Home BancShares, Inc. (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of Home BancShares's registration statement on Form S-1
(File No. 333-132427), as amended)
99.2
—
Form of Home BancShares, Inc. Stock Option Agreement under the 2006 Stock Option and
Performance Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 of Home
BancShares's registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-132427), as amended)
6