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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>HOME
BANCSHARES, 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>71-0682831</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>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>719 Harkrider, Suite 100, Conway, Arkansas</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of registrant&#146;s principal executive offices)</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Zip Code)</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>HOME BANCSHARES, INC. AMENDED AND RESTATED </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2006 STOCK OPTION AND PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE 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="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>C. Randall Sims</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chief Executive Officer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Home BancShares, Inc.</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>719
Harkrider</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Conway, Arkansas 72032</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Telephone: (501) 328-4656</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name, address and telephone number,</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>including area code, of agent for service)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Copy to:</I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>C. Douglas Buford, Jr., Esq.</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates &amp; Woodyard, P.L.L.C.</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1800</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>Telephone: (501) 688-8866</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Facsimile: (501) 918-7866</B></P></TD></TR>
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<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
definitions of &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;large accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Title of Each Class of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Securities to be Registered</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Common Stock, par value $0.01</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">1,000,000</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$43.175</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$43,175,000</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Pursuant to Rule 416, this registration statement is deemed to include additional shares of Common Stock issuable under the terms of the Amended and Restated 2006 Stock Option and Performance Incentive Plan to prevent
dilution resulting from any further stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">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 $43.175 per share, the average of the high
and low prices of the Common Stock as reported on The NASDAQ Global Select Market on May&nbsp;2, 2016. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Home BancShares, Inc. (the &#147;registrant&#148; or the &#147;Company&#148;) has previously
registered a total of 4,644,000 shares (adjusted for prior stock dividends and a prior stock split) of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share (&#147;Common Stock&#148;), reserved for issuance under its Amended and Restated 2006 Stock Option and
Performance Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). On April&nbsp;21, 2016, the shareholders of the Company approved an amendment to the Plan to increase the total number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Plan to 5,644,000
shares. This Registration Statement is being filed pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8 to register the additional 1,000,000 shares issuable under the Plan. The Company hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the
contents of the registration statements on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-136645, 333-148763 and 333-188591) filed on August&nbsp;15, 2006,&nbsp;January&nbsp;18, 2008, and May&nbsp;14, 2013, respectively. </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:12pt; 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:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We hereby incorporate by reference into this registration statement the following documents previously filed with the Commission: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2015, filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;26,
2016. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) Our Current Reports on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;19, 2016 and March&nbsp;24,
2016, and Items 5.02 and 5.07 of our Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;22, 2016. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3)
The description of our Common Stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form 10, filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;7, 2006, 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. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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&nbsp;&amp; Woodyard, P.L.L.C., Little Rock, Arkansas. As of May&nbsp;2, 2016, attorneys with Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates&nbsp;&amp; Woodyard, P.L.L.C. participating in this matter beneficially own approximately
2,634 shares of our Common Stock. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The exhibits to this Form&nbsp;S-8 are listed on the exhibit index, which appears elsewhere herein and is incorporated herein by reference.
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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, 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,
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/<SMALL>S</SMALL>/ C. R<SMALL>ANDALL</SMALL> S<SMALL>IMS</SMALL></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">C. Randall Sims</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Chief Executive Officer and President</TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">POWER OF ATTORNEY </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints C. Randall Sims and Brian S.
Davis, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution, for him or her and in his or her 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 or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his, her or their substitute or substitutes, 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, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and
on the dates indicated. </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:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" align="left">John W. Allison</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Chairman of the Board of Directors</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" align="left">C. Randall Sims</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Chief Executive Officer, President and Director (Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" align="left">Brian S. Davis</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Director (Principal Financial Officer)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">May 4, 2016</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" align="left">Jennifer C. Floyd</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Chief Accounting Officer and Investor Relations Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</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" ALIGN="center">/<SMALL>S</SMALL>/ M<SMALL>ILBURN</SMALL> A<SMALL>DAMS</SMALL></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" align="left">Milburn Adams</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</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" ALIGN="center">/<SMALL>S</SMALL>/ R<SMALL>OBERT</SMALL> H. A<SMALL>DCOCK</SMALL>, J<SMALL>R</SMALL>.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" align="left">Robert H. Adcock, Jr.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" align="left">Richard H. Ashley</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" align="left">Mike D. Beebe</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" align="left">Dale A. Bruns</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" align="left">Jack E. Engelkes</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" align="left">Tracy M. French</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" align="left">James G. Hinkle</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" align="left">Alex R. Lieblong</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Restated Articles of Incorporation of Home BancShares, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Company&#146;s registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (File No. 333-132427), as amended)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Amendment to the Restated Articles of Incorporation of Home BancShares, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Company&#146;s registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-132427), as
amended)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Second Amendment to the Restated Articles of Incorporation of Home BancShares, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.3 to the Company&#146;s registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-132427), as
amended)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Third Amendment to the Restated Articles of Incorporation of Home BancShares, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.4 to the Company&#146;s registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-132427), as
amended)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Fourth Amendment to the Restated Articles of Incorporation of Home BancShares, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2007,
filed on August&nbsp;8, 2007)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Fifth Amendment to the Restated Articles of Incorporation of Home BancShares, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to the Company&#146;s registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-3 (File No.&nbsp;333-157165))</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Certificate of Designations of Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series&nbsp;A, filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Arkansas on January&nbsp;14, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to
the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 21, 2009)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">&#151;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Seventh Amendment to the Restated Articles of Incorporation of Home BancShares, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 19, 2013)</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.9</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">&#151;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Eighth Amendment to the Restated Articles of Incorporation of Home BancShares, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 22, 2016)</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.10</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">&#151;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Restated Bylaws of Home BancShares, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.5 to the Company&#146;s registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-132427), as amended)</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.11</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">&#151;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Specimen Stock Certificate representing Home BancShares, Inc. Common Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.6 to the Company&#146;s registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-132427), as
amended)</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">&#151;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Opinion of Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates &amp; Woodyard, P.L.L.C.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.1</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">&#151;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Consent of BKD, LLP</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.2</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">&#151;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Consent of Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates &amp; Woodyard, P.L.L.C. (included in Exhibit 5.1)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>24.1</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">&#151;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Power of Attorney (on signature page)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>99.1</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">&#151;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Amended and Restated 2006 Stock Option and Performance Incentive Plan of Home BancShares, Inc., as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 30,
2012)</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>99.2</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">&#151;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Amendment to Amended and Restated 2006 Stock Option and Performance Incentive Plan of Home BancShares, Inc., as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2015, filed on August&nbsp;6, 2015)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>99.3</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">&#151;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Amendment to Amended and Restated 2006 Stock Option and Performance Incentive Plan of Home BancShares, Inc., as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April
22, 2016)</TD></TR>
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Form S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 4, 2016
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
incorporation or organization)
(IRS Employer
Identification Number)
719 Harkrider, Suite 100, Conway, Arkansas
72032
(Address of registrant's principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
HOME BANCSHARES, INC. AMENDED AND RESTATED
2006 STOCK OPTION AND PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
C. Randall Sims
Chief Executive Officer
Home BancShares, Inc.
719
Harkrider
Conway, Arkansas 72032
Telephone: (501) 328-4656
(Name, address and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
C. Douglas Buford, Jr., Esq.
Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C.
425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1800
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
Telephone: (501) 688-8866
Facsimile: (501) 918-7866
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
definitions of "accelerated filer," "large accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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 Each Class 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 (2)
Common Stock, par value $0.01
1,000,000
$43.175
$43,175,000
$4,348
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416, this registration statement is deemed to include additional shares of Common Stock issuable under the terms of the Amended and Restated 2006 Stock Option and Performance Incentive 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 $43.175 per share, the average of the high
and low prices of the Common Stock as reported on The NASDAQ Global Select Market on May 2, 2016.
Home BancShares, Inc. (the "registrant" or the "Company") has previously
registered a total of 4,644,000 shares (adjusted for prior stock dividends and a prior stock split) of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Common Stock"), reserved for issuance under its Amended and Restated 2006 Stock Option and
Performance Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). On April 21, 2016, the shareholders of the Company approved an amendment to the Plan to increase the total number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Plan to 5,644,000
shares. This Registration Statement is being filed pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8 to register the additional 1,000,000 shares issuable under the Plan. The Company hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the
contents of the registration statements on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-136645, 333-148763 and 333-188591) filed on August 15, 2006, January 18, 2008, and May 14, 2013, respectively.
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 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, filed with the Commission on February 26,
2016.
(2) Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on February 19, 2016 and March 24,
2016, and Items 5.02 and 5.07 of our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on April 22, 2016.
(3)
The description of our Common Stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form 10, filed with the Commission on April 7, 2006, 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 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 May 2, 2016, attorneys with Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C. participating in this matter beneficially own approximately
2,634 shares of our Common Stock.
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.
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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 May 4, 2016.
HOME BANCSHARES, INC.
By:
/
S
/ C. R
ANDALL
S
IMS
C. Randall Sims
Chief Executive Officer and President
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints C. Randall Sims and Brian S.
Davis, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution, for him or her and in his or her 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 or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his, her 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
/ J
OHN
W. A
LLISON
John W. Allison
Chairman of the Board of Directors
May 4, 2016
/
S
/ C. R
ANDALL
S
IMS
C. Randall Sims
Chief Executive Officer, President and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
May 4, 2016
/
S
/ B
RIAN
S. D
AVIS
Brian S. Davis
Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Director (Principal Financial Officer)
May 4, 2016
/
S
/ J
ENNIFER
C. F
LOYD
Jennifer C. Floyd
Chief Accounting Officer and Investor Relations Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
May 4, 2016
/
S
/ M
ILBURN
A
DAMS
Milburn Adams
Director
May 4, 2016
/
S
/ R
OBERT
H. A
DCOCK
, J
R
.
Robert H. Adcock, Jr.
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors
May 4, 2016
2
/
S
/ R
ICHARD
H. A
SHLEY
Richard H. Ashley
Director
May 4, 2016
/
S
/ M
IKE
D. B
EEBE
Mike D. Beebe
Director
May 4, 2016
/
S
/ D
ALE
A. B
RUNS
Dale A. Bruns
Director
May 4, 2016
/
S
/ J
ACK
E. E
NGELKES
Jack E. Engelkes
Director
May 4, 2016
/
S
/ T
RACY
M. F
RENCH
Tracy M. French
Director
May 4, 2016
/
S
/ J
AMES
G. H
INKLE
James G. Hinkle
Director
May 4, 2016
/
S
/ A
LEX
R. L
IEBLONG
Alex R. Lieblong
Director
May 4, 2016
/
S
/ T
HOMAS
J. L
ONGE
Thomas J. Longe
Director
May 4, 2016
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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 to the Company'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 to the Company'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 to the Company'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 to the Company's registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-132427), as
amended)
4.5
—
Fourth Amendment to the Restated Articles of Incorporation of Home BancShares, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2007,
filed on August 8, 2007)
4.6
—
Fifth Amendment to the Restated Articles of Incorporation of Home BancShares, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to the Company's registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-157165))
4.7
—
Certificate of Designations of Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A, filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Arkansas on January 14, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to
the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 21, 2009)
4.8
—
Seventh Amendment to the Restated Articles of Incorporation of Home BancShares, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 19, 2013)
4.9
—
Eighth Amendment to the Restated Articles of Incorporation of Home BancShares, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 22, 2016)
4.10
—
Restated Bylaws of Home BancShares, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to the Company's registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-132427), as amended)
4.11
—
Specimen Stock Certificate representing Home BancShares, Inc. Common Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to the Company's registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-132427), as
amended)
5.1
—
Opinion of Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C.
23.1
—
Consent of BKD, LLP
23.2
—
Consent of Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C. (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
—
Power of Attorney (on signature page)
99.1
—
Amended and Restated 2006 Stock Option and Performance Incentive Plan of Home BancShares, Inc., as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 30,
2012)
99.2
—
Amendment to Amended and Restated 2006 Stock Option and Performance Incentive Plan of Home BancShares, Inc., as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended June 30, 2015, filed on August 6, 2015)
99.3
—
Amendment to Amended and Restated 2006 Stock Option and Performance Incentive Plan of Home BancShares, Inc., as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April
22, 2016)
4