Home BancShares, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter Earnings Release Date and Conference Call

CONWAY, Ark., Dec. 18, 2017 -- Home BancShares, Inc. (NASDAQ:HOMB), parent company of Centennial Bank, today announced it expects to release Fourth Quarter 2017 earnings before the market opens on January 18, 2018.  Following this release, management will conduct a conference call to review these earnings at 1:00 p.m. CT (2:00 ET) on Thursday, January 18, 2018.

We encourage all participants to pre-register for the conference call using the following link:  http://dpregister.com/10115147.  Callers who pre-register will be given dial-in instructions and a unique PIN to gain immediate access to the live call.  Participants may pre-register now, or at any time prior to the call, and will immediately receive simple instructions via email.  The Home BancShares conference call will also be automatically scheduled as an event in your Outlook calendar.

Those without internet access or unable to pre-register may dial in and listen to the live call by calling 1-877-508-9586 and asking for the Home BancShares conference call.  A replay of the call will be available by calling 1-877-344-7529, Passcode: 10115147, which will be available until January 28, 2018 at 10:59 p.m. CT (11:59 ET).  Internet access to the call will be available live or in recorded version on the Company's website at www.homebancshares.com.

Home BancShares, Inc. is a bank holding company, headquartered in Conway, Arkansas. Its wholly-owned subsidiary, Centennial Bank, provides a broad range of commercial and retail banking plus related financial services to businesses, real estate developers, investors, individuals and municipalities. Centennial Bank has branch locations in Arkansas, Florida, South Alabama and New York City. The Company’s common stock is traded through the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “HOMB”.

This release contains forward-looking statements regarding the Company's plans, expectations, goals and outlook for the future. Statements in this press release that are not historical facts should be considered forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements of this type speak only as of the date of this news release. By nature, forward-looking statements involve inherent risk and uncertainties. Various factors, including, but not limited to, economic conditions, credit quality, interest rates, loan demand, the ability to successfully integrate new acquisitions and changes in the assumptions used in making the forward-looking statements, could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements. Additional information on factors that might affect Home BancShares, Inc.'s financial results is included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 28, 2017.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

Home BancShares, Inc.
Jennifer C. Floyd
Chief Accounting Officer & Investor Relations Officer
(501) 339-2929

Ticker symbol:  HOMB