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

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

CONWAY, Ark., June 16, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Home BancShares, Inc.
(Nasdaq:HOMB) today announced it expects to release Second Quarter 2009 earnings
prior to the market opening on Thursday, July 16, 2009. Following this release,
management will conduct a conference call to review this information at 1:00
p.m. CT (2:00 ET) on Thursday, July 16, 2009.

Interested parties can listen to this call by calling 1-800-860-2442 and asking
for the Home BancShares conference call. A replay of the call will be available
by calling 1- 877-344-7529, Passcode: 431597, which will be available until July
24, 2009. 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, with bank subsidiaries that provide a broad range of commercial and
retail banking and related financial services to businesses, real estate
developers and investors, individuals and municipalities. The bank subsidiaries
have locations in central Arkansas, north central Arkansas, southern Arkansas,
the Florida Keys and southwestern Florida. Recently, the Company announced plans
to combine the charters of its banks into a single charter and adopt Centennial
Bank as their common name. This combination is in process and is expected to be
completed this month. 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 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 are included in its Form 10-K, filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission in March 2009.

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CONTACT: Home BancShares, Inc.
Brian S. Davis, Director of Financial Reporting
(501) 328-4770