CONWAY, Ark., Sept. 19, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Home BancShares, Inc. (Nasdaq:HOMB) announced that it would participate as a presenter at the annual RBC Capital Markets Financial Institutions Conference to be held in Martha's Vineyard, MA, on September 25 through 26, 2007.
John Allison, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Home BancShares, Inc., will present at 1:30 p.m. (CST), on Tuesday, September 25, 2007. The conference presentation slides and audio webcast will be available within the investor relations tab of the Company's website at www.homebancshares.com. A replay of the presentation will be available for 30 days after the conference.
Home BancShares, Inc. is a financial holding company, headquartered in Conway, Arkansas, with five wholly owned 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. Three of the bank subsidiaries are located in the central Arkansas market area, a fourth serves Stone County in north central Arkansas, and a fifth serves the Florida Keys and southwestern Florida. As previously announced, the Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Centennial Bancshares, Inc., Little Rock, Arkansas. This transaction is expected to close on January 1, 2008. Upon completion of this acquisition, the Corporation will own six wholly owned banks, four in the central Arkansas market. The Company's common stock is traded through the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol "HOMB".