CONWAY, Ark., March 11, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Home BancShares, Inc. (Nasdaq:HOMB) announced that it would participate as a presenter at the B. Riley & Co. 10th Annual Las Vegas Investor Conference to be held in Las Vegas, NV, on March 17-19, 2009.
John Allison, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Home BancShares, Inc., will present at 3:30 p.m. CT (1:30 PT), on Thursday, March 19, 2009. The conference presentation will be webcast live, and can be accessed through the Company's website under Investor Relations. Those accessing the webcast presentation should allow extra time to register and download any necessary software. A replay will be available for 90 days for those who are unable to listen to the live broadcast.
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 by the middle of this year. 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.