John W. Allison, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Home BancShares, Inc.,
Rings The NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell

Monday, October 230, 2006
at NASDAQ's MarketSite
in New York City.

Home BancShares, Inc.

John W. Allison, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Home BancShares, Inc. (HOMB) will preside over the closing bell to celebrate its initial public offering on the NASDAQ.
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 central Arkansas market area, a fourth serves Stone County in north central Arkansas, and a fifth serves the Florida Keys and southwestern Florida. For more information, please visit www.homebancshares.com

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