CONWAY, Ark., Sept. 11, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Home BancShares, Inc. (Nasdaq:HOMB) today announced it expects to release Third Quarter 2008 earnings prior to the market opening on Thursday, October 16, 2008. Following this release, management will conduct a conference call to review this information at 1:00 p.m. CT (2:00 ET) on Thursday, October 16, 2008.
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: 423241, which will be available until October 28, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. 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, with six 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 central and southern Arkansas, a fifth serves Stone County in north central Arkansas, and a sixth serves the Florida Keys and southwestern Florida. Recently, the Company announced plans to combine the charters of its six banks into a single charter and adopt Centennial Bank as their common name. This combination is expected to be completed by the middle of next 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.