As previously reported, Home BancShares, Inc. (the "Company") and its subsidiary bank, Centennial Bank (the "Bank"), entered into an Underwriting Agreement, dated September 15, 2009 (the "Underwriting Agreement"), between the Company and the Bank, on one hand, and Stephens Inc. and RBC Capital Markets Corporation, as representatives of the several underwriters named in Schedule I thereto (the "Underwriters"), providing for, among other things, the issuance and sale by the Company to the Underwriters of 4,950,000 shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Common Stock"). The offering was completed on September 21, 2009. On October 2, 2009, the Underwriters exercised the over-allotment option granted under the Underwriting Agreement for the full additional 742,500 shares of the Company's Common Stock subject to that option (the "Option Shares") at a price of $19.85 per share, less underwriting discounts and commissions. The sale of the Option Shares was completed on October 7, 2009, resulting in net proceeds to the Company, after underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses, of approximately $14.0 million.

Exhibits 5.1 and 23.1 with respect to the issuance of the Option Shares, which are attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K, are incorporated by reference in their entirety into the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-161198) filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on August 10, 2009.

A copy of the related press release, dated October 7, 2009, announcing the closing of the sale of the Option Shares, is included herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01           Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)      Exhibits

Exhibit No.   Description
5.1           Opinion of Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates &
              Woodyard, P.L.L.C.
23.1          Consent of Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates &
              Woodyard, P.L.L.C. (included in Exhibit 5.1)
99.1          Press Release dated October 7, 2009