Bank of the Ozarks (OZRK)

     During 2008 base salaries paid to all ten executive officers as a group (including the Chief Executive Officer) employed for the full years of 2007 and 2008 increased 7.8%. The base salaries paid to the five named executive officers in 2008 increased 10.7%, somewhat higher than the increases in base salaries for all ten executive officers as a group. The table below discloses base salary for each named executive officer in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 and the percentage increase in their 2008 base salary from their 2007 base salary.

     During 2007 base salaries paid to all eleven executive officers employed for the full years of 2006 and 2007 as a group (including the CEO) increased by 6.70%. The salary increases for the named executive officers generally were comparable to the increases for all the Company’s executive officers. The table below discloses base salary for each named executive officer in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 and the percentage increase in their 2007 base salary from their 2006 base salary.

     The Company determined to increase Mr. Moore’s base salary to be more comparable to salaries paid to chief financial officers of other similarly sized financial institutions, resulting in a greater percentage increase in his 2007 base salary over the 2006 level, relative to the other named executive officers.