Home BancShares and Liberty Bancshares, Inc. Announce Business Combination; Liberty Shareholders to Receive $250M in Home Common Stock and $30M in Cash

Home BancShares (Nasdaq: HOMB ) ("Home" or "the Company"), parent company of Centennial Bank, and Liberty Bancshares, Inc. ("Liberty"), parent company of Liberty Bank of Arkansas, today announced the signing of a definitive agreement for Liberty to merge into Home. Under the terms of the agreement, shareholders of Liberty