AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER DATED AS OF JANUARY 24, 2013 BY AND AMONG BANK OF THE OZARKS, INC., BANK OF THE OZARKS, AND THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SHELBYMerger Agreement • January 25th, 2013 • Bank of the Ozarks Inc • State commercial banks • Arkansas
This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”) is dated as of January 24, 2013, by and among Bank of the Ozarks, Inc., an Arkansas corporation with its principal office in Little Rock, Arkansas (“Buyer”), Bank of the Ozarks, an Arkansas state banking corporation with its principal office in Little Rock, Arkansas and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Buyer (“Buyer Bank”), and The First National Bank of Shelby, a national banking association with its principal office in Shelby, North Carolina (“FNB”).
