---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001331520-22-000020"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HOMB"
cik: "0001331520"
company_name: "HOME BANCSHARES INC"
filed_at: "2022-02-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T04:05:08.181677+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Home BancShares receives final regulatory approval for Happy Bancshares merger

## Summary
- Federal Reserve Board approves Home's application to acquire Happy Bancshares; all required approvals now received.
- Shareholders of both companies approved the merger on Dec 15, 2021; Arkansas State Banking Board approved Dec 16, 2021.
- Merger expected to close in early April 2022; Happy shareholders receive 2.17 HOMB shares per Happy share.
- John Allison, Chairman and CEO, expressed readiness to begin integration.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001331520-22-000020
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HOMB
- cik: 0001331520
- company_name: HOME BANCSHARES INC
- filed_at: 2022-02-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1331520/000133152022000020/0001331520-22-000020-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1331520/000133152022000020/homb-20220225.htm

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