---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-21-048023"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HOMB"
cik: "0001331520"
company_name: "HOME BANCSHARES INC"
filed_at: "2021-09-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T03:27:33.010973+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Home BancShares to acquire Happy Bancshares for ~$919M in stock; triple accretive

## Summary
- All-stock deal: 2.17 HOMB shares per Happy share; aggregate value ~$919M.
- Transaction expected to close in Q1 2022; subject to shareholder and regulatory approvals.
- Triple accretive: EPS accretion of 5.5% in 2022, 9.2% in 2023; book value +5.1%.
- Pro forma bank: ~$23.3B assets, $18.7B deposits, 222 branches in 5 states.
- J. Pat Hickman to join HOMB board; Mikel Williamson joins Centennial Bank executive team.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-21-048023
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HOMB
- cik: 0001331520
- company_name: HOME BANCSHARES INC
- filed_at: 2021-09-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1331520/000156459021048023/0001564590-21-048023-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1331520/000156459021048023/homb-8k_20210915.htm

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