Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. announced that its board of directors has approved a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.17 per common share, payable on January 27, 2017 to shareholders of record as of January 20, 2017. The dividend of $0.17 per common share represents an increase of $0.005 per common share, or 3.03%, over the dividend paid in the previous quarter. The company has increased its quarterly cash dividend in each of the last twenty-six quarters.