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SEC Company Response from HOME BANCSHARES INC (HOMB) (CIK 0001331520) (HOMB) — Aug 26, 2014

HOME BANCSHARES INC (HOMB) (CIK 0001331520)
Date: Aug. 26, 2014 · CIK: 0001331520 · Accession: 0001193125-14-322016

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File numbers found in text: 000-51904

Date
Aug. 26, 2014
Author
MITCHELL, WILLIAMS, SELIG
Form
CORRESP
Company
HOME BANCSHARES INC (HOMB) (CIK 0001331520)

Letter

United States Securities and Exchange Commission Re: Home BancShares, Inc. Form 10-K for year ended December 31, 2013, filed February 28, 2014, incorporating from Schedule 14A filed on March 4, 2014 File No. 000-51904

Dear Mr. Samples:

As a follow up to our conversation this morning, you have requested that we provide additional information relating to disclosure made by Home BancShares, Inc. (the “Company”) in its Proxy Statement filed on March 4, 2014, which was incorporated into Item 13 of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 28, 2014. The relevant disclosure is included in the section titled “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions” under the subheading “Real Estate Transactions.”

We are providing this letter for the purpose of clarifying the disclosure made regarding lease payments to First Real Estate LTD Partnership LLLP, of which director Robert H. Adcock, Jr. is a partner, and to Conservative Development Company, a corporation controlled through common ownership by director Richard H. Ashley. During 2013, the aggregate payments made directly or indirectly to First Real Estate LTD Partnership LLP totaled $20,220 and the aggregate payments made directly or indirectly to Conservative Development Company totaled $77,720. First Real Estate LTD Partnership LLP and Conservative Development Company are not affiliated with each other and are not under common ownership. These transactions did not exceed $120,000 individually or in the aggregate.

Mr. Joshua Samples

August 26, 2014

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Please contact us immediately if you have any questions or if this is insufficient to complete our response to the Staff’s comment.

Sincerely,
MITCHELL, WILLIAMS, SELIG,

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CORRESP

 H. MAURICE MITCHELL

(1925-2011)

 WILLIAM H.L. WOODYARD,
III

 (1945-2014)

 MICHELE
ALLGOOD

 JOHN K. BAKER

SHERRY P. BARTLEY

STEVE BAUMAN

 TRAV
BAXTER

 R. T. BEARD, III

MICHELLE L. BROWNING

 C.
DOUGLAS BUFORD, JR.

 BURNIE
BURNER1

 FREDERICK K.
CAMPBELL2

 CHARLES B.
CLIETT, JR.3

 KEN COOK

ELISABETH S. DELARGY5

 JILL GRIMSLEY
DREWYOR6

 DOAK
FOSTER2

 BYRON
FREELAND

 KAREN P. FREEMAN13

 ALLAN GATES2

 KATHLYN GRAVES

HAROLD W. HAMLIN

 L.
KYLE HEFFLEY9

 BEN D. JACKSON

ANTON L. JANIK, JR. 10

M. SAMUEL JONES III

TONY JUNEAU

 JOHN
ALAN LEWIS

 D. NICOLE LOVELL

WALTER E. MAY

 BRUCE
MCCANDLESS III11

 LANCE R. MILLER

STUART P. MILLER

 T.
ARK MONROE, III2

 MARSHALL S. NEY

JENNIFER R. PIERCE

CHRISTOPHER D. PLUMLEE

JULIE M. POMERANTZ16

LYN P. PRUITT

CHRISTOPHER T. ROGERS

 J.
SCOTT SCHALLHORN

 BARRY G. SKOLNICK12

 DERRICK W. SMITH2

 STAN D. SMITH

JEFFREY L. SPILLYARDS

CLAYBORNE S. STONE

JEFFREY THOMAS2

BRIAN A. VANDIVER

WALTER G. WRIGHT, JR.

TOD YESLOW7

 425 WEST CAPITOL AVENUE,

SUITE 1800

LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS 72201-3525

TELEPHONE 501-688-8800

FAX 501-688-8807

 9ANGELA ARTHERTON

MELISSA BANDY

 1K.C. BARNER

 CORY D. CHILDS

CRAIG R. COCKRELL

 ALEX
T. GRAY

 MEGAN HARGRAVES

CHRISTOPHER A. MCNULTY

KATIE M. PAPASAN

 BRIAN
A. PIPKIN

 KENDRA PRUITT

7KATHY SHARP

BRADFORD R. SHUMPERT

AMANDA L. STANTON

ZACHARY T. STEADMAN

MARY CATHERINE WAY

ADRIENNE L. WOODS

ASHLEY D. YOUNGER

 COUNSEL

 8BENJAMIN
D. BRENNER

 JASON T. BROWNING

7ADRIA W. CONKLIN

COURTNEY C. CROUCH, III

JANE W. DUKE

 15GEORGE R. ERNST

7MARTHA MCKENZIE HILL

4GINGER HYNEMAN

MARGARET A. JOHNSTON

 1AMANDA L. MACLENNAN

 KAREN
WHATLEY

 OF COUNSEL

W. CHRISTOPHER BARRIER

JOSEPH W. GELZINE

DONALD H. HENRY

 14HERMANN IVESTER

 ANNE S. PARKER

1LARRY PARKS

JOHN S. SELIG

 MARCELLA
J. TAYLOR

 RICHARD A. WILLIAMS

 2 ADMITTED IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND
ARKANSAS

 3 ADMITTED IN ARIZONA, TEXAS AND
ARKANSAS

 4 ADMITTED IN TENNESSEE AND ARKANSAS

5 ADMITTED IN TENNESSEE AND TEXAS

6 ADMITTED IN OKLAHOMA AND ARKANSAS

7 ADMITTED IN TEXAS AND ARKANSAS

8 ADMITTED IN CALIFORNIA AND ARKANSAS

9 ADMITTED IN MISSOURI AND ARKANSAS

 WRITER’S DIRECT DIAL

501-688-8866

August 26, 2014

 10 ADMITTED IN COLORADO AND
ARKANSAS

11 ADMITTED IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,
NEW YORK, AND TEXAS

 12 ADMITTED IN
NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA

 13 ADMITTED IN
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, TEXAS AND ARKANSAS

 14
ADMITTED IN THE U.S. PATENT

 AND TRADEMARK
OFFICE AND ARKANSAS

 15 ADMITTED IN PENNSYLVANIA
AND ARKANSAS

 16 ADMITTED IN GEORGIA AND
TEXAS

 ALL OTHERS ADMITTED ONLY IN
ARKANSAS

 Mr. Joshua Samples

 United
States Securities and Exchange Commission

 100 F Street N.E.

Washington, DC 20549

Re:
Home BancShares, Inc.

Form 10-K for year ended December 31, 2013, filed February 28, 2014,

        incorporating from Schedule 14A filed on March 4, 2014

File No. 000-51904

 Dear Mr. Samples:

As a follow up to our conversation this morning, you have requested that we provide additional information relating to disclosure made by Home
BancShares, Inc. (the “Company”) in its Proxy Statement filed on March 4, 2014, which was incorporated into Item 13 of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 28, 2014. The relevant disclosure is
included in the section titled “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions” under the subheading “Real Estate Transactions.”

We are providing this letter for the purpose of clarifying the disclosure made regarding lease payments to First Real Estate LTD Partnership
LLLP, of which director Robert H. Adcock, Jr. is a partner, and to Conservative Development Company, a corporation controlled through common ownership by director Richard H. Ashley. During 2013, the aggregate payments made directly or indirectly to
First Real Estate LTD Partnership LLP totaled $20,220 and the aggregate payments made directly or indirectly to Conservative Development Company totaled $77,720. First Real Estate LTD Partnership LLP and Conservative Development Company are not
affiliated with each other and are not under common ownership. These transactions did not exceed $120,000 individually or in the aggregate.

 Mr. Joshua Samples

August 26, 2014

  Page
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 Please contact us immediately if you have any questions or if this is insufficient to
complete our response to the Staff’s comment.

Sincerely,

MITCHELL, WILLIAMS, SELIG,

GATES & WOODYARD, P.L.L.C.

/s/ C. Douglas Buford, Jr.

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cc:
Mr. C. Randall Sims