Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

On January 22, 2021, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Home BancShares, Inc. (the "Company") approved and adopted the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (the "Bylaws"), effective immediately. The Bylaws amend and restate the Company's Restated Bylaws, which were adopted on March 13, 2006. The Bylaws (i) update the listed corporate officers, clarify their term in office and add descriptions of their roles consistent with current practices; (ii) adopt advance notice procedures that require shareholders to notify and provide certain information to the Company not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days prior to a shareholder meeting for an item of business or director nominee proposed by the shareholder outside of the Company's proxy materials to be properly brought before such meeting; (iii) allow the Company to hold shareholder meetings by means of remote communication to the extent permitted by Arkansas law; (iv) permit the electronic signature and transmission of certain documents, including proxies and written consents of the Board acting in lieu of a meeting; (v) adopt a forum selection provision; (vi) make general updates to conform to current Arkansas law and common practice; and (vii) make certain other ministerial clarifications and updates.

The foregoing description of the Bylaws does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Bylaws, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.05 Amendments to the Registrant's Code of Ethics, or Waiver or a Provision of the Code of Ethics.

On January 22, 2021, the Company's Board adopted revisions to its Corporate Code of Ethics for Directors, Officers and Employees (the "Code"). The revisions to the Code were adopted to reflect current best practices, improve readability and more clearly communicate the Company's expectations regarding ethical business conduct. The changes to the Code include, among other things: (i) expanded provisions relating to the documentation of potential conflicts of interest, (ii) expanded provisions relating to compliance with applicable, laws, rules, regulations and the Code, (iii) addition of provisions relating to compliance with anti-corruption and anti-bribery laws, (iv) revised and expanded provisions relating to reporting illegal or unethical behavior, (v) revised provisions relating to the Company's policy on non-retaliation for employees that report in good faith and in accordance with the Code, and (vi) other administrative and non-substantive amendments.

The adoption of the revisions to the Code did not relate to or result in any waiver, whether explicit or implicit, of any provision of the Code.

The foregoing summary of the Code does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Code, which is filed as Exhibit 14.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.




Item 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits.



(d) Exhibits



 3.1    Amended and Restated Bylaws of Home BancShares, Inc.

14.1    Home BancShares, Inc. Corporate Code of Ethics for Directors, Officers
      and Employees

 104  Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL
      document)

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