Giverny Capital of Montreal acquired more than 143,700 shares of Bank of the Ozarks stock in the first quarter, the money management fund reported in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
The deal was valued at more than $6 million, according to BuySellSignals.com.
Giverny Capital now owns almost 1.1 million shares, or about 1.2 percent, of the Little Rock-based bank valued at almost $40 million.
Bank of the Ozarks has $11.4 billion in total assets. It has more than 175 offices in Arkansas, Georgia, North Carolina, Texas, Florida, Alabama, South Carolina, New York and California.
-- David Smith