Hancock Holding Company Announces Quarterly Dividend

GULFPORT, Miss., Oct. 30, 2017 -- Hancock Holding Company (Nasdaq:HBHC) today announced that the company’s board of directors approved a regular fourth quarter 2017 common stock cash dividend of $0.24 per share.

Approved during the October meeting of the company’s board of directors, the regular quarterly common stock cash dividend is payable December 15, 2017 to shareholders of record as of December 5, 2017.

About Hancock Holding Company
Hancock Holding Company is a financial services company with regional business headquarters and locations across the Gulf South. The company’s banking subsidiary provides comprehensive financial products and services through Hancock Bank locations in Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida and Whitney Bank locations in Louisiana and Texas, including traditional, online, and mobile banking; commercial and small business banking; private banking; trust and investment services; certain insurance services; and mortgage services. More information is available at www.hancockwhitney.com.

For More Information
Trisha Voltz Carlson, EVP Investor Relations Manager
504-299-5208 or [email protected]