Hancock Holding Company Announces Quarterly Dividend

GULFPORT, Miss., April 30, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hancock Holding Company HBHC today announced that the company's board of directors approved a regular second quarter 2015 common stock cash dividend of $0.24 per share.

Approved during the April meeting of the company's board of directors, the regular quarterly common stock cash dividend is payable June 15, 2015 to shareholders of record as of June 5, 2015.

About Hancock Holding Company

Hancock Holding Company is a financial services company with regional business headquarters and locations throughout a growing Gulf South corridor. The company's banking subsidiary provides a comprehensive network of full-service financial choices through Hancock Bank locations in Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida and Whitney Bank offices in Louisiana and Texas, including traditional and online banking; commercial and small business banking; energy banking; private banking; trust and investment services; certain insurance services; mortgage services; and consumer financing. More information and online banking are available at www.hancockbank.com and www.whitneybank.com.