Hancock Holding Company Announces Quarterly Dividend

GULFPORT, Miss., Aug. 01, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hancock Holding Company HBHC today announced that the company's board of directors approved a regular third quarter 2016 common stock cash dividend of $0.24 per share.

Approved during the July meeting of the company's board of directors, the regular quarterly common stock cash dividend is payable September 15, 2016 to shareholders of record as of September 6, 2016.
       
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.