Hancock Holding Company to Announce Fourth Quarter 2011 Financial Results …

GULFPORT, Miss., Jan 5, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) –
Hancock Holding Company


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will announce fourth quarter 2011 financial results on Thursday, January 26, 2012 after the market closes. Management will host a conference call for analysts and investors at 9:00 a.m. Central Daylight Time on Friday, January 27, 2012 to review the results.

A live listen-only webcast of the call will be available under the Investor Relations section of Hancock’s website at
www.hancockbank.com . To participate in the QA portion of the call, dial (877) 564-1219 or (973) 638-3429.

An audio archive of the conference call will be available under the Investor Relations section of our website. A replay of the call will also be available through February 3, 2012 by dialing (855) 859-2056 or (404) 537-3406, passcode 40620591.

About Hancock Holding Company

Hancock Holding Company, the parent company of Hancock Bank and Whitney Bank, operates almost 300 branches and nearly 400 ATMs across Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, and Texas.

The Hancock Holding Company family of financial services companies also includes Hancock Investment Services, Inc.; Hancock Insurance Agency and Whitney Insurance Agency, Inc.; and corporate trust offices in Gulfport and Jackson, Miss., New Orleans and Baton Rouge, La., and Orlando, Fla.; and Harrison Finance Company.

Additional information is available at
www.hancockbank.com and
www.whitneybank.com .

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SOURCE: Hancock Holding Company

        CONTACT: Trisha Voltz Carlson, SVP, Investor Relations Manager
        504-299-5208
        trisha_carlson@hancockbank.com

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