GULFPORT, Miss., Sept. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- George A. Schloegel,
Vice Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Hancock Holding
Company (Nasdaq: HBHC), will join other regional bank CEOs and financial
analysts for a roundtable conference call on regional banking sponsored by The
Wall Street Reporter magazine today at 1:00 p.m. (CST).
To hear the conference call, listeners can dial (918) 222-7424 and enter
code 9043.
Providing a regional industry perspective, conference call discussions
will highlight interest rates and the effects on bank stocks, opportunities
for expansion and new business acquisition, key developments in finance
affecting fund manager investment decisions, best prospects to attract
investors' attention, and prospects for investment in regional bank stocks
this year and for the long term.
Panelists will include Peyton Green, bank analyst at FTN Midwest Research;
Richard Bove, Hoefer & Arnett; Anthony Pollini, FTN Midwest Research;
Jefferson Harralson, Keefe Bruyette & Woods; Joseph Stieven, Stifel Nicolaus &
Company; and Mark Fitzgibbon, Sandler O'Neill & Partners.
A transcript of today's roundtable conference call will be published in a
future issue of The Wall Street Reporter focusing on the banking industry.
Interested individuals can research additional information
at www.wallstreetreporter.com/roundtables/regionalbank/index.html.
Hancock Holding Company, parent company of Hancock Bank (Mississippi) and
Hancock Bank of Louisiana, has more than $4.1 billion in assets. Founded
1899, Hancock Bank consistently ranks as one of America's strongest, safest
five-star financial institutions. Hancock Bank operates 102 full-service
offices and more than 135 automated teller machines throughout South
Mississippi and Louisiana; corporate trust offices in Gulfport, Jackson, MS,
Baton Rouge, LA, and New Orleans, LA; a business financial center in Mobile,
AL; and subsidiaries Hancock Investment Services, Inc., Hancock Insurance
Agency, Hancock Mortgage Corporation, and Harrison Finance Company.
Additional corporate information and on-line banking and bill pay services
are available at www.hancockbank.com .
SOURCE Hancock Holding Company
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/CONTACT: George A. Schloegel, Vice Chairman, President, & Chief Executive
Officer, or Carl J. Chaney, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial
Officer, or Paul D. Guichet, Vice President, Investor Relations,
+1-800-522-6542 x. 85242, or +1-228-214-5242, or paul_guichet@hancockbank.com,
both of Hancock Holding Company/
/Web site: http://hancockbank.com/
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CO: Hancock Holding Company
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