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Hancock Holding Company to Announce Second Quarter 2011 Financial Results July 21 and Host Conference Call July 22

July 7, 2011

GULFPORT, Miss., July 7, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GULFPORT, Miss. (July 7, 2011) — Hancock Holding Company (Nasdaq:HBHC) will announce second quarter 2011 financial results on Thursday, July 21, 2011 after the market closes. Management will host a conference call for analysts and investors at 10:00 a.m. Central Daylight Time on Friday, July 22, 2011 to review the results. 

A live listen-only webcast of the call will be available under the Investor Relations section of our website at www.hancockbank.com. To participate in the Q&A 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 July 27, 2011 by dialing (800) 642-1687 or (706) 645-9291, passcode 81498026. 

About Hancock Holding Company

Following completion of the Whitney merger, Hancock Holding Company has assets of approximately $20 billion. Both Hancock Bank and Whitney Bank were founded more than a century ago and operate a combined total of nearly 300 full-service bank branches and almost 400 ATMs across a Gulf South corridor comprising South Mississippi; southern and central Alabama; southern Louisiana; the northern, central, and Panhandle regions of Florida; and Houston, Texas. 

The Hancock Holding Company financial services family also includes Hancock Investment Services, Inc.; Hancock Insurance Agency and its divisions of J. Everett Eaves and Ross King Walker; Magna Insurance Company; Southern Coastal Insurance Agency, Inc.; corporate trust offices in Gulfport and Jackson, Miss., New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Orlando; and Harrison Finance Company. 

Investors and customers can access more information about Hancock Holding Company, Hancock Bank, and e-banking at www.hancockbank.com.  Details about Whitney Bank and online banking are available at www.whitneybank.com.

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

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Source: Hancock Holding Company