HANCOCK HOLDING CO
			Symbol			HBHC

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Hancock Holding Company Announces Quarterly Dividend

2009-11-17 15:40 ET - News Release

GULFPORT, Miss., Nov. 17, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hancock Holding Company (Nasdaq:HBHC) today announced that the company's board of directors approved a regular fourth quarter 2009 common stock cash dividend of $0.24 per share.

Approved during the November meeting of the company's board of directors, the regular quarterly common stock cash dividend is payable December 15, 2009, to shareholders of record as of December 4, 2009.

Hancock Holding Company - parent company of Hancock Bank (Mississippi), Hancock Bank of Louisiana, Hancock Bank of Florida, and Hancock Bank of Alabama - had assets of approximately $6.8 billion as of September 30, 2009. Founded in 1899, Hancock Bank consistently ranks as one of the country's strongest, safest financial institutions, according to BauerFinancial, Inc. More corporate information and e-banking are available at www.hancockbank.com.

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