Hancock
Holding Company to announce first quarter earnings
GULFPORT,
MS (March 19, 2008) - Executives of Hancock Holding Company
(NASDAQ: HBHC) today announced that the company will release
first quarter 2008 earnings results after close of business
on Tuesday, April 22, 2008.
Founded in 1899 on principles of honor and integrity,
strength and stability, commitment to service, teamwork,
and personal responsibility, Hancock Bank recently ranked
third among America's top-performing financial institutions
and has rated among the country's strongest, safest banks
for 73 consecutive quarters. Hancock Holding Company - parent
company of Hancock Bank (Mississippi), Hancock Bank of Louisiana,
Hancock Bank of Florida, and Hancock Bank of Alabama - has
assets of approximately $6.1 billion.
Hancock offers comprehensive financial solutions through
an extensive network of 162 banking and financial services
offices, 132 ATMs, telephone banking, and Internet banking.
Hancock Bank subsidiaries include Hancock Investment Services,
Inc., Hancock Insurance Agency and its division of Ross
King Walker and J. Everett Eaves, and Harrison Finance Company.
More corporate information and online banking and bill pay
services are available at www.hancockbank.com.
"SAFE
HARBOR" STATEMENT UNDER THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION
REFORM ACT OF 1995: Congress passed the Private
Securities Litigation Act of 1995 in an effort to encourage
corporations to provide information about companies' anticipated
future financial performance. This act provides a safe harbor
for such disclosure, which protects the companies from unwarranted
litigation if actual results are different from management
expectations. This release contains forward-looking statements
and reflects management's current views and estimates of
future economic circumstances, industry conditions, company
performance, and financial results. These forward-looking
statements are subject to a number of factors and uncertainties
which could cause the company's actual results and experience
to differ from the anticipated results and expectations
expressed in such forward-looking statements.
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More Information
Carl J. Chaney, Chief Executive Officer
John M. Hairston, Chief Executive Officer
Michael M. Achary, Chief Financial Officer
Paul D. Guichet, V.P., Investor Relations
800.522.6542 or 228.563.6559
