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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 27, 2006
Hancock
Holding Company to present at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods
Community Bank Investor Conference
GULFPORT, MS (July 27, 2006) - Executives of Hancock Holding
Company (NASDAQ: HBHC), the parent company of 107-year-old
Hancock Bank, will present a corporate overview to attendees
at the Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW) Honor Roll &
7th Annual Community Bank Investor Conference at the Waldorf-Astoria
in New York, NY, from 9:30 a.m. to 9:55 p.m. (EDT) on Tuesday,
August 1, 2006.
At the KBW conference, Hancock's chief executive officer George
A. Schloegel and chief financial officer Carl J. Chaney will
review the company's recent financial performance and business
strategies. Investor Relations vice president Paul D. Guichet
will attend to coordinate one-on-one meetings with analysts
and investors.
A
live webcast of Hancock's presentation will be available at
the conference link. A replay
of the company's presentation will be available at this link
for a period of 60 days after the conference. Investors and
analysts may also access a copy of the presentation by visiting
Hancock's website and selecting the Investor
Relations link.
Hancock
Holding Company - the parent company of Hancock Bank (Mississippi),
Hancock Bank of Louisiana, Hancock Bank of Florida, and Magna
Insurance Company - has assets of $6.2 billion. Founded in
1899, Hancock Bank stands among the strongest, safest financial
institutions in the United States and is the only financial
services company headquartered in the Gulf South to rate among
the top 20 percent of America's top performing banks. Hancock
offers comprehensive financial solutions through more than
140 banking and financial services offices
and more than 130 automated
teller machines throughout South Mississippi, Louisiana,
southern Alabama, and the Florida Panhandle.
Investors
can access additional corporate
information or on-line
banking and bill
pay services online.
"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.
FOR
MORE INFORMATION
R. Paul Maxwell, Corporate Communications Manager
800.522.6542 (ext. 5252) or 228.214.4252
paul_maxwell@hancockbank.com
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