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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May
13 , 2004
Hancock
Holding Company announces quarterly dividend
GULFPORT, MS (May 13, 2004) - Hancock Holding Company (NASDAQ:
HBHC) today announced that the company's board of directors
approved a regular second quarter 2004 common stock cash dividend
of $0.125 per share.
Approved during the company's regular May 2004 board of directors
meeting, the regular quarterly common stock cash dividend
is payable June 15, 2004, to shareholders of record as of
June 4, 2004.
Hancock Holding Company - parent company of Hancock Bank (Mississippi),
Hancock Bank of Louisiana, and Hancock Bank of Florida - has
assets of $4.4 billion. Founded in 1899, Hancock Bank stands
among the strongest, safest financial institutions in America.
Hancock Bank operates 103 offices and more than 140 automated
teller machines throughout South Mississippi, Louisiana and
the Florida Panhandle as well as subsidiaries Hancock Investment
Services, Inc., Hancock Insurance Agency, Magna Insurance
Company, Hancock Mortgage Corporation, and Harrison Finance
Company.
Investors can access additional corporate information or on-line
banking and bill pay services 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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FOR
MORE INFORMATION
George A. Schloegel, Chief Executive Officer
Carl J. Chaney, Chief Financial Officer
Paul D. Guichet, Vice President, Investor Relations
800.522.6542 or 228.214.5242
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