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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February
15, 2006
Hancock
Holding Company announces quarterly dividend
GULFPORT,
MS (February 15, 2006) - Hancock Holding Company (NASDAQ:
HBHC) today announced that the company's board of directors
approved a regular first quarter 2006 common stock cash dividend
of $0.195 per share. Approved during the February meeting
of the company's board of directors, the regular quarterly
common stock cash dividend is payable March 15, 2006, to shareholders
of record as of March 3, 2006.
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 nearly
$6.0 billion. Founded in 1899, Hancock Bank stands among the
strongest, safest five-star financial institutions in America.
Hancock Bank operates 102 offices
and more than 140 automated
teller machines throughout South Mississippi, Alabama,
Louisiana and the Florida Panhandle as well as subsidiaries
Hancock Investment Services, Inc., Hancock Insurance Agency,
and Harrison Finance Company.
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.
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FOR
MORE INFORMATION
Carl J. Chaney, Chief Financial Officer Paul D. Guichet,
VP, Investor Relations 800.522.6542 or 228.563.6559
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