Hancock Holding Company						- Add 5 -
Financial Highlights
(amounts in thousands, except per share data and FTE headcount)
(unaudited)
		Three Months Ended			Six Months Ended
		6/30/2006	3/31/2006	6/30/2005	6/30/2006	6/30/2005
Per Common Share Data
Earnings per share:
Basic		$0.68	$0.68	$0.56	$1.36	$1.03
Diluted		$0.66	$0.67	$0.55	$1.32	$1.02
Cash dividends per share		$0.220	$0.195	$0.165	$0.415	$0.330
Book value per share (period-end)		$15.12	$15.06	$14.87	$15.12	$14.87
Tangible book value per share (period-end)		$12.94	$12.85	$12.73	$12.94	$12.73
Weighted average number of shares:
Basic		32,531	32,393	32,396	32,462	32,429
Diluted		33,322	33,088	32,928	33,237	32,973
Period-end number of shares		32,555	32,494	32,310	32,555	32,310
Market data:
High closing price		$57.19	$46.67	$34.87	$57.19	$34.87
Low closing price		$44.02	$37.75	$28.25	$37.75	$28.25
Period end closing price		$56.00	$46.52	$34.40	$56.00	$34.40
Trading volume		8,737	3,990	3,527	12,528	6,814
Other Period-end Data
FTE headcount		1,777	1,768	1,813	1,777	1,813
Tangible common equity		$421,369	$417,684	$411,203	$421,369	$411,203
Tier I capital		$457,738	$440,302	$416,312	$457,738	$416,312
Goodwill		$59,060	$61,418	$55,409	$59,060	$55,409
Amortizable intangibles		$10,575	$8,725	$11,746	$10,575	$11,746
Mortgage servicing intangibles		$1,256	$1,384	$2,082	$1,256	$2,082
Common shares repurchased for publicly announced plans		22	17	96	39	136
Performance Ratios
Return on average assets		1.45%	1.49%	1.52%	1.47%	1.42%
Return on average common equity		17.89%	18.34%	15.28%	18.11%	14.31%
Earning asset yield (TE)		6.32%	6.17%	6.08%	6.25%	5.99%
Total cost of funds		2.05%	1.88%	1.66%	1.96%	1.61%
Net interest margin (TE)		4.27%	4.30%	4.42%	4.28%	4.39%
Non-interest expense as a percent of total revenue (TE)
before amortization of purchased intangibles
and securities transactions		59.13%	58.30%	57.83%	58.72%	58.88%
Common equity (period-end) as a percent of total assets (period-end)		8.00%	7.82%	10.03%	8.00%	10.03%
Leverage (Tier I) ratio		7.59%	7.45%	8.83%	7.59%	8.83%
Tangible common equity ratio		6.92%	6.75%	8.71%	6.92%	8.71%
Net charge-offs as a percent of average loans		0.40%	-0.01%	0.24%	0.20%	0.28%
Allowance for loan losses as a percent of period-end loans		2.33%	2.49%	1.45%	2.33%	1.45%
Allowance for loan losses to NPAs + accruing loans 90 days past due		457.10%	432.85%	284.75%	457.10%	284.75%
Provision for loan losses to net charge-offs		-	655.76%	111.83%	-24.39%	117.72%
Loan/deposit ratio		57.40%	59.00%	73.63%	58.18%	73.02%
Non-interest income excluding
securities transactions as a percent of
total revenue (TE)		30.28%	29.92%	34.06%	30.10%	33.43%
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Hancock Holding Company						- Add 6 -
Financial Highlights
(amounts in thousands, except per share data and FTE headcount)
(unaudited)
		Three Months Ended			Six Months Ended
		6/30/2006	3/31/2006	6/30/2005	6/30/2006	6/30/2005
Asset Quality Information
Non-accrual loans		$7,237