HANCOCK HOLDING COMPANY (NASDAQ:HBHC) Files An 8-K Other Events

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HANCOCK HOLDING COMPANY (NASDAQ:HBHC) Files An 8-K Other Events

Item 8.01


Other Events.

On December 12, 2016, Hancock Holding Company (the “Company”)
issued a press release announcing that it has commenced an
underwritten public offering of 5 million shares of its Common
Stock. The Company intends to grant the underwriters an option to
purchase up to an additional 750,000 shares of its common stock.
The offering will be made to a prospectus supplement filed as
part of an effective shelf registration statement filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on Form S-3. A copy of the
press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report
on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c) Exhibits.

Exhibit Number


Description

99.1

Press Release dated December 12, 2016 announcing the public
offering of common stock.


About HANCOCK HOLDING COMPANY (NASDAQ:HBHC)

Hancock Holding Company (Hancock) is a financial services company that provides a network of service financial choices to the Gulf South region through its bank subsidiary, Whitney Bank, a Mississippi state bank. The Company operates through overall banking operations segment. Whitney Bank operates under brands, such as Hancock Bank in Mississippi, Alabama and Florida and Whitney Bank in Louisiana and Texas. The Bank operates across the Gulf South region comprising southern Mississippi; southern and central Alabama; southern Louisiana; the northern, central, and panhandle regions of Florida; Houston, Texas, and Nashville, Tennessee. The Bank offers a range of traditional and online community banking services to commercial, small business and retail customers, providing a variety of transaction and savings deposit products, treasury management services, investment brokerage services, secured and unsecured loan products, and letters of credit and similar financial guarantees.

HANCOCK HOLDING COMPANY (NASDAQ:HBHC) Recent Trading Information

HANCOCK HOLDING COMPANY (NASDAQ:HBHC) closed its last trading session down -1.30 at 44.00 with 521,667 shares trading hands.