HANCOCK HOLDING COMPANY (NASDAQ:HBHC) Files An 8-K Regulation FD Disclosure
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On October27, 2017, Hancock Holding Company (the “Company”) released the results of its annual company-administered stress tests conducted in accordance with the requirements of 12 CFR 252.148, which implements the requirements of Section165(i)(2) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The Company’s complete DFAST report, including detailed results, can be found on the Company’s Investor Relations website at www.hancockwhitney.com/investors under Regulatory Disclosures within the SEC Filings tab.

Information contained on the Company’s website is not incorporated by reference into this Current Report on Form 8-K. Reference to the Company’s website is made as an inactive textual reference. In accordance with the General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information presented herein is “furnished” and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), nor shall the information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

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.