HANCOCK HOLDING COMPANY (NASDAQ:HBHC) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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HANCOCK HOLDING COMPANY (NASDAQ:HBHC) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Item 5.07 the Company’s decision regarding the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of our named executive officers. Except as set forth herein, no modifications have been made to information contained in the Original Form 8-K.

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At the Annual Meeting on April 26, 2017, an advisory vote was conducted on the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. As previously reported by the Company in the Original Form 8-K, holders of a majority of the Company’s shares present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting expressed a preference to hold the advisory vote on executive compensation on an annual basis.

In accordance with these results and its previous recommendation (as set forth in the Proxy Statement for the 2017 Annual Meeting), the Board of Directors of the Company determined that the Company will hold an advisory vote regarding the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers each year until the next vote on the frequency of shareholder advisory votes on executive compensation. The next advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation will occur no later than the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders in 2023.


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.

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