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Stock Symbol: NASDAQ: HBHC
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Hancock Holding Company (the Company), organized in 1984 as a bank holding
company registered under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, is
headquartered in Gulfport, Mississippi. In 2002, the Company qualified as a
financial holding company giving it broader powers. At December 31, 2007, the
Company operated more than 162 banking and financial services offices and more
than 132 automated teller machines (ATMs) in the states of Mississippi,
Louisiana, Florida and Alabama through four wholly-owned bank subsidiaries,
Hancock Bank, Gulfport, Mississippi (Hancock Bank MS), Hancock Bank of
Louisiana, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Hancock Bank LA), Hancock Bank of Florida,
Tallahassee, Florida (Hancock Bank FL) and Hancock Bank of Alabama, Mobile,
Alabama (Hancock Bank AL). Hancock Bank MS, Hancock Bank LA, Hancock Bank FL and
Hancock Bank AL are referred to collectively as the “Banks”.