Mississippi 0-13089 64-0169065
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(State or other (Commission File (I.R.S. Employer
jurisdiction of Number) Identification Number)
incorporation)
One Hancock Plaza, 2510 14th Street,
Gulfport, Mississippi 39501
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
(228) 868-4000
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(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Item 8.01. Other Events. On May 5, 2005, Hancock Holding Company
issued a press release announcing its participation at the Gulf South Bank
Conference at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana on May 10, 2005.
The press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(c) Exhibits.
99.1 Press Release issued by Hancock Holding Company
dated May 5, 2005, headed "Hancock Holding
Company Officers to present at Gulf South Bank
Conference"
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: May 9, 2005
HANCOCK HOLDING COMPANY
(Registrant)
By: /s/ Paul D. Guichet
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Paul D. Guichet
Vice President
Investor Relations
Exhibit 99.1 to Hancock Holding Company Form 8-K
For Immediate Release
May 5, 2005
For More Information
George A. Schloegel, Chief Executive Officer
Carl J. Chaney, Chief Financial Officer
Paul D. Guichet, Vice President, Investor Relations
800.522.6542 or 228.214.5242
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Hancock Holding Company officers to present at Gulf South Bank Conference
GULFPORT, MS (May 5, 2005) - On Tuesday, May 10, 2005 at 10:50 p.m. (CST), officers of Hancock Holding
Company (NASDAQ: HBHC), parent company of Hancock Bank, will address financial analysts from across the nation
attending the 10th annual Gulf South Bank Conference at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in New Orleans, LA.
At the conference, Hancock Chief Executive Officer George A. Schloegel and Chief Financial Officer Carl J.
Chaney will highlight the company's financial performance, corporate business strategies, and economic profiles
of Hancock's Gulf South markets.
Investors may access a live, listen-only webcast of Schloegel and Chaney's comments by visiting
www.hancockbank.com. The presentation will be archived and available for two weeks after the conference
concludes.
Hancock Holding Company subscribes to the highest standards of corporate responsibility with respect to
legal, moral, and regulatory relationships with shareholders, customers, employees, and communities Hancock
serves. Accordingly, these unwavering business principles support a corporate culture of ethical compliance and
accountability that ensures that financial statements are prepared and audited in accordance with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). The Company's systems of internal controls
and risk management processes are in place and fully functional.
Hancock Holding Company - parent company of Hancock Bank (Mississippi), Hancock Bank of Louisiana, Hancock
Bank of Florida, and Magna Insurance Company - has assets of $4.7 billion at March 31, 2005. Founded in 1899,
Hancock Bank stands among the strongest, safest five-star financial institutions in America. Hancock Bank
operates 102 offices and more than 140 automated teller machines throughout South Mississippi, Louisiana and
Florida as well as subsidiaries Hancock Investment Services, Inc., Hancock Insurance Agency, Hancock Mortgage
Corporation and Harrison Finance Company. Investors can access additional corporate information or online
banking and bill pay services at www.hancockbank.com.
"SAFE HARBOR" STATEMENT UNDER THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995: Congress passed the
Private Securities Litigation Act of 1995 in an effort to encourage corporations to provide information
about companies' anticipated future financial performance. This act provides a safe harbor for such
disclosure, which protects the companies from unwarranted litigation if actual results are different from
management expectations. This release contains forward-looking statements and reflects management's
current views and estimates of future economic circumstances, industry conditions, company performance,
and financial results. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of factors and
uncertainties which could cause the company's actual results and experience to differ from the anticipated
results and expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements
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