SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
January 25, 2007
HANCOCK HOLDING COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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)
INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT
Item 8.01. Other Events. On January 25, 2007, Hancock Holding Company
issued a press release announcing the appointment of Anthony J. Topazi, Mississippi Power
Company's president and chief executive officer, as a Hancock Holding Company
director. Information regarding Mr. Topazi is contained in the press release
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 January 25, 2007, headed "Hancock names
Mississippi Power exec' to holding company board."
SIGNATURE
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: January 26, 2007
HANCOCK HOLDING COMPANY
(Registrant)
By: /s/ Paul D. Guichet
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Paul D. Guichet
Vice President
Investor Relations
Exhibit 99.1
HANCOCK HOLDING COMPANY
For Immediate Release
January 25, 2007
For More Information
R. Paul Maxwell, VP & Corporate Communications Manager
228.563.7953
Paul D. Guichet, VP, Investor Relations
228.522.6542 or 228.563.6559
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Hancock names Mississippi Power exec' to holding company board
GULFPORT, MS (January 25, 2007) - Hancock Holding Company (NASDAQ: HBHC) officials today announced the
company's nominating committee appointment and subsequent board approval of Anthony J. Topazi, Mississippi Power
Company's president and chief executive officer, as a Hancock Holding Company director.
Topazi joined the Hancock Bank board of directors in 2004.
"We are very pleased with the appointment of Anthony Topazi to Hancock's holding company board. His
leadership, integrity, business acumen, and steadfast commitment to our community will further strengthen our
Gulf South business presence," said Hancock Holding Company Chairman of the Board George A. Schloegel.
Topazi, a Birmingham, AL, native, became Mississippi Power Company's 10th chief executive leader in January
2004. Previously an executive vice president at Southern Company Generation and Energy Marketing, he began his
Alabama Power career as a cooperative education student engineer and rose to numerous executive positions in the
company's Birmingham and Western divisions. As chair of the Tuscaloosa County, AL, Industrial Development
Authority, he assumed a primary role in recruiting to Alabama the first Mercedes Benz automotive assembly plant
outside Germany.
Topazi chairs the Infrastructure Committee of the Governor's Commission on Recovery, Rebuilding, and
Renewal; Momentum Mississippi - a public-private economic development partnership designed to boost the state's
economic future; and the Gulf Coast Business Council. He previously served on the Blueprint Mississippi steering
committee and co-chaired the economic development work team. Topazi currently serves on the Mississippi Economic
Council board of directors, as vice chair of the Mississippi Partnership for Economic Development, and as
chair-elect of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce. He also serves on the boards of directors for
MAST, Inc., and the Gulf Coast Community Foundation and on the Nature Conservancy of Mississippi board of
trustees. He is a member of the DeToqueville Society of United Way of America.
Hancock Holding Company - parent company of Hancock Bank (Mississippi), Hancock Bank of Louisiana, and
Hancock Bank of Florida - has assets of $6.1 billion. Founded in 1899, Hancock Bank stands among the strongest,
safest financial institutions in the United States and is the only financial services company headquartered in
the Gulf South to rate among the top 20 percent of America's top-performing banks. Hancock offers comprehensive
financial solutions through more than 140 banking and financial services offices and more than 130 automated
teller machines across South Mississippi, Louisiana, southern Alabama, and the Florida Panhandle. Additional
corporate information and on-line banking and bill pay services are available at www.hancockbank.com.
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