Exhibit 99.1 to Hancock Holding Company Form 8-K
For Immediate Release For More Information
April 25, 2007 Carl J. Chaney, Chief Executive Officer
John M. Hairston, Chief Executive Officer
Michael M. Achary, Chief Financial Officer
Paul D. Guichet, Investor Relations
800.522.6542 or 228.563.6559
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Hancock Holding Company officers to present at Gulf South Bank Conference
GULFPORT, MS (April 25, 2007) - Monday, April 30, 2007, at 11:10 a.m. (EDT), senior officers of
Hancock Holding Company (NASDAQ: HBHC) - parent company of 108-year-old Hancock Bank - will address
financial analysts from across the nation during the 12th annual Gulf South Bank Conference at the
Ritz-Carlton Hotel in New Orleans.
At the conference, Hancock's Chairman George A. Schloegel, CEO's Carl J. Chaney and John M. Hairston
and Chief Financial Officer Michael M. Achary 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 Hancock Holding Company's presentation by
visiting www.hancockbank.com and clicking the Investor Relations tab. The archived presentation will be
available for two weeks after the conference concludes.
The investment community recognizes the Gulf South Bank Conference as one of the premier regional
bank conferences with an emphasis on mid-to-small-cap companies. Scheduled for April 30 - May 2, this
year's conference will feature insightful presentations from executive management representing 25 financial
institutions from across the Southeast. Additional information about the conference and a list of
participating banks are available at www.gulfsouthbankconference.com.
Hancock Holding Company -- parent company of Hancock Bank of Alabama, Hancock Bank Mississippi,
Hancock Bank of Florida, and Hancock Bank of Louisiana -- has assets of more than $5.8 billion. Bank
subsidiaries include Hancock Investment Services, Inc., Hancock Insurance Agency, and Harrison Finance
Company. Additionally, the company operates corporate trust offices in Gulfport, MS, Jackson, MS, New
Orleans, LA, and Baton Rouge, LA. Hancock's trust department, a division of the wealth management group,
has assets of $7.1 billion, with assets under management of $2.3 billion, as of December 31, 2006.
Founded October 10, 1899, Hancock Bank 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 consistently ranks as
one of the country's strongest, safest financial institutions, according to Veribanc, Inc., and
BauerFinancial Services, Inc. Thomson Financial also recently listed Hancock as the ninth largest
corporate trustee bank in the U.S. More corporate information and online banking are available 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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