Hancock Holding Company Announces Quarterly Dividend

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GULFPORT, Miss., Feb. 17, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hancock Holding Company (NasdaqGS:HBHC - News) today announced that the company's board of directors approved a regular first quarter 2009 common stock cash dividend of $0.24 per share.

Approved during the February meeting of the company's board of directors, the regular quarterly common stock cash dividend is payable March 16, 2009, to shareholders of record as of March 5, 2009.

Hancock Holding Company has assets of approximately $7.2 billion. Founded in 1899, Hancock Bank -- an FDIC-insured institution -- operates 164 banking and financial services offices in Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, and Alabama. Hancock subsidiaries include Hancock Investment Services, Inc., Hancock Insurance Agency and its divisions of Ross King Walker and J. Everett Eaves, and Harrison Finance Company. Hancock also has corporate trust offices in Gulfport, Jackson, MS, Baton Rouge, downtown New Orleans, and Orlando. Hancock Bank recently rated eighth among America's top-performing banks and consistently ranks as one of the country's strongest, safest financial institutions, according to Veribanc, Inc. and BauerFinancial Services, Inc.

Investors can access additional corporate information or online banking and bill pay services at http://www.hancockbank.com.

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          Hancock Holding Company 
          Carl J. Chaney, Chief Executive Officer
          Michael M. Achary, Chief Financial Officer
          Paul D. Guichet, VP, Investor Relations
          800.522.6542
          228.563.6559