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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 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): December 17, 2015

                    
                    
HANCOCK HOLDING COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
                      
                  
 
 
 
 
 
Mississippi
 (State or other jurisdiction
 of incorporation)
 
01-36872
 (Commission
 File Number)
 
64-0693170
 (I.R.S. Employer
 Identification No.)

One Hancock Plaza
2510 14th Street
Gulfport, Mississippi
(Address of principal executive offices)
39501
(Zip Code)

(228) 868-4000
 (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
 (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 
 
 
 
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 
 
 
 
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Item 7.01.                          Regulation FD Disclosure.
On December 17, 2015, Hancock Holding Company (the "Company") announced that the company will further increase its allowance for loan losses within its energy portfolio by approximately $42 million.  The Company's press release is incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

The information in Items 7.01 and 9.01 of this report is being "furnished" and shall not be deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is not subject to the liabilities of that section and is not deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.  None of the information available through the attached press release or the Company's Investor Relations site shall be deemed incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01                          Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)            Exhibits.

Exhibit Number

Description
99.1
 
Press Release issued by Hancock Holding Company on December 17, 2015.







SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
  HANCOCK HOLDING COMPANY  
       
December 17, 2015
By:
/s/ Michael M. Achary  
    Michael M. Achary  
    Chief Financial Officer  
       

 


                                                                                                      
 
 


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