0000898822-10-000845 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER between HANCOCK HOLDING COMPANY and WHITNEY HOLDING CORPORATION Dated as of December 21, 2010

Agreement and Plan of Merger • December 23rd, 2010 • Hancock Holding Co • State commercial banks • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Agreement and Plan of Merger
• Filed
  December 23rd, 2010
• Company
  Hancock Holding Co
• Industry
  State commercial banks
• Jurisdiction
  Delaware

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”), dated as of December 21, 2010, between HANCOCK HOLDING COMPANY, a Mississippi corporation (“Purchaser”), and WHITNEY HOLDING CORPORATION, a Louisiana corporation (“Company”).