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

Merger Agreement • December 23rd, 2010 • Whitney Holding Corp • National commercial banks • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Merger Agreement
• Filed
  December 23rd, 2010
• Company
  Whitney Holding Corp
• Industry
  National 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”).