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): April 5, 2012
HANCOCK HOLDING COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Mississippi | 0-13089 | 64-0693170 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||
| One Hancock Plaza 2510 14th Street Gulfport, Mississippi |
39501 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
(228) 868-4000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
Hancock Holding Company (the “Company”) held its 2012 annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on April 5, 2012 in Gulfport, Mississippi. As of February 28, 2012, the record date for the meeting, the Company had 85,764,252 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote. Of that number, 77,382,936 shares were represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting. The Company’s shareholders voted on the following three proposals at the Annual Meeting, casting their votes as described below.
Proposal 1: Election of Directors
Each of the individuals listed below was elected at the Annual Meeting to serve a one- two- or three-year term on the Company’s Board of Directors, as indicated below.
| Nominees for a One-Year Term |
Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-votes | |||||||||
| Richard B. Crowell |
67,671,623 | 621,118 | 9,090,195 | |||||||||
| Hardy B. Fowler |
67,799,533 | 493,208 | 9,090,195 | |||||||||
| Eric J. Nickelsen |
67,784,140 | 508,601 | 9,090,195 | |||||||||
| Nominee for a Two-Year Term |
Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-votes | |||||||||
| Terence E. Hall |
66,807,913 | 1,484,828 | 9,090,195 | |||||||||
| Nominees for a Three-Year Term |
Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-votes | |||||||||
| John M. Hairston |
67,273,047 | 1,019,694 | 9,090,195 | |||||||||
| James H. Horne |
67,251,818 | 1,040,944 | 9,090,175 | |||||||||
| Jerry L. Levens |
67,376,167 | 916,595 | 9,090,175 | |||||||||
| R. King Milling |
67,513,889 | 778,872 | 9,090,175 | |||||||||
| Christine L. Pickering |
67,240,862 | 1,051,899 | 9,090,175 | |||||||||
Proposal 2: Advisory Vote on Compensation of Named Executive Officers
Proposal 2 was an advisory vote on compensation of named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy materials for the Annual Meeting. This advisory vote was approved.
| Votes For |
Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
| 48,255,249 |
19,676,610 | 363,577 | 9,087,500 | |||||||||
Proposal 3: Ratification of the Appointment of Auditors
Proposal 3 was a proposal to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm to audit the books of the Company and its subsidiaries for 2012. This proposal was approved.
| Votes For |
Votes Against | Abstentions | ||||||
| 77,199,006 |
122,986 | 60,944 | ||||||
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 | ||||||
| April 11, 2012 | /s/ Michael M. Achary | |||||
| Michael M. Achary | ||||||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||