-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, HoOYsYnujHS7UuxxUdLn0FSpukERGga1cd0rgyvEJbl+N48JO9UHBbw5si4klyVJ 9YiogJb3snbmLIgj+RfQxA== 0000950144-02-001644.txt : 20020414 0000950144-02-001644.hdr.sgml : 20020414 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950144-02-001644 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20020215 ITEM INFORMATION: Other events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial statements and exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20020219 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BANCORPSOUTH INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000701853 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022] IRS NUMBER: 640659571 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MS FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-12991 FILM NUMBER: 02552928 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE MISSISSIPPI PL CITY: TUPELO STATE: MS ZIP: 38804 BUSINESS PHONE: 6626802000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: PO BOX 789 CITY: TUPELO STATE: MS ZIP: 38802-0789 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BANCORP OF MISSISSIPPI INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 8-K 1 g74329e8-k.htm BANCORPSOUTH, INC. e8-k
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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): February 19, 2002 (February 15, 2002)

BANCORPSOUTH, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
         
Mississippi   1-12991   64-0659571
 
 
(State or Other   (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer
Jurisdiction of Incorporation)       Identification Number)
     
One Mississippi Plaza    
Tupelo, Mississippi   38804
 
(Address of Principal   (Zip Code)
Executive Offices)    

(662) 680-2000
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed from Last Report)

 

ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS
ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
PRESS RELEASE

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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS

     On February 15, 2002, BancorpSouth, Inc. issued a press release regarding its common stock repurchase program whereby BancorpSouth may acquire up to 4,100,000 shares of its common stock, in addition to approximately 825,000 shares that BancorpSouth has yet to purchase pursuant to the common stock repurchase program authorized on March 5, 2001. BancorpSouth expects to complete this repurchase program within the next 18 months. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto, which is incorporated herein by reference.

     Statements contained in this Current Report which are not historical in nature are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward looking statements include, without limitation, those relating to the likelihood of the repurchase by BancorpSouth of up to 4,100,000 shares of its common stock within the next 18 months. Such forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the anticipated results. These risks and uncertainties include changing market conditions, changes in the market price of BancorpSouth’s common stock, lack of adequate funding for stock repurchases, regulatory constraints and other factors as may be identified from time to time in BancorpSouth’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission or in BancorpSouth’s press releases.

ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(c)  The following exhibits are filed herewith:

     
Exhibit Number   Description
 
99.1   Press Release of BancorpSouth, Inc., released on February 15, 2002

 

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SIGNATURES

     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.

         
    BANCORPSOUTH, INC.
 
       
 
    By:   /s/ L. Nash Allen, Jr.
L. Nash Allen, Jr.
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

Date: February 18, 2002

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

     
Exhibit Number   Description
 
99.1   Press Release of BancorpSouth, Inc., released on February 15, 2002

  EX-99.1 3 g74329ex99-1.txt PRESS RELEASE EXHIBIT 99.1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEWS RELEASE February 15, 2002 For Further Information Contact: L. Nash Allen, Jr. (662) 680-2330 BANCORPSOUTH, INC. ANNOUNCES STOCK REPURCHASE PROGRAM TUPELO, Miss., Feb. 15 -- BancorpSouth, Inc. (NYSE: BXS) announced today that it is commencing a common stock repurchase program whereby BancorpSouth may acquire up to 4.1 million shares of its common stock, in addition to the approximately 825,000 shares that BancorpSouth has yet to purchase pursuant to the common stock repurchase program authorized on March 5, 2001. The shares would be purchased from time to time in the open market at prevailing market prices or in privately negotiated transactions, and the repurchase program is expected to be completed within the next 18 months. The extent and timing of any repurchases will depend on market conditions and other corporate considerations. Repurchased shares will be held as authorized but unissued shares, and will be available for use in connection with BancorpSouth's stock option plans and other compensation programs, or for other corporate purposes as determined by BancorpSouth's Board of Directors. BancorpSouth, Inc. is a bank holding company headquartered in Tupelo, Mississippi with approximately $9.4 billion in assets. BancorpSouth operates approximately 250 commercial banking, insurance, trust, broker/dealer and consumer finance locations in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas. -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----