0001127602-23-026645.txt : 20231102 0001127602-23-026645.hdr.sgml : 20231102 20231102165458 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001127602-23-026645 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20231101 FILED AS OF DATE: 20231102 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20231102 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Thompson Ruena Hall CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001811559 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-36872 FILM NUMBER: 231373339 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: PO BOX 4019 CITY: GULFPORT STATE: MS ZIP: 39502 FORMER NAME: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Wetzel Ruena H DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20200507 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HANCOCK WHITNEY CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000750577 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022] IRS NUMBER: 640693170 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MS FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE HANCOCK WHITNEY PLAZA STREET 2: P O BOX 4019 CITY: GULFPORT STATE: MS ZIP: 39501 BUSINESS PHONE: 5042995208 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE HANCOCK WHITNEY PLAZA STREET 2: P O BOX 4019 CITY: GULFPORT STATE: MS ZIP: 39501 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HANCOCK HOLDING CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 4 1 form4.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0508 4 2023-11-01 0000750577 HANCOCK WHITNEY CORP HWC 0001811559 Thompson Ruena Hall PO BOX 4019 GULFPORT MS 39502 1 Chief HR Officer 0 Common Stock 2023-11-01 4 F 0 423 34.43 D 11082 D /s/ Ruena H. Thompson by Kathryn S. Mistich (POA) 2023-11-02 EX-24 2 doc1.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY: POWER OF ATTORNEY Ruena H Thompson POA

EXHIBIT 24

Hancock Whitney Corporation

Power of Attorney
for Executing Forms 3, 4 and 5

Know all men by these presents, that the undersigned, director or officer, or both, of Hancock Whitney Corporation, hereby constitutes and appoints each of Corporate Secretary, any Sr. Assistant Corporate Secretary, or the Manager of Investor Relations of Hancock Whitney Corporation, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Hancock Whitney Corporation (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;
(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities of Hancock Whitney Corporation unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of this 9th day of February, 2023
/s/ Ruena H Thompson
Ruena H Thompson