UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2013

OR

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                      to                     

Commission File Number 0-13089

HANCOCK HOLDING COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Mississippi	64-0693170
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
One Hancock Plaza, P.O. Box 4019, Gulfport, Mississippi	39502
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

(228) 868-4000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

NOT APPLICABLE

(Former name, address and fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See definition of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer	x	Accelerated filer	¨
Non-accelerated filer	¨	Smaller reporting company	¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).     Yes  ¨    No  x

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

82,108,866 common shares were outstanding as of November 1, 2013.

Hancock Holding Company

Index

	Page Number
Part I. Financial Information
ITEM 1. Financial Statements
Consolidated Balance Sheets — September 30, 2013 (unaudited) and December 31, 2012		1
Consolidated Statements of Income (unaudited) — Three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012		2
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (unaudited) — Three and nine months ended September  30, 2013 and 2012		3
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity (unaudited) – Nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012		4
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited) — Nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012		5
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) — September 30, 2013		6-49
ITEM 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations		50-73
ITEM 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk		73
ITEM 4. Controls and Procedures		73
Part II. Other Information
ITEM 1. Legal Proceedings		74
ITEM 1A. Risk Factors		74
ITEM 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds		74
ITEM 3. Default on Senior Securities		N/A
ITEM 4. Mine Safety Disclosures		N/A
ITEM 5. Other Information		N/A
ITEM 6. Exhibits		75
Signatures		75

Part I. Financial Information

Item 1. Financial Statements

Hancock Holding Company and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands, except share data)

	September 30, 2013			December 31, 2012
	unaudited
ASSETS
Cash and due from banks	$	425,693		$	448,491
Interest-bearing bank deposits		446,617			1,498,985
Federal funds sold		15,696			1,203
Securities available for sale, at fair value (amortized cost of $1,435,823 and $1,986,882)		1,458,120			2,048,442
Securities held to maturity (fair value of $2,653,867 and $1,710,465)		2,666,082			1,668,018
Loans held for sale		18,444			50,605
Loans		11,751,958			11,595,512
Less: allowance for loan losses		(138,223	)		(136,171	)
unearned income		(17,486	)		(17,710	)
Loans, net		11,596,249			11,441,631
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $169,178 and $160,592		450,233			477,864
Prepaid expenses		22,899			55,359
Other real estate, net		85,357			101,442
Accrued interest receivable		42,039			45,616
Goodwill		625,675			628,877
Other intangible assets, net		167,116			189,409
Life insurance contracts		376,908			367,317
FDIC loss share receivable		124,096			177,844
Deferred tax asset, net		153,893			128,385
Other assets		126,729			134,997
Total assets	$	18,801,846		$	19,464,485
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Deposits:
Non-interest bearing demand	$	5,479,696		$	5,624,127
Interest-bearing savings, NOW, money market and time		9,575,175			10,120,061
Total deposits		15,054,871			15,744,188
Short-term borrowings		782,779			639,133
Long-term debt		376,664			396,589
Accrued interest payable		5,694			4,814
Other liabilities		225,396			226,483
Total liabilities		16,445,404			17,011,207
Stockholders’ equity
Common stock—$3.33 par value per share; 350,000,000 shares authorized, 82,106,957 and 84,847,796 issued and outstanding, respectively		273,416			282,543
Capital surplus		1,554,135			1,647,638
Retained earnings		613,662			546,022
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net		(84,771	)		(22,925	)
Total stockholders’ equity		2,356,442			2,453,278
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	18,801,846		$	19,464,485

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Consolidated Statements of Income

(Unaudited)

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013		2012		2013		2012
Interest income:
Loans, including fees	$	158,892	$	166,334	$	479,525	$	497,840
Securities-taxable		21,318		21,141		62,242		67,889
Securities-tax exempt		1,176		1,422		3,615		4,377
Federal funds sold and other short term investments		253		308		1,178		1,304
Total interest income		181,639		189,205		546,560		571,410
Interest expense:
Deposits		5,851		7,519		18,785		25,654
Short-term borrowings		1,074		1,514		3,448		4,776
Long-term debt and other interest expense		3,184		2,916		9,603		9,977
Total interest expense		10,109		11,949		31,836		40,407
Net interest income		171,530		177,256		514,724		531,003
Provision for loan losses		7,569		8,101		25,404		26,141
Net interest income after provision for loan losses		163,961		169,155		489,320		504,862
Noninterest income:
Service charges on deposit accounts		20,519		20,834		59,398		58,015
Trust fees		9,477		7,743		27,972		24,464
Bank card and ATM fees		12,221		11,870		34,678		37,586
Investment and annuity fees		5,186		4,269		14,955		13,291
Secondary mortgage market operations		2,467		4,311		10,989		11,328
Insurance commissions and fees		3,661		4,045		12,500		12,103
Other income		9,526		9,770		26,649		31,101
Securities gains, net		—		917		—		929
Total noninterest income		63,057		63,759		187,141		188,817
Noninterest expense:
Compensation expense		73,037		76,173		215,715		223,945
Employee benefits		16,340		17,202		49,184		54,881
Personnel expense		89,377		93,375		264,899		278,826
Net occupancy expense		12,369		13,358		37,099		41,784
Equipment expense		5,127		5,212		15,347		19,046
Data processing expense		12,031		11,005		36,346		39,523
Professional services expense		10,899		9,447		27,571		49,207
Amortization of intangibles		7,306		8,110		22,292		24,336
Telecommunications and postage		4,397		5,313		13,484		17,068
Deposit insurance and regulatory fees		3,789		3,833		11,635		11,128
Advertising		2,858		2,243		7,216		12,263
Other expense		34,052		17,818		68,168		61,968
Total noninterest expense		182,205		169,714		504,057		555,149
Income before income taxes		44,813		63,200		172,404		138,530
Income taxes		11,611		16,216		43,764		33,747
Net income	$	33,202	$	46,984	$	128,640	$	104,783
Basic earnings per common share	$	0.40	$	0.55	$	1.51	$	1.23
Diluted earnings per common share	$	0.40	$	0.55	$	1.51	$	1.22
Dividends paid per share	$	0.24	$	0.24	$	0.72	$	0.72
Weighted avg. shares outstanding-basic		82,091		84,777		83,404		84,757
Weighted avg. shares outstanding-diluted		82,205		85,632		83,496		85,525

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

(Unaudited)

(In thousands)

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
Net income	$	33,202		$	46,984		$	128,640		$	104,783
Other comprehensive income:
Net change in unrealized gains and losses		(9,685	)		10,821			(96,074	)		24,410
Reclassification adjustment for net losses realized and included in earnings		1,553			842			5,835			4,371
Amortization of unrealized net gain on securities transferred to held-to-maturity		(1,456	)		(2,725	)		(7,099	)		(5,645	)
Other comprehensive income, before income taxes		(9,588	)		8,938			(97,338	)		23,136
Income tax expense (benefit)		(3,512	)		3,263			(35,492	)		8,413
Other comprehensive (loss)/income		(6,076	)		5,675			(61,846	)		14,723
Comprehensive income	$	27,126		$	52,659		$	66,794		$	119,506

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Hancock Holding Company and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity

(Unaudited)

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

	Common Stock						Capital			Retained			Accumulated Other Comprehensive
	Shares			Amount			Surplus			Earnings			(Loss)/Income, net			Total
Balance, January 1, 2012		84,705,496		$	282,069		$	1,634,634		$	476,970		$	(26,510	)	$	2,367,163
Net income		—			—			—			104,783			—			104,783
Other comprehensive income		—			—			—			—			14,723			14,723
Cash dividends declared ($0.72 per common share)		—			—			—			(61,915	)		—			(61,915	)
Common stock activity, long-term incentive plan		76,398			254			9,480			—			—			9,734
Balance, September 30, 2012		84,781,894		$	282,323		$	1,644,114		$	519,838		$	(11,787	)	$	2,434,488
Balance, January 1, 2013		84,847,796		$	282,543		$	1,647,638		$	546,022		$	(22,925	)	$	2,453,278
Net income		—			—			—			128,640			—			128,640
Other comprehensive income		—			—			—			—			(61,846	)		(61,846	)
Comprehensive income		—			—			—			128,640			(61,846	)		66,794
Cash dividends declared ($0.72 per common share)		—			—			—			(61,000	)		—			(61,000	)
Common stock activity, long-term incentive plan		76,801			256			12,114			—			—			12,370
Purchase of common stock		(2,817,640	)		(9,383	)		(105,617	)		—			—			(115,000	)
Balance, September 30, 2013		82,106,957		$	273,416		$	1,554,135		$	613,662		$	(84,771	)	$	2,356,442

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Hancock Holding Company and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited)

(In thousands)

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013			2012
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income	$	128,640		$	104,783
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		24,178			25,228
Provision for loan losses		25,404			26,141
Losses on other real estate owned		3,519			17,901
Writedowns on closed branch transfers to other real estate owned		8,450			4,586
Deferred tax expense		20,807			35,557
Increase in cash surrender value of life insurance contracts		(8,764	)		(8,617	)
Net decrease in loans originated for sale		35,497			21,989
Net amortization of securities premium/discount		27,095			38,241
Amortization of intangible assets		22,292			24,390
Stock-based compensation expense		10,435			7,718
Increase (decrease) in interest payable and other liabilities		7,673			(38,797	)
Funds collected under FDIC loss share agreements		60,886			84,130
Increase in FDIC loss share receivable		(7,108	)		(55,690	)
Decrease in other assets		43,091			34,322
Other, net		9,092			(2,132	)
Net cash provided by operating activities		411,187			319,750
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from sales of securities available for sale		—			37,661
Proceeds from maturities of securities available for sale		510,886			880,438
Purchases of securities available for sale		(1,017,578	)		(208,775	)
Proceeds from maturities of securities held to maturity		419,334			263,357
Purchases of securities held to maturity		(450,661	)		(560,435	)
Net decrease in interest-bearing bank deposits		1,052,369			865,590
Net increase in federal funds sold and short term investments		(14,493	)		(1,228	)
Net increase in loans		(229,913	)		(324,495	)
Purchases of property, equipment and intangible assets		(25,855	)		(34,815	)
Proceeds from sales of other real estate		70,220			76,427
Other, net		(7,280	)		5,919
Net cash provided by investing activities		307,029			999,644
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Net decrease in deposits		(689,317	)		(940,629	)
Net increase (decrease) in short-term borrowings		143,646			(295,820	)
Repayments of long-term debt		(26,469	)		(52,065	)
Issuance of long-term debt		6,544			6,502
Dividends paid		(61,000	)		(61,916	)
Repurchase of common stock		(115,000	)		—
Proceeds from exercise of stock options		582			1,210
Net cash used in financing activities		(741,014	)		(1,342,718	)
NET DECREASE IN CASH AND DUE FROM BANKS		(22,798	)		(23,324	)
CASH AND DUE FROM BANKS, BEGINNING		448,491			437,947
CASH AND DUE FROM BANKS, ENDING	$	425,693		$	414,623
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION FOR NON-CASH
INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Assets acquired in settlement of loans	$	42,070		$	63,917
Transfers from available for sale securities to held to maturity securities		983,162			1,523,585

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Hancock Holding Company and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

1. Basis of Presentation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Hancock Holding Company and all other entities in which it has a controlling interest (the “Company”). The financial statements include all adjustments that are, in the opinion of management, necessary to present fairly the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the interim periods presented. Some financial information and disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. (U.S. GAAP) have been condensed or omitted in this Form 10-Q pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission rules and regulations. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included in the Company’s 2012 Annual Report on Form 10-K. Financial information reported in these financial statements is not necessarily indicative of the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows for any other interim or annual period.

Use of Estimates

The accounting principles the Company follows and the methods for applying these principles conform with U.S. GAAP and with those generally practiced within the banking industry. These accounting principles require management to make estimates and assumptions about future events that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Allowance for Loan Losses

The allowance for loan and lease losses (ALLL) is a valuation account available to absorb losses on loans. The ALLL is maintained at an amount sufficient to cover the estimated credit losses associated with the loan and lease portfolios of the Company as of the date of the determination. Credit losses arise not only from credit risk, but also from other risks inherent in the lending process including, but not limited to, collateral risk, operational risk, concentration risk, and economic risk. As such, all related risks of lending are considered when assessing the adequacy of the allowance for loan and lease losses. Quarterly, management estimates the inherent losses in the existing loan portfolio based on a number of factors, including the Company’s past loan loss and delinquency experience, known and inherent risks in the portfolio, adverse situations that may affect the borrowers’ ability to repay, the estimated value of any underlying collateral and current economic conditions.

The analysis and methodology for estimating the ALLL include two primary elements. A loss rate analysis which incorporates a historical loss rate as updated for current conditions is used for loans collectively evaluated for impairment, and a specific reserve analysis is used for loans individually evaluated for impairment.

During the second quarter of 2013, management revised the methodology for the loss-rate analysis for the originated and acquired-performing loan portfolios due to the increased size and complexity of the Company’s commercial loan portfolio. The primary changes in the methodology were to segment loans with similar risk characteristics at a more granular level and to lengthen the period used for analyzing loss emergence and estimating loss factors. The changes were implemented as of April 1, 2013 and resulted in no material change in the total amount of the allowance for loan losses. Management made the following principal changes to the methodology during the second quarter of 2013:

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

1. Basis of Presentation (continued)

Critical Accounting Policies (continued)

• Established a more granular stratification of the major loan segments to enhance the homogeneity of the loan classes. For the loss-rate analysis, the Company previously segmented loans into three primary groups—commercial, residential mortgage and consumer. The revised loan segments are commercial non-real estate, construction and land development, commercial real estate, residential mortgage and consumer. Both quantitative and qualitative factors are applied at the more detailed portfolio segments.

• Included portfolio risk ratings in loss-rate analysis. Commercial loans (commercial non-real estate, construction and land development and commercial real estate) are further subdivided by risk rating, and retail loans (residential mortgage and consumer) are further subdivided by delinquency. Previously, the methodology indirectly incorporated risk ratings and delinquencies.

• Lengthened the loss emergence period. The Company uses an eighteen month loss emergence period for commercial loans and a twelve month loss emergence period for retail loans. Historical loss rates are calculated for each commercial segment using a weighted average of three eighteen-month periods over a fourteen quarter look-back period, and for each retail segment using a weighted average of three twelve-month periods over a twelve quarter look-back period. Previously, historical loss rates for all loan segments were calculated using an average of three twelve month loss emergence periods over a three year look back period. As circumstances dictate, management will make adjustments to the loss history to reflect differences in current conditions as compared to those during the historical loss period. Conditions to be considered include problem loan trends, current business and economic conditions, credit concentrations, lending policies and procedures, lending staff, collateral values, loan profiles and volumes, loan review quality, and changes in competition and regulations.

There were no changes in the methodology for the specific reserve analysis for loans individually evaluated for impairment or acquired credit-impaired loans.

There were no other material changes or developments with respect to methodologies that the Company uses when applying what management believes are critical accounting policies and developing critical accounting estimates as disclosed in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

2. Securities

The amortized cost and fair value of securities classified as available for sale and held to maturity follow (in thousands):

Securitites Available for Sale

	September 30, 2013								December 31, 2012
			Gross		Gross						Gross		Gross
	Amortized		Unrealized		Unrealized		Fair		Amortized		Unrealized		Unrealized		Fair
	Cost		Gains		Losses		Value		Cost		Gains		Losses		Value
US Treasury and government agency securities	$	615	$	6	$	1	$	620	$	18,246	$	19	$	—	$	18,265
Municipal obligations		43,573		197		122		43,648		49,608		571		14		50,165
Mortgage-backed securities		1,337,251		29,214		6,495		1,359,970		1,715,524		58,903		21		1,774,406
CMOs		46,288		—		1,256		45,032		196,723		1,354		—		198,077
Corporate debt securities		3,500		—		—		3,500		2,250		—		—		2,250
Other equity securities		4,596		774		20		5,350		4,531		752		4		5,279
	$	1,435,823	$	30,191	$	7,894	$	1,458,120	$	1,986,882	$	61,599	$	39	$	2,048,442

Securitites Held to Maturity

	September 30, 2013								December 31, 2012
			Gross		Gross						Gross		Gross
	Amortized		Unrealized		Unrealized		Fair		Amortized		Unrealized		Unrealized		Fair
	Cost		Gains		Losses		Value		Cost		Gains		Losses		Value
US Treasury and government agency securities	$	100,000	$	688	$	—	$	100,688	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—
Municipal obligations		195,662		1,137		5,291		191,508		164,493		16,017		—		180,510
Mortgage-backed securities		995,686		9,273		2,118		1,002,841		180,397		3,429		—		183,826
CMOs		1,374,734		2,615		18,519		1,358,830		1,323,128		23,942		941		1,346,129
	$	2,666,082	$	13,713	$	25,928	$	2,653,867	$	1,668,018	$	43,388	$	941	$	1,710,465

During the third quarter of 2013, approximately $1.0 billion of securities available for sale were reclassified as securities held to maturity. Management determined that the reclassified securities were not needed for liquidity purposes and that the Company had the ability and intent to hold the securities to maturity. The reclassified securities consisted of mortgage-backed securities and CMOs. The securities were transferred at fair value on the date of their reclassification, which became the cost basis for the securities held to maturity. The unrealized net holding loss on the available for sale securities on the date of transfer totaled approximately $56.8 million, and continues to be reported, net of tax, as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income. This net unrealized loss will be amortized to interest income over the remaining life of the securities as a yield adjustment, which will serve to offset the impact of the accretion of the net discount created in the transfer. There were no gains or losses recognized as a result of this transfer.

The following table presents the amortized cost and fair value of debt securities at September 30, 2013 by final contractual maturity (in thousands). Actual maturities will differ from final contractual maturities because of scheduled and early principal payments on mortgage-backed securities and CMOs and rights to call or repay other obligations with or without penalties.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

2. Securities (continued)

	Amortized		Fair
	Cost		Value
Debt Securities Available for Sale
Due in one year or less	$	23,895	$	24,010
Due after one year through five years		130,419		130,124
Due after five years through ten years		154,962		161,485
Due after ten years		1,121,951		1,137,151
Total available for sale debt securities	$	1,431,227	$	1,452,770
	Amortized		Fair
	Cost		Value
Debt Securities Held to Maturity
Due in one year or less	$	107,697	$	108,407
Due after one year through five years		669,896		655,554
Due after five years through ten years		121,588		117,864
Due after ten years		1,766,901		1,772,042
Total held to maturity securities	$	2,666,082	$	2,653,867

The Company held no securities classified as trading at September 30, 2013 or December 31, 2012.

The details for securities classified as available for sale with unrealized losses as of September 30, 2013 follow (in thousands):

	Losses < 12 months				Losses 12 months or >				Total
			Gross				Gross				Gross
	Fair		Unrealized		Fair		Unrealized		Fair		Unrealized
	Value		Losses		Value		Losses		Value		Losses
US Treasury and government agency securities	$	—	$	—	$	104	$	1	$	104	$	1
Municipal obligations		13,647		122		—		—		13,647		122
Mortgage-backed securities		144,859		6,488		379		7		145,238		6,495
CMOs		45,032		1,256		—		—		45,032		1,256
Equity securities		3,290		19		2		1		3,292		20
	$	206,828	$	7,885	$	485	$	9	$	207,313	$	7,894

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2. Securities (continued)

The details for securities classified as available for sale with unrealized losses as of December 31, 2012 follows (in thousands):

	Losses < 12 months				Losses 12 months or >				Total
			Gross				Gross				Gross
	Fair		Unrealized		Fair		Unrealized		Fair		Unrealized
	Value		Losses		Value		Losses		Value		Losses
Municipal obligations	$	5,278	$	14	$	—	$	—	$	5,278	$	14
Mortgage-backed securities		57,752		14		1,097		7		58,849		21
Equity securities		268		2		2		2		270		4
	$	63,298	$	30	$	1,099	$	9	$	64,397	$	39

The details for securities classified as held to maturity with unrealized losses as of September 30, 2013 follows (in thousands):

	Losses < 12 months				Losses 12 months or >				Total
			Gross				Gross				Gross
	Fair		Unrealized		Fair		Unrealized		Fair		Unrealized
	Value		Losses		Value		Losses		Value		Losses
Municpal obligations	$	115,901	$	5,252	$	1,253	$	39	$	117,154	$	5,291
Mortgage-backed securities		147,019		2,118		—		—		147,019		2,118
CMOs		720,157		17,377		280,855		1,142		1,001,012		18,519
	$	983,077	$	24,747	$	282,108	$	1,181	$	1,265,185	$	25,928

The details for securities classified as held to maturity with unrealized losses as of December 31, 2012 follows (in thousands):

	Losses < 12 months				Losses 12 months or >				Total
			Gross				Gross				Gross
	Fair		Unrealized		Fair		Unrealized		Fair		Unrealized
	Value		Losses		Value		Losses		Value		Losses
CMOs	$	87,852	$	259	$	54,445	$	682	$	142,297	$	941
	$	87,852	$	259	$	54,445	$	682	$	142,297	$	941

Substantially all of the unrealized losses relate to changes in market rates on fixed-rate debt securities since the respective purchase dates. In all cases, the indicated impairment would be recovered no later than the security’s maturity date or possibly earlier if the market price for the security increases with a reduction in the yield required by the market. None of the unrealized losses relate to the marketability of the securities or the obligor’s ability to meet contractual obligations. The Company has adequate liquidity and, therefore, does not plan to and, more likely than not, will not be required to sell these securities before full recovery of the indicated impairment. Accordingly, the unrealized losses on these securities have been determined to be temporary.

Securities with carrying values totaling $2.6 billion at both September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 were pledged primarily to secure public deposits or securities sold under agreements to repurchase.

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3. Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses

Loans, net of unearned income, consisted of the following:

	September 30,		December 31,
	2013		2012
	(In thousands)
Originated loans:
Commercial non-real estate	$	3,633,490	$	2,713,385
Construction and land development		738,983		665,673
Commercial real estate		1,816,402		1,548,402
Residential mortgages		1,124,649		827,985
Consumer		1,387,243		1,351,776
Total originated loans	$	8,700,767	$	7,107,221
Acquired loans:
Commercial non-real estate	$	967,485	$	1,690,643
Construction and land development		158,228		295,151
Commercial real estate		1,038,287		1,279,546
Residential mortgages		347,054		486,444
Consumer		130,649		202,974
Total acquired loans	$	2,641,703	$	3,954,758
Covered loans:
Commercial non-real estate	$	24,340	$	29,260
Construction and land development		23,197		28,482
Commercial real estate		60,280		95,146
Residential mortgages		223,494		263,515
Consumer		60,691		99,420
Total covered loans	$	392,002	$	515,823
Total loans:
Commercial non-real estate	$	4,625,315	$	4,433,288
Construction and land development		920,408		989,306
Commercial real estate		2,914,969		2,923,094
Residential mortgages		1,695,197		1,577,944
Consumer		1,578,583		1,654,170
Total loans	$	11,734,472	$	11,577,802

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3. Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses (continued)

The following briefly describes the distinction between originated, acquired and covered loans and certain significant accounting policies relevant to each category.

Originated loans

Loans originated for investment are reported at the principal balance outstanding net of unearned income. Interest on loans and accretion of unearned income are computed in a manner that approximates a level yield on recorded principal. Interest on loans is recorded as income as earned. The accrual of interest on an originated loan is discontinued when it is probable that the borrower will not be able to meet payment obligations as they become due. The Company maintains an allowance for loan losses on originated loans that represents management’s estimate of probable losses incurred in this portfolio category. The methodology for estimating the allowance is described in Note 1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012. See Note 1 elsewhere in this document for updates to the allowance methodology for originated and acquired-performing loans. As actual losses are incurred, they are charged against the allowance. Subsequent recoveries are added back to the allowance when collected.

Acquired loans

Acquired loans are those loans that were purchased in the Whitney Holding Corporation acquisition on June 4, 2011. These loans were recorded at estimated fair value at the acquisition date with no carryover of the related allowance for loan losses. The acquired loans were segregated between those considered to be performing (“acquired-performing”) and those with evidence of credit deterioration (“acquired-impaired”), and then further segregated into loan pools designed to facilitate the development of expected cash flows. The factors considered in segregating the acquired portfolio are detailed in Note 1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012. The fair value estimate for each pool of acquired-performing and acquired-impaired loans was based on the estimate of expected cash flows, both principal and interest, from that pool, discounted at prevailing market interest rates.

The difference at the acquisition date between the fair value and the contractual amounts due of an acquired-performing loan pool (the “fair value discount”) is accreted into income over the estimated life of the pool. Management estimates an allowance for loan losses for acquired-performing loans using a methodology similar to that used for originated loans. The allowance determined for each loan pool is compared to the remaining fair value discount for that pool. If the allowance is greater than the fair value discount, the excess is added to the reported allowance through a provision for loan losses. If the allowance is less than the fair value discount, no additional allowance or provision is recognized. Actual losses first reduce any remaining fair value discount for the loan pool. Once the discount is fully depleted, losses are applied against the allowance established for that pool. Acquired-performing loans are placed on nonaccrual status and considered and reported as nonperforming or past due using the same criteria applied to the originated portfolio.

The excess of cash flows expected to be collected from an acquired-impaired loan pool over the pool’s carrying value is referred to as the accretable yield and is recognized in interest income using an effective yield method over the remaining life of the pool. Each pool of acquired-impaired loans is accounted for as a single asset with a single composite interest rate and an aggregate expectation of cash flows.

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3. Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses (continued)

Acquired-impaired loans in pools with an accretable yield and expected cash flows that are reasonably estimable are considered to be accruing and performing even though collection of contractual payments on individual loans within the pool may be in doubt, because the pool is the unit of accounting. Management recasts the estimate of cash flows expected to be collected on each acquired-impaired loan pool at each reporting date. If the present value of expected cash flows for a pool is less than its carrying value, impairment is recognized by an increase in the allowance for loan losses and a charge to the provision for loan losses. If the present value of expected cash flows for a pool is greater than its carrying value, any previously established allowance for loan losses is reversed and any remaining difference increases the accretable yield which will be taken into interest income over the remaining life of the loan pool. Acquired-impaired loans are generally not subject to individual evaluation for impairment and are not reported with impaired loans or troubled debt restructurings, even if they would otherwise qualify for such treatment.

Covered loans and the related loss share receivable

The loans purchased in the 2009 acquisition of Peoples First Community Bank (Peoples First) are covered by two loss share agreements between the FDIC and the Company that afford the Company significant loss protection. These covered loans are accounted for as acquired-impaired loans as described above. The loss share receivable is measured separately from the related covered loans as it is not contractually embedded in the loans and is not transferable if the loans are sold. The fair value of the loss share receivable at acquisition was estimated by discounting projected cash flows related to the loss share agreements based on the expected reimbursements for losses using the applicable loss share percentages, including appropriate consideration of possible true-up payments to the FDIC at the expiration of the agreements. The discounted amount is accreted into non-interest income over the shorter of the remaining life of the covered loan pool or the life of the loss share agreement.

The loss share receivable is reviewed and updated prospectively as loss estimates related to the covered loans change. Increases in expected reimbursements under the loss sharing agreements from a covered loan pool will lead to an increase in the loss share receivable. A decrease in expected reimbursements is reflected first as a reversal of any previously recorded increase in the loss share receivable on the covered loan pool with the remainder reflected as a reduction in the loss share receivable’s accretion rate. Increases and decreases in the loss share receivable can result in reductions in or additions to the provision for loan losses, which serve to offset the impact on the provision from impairment recognized on the underlying covered loan pool and reversals of previously recognized impairment. The impact on operations of a reduction in the loss share receivable’s accretion rate is associated with an increase in the accretable yield on the underlying loan pool.

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(Unaudited)

3. Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses (continued)

The following schedule shows activity in the loss share receivable for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 (in thousands):

	Nine Months Ended
	September 30,			September 30,
	2013			2012
Balance, January 1	$	177,844		$	231,085
Accretion (amortization)		(590	)		5,000
Charge-offs, write-downs and other losses		(190	)		36,685
External expenses qualifying under loss share agreement		7,918			7,422
Payments received from the FDIC		(60,886	)		(84,130	)
Ending balance	$	124,096		$	196,062

In the following discussion and tables, certain disaggregated information was not available for the commercial non-real estate, construction and land development and commercial real estate loan categories for 2012. In these instances, combined information for these categories is provided under the caption “commercial loans.”

The following schedule shows activity in the allowance for loan losses by portfolio segment for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and September 30, 2012 as well as the corresponding recorded investment in loans at the end of each period.

				Construction
	Commercial			and land			Commercial			Residential
	non-real estate			development			real estate			mortgages			Consumer			Total
(In thousands)	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013
Originated loans
Allowance for loan losses:
Beginning balance	$	20,775		$	11,415		$	26,959		$	6,406		$	13,219		$	78,774
Charge-offs		(5,199	)		(7,548	)		(3,718	)		(1,549	)		(13,372	)		(31,386	)
Recoveries		3,381			1,243			2,340			991			4,336			12,291
Net provision for loan losses		11,152			2,072			(3,698	)		64			8,152			17,742
Ending balance	$	30,109		$	7,182		$	21,883		$	5,912		$	12,335		$	77,421
Ending balance:
Individually evaluated for impairment	$	325		$	211		$	946		$	—		$	—		$	1,482
Collectively evaluated for impairment	$	29,784		$	6,971		$	20,937		$	5,912		$	12,335		$	75,939
Loans:
Ending balance:	$	3,633,490		$	738,983		$	1,816,402		$	1,124,649		$	1,387,243		$	8,700,767
Individually evaluated for impairment	$	8,911		$	16,044		$	21,170		$	—		$	—		$	46,125
Collectively evaluated for impairment	$	3,624,579		$	722,939		$	1,795,232		$	1,124,649		$	1,387,243		$	8,654,642
Acquired loans
Allowance for loan losses:
Beginning balance	$	788		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	788
Charge-offs		—			—			—			—			—			—
Recoveries		—			—			—			—			—			—
Net provision for loan losses		(788	)		—			463			—			—			(325	)
Ending balance	$	—		$	—		$	463		$	—		$	—		$	463
Ending balance:
Individually evaluated for impairment	$	—		$	—		$	463		$	—		$	—		$	463
Collectively evaluated for impairment	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—
Acquired-impaired	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—
Loans:
Ending balance:	$	967,485		$	158,228		$	1,038,287		$	347,054		$	130,649		$	2,641,703
Individually evaluated for impairment	$	2,179		$	730		$	2,371		$	502		$	—		$	5,782
Collectively evaluated for impairment	$	946,339		$	142,418		$	1,010,484		$	341,165		$	130,544		$	2,570,950
Acquired-impaired	$	18,967		$	15,080		$	25,432		$	5,387		$	105		$	64,971

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(Unaudited)

3. Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses (continued)

				Construction
	Commercial			and land			Commercial			Residential
	non-real estate			development			real estate			mortgages			Consumer			Total
(In thousands)	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013
Covered loans
Allowance for loan losses:
Beginning balance	$	2,162		$	5,623		$	9,433		$	30,471		$	8,920		$	56,609
Charge-offs		(681	)		(1,784	)		(4,316	)		(947	)		(1,145	)		(8,873	)
Recoveries		90			554			2,395			13			67			3,119
Net provision for loan losses (a)		(328	)		(1,600	)		1,197			4,723			3,995			7,987
Increase in FDIC loss share receivable (a)		447			(314	)		(732	)		1,261			835			1,497
Ending balance	$	1,690		$	2,479		$	7,977		$	35,521		$	12,672		$	60,339
Ending balance:
Individually evaluated for impairment	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—
Collectively evaluated for impairment	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—
Acquired-impaired	$	1,690		$	2,479		$	7,977		$	35,521		$	12,672		$	60,339
Loans:
Ending balance:	$	24,340		$	23,197		$	60,280		$	223,494		$	60,691		$	392,002
Individually evaluated for impairment	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—
Collectively evaluated for impairment	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—
Acquired-impaired	$	24,340		$	23,197		$	60,280		$	223,494		$	60,691		$	392,002
Total loans
Allowance for loan losses:
Beginning balance	$	23,725		$	17,038		$	36,392		$	36,877		$	22,139		$	136,171
Charge-offs		(5,880	)		(9,332	)		(8,034	)		(2,496	)		(14,517	)		(40,259	)
Recoveries		3,471			1,797			4,735			1,004			4,403			15,410
Net provision for loan losses (a)		10,036			472			(2,038	)		4,787			12,147			25,404
Increase in FDIC loss share receivable (a)		447			(314	)		(732	)		1,261			835			1,497
Ending balance	$	31,799		$	9,661		$	30,323		$	41,433		$	25,007		$	138,223
Ending balance:
Individually evaluated for impairment	$	325		$	211		$	1,409		$	—		$	—		$	1,945
Collectively evaluated for impairment	$	29,784		$	6,971		$	20,937		$	5,912		$	12,335		$	75,939
Acquired-impaired	$	1,690		$	2,479		$	7,977		$	35,521		$	12,672		$	60,339
Loans:
Ending balance:	$	4,625,315		$	920,408		$	2,914,969		$	1,695,197		$	1,578,583		$	11,734,472
Individually evaluated for impairment	$	11,090		$	16,774		$	23,541		$	502		$	—		$	51,907
Collectively evaluated for impairment	$	4,570,918		$	865,357		$	2,805,716		$	1,465,814		$	1,517,787		$	11,225,592
Acquired-impaired	$	43,307		$	38,277		$	85,712		$	228,881		$	60,796		$	456,973

(a) The $8.0 million provision expense for impairment on certain pools of covered loans is reported net of the benefit attributable to the FDIC loss share agreement as reflected by the related increase in the loss share receivable.

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3. Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses (continued)

				Residential
	Commercial			mortgages			Consumer			Total
(In thousands)	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012
Originated loans
Allowance for loan losses:
Beginning balance	$	60,211		$	4,894		$	18,141		$	83,246
Charge-offs		(18,036	)		(4,889	)		(11,663	)		(34,588	)
Recoveries		4,225			310			3,060			7,595
Net provision for loan losses		12,618			4,336			6,542			23,496
Ending balance	$	59,018		$	4,651		$	16,080		$	79,749
Ending balance:
Individually evaluated for impairment	$	8,469		$	133		$	—		$	8,602
Collectively evaluated for impairment	$	50,549		$	4,518		$	16,080		$	71,147
Loans:
Ending balance:	$	4,465,736		$	757,471		$	1,357,987		$	6,581,194
Individually evaluated for impairment	$	78,337		$	7,524		$	—		$	85,861
Collectively evaluated for impairment	$	4,387,399		$	749,947		$	1,357,987		$	6,495,333
Covered loans
Allowance for loan losses:
Beginning balance	$	18,203		$	9,024		$	14,408		$	41,635
Charge-offs		(22,839	)		—			—			(22,839	)
Recoveries		—			—			—			—
Net provision for loan losses (a)		12,744			2,196			(12,295	)		2,645
Increase in FDIC loss share receivable (a)		22,650			11,189			562			34,401
Ending balance	$	30,758		$	22,409		$	2,675		$	55,842
Ending balance:
Individually evaluated for impairment	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—
Collectively evaluated for impairment	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—
Acquired-impaired	$	30,758		$	22,409		$	2,675		$	55,842
Loans:
Ending balance:	$	176,724		$	271,618		$	107,390		$	555,732
Individually evaluated for impairment	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—
Collectively evaluated for impairment	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—
Acquire-impaired	$	176,724		$	271,618		$	107,390		$	555,732

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(Unaudited)

3. Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses (continued)

	Commercial			Residential mortgages			Consumer			Total
(In thousands)	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012
Total loans
Allowance for loan losses:
Beginning balance	$	78,414		$	13,918		$	32,549		$	124,881
Charge-offs		(40,875	)		(4,889	)		(11,663	)		(57,427	)
Recoveries		4,225			310			3,060			7,595
Net provision for loan losses (a)		25,362			6,532			(5,753	)		26,141
Increase in FDIC loss share receivable (a)		22,650			11,189			562			34,401
Ending balance	$	89,776		$	27,060		$	18,755		$	135,591
Ending balance:
Individually evaluated for impairment	$	8,469		$	133		$	—		$	8,602
Collectively evaluated for impairment	$	50,549		$	4,518		$	16,080		$	71,147
Acquired-impaired	$	30,758		$	22,409		$	2,675		$	55,842
Loans:
Ending balance:	$	8,187,469		$	1,561,640		$	1,685,339		$	11,434,448
Individually evaluated for impairment	$	78,337		$	7,524		$	—		$	85,861
Collectively evaluated for impairment (b)	$	7,758,832		$	1,259,767		$	1,577,265		$	10,595,864
Acquired-impaired	$	350,300		$	294,349		$	108,074		$	752,723

(a) The $2.6 million provision expense for impairment on certain pools of covered loans is reported net of the benefit attributable to the FDIC loss share agreements as reflected by the related increase in the loss share receivable.

(b) In accordance with purchase accounting rules, acquired non-impaired loans were recorded at their fair value at the time of acquisition with no carryover of losses and are included in the ending balance of loans collectively evaluated for impairment. No allowance had been established on these acquired loans as of September 30, 2012.

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3. Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses (continued)

The following tables show the composition of nonaccrual loans by portfolio segment and class. Acquired-impaired and certain covered loans are considered to be performing due to the application of the accretion method and are excluded from the table. Covered loans accounted for using the cost recovery method do not have an accretable yield and are disclosed below as nonaccrual loans. Acquired-performing loans that have subsequently been placed on nonaccrual status are also disclosed below.

(In thousands)	September 30, 2013		December 31, 2012
Originated loans:
Commercial non-real estate	$	14,118	$	18,941
Construction and land development		19,817		32,777
Commercial real estate		39,695		40,190
Residential mortgages		13,148		7,705
Consumer		4,684		3,815
Total originated loans	$	91,462	$	103,428
Acquired loans:
Commercial non-real estate	$	3,381	$	4,326
Construction and land development		2,025		5,967
Commercial real estate		6,123		6,609
Residential mortgages		9,664		10,551
Consumer		1,890		2,634
Total acquired loans	$	23,083	$	30,087
Covered loans:
Commercial non-real estate	$	3	$	—
Construction and land development		2,624		2,487
Commercial real estate		1,179		1,220
Residential mortgages		942		393
Consumer		415		—
Total covered loans	$	5,163	$	4,100
Total loans:
Commercial non-real estate	$	17,502	$	23,267
Construction and land development		24,466		41,231
Commercial real estate		46,997		48,019
Residential mortgages		23,754		18,649
Consumer		6,989		6,449
Total loans	$	119,708	$	137,615

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – (continued)

(Unaudited)

3. Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses (continued)

The amount of interest that would have been recognized on nonaccrual loans for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 was approximately $4.9 million. Interest actually received and taken into income on nonaccrual loans during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 was $4.1 million.

Included in nonaccrual loans at September 30, 2013 is $19.1 million in restructured commercial loans. Total troubled debt restructurings (TDRs) were $29.7 million as of September 30, 2013 and $32.2 million at December 31, 2012. Individual acquired and covered impaired loans modified post-acquisition are not removed from their accounting pool and accounted for as TDRs, even if those loans would otherwise be deemed TDRs.

The table below details TDRs that occurred during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and September 30, 2012 by portfolio segment and TDRs that subsequently defaulted within twelve months of modification (dollar amounts in thousands). All troubled debt restructurings are rated substandard and individually evaluated for impairment.

	Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2013						September 30, 2012
			Pre-Modification		Post-Modification				Pre-Modification		Post-Modification
			Outstanding		Outstanding				Outstanding		Outstanding
	Number of		Recorded		Recorded		Number of		Recorded		Recorded
Troubled Debt Restructurings:	Contracts		Investment		Investment		Contracts		Investment		Investment
Originated loans:
Commercial non-real estate		1	$	926	$	913		1	$	790	$	790
Construction and land development		—		—		—		—		—		—
Commercial real estate		4		1,332		1,270		9		9,475		8,582
Residential mortgages		1		456		343		2		711		561
Consumer		—		—		—		—		—		—
Total originated loans		6	$	2,714	$	2,526		12	$	10,976	$	9,933
Aquired loans:
Commercial non-real estate		—	$	—	$	—		—	$	—	$	—
Construction and land development		—		—		—		—		—		—
Commercial real estate		1		512		476		—		—		—
Residential mortgages		1		514		500		—		—		—
Consumer		—		—		—		—		—		—
Total acquired loans		2	$	1,026	$	976		—	$	—	$	—
Covered loans:
Commercial non-real estate		—	$	—	$	—		—	$	—	$	—
Construction and land development		—		—		—		—		—		—
Commercial real estate		—		—		—		—		—		—
Residential mortgages		—		—		—		—		—		—
Consumer		—		—		—		—		—		—
Total covered loans		—	$	—	$	—		—	$	—	$	—
Total loans:
Commercial non-real estate		1	$	926	$	913		1	$	790	$	790
Construction and land development		—		—		—		—		—		—
Commercial real estate		5		1,844		1,746		9		9,475		8,582
Residential mortgages		2		970		843		2		711		561
Consumer		—		—		—		—		—		—
Total loans		8	$	3,740	$	3,502		12	$	10,976	$	9,933

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			Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2013				September 30, 2012
Troubled Debt Restructurings That Subsequently Defaulted:	Number of Contracts		Recorded Investment		Number of Contracts		Recorded Investment
Originated loans:
Commercial non-real estate		—	$	—		—	$	—
Construction and land development		—		—		—		—
Commercial real estate		—		—		2		1,787
Residential mortgages		—		—		—		—
Consumer		—		—		—		—
Total originated loans		—	$	—		2	$	1,787
Aquired loans:
Commercial non-real estate		—	$	—		—	$	—
Construction and land development		—		—		—		—
Commercial real estate		—		—		—		—
Residential mortgages		—		—		—		—
Consumer		—		—		—		—
Total acquired loans		—	$	—		—	$	—
Covered loans:
Commercial non-real estate		—	$	—		—	$	—
Construction and land development		—		—		—		—
Commercial real estate		—		—		—		—
Residential mortgages		—		—		—		—
Consumer		—		—		—		—
Total covered loans		—	$	—		—	$	—
Total loans:
Commercial non-real estate		—	$	—		—	$	—
Construction and land development		—		—		—		—
Commercial real estate		—		—		2		1,787
Residential mortgages		—		—		—		—
Consumer		—		—		—		—
Total loans		—	$	—		2	$	1,787

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – (continued)

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3. Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses (continued)

Loans that are risk rated substandard and doubtful are reviewed for impairment. Those loans that are determined to be impaired and greater than $1 million are individually evaluated for impairment. The tables below present loans that are individually evaluated for impairment disaggregated by class at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012:

			Unpaid				Average		Interest
	Recorded		Principal		Related		Recorded		Income
September 30, 2013	Investment		Balance		Allowance		Investment		Recognized
					(In thousands)
Originated loans:
With no related allowance recorded:
Commercial non-real estate	$	848	$	1,073	$	—	$	212	$	12
Construction and land development		9,798		11,431		—		2,450		53
Commercial real estate		6,608		8,430		—		18,527		344
Residential mortgages		—		—		—		328		—
Consumer		—		—		—		1,267		—
		17,254		20,934		—		22,784		409
With an allowance recorded:
Commercial non-real estate		8,063		8,365		325		9,929		167
Construction and land development		6,246		6,246		211		1,562		40
Commercial real estate		14,562		14,866		946		22,427		413
Residential mortgages		—		—		—		134		—
Consumer		—		—		—		1,281		—
		28,871		29,477		1,482		35,333		620
Total:
Commercial non-real estate		8,911		9,438		325		10,141		179
Construction and land development		16,044		17,677		211		4,012		93
Commercial real estate		21,170		23,296		946		40,954		757
Residential mortgages		—		—		—		462		—
Consumer		—		—		—		2,548		—
Total originated loans	$	46,125	$	50,411	$	1,482	$	58,117	$	1,029
Acquired loans:
With no related allowance recorded:
Commercial non-real estate	$	2,179	$	2,186	$	—	$	545	$	—
Construction and land development		730		754		—		183		—
Commercial real estate		476		486		—		1,079		47
Residential mortgages		502		509		—		382		—
Consumer		—		—		—		—		—
		3,887		3,935		—		2,189		47
With an allowance recorded:
Commercial non-real estate		—		—		—		3,434		63
Construction and land development		—		—		—		197		—
Commercial real estate		1,895		1,931		463		3,328		—
Residential mortgages		—		—		—		1,057		—
Consumer		—		—		—		—		—
		1,895		1,931		463		8,016		63
Total:
Commercial non-real estate		2,179		2,186		—		3,979		63
Construction and land development		730		754		—		380		—
Commercial real estate		2,371		2,417		463		4,407		47
Residential mortgages		502		509		—		1,439		—
Consumer		—		—		—		—		—
Total acquired loans	$	5,782	$	5,866	$	463	$	10,205	$	110

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			Unpaid				Average		Interest
	Recorded		Principal		Related		Recorded		Income
September 30, 2013	Investment		Balance		Allowance		Investment		Recognized
Covered loans:
With no related allowance recorded:
Commercial non-real estate	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—
Construction and land development		—		—		—		—		—
Commercial real estate		—		—		—		—		—
Residential mortgages		—		—		—		—		—
Consumer		—		—		—		—		—
		—		—		—		—		—
With an allowance recorded:
Commercial non-real estate		—		—		—		—		—
Construction and land development		—		—		—		—		—
Commercial real estate		—		—		—		—		—
Residential mortgages		—		—		—		—		—
Consumer		—		—		—		—		—
		—		—		—		—		—
Total:
Commercial non-real estate		—		—		—		—		—
Construction and land development		—		—		—		—		—
Commercial real estate		—		—		—		—		—
Residential mortgages		—		—		—		—		—
Consumer		—		—		—		—		—
Total covered loans	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—
Total loans:
With no related allowance recorded:
Commercial non-real estate	$	3,027	$	3,259	$	—	$	757	$	12
Construction and land development		10,528		12,185		—		2,633		53
Commercial real estate		7,084		8,916		—		19,606		391
Residential mortgages		502		509		—		710		—
Consumer		—		—		—		1,267		—
		21,141		24,869		—		24,973		456
With an allowance recorded:
Commercial non-real estate		8,063		8,365		325		13,363		230
Construction and land development		6,246		6,246		211		1,759		40
Commercial real estate		16,457		16,797		1,409		25,755		413
Residential mortgages		—		—		—		1,191		—
Consumer		—		—		—		1,281		—
		30,766		31,408		1,945		43,349		683
Total:
Commercial non-real estate		11,090		11,624		325		14,120		242
Construction and land development		16,774		18,431		211		4,392		93
Commercial real estate		23,541		25,713		1,409		45,361		804
Residential mortgages		502		509		—		1,901		—
Consumer		—		—		—		2,548		—
Total loans	$	51,907	$	56,277	$	1,945	$	68,322	$	1,139

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			Unpaid				Average		Interest
	Recorded		Principal		Related		Recorded		Income
December 31, 2012	Investment		Balance		Allowance		Investment		Recognized
					(In thousands)
Originated loans:
With no related allowance recorded:
Commercial	$	34,705	$	55,101	$	—	$	23,793	$	464
Residential mortgages		2,721		4,874		—		3,255		155
Consumer		—		—		—		—		—
		37,426		59,975		—		27,048		619
With an allowance recorded:
Commercial		35,850		37,917		6,377		41,232		703
Residential mortgages		—		—		—		4,619		—
Consumer		—		—		—		—		—
		35,850		37,917		6,377		45,851		703
Total:
Commercial		70,555		93,018		6,377		65,025		1,167
Residential mortgages		2,721		4,874		—		7,874		155
Consumer		—		—		—		—		—
Total originated loans	$	73,276	$	97,892	$	6,377	$	72,899	$	1,322
Acquired loans:
With no related allowance recorded:
Commercial	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—
Residential mortgages		—		—		—		—		—
Consumer		—		—		—		—		—
		—		—		—		—		—
With an allowance recorded:
Commercial		6,202		6,386		788		1,551		—
Residential mortgages		—		—		—		—		—
Consumer		—		—		—		—		—
		6,202		6,386		788		1,551		—
Total:
Commercial		6,202		6,386		788		1,551		—
Residential mortgages		—		—		—		—		—
Consumer		—		—		—		—		—
Total acquired loans	$	6,202	$	6,386	$	788	$	1,551	$	—

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			Unpaid				Average		Interest
	Recorded		Principal		Related		Recorded		Income
December 31, 2012	Investment		Balance		Allowance		Investment		Recognized
					(In thousands)
Covered loans:
With no related allowance recorded:
Commercial	$	3,707	$	10,208	$	—	$	6,008	$	—
Residential mortgages		393		787		—		446		—
Consumer		—		—		—		—		—
		4,100		10,995		—		6,454		—
With an allowance recorded:
Commercial		—		—		—		—		—
Residential mortgages		—		—		—		—		—
Consumer		—		—		—		—		—
		—		—		—		—		—
Total:
Commercial		3,707		10,208		—		6,008		—
Residential mortgages		393		787		—		446		—
Consumer		—		—		—		—		—
Total covered loans	$	4,100	$	10,995	$	—	$	6,454	$	—
Total loans:
With no related allowance recorded:
Commercial	$	38,412	$	65,309	$	—	$	29,801	$	464
Residential mortgages		3,114		5,661		—		3,701		155
Consumer		—		—		—		—		—
		41,526		70,970		—		33,502		619
With an allowance recorded:
Commercial		42,052		44,303		7,165		42,783		703
Residential mortgages		—		—		—		4,619		—
Consumer		—		—		—		—		—
		42,052		44,303		7,165		47,402		703
Total:
Commercial		80,464		109,612		7,165		72,584		1,167
Residential mortgages		3,114		5,661		—		8,320		155
Consumer		—		—		—		—		—
Total loans	$	83,578	$	115,273	$	7,165	$	80,904	$	1,322

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3. Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses (continued)

Covered loans and acquired credit impaired loans with an accretable yield are considered to be current in the following delinquency table. Certain covered loans accounted for using the cost recovery method are disclosed according to their contractual payment status below. The following table presents the age analysis of past due loans at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012:

													Recorded
					Greater than								investment
	30-59 days		60-89 days		90 days		Total				Total		> 90 days
September 30, 2013	past due		past due		past due		past due		Current		Loans		and accruing
							(In thousands)
Originated loans:
Commercial non-real estate	$	7,369	$	2,891	$	9,615	$	19,875	$	3,613,615	$	3,633,490	$	1,268
Construction and land development		2,083		2,131		18,079		22,293		716,690		738,983		8,183
Commercial real estate		11,753		2,215		16,383		30,351		1,786,051		1,816,402		1,309
Residential mortgages		224		2,484		4,018		6,726		1,117,923		1,124,649		—
Consumer		4,974		2,238		3,686		10,898		1,376,345		1,387,243		1,752
Total	$	26,403	$	11,959	$	51,781	$	90,143	$	8,610,624	$	8,700,767	$	12,512
Acquired loans:
Commercial non-real estate	$	1,586	$	414	$	1,396	$	3,396	$	964,089	$	967,485	$	700
Construction and land development		1,481		897		594		2,972		155,256		158,228		56
Commercial real estate		2,548		703		5,763		9,014		1,029,273		1,038,287		2,306
Residential mortgages		594		970		6,337		7,901		339,153		347,054		—
Consumer		393		158		1,033		1,584		129,065		130,649		46
Total	$	6,602	$	3,142	$	15,123	$	24,867	$	2,616,836	$	2,641,703	$	3,108
Covered loans:
Commercial non-real estate	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	24,340	$	24,340	$	—
Construction and land development		—		—		2,624		2,624		20,573		23,197		—
Commercial real estate		—		—		675		675		59,605		60,280		—
Residential mortgages		—		—		667		667		222,827		223,494		—
Consumer		5		2		322		329		60,362		60,691		—
Total	$	5	$	2	$	4,288	$	4,295	$	387,707	$	392,002	$	—
Total loans:
Commercial non-real estate	$	8,955	$	3,305	$	11,011	$	23,271	$	4,602,044	$	4,625,315	$	1,968
Construction and land development		3,564		3,028		21,297		27,889		892,519		920,408		8,239
Commercial real estate		14,301		2,918		22,821		40,040		2,874,929		2,914,969		3,615
Residential mortgages		818		3,454		11,022		15,294		1,679,903		1,695,197		—
Consumer		5,372		2,398		5,041		12,811		1,565,772		1,578,583		1,798
Total	$	33,010	$	15,103	$	71,192	$	119,305	$	11,615,167	$	11,734,472	$	15,620

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3. Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses (continued)

													Recorded
					Greater than								investment
	30-59 days		60-89 days		90 days		Total				Total		> 90 days
December 31, 2012	past due		past due		past due		past due		Current		Loans		and accruing
							(In thousands)
Originated loans:
Commercial	$	24,398	$	16,508	$	46,355	$	87,261	$	4,840,199	$	4,927,460	$	5,262
Residential mortgages		11,500		3,303		4,100		18,903		809,082		827,985		—
Consumer		10,348		2,150		4,231		16,729		1,335,047		1,351,776		2,474
Total	$	46,246	$	21,961	$	54,686	$	122,893	$	6,984,328	$	7,107,221	$	7,736
Acquired loans:
Commercial	$	28,791	$	4,666	$	15,774	$	49,231	$	3,216,109	$	3,265,340	$	4,354
Residential mortgages		9,641		1,290		8,996		19,927		466,517		486,444		1,106
Consumer		1,282		430		2,170		3,882		199,092		202,974		47
Total	$	39,714	$	6,386	$	26,940	$	73,040	$	3,881,718	$	3,954,758	$	5,507
Covered loans:
Commercial	$	—	$	—	$	3,707	$	3,707	$	149,181	$	152,888	$	—
Residential mortgages		—		—		393		393		263,122		263,515		—
Consumer		—		—		—		—		99,420		99,420		—
Total	$	—	$	—	$	4,100	$	4,100	$	511,723	$	515,823	$	—
Total loans:
Commercial	$	53,189	$	21,174	$	65,836	$	140,199	$	8,205,489	$	8,345,688	$	9,616
Residential mortgages		21,141		4,593		13,489		39,223		1,538,721		1,577,944		1,106
Consumer		11,630		2,580		6,401		20,611		1,633,559		1,654,170		2,521
Total	$	85,960	$	28,347	$	85,726	$	200,033	$	11,377,769	$	11,577,802	$	13,243

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3. Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses (continued)

The following tables present the credit quality indicators of the Company’s various classes of loans at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012.

Commercial Non-Real Estate Credit Exposure

Credit Risk Profile by Internally Assigned Grade

	September 30, 2013								December 31, 2012
	Originated		Acquired		Covered		Total		Originated		Acquired		Covered		Total
	(In thousands)								(In thousands)
Grade:
Pass	$	3,459,635	$	877,964	$	14,063	$	4,351,662	$	2,610,970	$	1,588,435	$	14,855	$	4,214,260
Pass-Watch		106,657		41,741		118		148,516		32,393		52,361		74		84,828
Special Mention		31,600		28,308		—		59,908		23,550		6,267		3,226		33,043
Substandard		35,598		18,547		7,820		61,965		46,472		43,219		8,433		98,124
Doubtful		—		925		2,339		3,264		—		361		2,672		3,033
Loss		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Total	$	3,633,490	$	967,485	$	24,340	$	4,625,315	$	2,713,385	$	1,690,643	$	29,260	$	4,433,288

Construction Credit Exposure

Credit Risk Profile by Internally Assigned Grade

	September 30, 2013								December 31, 2012
	Originated		Acquired		Covered		Total		Originated		Acquired		Covered		Total
	(In thousands)								(In thousands)
Grade:
Pass	$	681,999	$	130,457	$	230	$	812,686	$	557,511	$	249,269	$	331	$	807,111
Pass-Watch		16,728		8,684		598		26,010		13,705		2,993		1,028		17,726
Special Mention		944		1,446		197		2,587		30,522		12,248		420		43,190
Substandard		39,312		17,637		10,241		67,190		63,925		30,637		7,311		101,873
Doubtful		—		4		11,931		11,935		10		4		19,392		19,406
Loss		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Total	$	738,983	$	158,228	$	23,197	$	920,408	$	665,673	$	295,151	$	28,482	$	989,306

Commercial Real Estate Credit Exposure

Credit Risk Profile by Internally Assigned Grade

	September 30, 2013								December 31, 2012
	Originated		Acquired		Covered		Total		Originated		Acquired		Covered		Total
	(In thousands)								(In thousands)
Grade:
Pass	$	1,656,114	$	943,760	$	5,853	$	2,605,727	$	1,353,453	$	1,173,617	$	16,693	$	2,543,763
Pass-Watch		32,762		41,172		4,823		78,757		36,507		16,051		15,015		67,573
Special Mention		3,618		7,864		3,127		14,609		29,912		21,116		3,787		54,815
Substandard		123,890		45,491		32,989		202,370		128,088		68,762		31,298		228,148
Doubtful		18		—		13,488		13,506		442		—		28,353		28,795
Loss		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Total	$	1,816,402	$	1,038,287	$	60,280	$	2,914,969	$	1,548,402	$	1,279,546	$	95,146	$	2,923,094

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3. Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses (continued)

Residential Mortgage Credit Exposure

Credit Risk Profile Based on Payment Activity

	September 30, 2013								December 31, 2012
	Originated		Acquired		Covered		Total		Originated		Acquired		Covered		Total
	(In thousands)								(In thousands)
Performing	$	1,110,952	$	337,390	$	223,101	$	1,671,443	$	820,281	$	475,893	$	263,515	$	1,559,689
Nonperforming		13,697		9,664		393		23,754		7,704		10,551		—		18,255
Total	$	1,124,649	$	347,054	$	223,494	$	1,695,197	$	827,985	$	486,444	$	263,515	$	1,577,944

Consumer Credit Exposure

Credit Risk Profile Based on Payment Activity

	September 30, 2013								December 31, 2012
	Originated		Acquired		Covered		Total		Originated		Acquired		Covered		Total
	(In thousands)								(In thousands)
Performing	$	1,382,144	$	128,759	$	60,691	$	1,571,594	$	1,345,487	$	200,292	$	99,420	$	1,645,199
Nonperforming		5,099		1,890		—		6,989		6,289		2,682		—		8,971
Total	$	1,387,243	$	130,649	$	60,691	$	1,578,583	$	1,351,776	$	202,974	$	99,420	$	1,654,170

Loan review uses a risk-focused continuous monitoring program that provides for an independent, objective and timely review of credit risk within the company. Below are the definitions of the Company’s internally assigned grades:

Commercial:

• Pass—loans properly approved, documented, collateralized, and performing which do not reflect an abnormal credit risk.

• Pass—Watch—Credits in this category are of sufficient risk to cause concern. This category is reserved for credits that display negative performance trends. The “Watch” grade should be regarded as a transition category.

• Special Mention—These credits exhibit some signs of “Watch,” but to a greater magnitude. These credits constitute an undue and unwarranted credit risk, but not to a point of justifying a classification of “Substandard.” They have weaknesses that, if not checked or corrected, weaken the asset or inadequately protect the bank.

• Substandard—These credits constitute an unacceptable risk to the bank. They have recognized credit weaknesses that jeopardize the repayment of the debt. Repayment sources are marginal or unclear.

• Doubtful—A Doubtful credit has all of the weaknesses inherent in one classified “Substandard” with the added characteristic that weaknesses make collection in full highly questionable or improbable.

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3. Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses (continued)

• Loss—Credits classified as Loss are considered uncollectable and are charged off promptly once so classified.

Residential Mortgage and Consumer:

• Performing – Loans on which payments of principal and interest are less than 90 days past due.

• Nonperforming – Loans on which payments of principal and interest are more than 90 days past due and on nonaccrual status.

Changes in the carrying amount of acquired-impaired loans and accretable yield are presented in the following table for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and the year ended December 31, 2012:

	September 30, 2013												December 31, 2012
	Covered						Non-covered						Covered						Non-covered
	Carrying						Carrying						Carrying						Carrying
	Amount			Accretable			Amount			Accretable			Amount			Accretable			Amount			Accretable
	of Loans			Yield			of Loans			Yield			of Loans			Yield			of Loans			Yield
(In thousands)
Balance at beginning of period	$	515,823		$	115,594		$	141,201		$	203,186		$	671,443		$	153,137		$	339,452		$	130,691
Additions		—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—
Payments received, net		(150,405	)		(861	)		(106,444	)		(37,961	)		(200,719	)		—			(250,338	)		—
Accretion		26,584			(26,584	)		30,213			(30,213	)		45,099			(45,099	)		52,087			(52,087	)
Increase (decrease) in expected cash flows based on actual cash flow and changes in cash flow assumptions		—			(12,944	)		—			6,465			—			(19,326	)		—			23,688
Net transfers from (to) nonaccretable difference to accretable yield		—			22,611			—			5,636			—			26,882			—			100,894
Balance at end of period	$	392,002		$	97,816		$	64,970		$	147,113		$	515,823		$	115,594		$	141,201		$	203,186

4. Fair Value

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) defines fair value as the exchange price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. The FASB’s guidance also established a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to the valuation techniques used to measure fair value, giving preference to quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs such as a reporting entity’s own data (level 3). Level 2 inputs include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, observable inputs other than quoted prices, such as interest rates and yield curves, and inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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4. Fair Value (continued)

Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities Measured on a Recurring Basis

The following tables present for each of the fair value hierarchy levels the Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value (in thousands) on a recurring basis in the consolidated balance sheets.

	September 30, 2013
	Level 1		Level 2		Total
Assets
Available for sale debt securities:
U.S. Treasury and government agency securities	$	620	$	—	$	620
Municipal obligations		—		43,648		43,648
Corporate debt securities		3,500		—		3,500
Mortgage-backed securities		—		1,359,970		1,359,970
Collateralized mortgage obligations		—		45,032		45,032
Equity securities		5,350		—		5,350
Total available-for-sale securities		9,470		1,448,650		1,458,120
Derivative assets (1)		—		16,062		16,062
Total recurring fair value measurements—assets	$	9,470	$	1,464,712	$	1,474,182
Liabilities
Derivative liabilities (1)	$	—	$	15,929	$	15,929
Total recurring fair value measurements—liabilities	$	—	$	15,929	$	15,929

(1) For further disaggregation of derivative assets and liabilities, see Note 5—Derivatives.

	December 31, 2012
	Level 1		Level 2		Total
Assets
Available for sale debt securities:
U.S. Treasury and government agency securities	$	18,265	$	—	$	18,265
Municipal obligations		—		50,165		50,165
Corporate debt securities		2,250		—		2,250
Mortgage-backed securities		—		1,774,406		1,774,406
Collateralized mortgage obligations		—		198,077		198,077
Equity securities		5,279		—		5,279
Total available-for-sale securities		25,794		2,022,648		2,048,442
Derivative assets (1)		—		20,093		20,093
Total recurring fair value measurements—assets	$	25,794	$	2,042,741	$	2,068,535
Liabilities
Derivative liabilities (1)	$	—	$	21,100	$	21,100
Total recurring fair value measurements—liabilities	$	—	$	21,100	$	21,100

(1) For further disaggregation of derivative assets and liabilities, see Note 5—Derivatives.

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4. Fair Value (continued)

Securities classified as level 1 within the valuation hierarchy include U.S. Treasury securities, obligations of U.S. Government-sponsored agencies, and certain other debt and equity securities. Level 2 classified securities include residential mortgage-backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations that are issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies, and state and municipal bonds. The level 2 fair value measurements for investment securities are obtained quarterly from a third-party pricing service that uses industry-standard pricing models. Substantially all of the model inputs are observable in the marketplace or can be supported by observable data. The Company invests only in high quality securities of investment grade quality with a targeted duration, for the overall portfolio, generally between two to five years. Company policies limit investments to securities having a rating of not less than “Baa” or its equivalent by a nationally recognized statistical rating agency. There were no transfers between valuation hierarchy levels during the periods shown.

The fair value of derivative financial instruments, which are predominantly interest rate swaps, is obtained from a third-party pricing service that uses an industry-standard discounted cash flow model that relies on inputs, such as LIBOR swap curves and Overnight Index Swap rate (OIS) curves, observable in the marketplace. To comply with the accounting guidance, credit valuation adjustments are incorporated in the fair values to appropriately reflect nonperformance risk for both the Company and the counterparties. Although the Company has determined that the majority of the inputs used to value the derivative instruments fall within level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, the credit value adjustments utilize level 3 inputs, such as estimates of current credit spreads. The Company has determined that the impact of the credit valuation adjustments is not significant to the overall valuation of these derivatives. As a result, the Company has classified its derivative valuations in their entirety in level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. The Company’s policy is to measure counterparty credit risk quarterly for all derivative instruments subject to master netting arrangements consistent with how market participants would price the net risk exposure at the measurement date.

The Company also has certain derivative instruments associated with the Banks’ mortgage-banking activities. These derivative instruments include interest rate lock commitments on prospective residential mortgage loans and forward commitments to sell these loans to investors on a best efforts delivery basis. The fair value of these derivative instruments is measured using observable market prices for similar instruments and classified as level 2 measurements.

Fair Value of Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis

Certain assets and liabilities are measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis. Collateral-dependent impaired loans are level 2 assets measured at the fair value of the underlying collateral based on third-party appraisals that take into consideration market-based information such as recent sales activity for similar assets in the property’s market.

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4. Fair Value (continued)

Other real estate owned, including both foreclosed property and surplus banking property, are level 3 assets that are adjusted to fair value, less estimated selling costs, upon transfer to other real estate owned. Subsequently, other real estate owned is carried at the lower of carrying value or fair value less estimated selling costs. Fair values are determined by sales agreement or third-party appraisals as discounted for estimated selling costs, information from comparable sales, and marketability of the property.

The following tables present for each of the fair value hierarchy levels the Company’s financial assets that are measured at fair value (in thousands) on a nonrecurring basis.

	September 30, 2013
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Collateral-dependent impaired loans	$	—	$	27,981	$	—	$	27,981
Other real estate owned		—		—		21,148		21,148
Total nonrecurring fair value measurements	$	—	$	27,981	$	21,148	$	49,129
	December 31, 2012
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Collateral-dependent impaired loans	$	—	$	72,694	$	—	$	72,694
Other real estate owned		—		—		43,803		43,803
Total nonrecurring fair value measurements	$	—	$	72,694	$	43,803	$	116,497

Accounting guidance from the FASB requires the disclosure of estimated fair value information about certain on- and off-balance sheet financial instruments, including those financial instruments that are not measured and reported at fair value on a recurring basis. The significant methods and assumptions used by the Company to estimate the fair value of financial instruments are discussed below.

Cash, Short-Term Investments and Federal Funds Sold - For these short-term instruments, the carrying amount is a reasonable estimate of fair value.

Securities – The fair value measurement for securities available for sale was discussed earlier. The same measurement techniques were applied to the valuation of securities held to maturity.

Loans, Net - The fair value measurement for certain impaired loans was discussed earlier. For the remaining portfolio, fair values were generally determined by discounting scheduled cash flows by discount rates determined with reference to current market rates at which loans with similar terms would be made to borrowers of similar credit quality.

Accrued Interest Receivable and Accrued Interest Payable - The carrying amounts are a reasonable estimate of fair value.

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4. Fair Value (continued)

Deposits - The accounting guidance requires that the fair value of deposits with no stated maturity, such as noninterest-bearing demand deposits, interest-bearing checking and savings accounts, be assigned fair values equal to amounts payable upon demand (carrying amounts). The fair value of fixed-maturity certificates of deposit is estimated using the rates currently offered for deposits of similar remaining maturities.

Securities Sold under Agreements to Repurchase and Federal Funds Purchased—For these short-term liabilities, the carrying amount is a reasonable estimate of fair value.

Long-Term Debt—The fair value is estimated by discounting the future contractual cash flows using current market rates at which debt with similar terms could be obtained.

Derivative Financial Instruments – The fair value measurement for derivative financial instruments was discussed earlier.

The following tables present the estimated fair values of the Company’s financial instruments by fair value hierarchy levels and the corresponding carrying amount at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 (in thousands):

	September 30, 2013
							Total		Carrying
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Fair Value		Amount
Financial assets:
Cash, interest-bearing bank deposits, and federal funds sold	$	888,005	$	—	$	—	$	888,005	$	888,005
Available for sale securities		9,470		1,448,650		—		1,458,120		1,458,120
Held to maturity securities		100,688		2,553,179		—		2,653,867		2,666,082
Loans, net		—		27,981		11,528,860		11,556,841		11,596,250
Loans held for sale		—		18,444		—		18,444		18,444
Accrued interest receivable		42,039		—		—		42,039		42,039
Derivative financial instruments		—		16,062		—		16,062		16,062
Financial liabilities:
Deposits	$	—	$	—	$	15,017,314	$	15,017,314	$	15,054,871
Federal funds purchased		22,193		—		—		22,193		22,193
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase		760,586		—		—		760,586		760,586
Long-term debt		—		384,239		—		384,239		376,664
Accrued interest payable		5,694		—		—		5,694		5,694
Derivative financial instruments		—		15,929		—		15,929		15,929

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4. Fair Value (continued)

	December 31, 2012
							Total		Carrying
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Fair Value		Amount
Financial assets:
Cash, interest-bearing bank deposits, and federal funds sold	$	1,948,679	$	—	$	—	$	1,948,679	$	1,948,679
Available for sale securities		25,794		2,022,648		—		2,048,442		2,048,442
Held to maturity securities		—		1,710,465		—		1,710,465		1,668,018
Loans, net		—		72,694		11,494,409		11,567,103		11,441,631
Loans held for sale		—		50,605		—		50,605		50,605
Accrued interest receivable		45,616		—		—		45,616		45,616
Derivative financial instruments		—		20,093		—		20,093		20,093
Financial liabilities:
Deposits	$	—	$	—	$	15,757,044	$	15,757,044	$	15,744,188
Federal funds purchased		25,704		—		—		25,704		25,704
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase		613,429		—		—		613,429		613,429
Long-term debt		—		410,791		—		410,791		396,589
Accrued interest payable		4,814		—		—		4,814		4,814
Derivative financial instruments		—		21,100		—		21,100		21,100

5. Derivatives

Risk Management Objective of Using Derivatives

The Company enters into derivative financial instruments to manage risks related to differences in the amount, timing, and duration of the Company’s known or expected cash receipts and its known or expected cash payments, currently related to our variable rate borrowing. The Banks have also entered into interest rate derivative agreements as a service to certain qualifying customers. The Banks manage a matched book with respect to these customer derivatives in order to minimize the net risk exposure resulting from such agreements. The Banks also enter into risk participation agreements under which they may either sell or buy credit risk associated with a customer’s performance under certain interest rate derivative contracts related to loans in which participation interests have been sold to or purchased from other banks.

Fair Values of Derivative Instruments on the Balance Sheet

The table below presents the notional amounts and fair values (in thousands) of the Company’s derivative financial instruments as well as their classification on the consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012.

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5. Derivatives (continued)

Fair and Notional Values of Derivative Instruments

						Fair Values (1)
		Notional Amounts				Assets				Liabilities
(in thousands)	Type of Hedge	September 30, 2013		December 31, 2012		September 30, 2013		December 31, 2012		September 30, 2013		December 31, 2012
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:
Interest rate swaps	Cash Flow	$	—	$	140,000	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	298
		$	—	$	140,000	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	298
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:
Interest rate swaps (2)	N/A	$	661,421	$	547,477	$	15,249	$	19,448	$	15,079	$	20,157
Risk participation agreements	N/A		20,287		—		4		—		3		—
Forward commitments to sell residential mortgage loans	N/A		24,473		115,256		51		190		355		590
Interest rate-lock commitments on residential mortgage loans	N/A		12,814		58,135		251		455		11		55
Foreign exchange forward contracts	N/A		33,941		—		507		—		481		—
		$	752,936	$	720,868	$	16,062	$	20,093	$	15,929	$	20,802

(1) Derivative assets and liabilities are reported with other assets or other liabilities, respectively, in the consolidated balance sheets.

(2) The notional amount represents both the customer accommodation agreements and offsetting agreements with unrelated financial institutions.

Cash Flow Hedges of Interest Rate Risk

The Company had been party to an interest rate swap agreement with a notional amount of $140 million under which the Company received interest at a variable rate and paid at a fixed rate. This derivative instrument represented by this swap agreement was designated as and qualified as a cash flow hedge of the Company’s forecasted variable cash flows under a variable-rate term borrowing agreement. The swap agreement expired in June 2013.

During the term of the swap agreement, the effective portion of changes in the fair value of the derivative instrument was recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”) and subsequently reclassified into earnings in the periods that the hedged forecasted variable-rate interest payments affected earnings. The impact on AOCI was insignificant during 2013 and 2012. There was no ineffective portion of the change in fair value of the derivative recognized directly in earnings.

Derivatives Not Designated as Hedges

Customer interest rate derivatives

The Banks enter into interest rate derivative agreements, primarily rate swaps, with commercial banking customers to facilitate their risk management strategies. The Banks simultaneously enter into offsetting agreements with unrelated financial institutions, thereby mitigating its net risk exposure resulting from such transactions. Because the interest rate derivatives associated with this program do not meet hedge accounting requirements, changes in the fair value of both the customer derivatives and the offsetting derivatives are recognized directly in earnings.

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5. Derivatives (continued)

Risk participation agreements

The Banks also enter into risk participation agreements under which they may either assume or sell credit risk associated with a borrower’s performance under certain interest rate derivative contracts. In those instances where the Banks have assumed credit risk, they are not a direct counterparty to the derivative contract with the borrower and have entered into the risk participation agreement because they are a party to the related loan agreement with the borrower. In those instances in which the Banks have sold credit risk, they are the sole counterparty to the derivative contract with the borrower and have entered into the risk participation agreement because other banks participate in the related loan agreement. The Banks manage their credit risk under risk participation agreements by monitoring the creditworthiness of the borrower, based on their normal credit review process.

Mortgage banking derivatives

The Banks also enter into certain derivative agreements as part of their mortgage banking activities. These agreements include interest rate lock commitments on prospective residential mortgage loans and forward commitments to sell these loans to investors on a best efforts delivery basis.

Customer foreign exchange forward contract derivatives

The Banks enter into foreign exchange forward derivative agreements, primarily forward currency contracts, with commercial banking customers to facilitate their risk management strategies. The Banks manage its risk exposure from such transactions by entering into offsetting agreements with unrelated financial institutions. Because the foreign exchange forward contract derivatives associated with this program do not meet hedge accounting requirements, changes in the fair value of both the customer derivatives and the offsetting derivatives are recognized directly in earnings.

Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Income Statement

The effect of the Company’s derivative financial instruments on the income statement was immaterial for the three month and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.

Credit-risk-related Contingent Features

Certain of the Banks’ derivative instruments contain provisions allowing the financial institution counterparty to terminate the contracts in certain circumstances, such as the downgrade of the Banks’ credit ratings below specified levels, a default by the Bank on its indebtedness, or the failure of a Bank to maintain specified minimum regulatory capital ratios or its regulatory status as a well-capitalized institution. These derivative agreements also contain provisions regarding the posting of collateral by each party. As of September 30, 2013, the aggregate fair value of derivative instruments with credit-risk-related contingent features that were in a net liability position was $10.1 million, for which the Banks had posted collateral of $11.1 million.

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5. Derivatives (continued)

Offsetting Assets and Liabilities

Offsetting information in regards to derivative assets and liabilities subject to master netting agreements at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 is presented in the following tables (in thousands):

	Gross		Gross Amounts Offset in the Statement		Net Amounts Presented in the Statement		Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Statement of Financial Position
Description	Amounts Recognized		of Financial Position		of Financial Position		Financial Instruments		Cash Collateral		Net Amount
As of September 30, 2013
Derivative Assets	$	15,253	$	—	$	15,253	$	1,949	$	—	$	13,304
Total	$	15,253	$	—	$	15,253	$	1,949	$	—	$	13,304
Derivative Liabilities	$	15,082	$	—	$	15,082	$	1,949	$	9,113	$	4,020
Total	$	15,082	$	—	$	15,082	$	1,949	$	9,113	$	4,020
As of December 31, 2012
Derivative Assets	$	19,448	$	—	$	19,448	$	—	$	—	$	19,448
Total	$	19,448	$	—	$	19,448	$	—	$	—	$	19,448
Derivative Liabilities	$	20,455	$	—	$	20,455	$	—	$	16,839	$	3,616
Total	$	20,455	$	—	$	20,455	$	—	$	16,839	$	3,616

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6. Stockholders’ Equity

Stock Repurchase Program

The Company’s board of directors approved a stock repurchase program on April 30, 2013 that authorizes the repurchase of up to 5% of the Company’s outstanding common stock.

On May 8, 2013 Hancock entered into an accelerated share repurchase (ASR) transaction with Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (Morgan Stanley). In the ASR transaction, the Company paid $115 million to Morgan Stanley and received from them approximately 2.8 million shares of Hancock common stock, representing approximately 76% of the estimated total number of shares to be repurchased. The actual number of shares to be delivered to the Company in this ASR transaction will be based generally on the volume-weighted average price per share of the Hancock common stock during the term of the ASR agreement less a specified discount and on the amount paid at inception to Morgan Stanley, subject to certain possible adjustments in accordance with the terms of the ASR agreement. Final settlement of the ASR agreement is scheduled to occur no earlier than November, 2013 and no later than May, 2014. The ASR transaction was treated as two separate transactions: (i) the acquisition of treasury shares on the date the shares were received; and (ii) a forward contract indexed to the Company’s common stock that is classified as equity.

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (AOCI) is reported as a component of stockholders’ equity. AOCI can include, among other items, unrealized holding gains and losses on securities available for sale (AFS), gains and losses associated with pension or other post retirement benefits that are not recognized immediately as a component of net periodic benefit cost, and gains and losses on derivative instruments that are designated as, and qualify as, cash flow hedges. The net unrealized gain on AFS securities reclassified as securities held to maturity (HTM) during 2012 and the net unrealized loss on AFS securities reclassified as securities held to maturity (HTM) during 2013 continue to be reported as a component of AOCI and will be amortized or accreted over the estimated remaining life of the securities as an adjustment to interest income. The components of AOCI are reported net of related tax effects. The components of AOCI and changes in those components are presented in the following table (in thousands).

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6. Stockholders’ Equity (continued)

	Available			HTM Securities						Loss on
	for Sale			Transferred			Employee			Effective Cash
	Securities			from AFS			Benefit Plans			Flow Hedges			Total
Balance, January 1, 2012	$	60,478		$	—		$	(86,923	)	$	(65	)	$	(26,510	)
Other comprehensive income before income taxes:
Net change in unrealized gain (loss)		24,780			—			—			(370	)		24,410
Transfer of net unrealized gain from AFS to HTM, net of cumulative tax effect		(24,598	)		24,598			—			—			—
Reclassification of net (gains) losses realized and included in earnings		(929	)		—			5,260			40			4,371
Amortization of unrealized net gain on securities transferred to HTM		—			(5,645	)		—			—			(5,645	)
Income tax expense (benefit)		8,693			(2,122	)		1,971			(129	)		8,413
Balance, September 30, 2012	$	51,038		$	21,075		$	(83,634	)	$	(266	)	$	(11,787	)
Balance, January 1, 2013	$	38,854		$	19,090		$	(80,688	)	$	(181	)	$	(22,925	)
Other comprehensive income before income taxes:
Net change in unrealized gain (loss)		(96,070	)		—			—			(4	)		(96,074	)
Transfer of net unrealized loss from AFS to HTM, net of cumulative tax effect		36,208			(36,208	)		—			—			—
Reclassification of net (gains) losses realized and included in earnings		—			—			5,534			301			5,835
Amortization/accretion of unrealized net gain/loss on securities transferred to HTM		—			(7,099	)		—			—			(7,099	)
Income tax expense (benefit)		(35,115	)		(2,563	)		2,070			116			(35,492	)
Balance, September 30, 2013	$	14,107		$	(21,654	)	$	(77,224	)	$	—		$	(84,771	)

The following table shows the line items in the consolidated income statements affected by amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income:

	Nine Months Ended September 30,						Increase (decrease) in affected
Amount reclassified from AOCI (in thousands)	2013			2012			line item in the income statement
Gains and losses on sale of AFS securities	$	—		$	929		Securities gains (losses)
Tax effect		—			325		Income taxes
Net of tax		—			604		Net income
Amortization/accretion of unrealized net gain/loss on securities transferred to HTM	$	7,099		$	5,645		Interest income
Tax effect		2,563			2,122		Income taxes
Net of tax		4,536			3,523		Net income
Amortization of defined benefit pension and post-retirement items	$	(5,534	)	$	(5,260	)	(a)
Tax effect		(2,070	)		(1,971	)	Income taxes
Net of tax		(3,464	)		(3,289	)	Net income
Gains and losses on cash flow hedges	$	(301	)	$	(40	)	Interest expense
Tax effect		(105	)		(14	)	Income taxes
Net of tax		(196	)		(26	)	Net income
Total reclassifications, net of tax	$	876		$	812		Net income

(a) These accumulated other comprehensive income components are included in the computation of net periodic pension and post-retirement cost that is reported with employee benefits expense (see footnote 9 for additional details).

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7. Earnings Per Share

Hancock calculates earnings per share using the two-class method. The two-class method allocates net income to each class of common stock and participating security according to common dividends declared and participation rights in undistributed earnings. Participating securities consist of unvested stock-based payment awards that contain nonforfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents.

Following is a summary of the information used in the computation of earnings per common share using the two-class method (in thousands, except per share amounts):

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
	2013		2012		2013		2012
Numerator:
Net income to common shareholders	$	33,202	$	46,984	$	128,640	$	104,783
Net income allocated to participating securities — basic and diluted		616		281		2,398		844
Net income allocated to common shareholders—basic and diluted	$	32,586	$	46,703	$	126,242	$	103,939
Denominator:
Weighted-average common shares—basic		82,091		84,777		83,404		84,757
Dilutive potential common shares		114		855		92		768
Weighted average common shares—diluted		82,205		85,632		83,496		85,525
Earnings per common share:
Basic	$	0.40	$	0.55	$	1.51	$	1.23
Diluted	$	0.40	$	0.55	$	1.51	$	1.22

Potential common shares consist of employee and director stock options. These potential common shares do not enter into the calculation of diluted earnings per share if the impact would be anti-dilutive, i.e., increase earnings per share or reduce a loss per share. Weighted-average anti-dilutive potential common shares totaled 721,863 and 1,076,894 respectively for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 1,149,491 and 908,409 respectively for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012.

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8. Share-Based Payment Arrangements

Hancock maintains incentive compensation plans that provide for awards of share-based compensation to employees and directors. These plans have been approved by the Company’s shareholders. Detailed descriptions of these plans were included in Note 13 to the consolidated financial statements in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012.

A summary of option activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 is presented below:

						Weighted-
						Average
				Weighted-		Remaining
				Average		Contractual		Aggregate
	Number of			Exercise		Term		Intrinsic
Options	Shares			Price ($)		(Years)		Value ($000)
Outstanding at January 1, 2013		1,555,296		$	38.57
Exercised		(21,145	)		27.51
Forfeited or expired		(96,226	)		45.15
Outstanding at September 30, 2013		1,437,925		$	38.30		4.7	$	797
Exercisable at September 30, 2013		990,202		$	41.15		3.4	$	389

The total intrinsic value of options exercised during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 was $0.1 million and $0.5 million, respectively.

A summary of the status of the Company’s nonvested restricted and performance shares as of September 30, 2013 and changes during the nine months ended September 30, 2013, is presented below. These restricted and performance shares are subject to service requirements.

				Weighted-
				Average
	Number of			Grant-Date
	Shares			Fair Value ($)
Nonvested at January 1, 2013		1,684,360		$	31.56
Granted		95,586			32.03
Vested		(38,909	)		34.52
Forfeited		(70,884	)		31.25
Nonvested at September 30, 2013		1,670,153		$	31.52

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8. Share-Based Payment Arrangements (continued)

As of September 30, 2013, there was $29.4 million of total unrecognized compensation expense related to nonvested restricted and performance shares expected to vest. This compensation is expected to be recognized in expense over a weighted-average period of 3.1 years. The total fair value of shares which vested during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 was $1.2 million and $0.9 million, respectively.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, the Company granted 67,533 performance shares with an average fair value of $32.84 per share to key members of executive and senior management. The number of 2013 performance shares that ultimately vest at the end of the three-year required service period will be based on the relative rank of Hancock’s three-year total shareholder return (TSR) among the TSRs of a peer group of fifty regional banks. The maximum number of performance shares that could vest is 200% of the target award. The fair value of the performance awards at the grant date was determined using a Monte Carlo simulation method. Compensation expense for these performance shares will be recognized on a straight-line basis over the service period.

9. Retirement Plans

Effective January 1, 2013, the Company adopted one qualified defined benefit pension plan covering all eligible employees. Eligibility is based on minimum age and service-related requirements as well as job classification. The consolidated plan replaced the separate qualified plans covering legacy Hancock employees (Hancock Plan) and legacy Whitney employees (Whitney Plan). The new qualified plan terms are substantially the same for legacy Hancock employees as those in effect at December 31, 2012 under the Hancock Plan. Retirement benefits for eligible legacy Whitney employees under the new plan will be based on the employee’s accrued benefit under the Whitney Plan as of December 31, 2012 plus any benefit accrued under the new plan based on years of service and compensation beginning in 2013. The Whitney Plan had been closed to new participants since 2008, and benefit accruals had been frozen for all participants other than those meeting certain vesting, age and years of service criteria as of December 31, 2008. Accrued benefits under the nonqualified plan covering certain legacy Whitney employees were frozen as of December 31, 2012 and no future benefits will be accrued under this plan.

The Company also sponsors defined benefit postretirement plans for both legacy Hancock and legacy Whitney employees that provide health care and life insurance benefits. Benefits under the Hancock plan are not available to employees hired on or after January 1, 2000. Benefits under the Whitney plan are restricted to retirees who were already receiving benefits at the time of plan amendments in 2007 or active participants who were eligible to receive benefits as of December 31, 2007.

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9. Retirement Plans (continued)

The following table shows the components of net periodic benefits cost included in expense for the plans.

	Three Months ended September 30,
	2013			2012			2013		2012
							Other Post-
	Pension benefits						retirement Benefits
Service cost	$	3,969		$	3,249		$	52	$	48
Interest cost		4,151			4,301			327		361
Expected return on plan assets		(6,982	)		(6,350	)		—		—
Amortization of prior service cost		—			—			—		(13	)
Amortization of net loss		1,605			1,645			459		176
Amortization of transition obligation		—			—			—		1
Net periodic benefit cost	$	2,743		$	2,845		$	838	$	573
	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013			2012			2013		2012
							Other Post-
	Pension benefits						retirement Benefits
Service cost	$	11,905		$	9,743		$	162	$	144
Interest cost		12,457			12,904			987		1,083
Expected return on plan assets		(20,946	)		(19,049	)		—		—
Amortization of prior service cost		—			—			—		(41	)
Amortization of net loss		4,813			4,936			1,320		530
Amortization of transition obligation		—			—			—		4
Net periodic benefit cost	$	8,229		$	8,534		$	2,469	$	1,720

The Company anticipates a total contribution to the pension plan of $10 million for 2013.

Effective January 1, 2013, the Company also combined the Hancock and Whitney defined contribution retirement benefit plans (401(k) plans). Under the combined plan, the Company matches 100% of the first 1% of compensation saved by a participant, and 50% of the next 5% of compensation saved. Under the prior Hancock 401(k) plan, the Company matched 50% of a participant’s savings up to 6% of compensation, while under the prior Whitney 401(k) plan, the Company matched 100% of a participant’s savings up to 4% of compensation. The Company could also make a discretionary profit sharing contribution under the Whitney plan on behalf of participants who were either ineligible to participate in the Whitney qualified defined-benefit pension plan or subject to the freeze in benefit accruals under that plan. With the adoption of the new qualified pension plan discussed above and the combined 401(k) plan, the discretionary profit-sharing contribution is no longer available for plan years beginning in 2013.

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10. Other Noninterest Income

Components of other noninterest income are as follows:

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013		2012		2013		2012
	(In thousands)
Income from bank owned life insurance	$	2,574	$	2,870	$	8,764	$	8,617
Credit related fees		2,995		1,545		5,969		5,130
Income from derivatives		1,257		455		3,296		2,091
Safety deposit box income		467		502		1,480		1,524
Gain/(loss) on sale of assets		801		2,705		1,277		2,909
Other miscellaneous		1,432		1,693		5,863		10,830
Total other noninterest income	$	9,526	$	9,770	$	26,649	$	31,101

11. Other Noninterest Expense

Components of other noninterest expense are as follows:

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013		2012		2013		2012
	(In thousands)
Insurance expense	$	887	$	1,207	$	3,018	$	4,428
Ad valorem and franchise taxes		2,809		2,185		7,193		6,608
Printing and supplies		1,143		1,488		3,963		6,162
Public relations and contributions		969		1,065		3,960		4,827
Travel expense		1,074		1,282		3,475		4,464
Other real estate owned expense, net		2,439		4,590		6,502		11,630
Tax credit investment amortization		4,880		1,513		7,553		4,538
Other miscellaneous		19,851		4,488		32,504		19,311
Total other noninterest expense	$	34,052	$	17,818	$	68,168	$	61,968

Other miscellaneous expenses include one-time expenses related to branch closings in 2013 and merger-related expenses and costs associated with the early redemption of a portion of Whitney Bank’s subordinated debt in 2012.

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12. Segment Reporting

The Company’s reportable operating segments consist of the Hancock segment, which coincides generally with the Company’s Hancock Bank subsidiary, and the Whitney segment, which coincides generally with its Whitney Bank subsidiary. Each of the bank segments offers commercial, consumer and mortgage loans and deposit services as well as certain other services, such as trust and treasury management services. Although the bank segments offer the same products and services, they are managed separately due to different pricing, product demand, and consumer markets. In addition, the “Other” column in the following tables includes activities of other consolidated subsidiaries which do not constitute reportable segments under the quantitative and aggregation accounting guidelines. These subsidiaries provide investment services, insurance agency services, and various other services to third parties.

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2013
	Hancock			Whitney			Other			Eliminations			Consolidated
Interest income	$	66,509		$	109,909		$	6,336		$	(1,115	)	$	181,639
Interest expense		(4,318	)		(4,583	)		(2,208	)		1,000		$	(10,109	)
Net interest income		62,191			105,326			4,128			(115	)		171,530
Provision for loan losses		(7,479	)		899			(989	)		—			(7,569	)
Noninterest income		18,527			34,366			10,174			(10	)		63,057
Depreciation and amortization		(3,983	)		(3,868	)		(306	)		—			(8,157	)
Other noninterest expense		(65,756	)		(96,334	)		(11,968	)		10			(174,048	)
Income before income taxes		3,500			40,389			1,039			(115	)		44,813
Income tax expense		338			10,619			654			—			11,611
Net income	$	3,162		$	29,770		$	385		$	(115	)	$	33,202
Goodwill	$	94,130		$	527,063		$	4,482		$	—		$	625,675
Total assets	$	6,513,536		$	12,620,550		$	2,747,834		$	(3,080,074	)	$	18,801,846
Total interest income from affiliates	$	807		$	308		$	—		$	(1,115	)	$	—
Total interest income from external customers	$	65,702		$	109,601		$	6,336		$	—		$	181,639

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12. Segment Reporting (continued)

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2012
	Hancock			Whitney			Other			Eliminations			Consolidated
Interest income	$	73,558		$	110,917		$	6,068		$	(1,338	)	$	189,205
Interest expense		(5,402	)		(5,669	)		(2,100	)		1,222		$	(11,949	)
Net interest income		68,156			105,248			3,968			(116	)		177,256
Provision for loan losses		(4,814	)		(2,353	)		(934	)		—			(8,101	)
Noninterest income		20,205			31,938			10,722			(23	)		62,842
Depreciation and amortization		(3,830	)		(3,981	)		(256	)		—			(8,067	)
Other noninterest expense		(59,821	)		(90,087	)		(11,761	)		22			(161,647	)
Securities transactions		94			823			—			—			917
Income before income taxes		19,990			41,588			1,739			(117	)		63,200
Income tax expense		5,433			10,130			653			—			16,216
Net income	$	14,556		$	31,458		$	1,086		$	(117	)	$	46,984
Goodwill	$	94,130		$	530,265		$	4,482		$	—		$	628,877
Total assets	$	6,390,378		$	12,343,043		$	2,737,061		$	(2,946,352	)	$	18,524,130
Total interest income from affiliates	$	1,010		$	328		$	—		$	(1,338	)	$	—
Total interest income from external customers	$	72,548		$	110,589		$	6,068		$	—		$	189,205

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12. Segment Reporting (continued)

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013
	Hancock			Whitney			Other			Eliminations			Consolidated
Interest income	$	198,115		$	333,322		$	18,612		$	(3,489	)	$	546,560
Interest expense		(13,753	)		(14,162	)		(7,065	)		3,144			(31,836	)
Net interest income		184,362			319,160			11,547			(345	)		514,724
Provision for loan losses		(15,986	)		(6,016	)		(3,402	)		—			(25,404	)
Noninterest income		56,804			97,278			33,093			(34	)		187,141
Depreciation and amortization		(11,572	)		(11,698	)		(908	)		—			(24,178	)
Other noninterest expense		(173,037	)		(269,735	)		(37,141	)		34			(479,879	)
Income before income taxes		40,571			128,989			3,189			(345	)		172,404
Income tax expense		7,521			34,133			2,110			—			43,764
Net income	$	33,050		$	94,856		$	1,079		$	(345	)	$	128,640
Goodwill	$	94,130		$	527,063		$	4,482		$	—		$	625,675
Total assets	$	6,513,536		$	12,620,550		$	2,747,834		$	(3,080,074	)	$	18,801,846
Total interest income from affiliates	$	2,741		$	748		$	—		$	(3,489	)	$	—
Total interest income from external customers	$	195,374		$	332,574		$	18,612		$	—		$	546,560
	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012
	Hancock			Whitney			Other			Eliminations			Consolidated
Interest income	$	201,525		$	355,776		$	17,839		$	(3,730	)	$	571,410
Interest expense		(17,587	)		(19,915	)		(6,290	)		3,385			(40,407	)
Net interest income		183,938			335,861			11,549			(345	)		531,003
Provision for loan losses		(7,313	)		(18,696	)		(132	)		—			(26,141	)
Noninterest income		59,644			98,122			30,149			(27	)		187,888
Depreciation and amortization		(10,884	)		(13,596	)		(749	)		—			(25,229	)
Other noninterest expense		(174,796	)		(320,985	)		(34,166	)		27			(529,920	)
Securities transactions		98			824			7			—			929
Income before income taxes		50,687			81,530			6,658			(345	)		138,530
Income tax expense		11,808			18,938			3,001			—			33,747
Net income	$	38,879		$	62,592		$	3,657		$	(345	)	$	104,783
Goodwill	$	94,130		$	530,265		$	4,482		$	—		$	628,877
Total assets	$	6,390,378		$	12,343,043		$	2,737,061		$	(2,946,352	)	$	18,524,130
Total interest income from affiliates	$	3,033		$	697		$	—		$	(3,730	)	$	—
Total interest income from external customers	$	198,492		$	355,079		$	17,839		$	—		$	571,410

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(Unaudited)

13. New Accounting Pronouncements

In July 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued an Accounting Standards Update (ASU) that applies to companies that have unrecognized tax benefits when net operating loss (NOL) or similar tax loss carryforwards or tax credit carryforwards exist at the reporting date. Under the updated guidance, an entity should present its unrecognized tax benefits net against the deferred tax assets for all same jurisdiction NOL or similar tax loss carryforwards, or tax credit carryforwards that are available to and would be used by the entity to settle additional income taxes resulting from disallowance of the uncertain tax position. The ASU is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2013. The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations.

In July 2013, the FASB issued an ASU to allow entities to use the Fed Funds Effective Swap Rate (or Overnight Index Swap Rate) as a U.S. benchmark interest rate for hedge accounting purposes. Previously, only the interest rates on direct Treasury obligations of the United States and the London Interbank Offered Rate swap rate were considered benchmark rates. The amendment also removed the restriction requiring entities to use the same benchmark rate for similar hedges. This ASU is effective prospectively for qualifying new or redesignated hedging relationships entered into on or after July 17, 2013. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations.

In February 2013, the FASB issued an ASU to improve the reporting of amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income. The updated guidance requires an entity to present, either on the face of the statement where net income is presented or in the notes, the effects on the line items of net income of significant amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income, but only if the amount reclassified is required under U.S. GAAP to be reclassified to net income in its entirety in the same reporting period. For other amounts that are not required under U.S. GAAP to be reclassified in their entirety to net income, an entity must cross-reference to other required disclosures that provide additional details about those amounts. This ASU is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2012. Because this updated guidance impacts only disclosures in financial statements and does not change the current requirements for reporting net income or other comprehensive income in financial statements, its implementation did not impact the Company’s financial condition or results of operations.

In October 2012, the FASB issued an ASU for entities that recognize an indemnification asset as a result of a government-assisted acquisition of a financial institution. When there is a change in the cash flows expected to be collected on the indemnification asset as a result of a change in cash flows expected to be collected on the assets subject to indemnification, the reporting entity should subsequently account for the change in the measurement of the indemnification asset on the same basis as the change in the assets subject to indemnification. Any amortization of changes in value should be limited to the contractual term of the indemnification agreement (that is, the lesser of the term of the indemnification agreement and the remaining life of the indemnified assets). The amendments in this update are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning on or after December 15, 2012. The updated guidance is applied prospectively to any new indemnification assets acquired after the date of adoption and to indemnification assets existing as of the date of adoption arising from a government-assisted acquisition of a financial institution. The Company’s current accounting policy complies with the guidance in this update.

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(Unaudited)

13. New Accounting Pronouncements (continued)

In July 2012, FASB issued an ASU that specifies that an entity has the option first to assess qualitative factors to determine whether the existence of events and circumstances indicates that it is more likely than not that the indefinite-lived intangible asset is impaired. If, after assessing the totality of events and circumstances, an entity concludes that it is not more likely than not that the indefinite-lived intangible asset is impaired, then the entity is not required to take further action. However, if an entity concludes otherwise, then it is required to determine the fair value of the indefinite-lived intangible asset and perform the quantitative impairment test by comparing the fair value with the carrying amount. Under the guidance in this ASU, an entity also has the option to bypass the qualitative assessment for any indefinite-lived intangible asset in any period and proceed directly to performing the quantitative impairment test. An entity will be able to resume performing the qualitative assessment in any subsequent period. The guidance in this ASU was effective for annual and interim impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after September 15, 2012, with early adoption permitted. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations.

In December 2011, the FASB issued an ASU to address the differences between international financial reporting standards (IFRS) and U.S. GAAP regarding the offsetting of assets and liabilities. Instead of proposing new criteria for netting assets and liabilities the FASB and International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) jointly issued common disclosure requirements related to offsetting arrangements that call for the disclosure of both net and gross information for these assets and liabilities, irrespective of whether they are offset on the statement of financial position. In January 2013, the FASB clarified that these disclosure requirements apply only to derivatives, repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements, and securities borrowing and lending transactions that are either offset in accordance with existing accounting guidance or subject to a master netting arrangement or similar agreement. An entity is required to provide the new disclosures for annual and interim reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013. This guidance impacts only the disclosures in financial statements and did not impact the Company’s financial condition or results of operations.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

OVERVIEW

Recent Economic and Industry Developments

Recent reports from the Federal Reserve point to continued improvement of economic activity throughout most of Hancock’s market area. Activity at energy-related businesses operating mainly in Hancock’s south Louisiana and Houston, Texas market areas remained at high levels with expectations of some further improvement over the coming months. The travel and tourism industry, which is important within several of the Company’s market areas, continues to see strong demand that is forecast to continue for the remainder of the year and into 2014. Retailers are showing improved sales over prior-year levels, but continue to experience limited pricing power. This trend is expected to continue in the near term. The Texas retail market continues to be a top performer. Consumer spending should be supported by relatively stable prices, modest improvement in labor markets and rising home values, but consumers remain cautious and generally conservative in their spending behavior. Reports on manufacturing activity were generally positive, although the pace of growth has slowed in certain sectors.

The real estate markets for both residential and commercial properties continue to show improvement. Sales of existing homes continued to grow, outpacing supply and putting upward pressure on home prices. Sales activity was strongest in our Florida and Texas markets. New home sales and construction are ahead of prior-year levels and growing, but demand exceeds supply as some builders have had difficulties with financing.

The commercial real estate market continues to improve, with growing demand for office and industrial space in certain market areas and continued high occupancy and rising rental rates for apartments throughout the region. Commercial construction activity has increased in these sectors. Continued improvement in the commercial real estate market is expected over the next several months.

The recovery of the overall U.S. economy continues; however, the rate of growth is not consistent across all regions leading to slow and erratic overall improvement. National unemployment rates continue to decrease, but are still well above desired levels. Competition among financial services firms remains intense for high quality customers, exerting downward pressure on loan pricing.

The Federal Reserve has responded to the slow and tenuous recovery from the deep recession by taking steps to hold interest rates at unprecedented low levels and has expressed its intent to maintain rates at these levels pending further improvement in the unemployment rate.

Highlights of Third Quarter 2013 Financial Results

Net income in the third quarter of 2013 was $33.2 million, or $0.40 per diluted common share, compared to $46.9 million, or $0.55, in the second quarter of 2013. Net income was $47.0 million, or $0.55 per diluted common share, in the third quarter of 2012. Operating income for the third quarter of 2013 was $46.8 million, or $0.56 per diluted common share, compared to $46.9 million, or $0.55, in the second quarter of 2013 and $49.8 million, or $0.58, in the third quarter of 2012. The Company defines its operating income as net income excluding tax-effected securities transactions and one-time noninterest expense items. A reconciliation of net income to operating income is included in the later section on “Selected Financial Data.” Management believes that operating income provides a useful measure of financial performance that helps investors compare the Company’s fundamental operations over time.

Highlights of the Company’s third quarter of 2013 results:

• Net income included one-time noninterest expense items of $20.9 million, or $13.6 million after tax, or $0.17 per share. These one-time costs were mainly associated with our efficiency initiator.

• Core net interest income (te) and net interest margin remained relatively stable on a linked-quarter basis. (The Company defines its core results as reported results less the impact of net purchase accounting adjustments. A reconciliation of the reported net interest margin to core margin is provided in the discussion of “Net Interest Income” below.)

• A linked-quarter increase of $4.6 million, or a tax-effected $.04 per diluted share, in purchased loan accretion.

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• Approximately $92 million linked-quarter net loan growth, or 3% annualized, and $465 million, or 4%, year-over-year loan growth (each excluding the FDIC-covered portfolio).

• Continued improvement in overall asset quality metrics.

The Company remains on track to achieve its efficiency and expense reduction target for the first quarter of 2014, a significant portion of which will be derived from branch closures and sales. In August of 2013, the Company completed the previously announced closing of 26 branch locations across its five-state footprint. The sales of 10 additional branches, which were also announced previously, are subject to regulatory approvals and certain closing conditions, and are scheduled for the fourth quarter 2013 and first quarter 2014. The buyers expect to acquire approximately $54 million in loans and $60 million in deposits booked in these 10 retail branches. As noted earlier, certain one-time costs associated with the branch closures and sales were recognized in noninterest expense for the third quarter of 2013.

Hancock’s return on average assets (ROA) was 0.70% for the third quarter of 2013, compared to 0.99% in the second quarter of 2013 and 1.00% in the third quarter a year ago. On an operating basis, which excludes tax-effected one-time noninterest expenses, ROA was 0.99% in the third quarter of 2013 and 1.07% in the third quarter of 2012.

Common shareholders’ equity totaled $2.4 billion at September 30, 2013 and the tangible common equity (TCE) ratio increased 16 basis points (bps) to 8.68% at September 30, 2013.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Net Interest Income

Net interest income (taxable equivalent or “te”) for the third quarter of 2013 was $174.1 million, up $2.3 million from the second quarter of 2013. Average earnings assets were $16.4 billion in the third quarter of 2013, down $116 million, or less than 1%, from the second quarter of 2013. For internal analytical purposes, management adjusts net interest income to a taxable equivalent basis using a 35% federal tax rate on tax exempt items (primarily interest on municipal securities and loans).

The linked-quarter increase in net interest income (te) reflected mainly a higher level of total purchase-accounting loan accretion in the third quarter of 2013. The periodic recasting of the amount and timing of expected cash flows from acquired-impaired loan pools leads to inherent volatility in the amount of loan accretion recognized. This volatility can be enhanced when the acquired-impaired portfolio is weighted more toward larger commercial credits than toward homogenous smaller consumer credits.

Net interest income (te) for the third quarter of 2013 was down $6.0 million (3%) compared to the third quarter of 2012, primarily due to declining loan and investment yields. Total net purchase-accounting adjustments increased net interest income (te) in the third quarter of 2013 by $4.1 million compared to the third quarter of 2012. Average earning assets for the third quarter of 2013 were up $555 million (4%) compared to third quarter of 2012, driven mainly by net loan growth.

The net interest margin was 4.23% for the third quarter of 2013, up 6 basis points (bps) from the second quarter of 2013, but down 31 bps from the third quarter of 2012. The current quarter’s core margin of 3.37% (reported net interest income (te) excluding total net purchase accounting adjustments, annualized, as a percent of average earning assets) compressed 1 basis point compared to the second quarter of 2013. The continued decline in the core loan yield was offset by the favorable impact of net loan growth on the earning asset mix, an improvement in the yield on investment securities and a slight decline in the cost of funds. The core margin in the third quarter of 2013 was down 38 bps from a year earlier. A reconciliation of the reported and core margins is presented below.

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The overall reported yield on earning assets was 4.47% in the third quarter of 2013, an increase of 5 bps from the second quarter of 2013 and a decrease of 37 bps from the third quarter of 2012. The reported loan portfolio yield of 5.41% for the current quarter was down 6 bps from the second quarter of 2013 and 54 bps from the third quarter of 2012. Excluding purchase-accounting accretion, the core loan yield of 4.12% in the current quarter was down 11 bps from the second quarter of 2013 and 53 bps from a year earlier. Company loan pricing initiatives helped raise the average rate on new loans funded in the third quarter of 2013 by approximately 30 bps compared to the second quarter of 2013, although new loan yields continue to reflect the low rate environment and competitive pricing in certain commercial sectors.

The overall cost of funding earning assets was 0.24% in the third quarter of 2013, down 1 bps from the second quarter of 2013 and down 6 bps from the third quarter of 2012. The mix of funding sources was generally stable. Interest-free sources, including noninterest-bearing demand deposits, funded over 30% of earning assets through this period. The overall rate paid on interest-bearing deposits was 0.24% in the current quarter, down slightly from the second quarter of 2013 and 7 bps below the third quarter of 2012. The decreases were primarily due to the impact of the sustained low rate environment on overall deposit rates including the re-pricing of time deposits. The opportunity to re-price time deposits at significantly lower rates over the near term has largely been eliminated.

Net interest income (te) for the first nine months of 2013 totaled $522.7 million, a $17.0 million (3%) decrease from the first nine months of 2012, primarily due to declining loan and investment yields. Total net purchase-accounting adjustments increased net interest income (te) for the first nine months of 2013 by $21.4 million compared to the first nine months of 2012. Year-to-date average earning assets were up $389 million (2%) over 2012.

The reported net interest margin for the first nine months of 2013 was 4.24% compared to 4.48% in 2012, while the core margin declined to 3.38% in 2013 compared to 3.78% in 2012. Changes in net interest income (te) and the net interest margin between the year-to-date periods reflected for the most part the same factors that affected the quarterly comparisons.

The following tables detail the components of our net interest income and net interest margin and provide a reconciliation of the Company’s core net interest margin to its reported margin.

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	Three Months Ended
	September 30, 2013							June 30, 2013							September 30, 2012
(dollars in millions)	Interest		Volume		Rate			Interest		Volume		Rate			Interest		Volume		Rate
Average earning assets
Commercial & real estate loans (te) (a) (b)	$	109.4	$	8,582.9		5.06	%	$	103.4	$	8,418.1		4.92	%	$	109.1	$	8,018.6		5.41	%
Mortgage loans		25.0		1,668.2		5.99			27.5		1,625.7		6.78			28.5		1,573.6		7.25
Consumer loans		25.7		1,570.3		6.51			26.5		1,579.4		6.74			29.9		1,667.4		7.14
Loan fees & late charges		0.7		—					1.2		—					0.9		—
Total loans (te)		160.8		11,821.4		5.41			158.6		11,623.2		5.47			168.4		11,259.6		5.95
US Treasury and agency securities		—		5.6		2.34			—		0.1		2.67			0.1		18.4		1.10
CMOs		7.3		1,463.4		1.99			7.5		1,589.0		1.88			7.8		1,663.7		1.88
Mortgage backed securities		13.0		2,410.7		2.16			13.2		2,593.3		2.04			12.5		2,097.1		2.39
Municipals (te)		2.7		247.1		4.39			2.6		233.0		4.51			2.8		252.8		4.51
Other securities		0.1		8.5		2.51			0.1		8.0		2.79			0.1		7.2		3.58
Total securities (te) (c)		23.1		4,135.3		2.24			23.4		4,423.4		2.11			23.3		4,039.2		2.30
Total short-term investments		0.3		427.9		0.23			0.3		453.6		0.25			0.3		531.2		0.23
Average earning assets (te)	$	184.2	$	16,384.6		4.47	%	$	182.3	$	16,500.2		4.42	%	$	192.0	$	15,830.0		4.84	%
Average interest-bearing liabilities
Interest-bearing transaction and savings deposits	$	1.4	$	5,919.7		0.09	%	$	1.5	$	5,965.8		0.10	%	$	1.7	$	5,869.3		0.11	%
Time deposits		3.7		2,384.3		0.61			3.8		2,415.4		0.63			4.8		2,473.5		0.78
Public funds		0.7		1,302.4		0.23			0.9		1,483.3		0.23			1.0		1,426.4		0.28
Total interest-bearing deposits		5.8		9,606.4		0.24			6.2		9,864.5		0.25			7.5		9,769.2		0.31
Short-term borrowings		1.1		820.5		0.52			1.1		790.1		0.54			1.5		794.9		0.76
Long-term debt		3.2		385.2		3.28			3.2		393.6		3.28			2.9		317.4		3.65
Total borrowings		4.3		1,205.7		1.40			4.3		1,183.7		1.45			4.4		1,112.3		1.58
Total interest-bearing liabilities	$	10.1	$	10,812.1		0.37	%	$	10.5	$	11,048.2		0.38	%	$	11.9	$	10,881.5		0.44	%
Net interest-free funding sources				5,572.5							5,452.0							4,948.5
Total Cost of Funds	$	10.1	$	16,384.6		0.24	%	$	10.5	$	16,500.2		0.25	%	$	11.9	$	15,830.0		0.30	%
Net Interest Spread (te)	$	174.1				4.10	%	$	171.8				4.04	%	$	180.1				4.40	%
Net Interest Margin	$	174.1	$	16,384.6		4.23	%	$	171.8	$	16,500.2		4.17	%	$	180.1	$	15,830.0		4.54	%

(a) Tax equivalent (te) amounts are calculated using a marginal federal income tax rate of 35%.

(b) Includes nonaccrual loans and loans held for sale.

(c) Average securities does not include unrealized holding gains/losses on available for sale securities.

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	Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2013							September 30, 2012
(dollars in millions)	Interest		Volume		Rate			Interest		Volume		Rate
Average earning assets
Commercial & real estate loans (te) (a) (b)	$	326.0	$	8,429.5		5.17	%	$	330.3	$	7,994.4		5.52	%
Mortgage loans		78.2		1,640.3		6.36			83.7		1,557.2		7.16
Consumer loans		78.8		1,589.4		6.63			86.9		1,646.1		7.05
Loan fees & late charges		2.5		—					3.2		—
Total loans (te)		485.5		11,659.2		5.56			504.1		11,197.7		6.01
US Treasury and agency securities		0.1		3.8		1.81			2.0		126.3		2.17
CMOs		21.8		1,528.8		1.90			22.6		1,534.9		1.96
Mortgage backed securities		37.8		2,390.1		2.11			40.9		2,237.8		2.43
Municipals (te)		7.9		232.5		4.53			8.9		267.8		4.42
Other securities		0.2		8.3		2.42			0.3		8.2		4.15
Total securities (te) (c)		67.8		4,163.5		2.17			74.7		4,175.0		2.39
Total short-term investments		1.2		644.3		0.24			1.3		705.2		0.25
Average earning assets (te)	$	554.5	$	16,467.0		4.50	%	$	580.1	$	16,077.9		4.82	%
Average interest-bearing liabilities
Interest-bearing transaction and savings deposits	$	4.6	$	5,955.7		0.10	%	$	5.6	$	5,792.6		0.13	%
Time deposits		11.6		2,402.1		0.64			16.7		2,624.0		0.85
Public funds		2.6		1,463.8		0.24			3.3		1,491.5		0.29
Total interest-bearing deposits		18.8		9,821.6		0.26			25.6		9,908.1		0.35
Short-term borrowings		3.4		791.6		0.58			4.8		842.7		0.76
Long-term debt		9.6		391.7		3.28			10.0		344.7		3.86
Total borrowings		13.0		1,183.3		1.47			14.8		1,187.4		1.66
Total interest-bearing liabilities	$	31.8		11,004.9		0.39	%	$	40.4		11,095.5		0.49	%
Net interest-free funding sources				5,462.1							4,982.4
Total Cost of Funds	$	31.8	$	16,467.0		0.26	%	$	40.4	$	16,077.9		0.34	%
Net Interest Spread (te)	$	522.7				4.11	%	$	539.7				4.33	%
Net Interest Margin	$	522.7	$	16,467.0		4.24	%	$	539.7	$	16,077.9		4.48	%

(a) Tax equivalent (te) amounts are calculated using a marginal federal income tax rate of 35%.

(b) Includes nonaccrual loans and loans held for sale.

(c) Average securities does not include unrealized holding gains/losses on available for sale securities.

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Reconciliation of Reported Net Interest Margin to Core Margin

	Three Months Ended									Nine Months Ended
	September 30,			June 30,			September 30,			September 30,			September 30,
(dollars in millions)	2013			2013			2012			2013			2012
Net interest income (te)	$	174.1		$	171.8		$	180.1		$	522.7		$	539.7
Purchase accounting adjustments
Loan accretion		38.3			36.0			37.0			114.4			100.7
Whitney premium bond amortization		(2.8	)		(3.4	)		(5.9	)		(9.6	)		(19.1	)
Whitney and Peoples First CD accretion		0.1			0.2			0.4			0.6			2.4
Total net purchase accounting adjustments		35.6			32.8			31.5			105.4			84.0
Net interest income (te)—core	$	138.5		$	139.0		$	148.6		$	417.3		$	455.7
Average earning assets	$	16,384.6		$	16,500.2		$	15,830.0		$	16,467.0		$	16,077.9
Net interest margin—reported		4.23	%		4.17	%		4.54	%		4.24	%		4.48	%
Net purchase accounting adjustments (%)		0.86	%		0.79	%		0.79	%		0.86	%		0.70	%
Net interest margin—core		3.37	%		3.38	%		3.75	%		3.38	%		3.78	%

Provision for Loan Losses

During the third quarter of 2013, Hancock recorded a total provision for loan losses of $7.6 million, down from $8.3 million in the second quarter of 2013. The provision for non-covered loans was $6.5 million in the third quarter of 2013, compared to $7.9 million in the second quarter of 2013. The net provision from the covered portfolio was $1.0 million for the third quarter of 2013 compared to $0.4 million for the second quarter of 2013.

The section below on “Allowance for Loan Losses and Asset Quality” provides additional information on changes in the allowance for loans losses and general credit quality. Certain differences in the determination of the allowance for loan losses for originated loans and for acquired-performing loans and acquired-impaired loans (which includes all covered loans) are described in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements.

Noninterest Income

Noninterest income totaled $63.1 million for the third quarter of 2013, down $0.8 million (1%) from the second quarter of 2013, and down $0.7 million (1%) from the third quarter of 2012.

Service charges on deposits totaled $20.5 million for the third quarter of 2013, up $0.7 million (3%) from the second quarter of 2013, and down $0.3 million from the third quarter of 2012. Year-to-date, service charge income increased $1.4 million (2%) in 2013 due in part to new and standardized products and services the Company began offering across its footprint in conjunction with the core systems integration in March 2012.

Trust, investment and annuity and insurance fees totaled $18.3 million, down $1.5 million (8%) from the second quarter of 2013 and up $2.3 million (14%) from the third quarter of 2012. The linked-quarter decrease reflects some seasonality in these lines of business, in addition to the impact of higher equity market valuations in the second quarter of 2013. In the first nine months of 2013, these fee income categories grew $5.6 million (11%) compared to 2012. Improved stock market values and new business were the primary factors contributing to the increases.

Bank card and ATM fees totaled $12.2 million in the third quarter of 2013, up $0.8 million (7%) from the second quarter of 2013. Compared to the third quarter of 2012, bank card and ATM fees were up $0.4 million (3%) in the current quarter. Year-to-date 2013, bank card and ATM fees in 2013 were down $2.9 million (8%)

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compared to 2012. Restrictions on debit card interchange rates arising from the implementation of the Durbin amendment to the Dodd-Frank Act began impacting Whitney Bank in the fourth quarter of 2011 and Hancock Bank at the beginning of the third quarter of 2012. The restrictions reduced Hancock Bank fees by an estimated $2.0 million per quarter. This decline was partially offset by an increase in merchant processing revenue starting in the third quarter of 2012 that was related to the reacquisition of the Company’s merchant business and a change in the terms of the servicing agreement. The reacquisition also added approximately $0.5 million to quarterly expense for the amortization of acquired intangibles.

Fees from secondary mortgage operations totaled $2.5 million for the third quarter of 2013, down $1.7 million (40%) linked-quarter, and down $1.8 million (43%) from the year-earlier period. The decline mainly reflects a lower level of loans sold during the quarter, as a result of a strategic decision to retain more residential mortgages on the balance sheet. Mortgage loan originations also slowed toward the end of the third quarter of 2013, reflecting mainly the impact of increased longer-term market interest rates.

Other miscellaneous income for the third quarter of 2013 decreased $0.8 million from the third quarter of 2012 and $1.0 million compared to the year-earlier period. The year-to-date total for 2013 declined $5.7 million, reflecting mainly a reduction in the accretion recognized on the FDIC loss share receivable.

The components of noninterest income are presented in the following table for the indicated periods:

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,		June 30,		September 30,		September 30,
	2013		2013		2012		2013		2012
(In thousands)
Service charges on deposit accounts	$	20,519	$	19,864	$	20,834	$	59,398	$	58,015
Trust fees		9,477		9,803		7,743		27,972		24,464
Bank card and ATM fees		12,221		11,399		11,870		34,678		37,586
Investment and annuity fees		5,186		5,192		4,269		14,955		13,291
Secondary mortgage market operations		2,467		4,139		4,311		10,989		11,328
Insurance commissions and fees		3,661		4,845		4,045		12,500		12,103
Income from bank owned life insurance		2,574		2,873		2,870		8,764		8,617
Credit related fees		2,995		1,533		1,545		5,969		5,130
Income from derivatives		1,257		1,408		455		3,296		2,091
Safety deposit box income		467		462		502		1,480		1,524
Gain on sale of assets		801		162		2,705		1,277		2,909
Other miscellaneous		1,432		2,217		1,693		5,863		10,830
Securities transactions gain/(loss), net		—		—		917		—		929
Total noninterest income	$	63,057	$	63,897	$	63,759	$	187,141	$	188,817

Noninterest Expense

Excluding certain one-time items in each period, noninterest expense for the third quarter of 2013 totaled $161.3 million, down $0.9 million from the second quarter of 2013, and $3.1 million

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(2%) from the third quarter of 2012. Year-to-date 2013, total noninterest expense, excluding one-time items, totaled $483.2 million, down $20.9 million (4%) compared to 2012. The year-over-year decreases are primarily related to cost savings realized as Whitney’s acquired operations were successfully integrated into Hancock, including the impact of branch consolidations and the core systems conversion.

The Company recognized $20.9 million of one-time noninterest expense items in the third quarter of 2013 related mainly to the expense and efficiency initiative described in the earlier discussion covering “Highlights of Third Quarter 2013 Financial Results” in the “Overview” section. The Company closed 26 branches in August 2013, incurring approximately $2.5 million in severance-related personnel expense and $12.6 million in losses on bank premises and equipment and the settlement of lease obligations. The sales of an additional 10 branches are subject to regulatory approvals and certain closing conditions, and will be reflected in Hancock’s fourth quarter 2013 and first quarter 2014 financial results. One-time noninterest expense items recognized in 2012 included $5.3 million of debt repurchase costs reflected in the third quarter and year-to-date totals and $45.8 million of merger-related expenses in the year-to-date totals.

The components of noninterest expense are presented in the following table for the indicated periods:

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,		June 30,		September 30,		September 30,
	2013		2013		2012		2013		2012
(In thousands)
Compensation expense	$	70,614	$	71,327	$	70,975	$	213,292	$	215,124
Employee benefits		16,236		16,268		17,201		49,080		54,252
Personnel expense		86,850		87,595		88,176		262,372		269,376
Net occupancy expense		12,369		12,404		13,169		37,099		41,173
Equipment expense		5,120		4,919		5,010		15,340		16,811
Data processing expense		12,031		12,781		10,866		36,346		36,407
Professional services expense		8,715		8,726		8,428		25,387		24,771
Amortization of intangibles		7,306		7,431		8,110		22,292		24,336
Telecommunications and postage		4,397		5,059		5,313		13,484		16,693
Deposit insurance and regulatory fees		3,789		4,200		3,833		11,635		11,128
Advertising		2,825		2,181		2,243		7,183		6,903
Insurance expense		887		1,065		1,207		3,018		4,428
Ad valorem and franchise taxes		2,809		2,182		2,185		7,193		6,608
Printing and supplies		1,143		1,511		1,457		3,963		5,205
Public relations and contributions		969		1,269		1,065		3,960		4,204
Travel expense		1,065		1,288		1,282		3,466		3,693
Other real estate owned expense, net		2,439		3,355		4,590		6,502		10,014
Tax credit investment amortization		1,318		1,247		1,513		3,991		4,538
One-time expenses		20,887		—		5,298		20,887		51,125
Other miscellaneous expense		7,286		5,037		5,969		19,939		17,736
Total noninterest expense	$	182,205	$	162,250	$	169,714	$	504,057	$	555,149
Noninterest expense, excluding one-time noninterest expense items	$	161,318	$	162,250	$	164,416	$	483,170	$	504,024

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Income Taxes

The effective income tax rate for the third quarters of 2013 and 2012 was approximately 26%, while the rate for the second quarter of 2013 was 25%. Management expects the annual effective tax rate to approximate 26% to 27% in 2013.

The Company’s effective tax rates have varied from the 35% federal statutory rate primarily because of tax-exempt income and the availability of tax credits. Interest income from the financing of state and local governments and earnings from the bank-owned life insurance program are the major components of tax-exempt income. The source of the tax credits for 2013 and 2012 has been investments that generate new market tax credits, low-income housing credits and qualified bond credits.

Selected Financial Data

The following tables contain selected financial data as of the dates and for the periods indicated.

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,		June 30,		September 30,		September 30,		September 30,
	2013		2013		2012		2013		2012
Common Share Data
Earnings per share:
Basic	$	0.40	$	0.55	$	0.55	$	1.51	$	1.23
Diluted	$	0.40	$	0.55	$	0.55	$	1.51	$	1.22
Operating earnings per share: (a)
Basic	$	0.56	$	0.55	$	0.58	$	1.67	$	1.61
Diluted	$	0.56	$	0.55	$	0.58	$	1.67	$	1.60
Cash dividends per share	$	0.24	$	0.24	$	0.24	$	0.72	$	0.72
Book value per share (period-end)	$	28.70	$	28.57	$	28.71	$	28.70	$	28.71
Tangible book value per share (period-end)	$	19.04	$	18.83	$	18.97	$	19.04	$	18.97
Weighted average number of shares (000s):
Basic		82,091		83,279		84,777		83,404		84,757
Diluted		82,205		83,357		85,632		83,496		85,525
Period-end number of shares (000s)		82,107		82,078		84,782		82,107		84,782
Market data:
High price	$	33.85	$	30.93	$	33.27	$	33.85	$	36.73
Low price	$	29.00	$	25.00	$	27.99	$	25.00	$	27.96
Period-end closing price	$	31.38	$	30.07	$	30.98	$	31.38	$	30.98
Trading volume (000s) (b)		29,711		38,599		26,877		97,779		98,609

(a) Excludes tax-effected securities transactions and one-time noninterest expense items. Management believes that this is a useful financial measure that helps investors compare the Company’s fundamental operations over time.

(b) Trading volume is based on the total volume as determined by NASDAQ on the last day of the quarter.

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	Three Months Ended							Nine Months Ended
	September 30,		June 30,		September 30,			September 30,		September 30,
	2013		2013		2012			2013		2012
(in thousands)
Income Statement:
Interest income	$	181,639	$	179,649	$	189,205		$	546,560	$	571,410
Interest income (TE)		184,221		182,292		192,071			554,511		580,060
Interest expense		10,109		10,470		11,949			31,836		40,407
Net interest income (TE)		174,112		171,822		180,122			522,675		539,653
Provision for loan losses		7,569		8,257		8,101			25,404		26,141
Noninterest income excluding securities transactions		63,057		63,897		62,842			187,141		187,888
Securities transactions gains		—		—		917			—		929
Noninterest expense		182,205		162,250		169,714			504,057		555,149
Income before income taxes		44,813		62,569		63,200			172,404		138,530
Income tax expense		11,611		15,707		16,216			43,764		33,747
Net income	$	33,202	$	46,862	$	46,984		$	128,640	$	104,783
Securities transactions gains/losses		—		—		917			—		929
One-time noninterest expense items
Merger-related expenses		—		—		(38	)		—		45,789
Costs associated with efficiency initiative and other items		20,887		—		—			20,887		—
Sub-debt early redemption costs		—		—		5,336			—		5,336
Total one-time noninterest expense items		20,887		—		5,298			20,887		51,125
Taxes on adjustments		7,310		—		1,533			7,310		17,569
Total adjustments, net of tax		13,577		—		2,848			13,577		32,627
Operating income (a)	$	46,779	$	46,862	$	49,832		$	142,217	$	137,410

(a) Net income less tax-effected securities gains/losses and one-time noninterest expense items. Management believes that this is a useful financial measure that helps investors compare the Company’s fundamental operations over time.

(b) For internal analytical purposes, management adjusts net interest income to a “taxable equivalent” basis using a 35% federal tax rate on tax exempt items (primarily interest on municipal securities and loans).

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	Three Months Ended									Nine Months Ended
	September 30,			June 30,			September 30,			September 30,			September 30,
	2013			2013			2012			2013			2012
Performance Ratios
Return on average assets		0.70	%		0.99	%		1.00	%		0.91	%		0.74	%
Return on average assets (operating) (a)		0.99	%		0.99	%		1.07	%		1.00	%		0.97	%
Return on average common equity		5.63	%		7.82	%		7.77	%		7.18	%		5.86	%
Return on average common equity (operating) (a)		7.93	%		7.82	%		8.24	%		7.93	%		7.68	%
Tangible common equity ratio		8.68	%		8.52	%		9.09	%		8.68	%		9.09	%
Earning asset yield (TE)		4.47	%		4.42	%		4.84	%		4.50	%		4.82	%
Total cost of funds		0.24	%		0.25	%		0.30	%		0.26	%		0.34	%
Net interest margin (TE)		4.23	%		4.17	%		4.54	%		4.24	%		4.48	%
Efficiency ratio (b)		64.95	%		65.68	%		64.33	%		64.93	%		65.93	%
Allowance for loan losses to period-end loans		1.18	%		1.18	%		1.19	%		1.18	%		1.19	%
Allowance for loan losses to non-performing loans + accruing loans 90 days past due		94.69	%		91.43	%		77.81	%		94.69	%		77.81	%
Average loan/deposit ratio		78.70	%		76.41	%		75.85	%		76.80	%		74.14	%
Noninterest income excluding securities transactions to total revenue (TE)		26.59	%		27.11	%		25.86	%		26.36	%		25.83	%

(a) Excludes tax-effected securities transactions and one-time noninterest expense items. Management believes that this is a useful financial measure that helps investors compare the Company’s fundamental operations over time.

(b) Efficiency ratio is defined as noninterest expense as a percent of total revenue (TE) before amortization of purchased intangibles, one-time expense items and securities transactions.

	Three Months Ended									Nine Months Ended
	September 30,			June 30,			September 30,			September 30,			September 30,
	2013			2013			2012			2013			2012
Asset Quality Information
Non-accrual loans (a)	$	100,649		$	110,516		$	135,499		$	100,649		$	135,499
Restructured loans (b)		29,705			33,741			32,339			29,705			32,339
Total non-performing loans		130,354			144,257			167,838			130,354			167,838
Other real estate (ORE) and foreclosed assets		85,560			72,235			130,613			85,560			130,613
Total non-performing assets	$	215,914		$	216,492		$	298,451		$	215,914		$	298,451
Non-performing assets to loans, ORE and foreclosed assets		1.83	%		1.84	%		2.58	%		1.83	%		2.58	%
Accruing loans 90 days past due (a)	$	15,620		$	6,647		$	6,423		$	15,620		$	6,423
Accruing loans 90 days past due to loans		0.13	%		0.06	%		0.06	%		0.13	%		0.06	%
Non-performing assets + accruing loans 90 days past due to loans, ORE and foreclosed assets		1.96	%		1.90	%		2.64	%		1.96	%		2.64	%
Net charge-offs—non-covered	$	5,430		$	7,032		$	9,728		$	19,095		$	26,993
Net charge-offs—covered		506			2,026			3,550			5,754			22,839
Net charge-offs—non-covered to average loans		0.18	%		0.24	%		0.34	%		0.22	%		0.32	%
Allowance for loan losses	$	138,223		$	137,969		$	135,591		$	138,223		$	135,591
Allowance for loan losses to period-end loans		1.18	%		1.18	%		1.19	%		1.18	%		1.19	%
Allowance for loan losses to non-performing loans + accruing loans 90 days past due		94.69	%		91.43	%		77.81	%		94.69	%		77.81	%
Provision for loan losses	$	7,569		$	8,257		$	8,101		$	25,404		$	26,141

(a) Non-accrual loans and accruing loans past due 90 days or more do not include acquired credit-impaired loans which were written down to fair value upon acquisition and accrete interest income over the remaining life of the loan. Nonaccrual restructured loans are reported in the total for restructured loans. See note (b) below.

(b) Included in restructured loans are $19.1 million, $22.2 million, and $21.6 million in non-accrual loans at 9/30/13, 6/30/13, and 9/30/12, respectively. Total excludes acquired credit-impaired loans.

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Supplemental Asset Quality Information	Originated Loans		Acquired Loans (a)			Covered Loans (a)(b)			Total
	9/30/2013
Non-accrual loans	$	75,663	$	19,823		$	5,163		$	100,649
Restructured loans		25,942		3,763			—			29,705
Total non-performing loans		101,605		23,586			5,163			130,354
ORE and foreclosed assets (c)		60,187		—			25,373			85,560
Total non-performing assets	$	161,792	$	23,586		$	30,536		$	215,914
Accruing loans 90 days past due	$	12,512	$	3,108		$	0		$	15,620
Allowance for loan losses	$	77,421	$	463		$	60,339		$	138,223
	6/30/2013
Non-accrual loans	$	81,613	$	24,682		$	4,221		$	110,516
Restructured loans		28,176		5,565			—			33,741
Total non-performing loans		109,789		30,247			4,221			144,257
ORE and foreclosed assets		49,691		—			22,544			72,235
Total non-performing assets	$	159,480	$	30,247		$	26,765		$	216,492
Accruing loans 90 days past due	$	5,270	$	1,377		$	0		$	6,647
Allowance for loan losses	$	76,399	$	370		$	61,200		$	137,969
Loans Outstanding	Originated Loans		Acquired Loans (a)			Covered Loans (b)			Total
	9/30/2013
Commercial non-real estate loans	$	3,633,490	$	967,485		$	24,340		$	4,625,315
Construction and land development loans		738,983		158,228			23,197			920,408
Commercial real estate loans		1,816,402		1,038,287			60,280			2,914,969
Residential mortgage loans		1,124,649		347,054			223,494			1,695,197
Consumer loans		1,387,243		130,649			60,691			1,578,583
Total loans	$	8,700,767	$	2,641,703		$	392,002		$	11,734,472
Change in loan balance from previous quarter	$	447,012	($	355,328	)	($	38,709	)	$	52,975
	6/30/2013
Commercial non-real estate loans	$	3,564,008	$	1,062,916		$	26,418		$	4,653,342
Construction and land development loans		722,649		217,611			26,239			966,499
Commercial real estate loans		1,638,409		1,161,500			72,345			2,872,254
Residential mortgage loans		988,595		392,282			235,216			1,616,093
Consumer loans		1,340,094		162,722			70,493			1,573,309
Total loans	$	8,253,755	$	2,997,031		$	430,711		$	11,681,497
Change in loan balance from previous quarter	$	874,819	($	629,819	)	($	46,265	)	$	198,735

(a) Acquired and covered loans are subject to purchase accounting guidance as described in note 4 to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

(b) Acquired loans which are covered by loss sharing agreements with the FDIC providing considerable protection against credit risk.

(c) ORE received in settlement of acquired loans is no longer subject to purchase accounting guidance and has been included with ORE from originated loans. ORE received in settlement of covered loans remains covered under the FDIC loss share agreements.

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	Three Months Ended
	September 30, 2013			June 30, 2013			March 31, 2013			December 31, 2012			September 30, 2012
Period-end Balance Sheet
Total loans, net of unearned income	$	11,734,472		$	511,681,497		$	11,482,762		$	11,577,802		$	11,434,448
Loans held for sale		18,444			20,233			34,813			50,605			50,389
Securities		4,124,202			4,303,918			4,662,279			3,716,460			4,053,271
Short-term investments		462,313			442,917			475,677			1,500,188			320,057
Earning assets		16,339,431			16,448,565			16,655,531			16,845,055			15,858,165
Allowance for loan losses		(138,223	)		(137,969	)		(137,777	)		(136,171	)		(135,591	)
Other assets		2,600,638			2,623,705			2,546,369			2,755,601			2,800,472
Total assets	$	18,801,846		$	18,934,301		$	19,064,123		$	19,464,485		$	18,523,046
Noninterest bearing deposits	$	5,479,696		$	5,340,177		$	5,418,463		$	5,624,127		$	5,151,146
Interest bearing transaction and savings deposits		6,008,042			5,965,372			6,017,735			6,038,003			5,876,638
Interest bearing public funds deposits		1,240,336			1,410,866			1,528,790			1,580,260			1,321,227
Time deposits		2,326,797			2,439,523			2,288,363			2,501,798			2,423,940
Total interest bearing deposits		9,575,175			9,815,761			9,834,888			10,120,061			9,621,805
Total deposits		15,054,871			15,155,938			15,253,351			15,744,188			14,772,951
Short-term borrowings		782,779			828,107			722,537			639,133			748,634
Long-term debt		376,664			385,122			393,920			396,589			308,327
Other liabilities		231,090			219,794			217,215			231,297			258,646
Stockholders’ equity		2,356,442			2,345,340			2,477,100			2,453,278			2,434,488
Total liabilities & stockholders’ equity	$	18,801,846		$	18,934,301		$	19,064,123		$	19,464,485		$	18,523,046
	Three Months Ended									Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2013			June 30, 2013			September 30, 2012			September 30, 2013			September 30, 2012
Average Balance Sheet
Total loans, net of unearned income (a)	$	11,821,395		$	11,623,209			11,259,592		$	11,659,245		$	11,197,754
Securities (b)		4,135,348			4,423,441			4,039,191			4,163,436			4,174,956
Short-term investments		427,892			453,565			531,195			644,349			705,205
Earning assets		16,384,635			16,500,215			15,829,978			16,467,030			16,077,915
Allowance for loan losses		(137,936	)		(137,815	)		(140,661	)		(137,624	)		(136,257	)
Other assets		2,549,328			2,660,432			2,909,649			2,659,791			2,983,774
Total assets	$	18,796,027		$	19,022,832		$	18,598,966		$	18,989,197		$	18,925,432
Noninterest bearing deposits	$	5,415,303		$	5,346,916			5,076,152		$	5,359,325		$	5,194,751
Interest bearing transaction and savings deposits		5,919,709			5,965,769			5,869,281			5,955,711			5,792,586
Interest bearing public fund deposits		1,302,425			1,483,267			1,426,405			1,463,750			1,491,514
Time deposits		2,384,248			2,415,411			2,473,450			2,402,061			2,624,039
Total interest bearing deposits		9,606,382			9,864,447			9,769,136			9,821,522			9,908,139
Total deposits		15,021,685			15,211,363			14,845,288			15,180,847			15,102,890
Short-term borrowings		820,500			790,103			794,925			791,641			842,702
Long-term debt		385,203			393,641			317,379			391,712			344,638
Other liabilities		229,694			222,656			236,134			228,056			245,940
Stockholders’ equity		2,338,945			2,405,069			2,405,240			2,396,941			2,389,262
Total liabilities & stockholders’ equity	$	18,796,027		$	19,022,832		$	18,598,966		$	18,989,197		$	18,925,432

(a) Includes loans held for sale

(b) Average securities does not include unrealized holding gains/losses on available for sale securities.

LIQUIDITY

Liquidity management is focused on ensuring that funds are available to meet the cash flow requirements of our depositors and borrowers, while also meeting the operating, capital and strategic cash flow needs of the Company, the Banks and other subsidiaries. Hancock develops its liquidity management strategies and measures and monitors liquidity risk as part of its overall asset/liability management process.

The asset portion of the balance sheet provides liquidity primarily through loan principal repayments, maturities of investment securities and occasional sales of various assets. Short-term investments such as federal funds sold, securities purchased under agreements to resell and interest-bearing deposits with the Federal Reserve Bank or with other commercial banks are additional sources of liquidity to meet cash flow requirements. As shown in the table below, our ratio of free securities to total securities was 37% at September 30, 2013, compared to 35% at June 30, 2013 and 27% at December 31, 2012. Free securities represent securities that are not pledged for any purpose, and include unpledged securities assigned to short-term dealer repo agreements or to the Federal Reserve Bank discount window. As discussed later, the Company redeployed approximately $1.0 billion of excess short-term liquidity investments from the end of 2012 into the securities portfolio during the latter part of the first quarter of 2013.

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Liquidity Metrics

	September 30,			June 30,			December 31,
	2013			2013			2012
Free securities / total securities		37.00	%		35.00	%		27.00	%
Noncore deposits / total deposits		9.75	%		10.07	%		9.20	%
Wholesale funds / core deposits		8.56	%		8.91	%		7.39	%

The liability portion of the balance sheet provides liquidity mainly through various customers’ interest-bearing and noninterest-bearing deposit and sweep accounts. Core deposits consist of total deposits less certificates of deposits of $100,000 or more, brokered CDs, and balances in sweep time deposit products used by commercial customers. Toward the end of 2012, Hancock Bank issued $200 million of brokered CDs as a precautionary measure in anticipation of possible deposit outflows associated with the expiration of the FDIC TAG Program at December 31, 2012. Those brokered CDs and an additional $100 million issued in the second quarter of 2013 to test the Bank’s liquidity contingency plan have matured. No brokered CDs were outstanding at September 30, 2013. Balances in sweep time deposit products increased $365 million from the end of 2012. See the discussion of “Deposits” for more information. Noncore deposits were 9.75% of total deposits at September 30, 2013, down 32 bps from June 30, 2013, and up 55 bps from December 31, 2012.

Purchases of federal funds, securities sold under agreements to repurchase and other short-term borrowings are additional sources of liquidity to meet short-term funding requirements. Wholesale funds, which are comprised of short-term borrowings and long-term debt, were 8.56% of core deposits at September 30, 2013, down 35bps from June 30, 2013 and up 117 bps from December 31, 2012. The increase in this ratio compared to year-end is primarily due to an increase in borrowings under customer repurchase agreements during the first nine months of 2013 and the seasonally higher level of certain core deposits at December 31, 2012. See the discussion of “Deposits” for more information. Besides funding from customer sources, our short-term borrowing capacity includes an approved line of credit with the Federal Home Loan Bank of $2.6 billion and borrowing capacity at the Federal Reserve’s discount window in excess of $1.0 billion at September 30, 2013. No amounts had been borrowed under these lines at September 30, 2013 or year-end 2012.

Cash generated from operations is another important source of funds to meet liquidity needs. The consolidated statements of cash flows present operating cash flows and summarize all significant sources and uses of funds for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.

Dividends received from the Banks have been the primary source of funds available to the Company for the payment of dividends to our stockholders and for servicing debt issued by the holding company. The liquidity management process takes into account the various regulatory provisions that can limit the amount of dividends the Banks can distribute to the Company. It is the Company’s policy to maintain assets at the holding company to provide liquidity sufficient to fund five quarters of anticipated stockholder dividends, debt service and operations.

In April 2013 the Company’s board of directors authorized the repurchase of up to 5% of the Company’s outstanding common stock. The shares may be repurchased through privately negotiated transactions and in the open-market from time to time, depending on market conditions and other factors. The source of funds for the stock buyback program is expected to be upstream dividends from the Banks.

CAPITAL RESOURCES

Stockholders’ equity totaled $2.4 billion at September 30, 2013, down $97 million from December 31, 2012. The tangible common equity ratio decreased to 8.68% at September 30, 2013 from 8.77% at December 31, 2012. These declines are primarily due to the $115 million used in the accelerated share repurchase (ASR) program as discussed in note 6 to the consolidated financial statements,

The primary quantitative measures that regulators use to gauge capital adequacy are the ratios of total and Tier 1 regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets (risk-based capital ratios) and the ratio of Tier 1 capital to average total assets (leverage ratio). Both the Company and its bank subsidiaries are currently required to maintain minimum risk-based

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capital ratios of 8.0% total regulatory capital and 4.0% Tier 1 capital. The minimum leverage ratio is 3.0% for bank holding companies and banks that meet certain specified criteria, including having the highest supervisory rating. All others are required to maintain a leverage ratio of at least 4.0%.

On July 2, 2013 the Federal Reserve Board finalized its rule implementing the Basel III regulatory capital framework and related Dodd-Frank Act changes. The interim final rule strengthens the definition of regulatory capital, increases risk-based capital requirements, and makes selected changes to the calculation of risk-weighted assets. The rule sets the Basel III minimum regulatory capital requirements for all organizations. It includes a new common equity Tier 1 ratio of 4.5% of risk-weighted assets, raises the minimum Tier 1 capital ratio from 4% to 6% of risk-weighted assets and sets a new conservation buffer of 2.5% of risk-weighted assets. The final rule is effective for the Company on January 1, 2015; however, the rule allows for transition periods for certain changes, including the conservation buffer. Based on estimated capital ratios using Basel III definitions, the Company and the Banks currently exceed all capital requirements of the new rule, including the fully phased-in conservation buffer.

At September 30, 2013, our regulatory capital ratios and those of the Banks were well in excess of current regulatory minimum requirements, as indicated in the table below. The Company and the Banks have been categorized as “well capitalized” in the most recent notices received from our regulators. Regulatory capital ratios for the Company and the Banks declined from December 31, 2012 to September 30, 2013 primarily due to the ASR program noted previously and dividends paid by the Banks to the parent to facilitate the repurchase. Additional share repurchases under the ASR program are not expected to have a significant impact on the capital ratios of the Company or the Banks. See stockholders’ equity footnote for further information.

	September 30,			June 30,			December 31,
	2013			2013			2012
Regulatory ratios:
Total capital (to risk weighted assets)
Company		13.52	%		13.45	%		14.28	%
Hancock Bank		13.70	%		13.66	%		14.25	%
Whitney Bank		12.93	%		13.02	%		14.32	%
Tier 1 capital (to risk weighted assets)
Company		12.07	%		12.00	%		12.64	%
Hancock Bank		12.44	%		12.40	%		12.98	%
Whitney Bank		11.81	%		11.86	%		12.93	%
Tier 1 leverage capital
Company		9.10	%		8.96	%		9.11	%
Hancock Bank		8.91	%		9.04	%		9.17	%
Whitney Bank		9.00	%		8.80	%		9.24	%

(1) Tier 1 capital generally includes common equity, retained earnings, non-controlling interest in equity of consolidated subsidiaries and a limited amount of qualifying perpetual preferred stock, reduced by goodwill and other disallowed intangibles and disallowed deferred tax assets and certain other assets. Total capital consists of Tier 1 capital plus perpetual preferred stock not qualifying as Tier 1 capital, mandatory convertible securities, certain types of subordinated debt and a limited amount of allowances for credit losses.

(2) The risk-weighted asset base is equal to the sum of the aggregate value of assets and credit-converted off-balance sheet items in each risk category as specified in regulatory guidelines, multiplied by the weight assigned by the guidelines to that category.

(3) The Tier 1 leverage capital ratio is Tier 1 capital divided by average total assets reduced by the deductions for Tier 1 capital noted above.

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BALANCE SHEET ANALYSIS

Securities

Investment in securities totaled $4.1 billion at September 30, 2013, down $180 million from the end of June 2013, but up $408 million from December 31, 2012. During the third and second quarters of 2013, funds from repayments and maturities in the securities portfolio were used primarily to support loan growth. Toward the latter part of the first quarter of 2013, management had redeployed approximately $1.0 billion of excess liquidity to the investment portfolio. This excess liquidity had been accumulated as a precautionary measure against possible deposit outflows in early 2013 upon expiration of the FDIC Transaction Account Guarantee (TAG) Program which provided for unlimited deposit insurance on noninterest-bearing transaction accounts. The Banks did not experience any material deposit outflows as a result of the TAG Program’s expiration.

At September 30, 2013 securities available for sale totaled $1.5 billion and securities held to maturity totaled $2.7 billion. These balances compare to December 31, 2012 totals of $2.0 billion and $1.7 billion, respectively. During the third quarter of 2013, approximately $1.0 billion of securities available for sale were reclassified as securities held to maturity. Management determined that the reclassified securities were not needed for liquidity purposes and that the Company had the ability and intent to hold the securities to maturity. The reclassified securities consisted of mortgage-backed securities and CMOs. Additional information about the accounting for this transfer is included in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements. There were no gains or losses recognized as a result of this transfer.

Our securities portfolio consists mainly of residential mortgage-backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies. The portfolio is designed to enhance liquidity while providing an acceptable rate of return. We invest only in high quality securities of investment grade quality with a targeted duration, for the overall portfolio, generally between two to five. At September 30, 2013, the average maturity of the portfolio was 3.87 years with an effective duration of 3.84 and a weighted-average yield of 2.32%. The effective duration increases to 4.20 with a 100 basis point increase in the yield curve and to 4.50 with a 200 basis point increase. At year end 2012, the average maturity of the portfolio was 3.16 years with an effective duration of 2.19 and a weighted-average yield of 2.71%. The changes in these metrics from December 31, 2012 reflect mainly the redeployment of excess liquidity into the securities portfolio, as discussed above.

Loans

Total loans at September 30, 2013 were $11.7 billion, up $53 million from June 30, 2013 and up $157 million (1%) from December 31, 2012. Excluding the FDIC-covered portfolio, which has declined $124 million during the first nine months of 2013, total loans increased $280 million (3%) compared to year-end 2012 and $92 million (1%) linked quarter. The noncovered loan portfolio was up $464 million (4%) from September 30, 2012.

See Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements for the composition of originated, acquired and covered loans at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012. Originated loans include all loans not included in the acquired and covered loan portfolios described as follows. Acquired loans are those purchased in the Whitney acquisition on June 4, 2011 and that continue to be subject to purchase accounting considerations. Acquired loans include those that were performing satisfactorily at the acquisition date (acquired-performing) and loans acquired with evidence of credit deterioration (acquired-impaired). Covered loans are those purchased in the December 2009 acquisition of Peoples First, which are covered by loss share agreements between the FDIC and the Company that afford significant loss protection. Purchased loans acquired in a business combination are recorded at estimated fair value on their purchase date without carryover of any allowance for loan losses. Certain differences in the accounting for originated loans and for acquired-performing and acquired-impaired loans (which include all covered loans) are described in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements.

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Considered together, originated and acquired commercial non-real estate (C&I) loans were up a net $197 million (4%) since year-end 2012, although they were down slightly for the third quarter of 2013. New C&I originations were solid across the Company’s footprint during the first nine months of 2013, with the largest contributions from the Texas, Louisiana and Florida markets. C&I originations in the third quarter of 2013 were offset by higher than normal paydowns and payoffs, as well as some seasonal net reductions.

The Company’s commercial customer base is diversified over a range of industries, including oil and gas (O&G), wholesale and retail trade in various durable and nondurable products and the manufacture of such products, marine transportation and maritime construction, financial and professional services, and agricultural production. Loans outstanding to O&G industry customers totaled approximately $1.2 billion at September 30, 2013, unchanged from the prior quarter and up approximately $200 million from December 31, 2012. The majority of the O&G portfolio is with customers providing transportation and other services and products to support exploration and production activities. The Banks lend mainly to middle-market and smaller commercial entities, although they do participate in larger shared-credit loan facilities with familiar businesses operating in the Company’s market areas. Shared credits funded at September 30, 2013 totaled approximately $1.3 billion, up slightly from the last quarter and almost $300 million from December 31, 2012. Approximately $700 million of shared national credits were with O&G customers at September 30, 2013, down slightly from June 30, 2013, and up over $100 million from year-end.

Construction and land development loans (C&D) loans and commercial real estate (CRE) loans in the originated and acquired portfolios decreased a net $37 million over the first nine months of 2013. CRE loans include loans on both income-producing properties as well as properties used by borrowers in commercial operations. The largest component of new lending activity during 2013 has been on properties used by smaller C&I customers. Overall, opportunities for funding new quality projects in the current environment, while improving, remain limited.

Residential mortgages in the originated and acquired portfolios were up a net $157 million in the first nine months of 2013. Residential mortgages grew a net $91 million in the third quarter of 2013, reflecting mainly a strategic decision to retain more of these loans on the balance sheet. Consumer loans decreased by a net $37 million over the first nine months of 2013.

Total covered loans at September 30, 2013 were down $39 million from June 30, 2013 and $124 million from December 31, 2012, reflecting normal repayments, charge-offs and foreclosures. The covered portfolio will continue to decline over the terms of the loss share agreements.

Allowance for Loan Losses and Asset Quality

The Company’s total allowance for loan losses was $138.2 million at September 30, 2013, up slightly from $138.0 million at June 30, 2013. The ratio of the allowance to period-end loans was 1.18%, unchanged from June 30, 2013. The allowance maintained on the originated portion of the loan portfolio totaled $77.4 million, or 0.89% of related loans, at September 30, 2013, compared to $76.4 million, or 0.93% of related loans, at June 30, 2013.

During the second quarter of 2013, in order to better refine the process and reflect the activity in the Bank’s loan portfolios at a more granular level, management revised the estimation process for evaluating the adequacy of the general reserve component of the allowance for loan losses for the originated and acquired-performing loan portfolios. There were no changes in the methodology for the specific reserve analysis on loans considered to be impaired or for identifying impairment in acquired credit-impaired loan pools. The change in the methodology, which is described Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report, was implemented as of April 1, 2013 and resulted in no material change in the total amount of allowance for loan losses.

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During the third quarter of 2013, Hancock recorded a total provision for loan losses of $7.6 million, down from $8.3 million in the second quarter of 2013. The provision for non-covered loans was $6.5 million in the third quarter of 2013, compared to $7.9 million in the second quarter of 2013. The net provision from the covered portfolio was $1.0 million for the third quarter of 2013 compared to $0.4 million for the second quarter of 2013.

Net charge-offs from the non-covered loan portfolio were $5.4 million, or 0.18% of average total loans on an annualized basis, in the third quarter of 2013, down from $7.0 million, or 0.24% in the second quarter of 2013.

In the following tables, certain disaggregated information was not available for the commercial non-real estate, construction and land development and commercial real estate loans categories for 2012. In these instances, combined information for these categories is provided under the caption “commercial loans.”

The following table sets forth activity in the allowance for loan losses for the periods indicated.

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	Three Months Ended									Nine Months Ended
	September 30,			June 30,			September 30,			September 30,
	2013			2013			2012			2013			2012
Allowance for loan losses at beginning of period	$	137,969		$	137,777		$	140,768		$	136,171		$	124,881
Loans charged-off:
Non-covered loans:
Commercial		—			—			5,065			—			18,036
Commercial non real estate		999			121			—			5,199			—
Commercial and land development		1,183			5,348			—			7,548			—
Commercial real estate		847			750			—			3,718			—
Residential mortgages		647			856			2,256			1,549			4,889
Consumer		5,022			4,376			4,890			13,372			11,663
Total non-covered charge-offs		8,698			11,451			12,211			31,386			34,588
Covered loans:
Commercial		—			—			3,550			—			22,839
Commercial non real estate		—			681			—			681			—
Commercial and land development		(537	)		283			—			1,784			—
Commercial real estate		2,195			689			—			4,316			—
Residential mortgages		431			463			—			947			—
Consumer		54			483			—			1,145			—
Total covered charge-offs		2,143			2,599			3,550			8,873			22,839
Total charge-offs		10,841			14,050			15,761			40,259			57,427
Recoveries of loans previously charged-off:
Non-covered loans:
Commercial		—			—			1,160			—			4,225
Commercial non real estate		1,043			1,358			—			3,381			—
Commercial and land development		206			372			—			1,243			—
Commercial real estate		828			729			—			2,340			—
Residential mortgages		96			526			244			991			310
Consumer		1,095			1,434			1,079			4,336			3,060
Total non-covered recoveries		3,268			4,419			2,483			12,291			7,595
Covered loans:
Commercial		—			—			—			—			—
Commercial non real estate		—			90			—			90			—
Commercial and land development		70			142			—			554			—
Commercial real estate		1,517			322			—			2,395			—
Residential mortgages		11			2			—			13			—
Consumer		39			17			—			67			—
Total covered recoveries		1,637			573			—			3,119			—
Total recoveries		4,905			4,992			2,483			15,410			7,595
Net charge-offs—non-covered		5,430			7,032			9,728			19,095			26,993
Net charge-offs—covered		506			2,026			3,550			5,754			22,839
Total net charge-offs		5,936			9,058			13,278			24,849			49,832
Provision for loan losses before FDIC benefit—covered		(355	)		1,355			—			9,484			37,025
(Benefit) attributable to FDIC loss share agreement		1,379			(993	)		—			(1,497	)		(34,401	)
Provision for loan losses non-covered loans		6,545			7,895			8,101			17,417			23,517
Provision for loan losses, net		7,569			8,257			8,101			25,404			26,141
Increase (decrease) in FDIC loss share receivable		(1,379	)		993			—			1,497			34,401
Allowance for loan losses at end of period	$	138,223		$	137,969		$	135,591		$	138,223		$	135,591
Ratios:
Gross charge-offs—non-covered to average loans		0.29	%		0.40	%		0.43	%		0.36	%		0.41	%
Recoveries—non-covered to average loans		0.11	%		0.15	%		0.09	%		0.14	%		0.09	%
Net charge-offs—non-covered to average loans		0.18	%		0.24	%		0.34	%		0.22	%		0.32	%
Allowance for loan losses to period-end loans		1.18	%		1.18	%		1.19	%		1.18	%		1.19	%

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The following table sets forth nonperforming assets by type for the periods indicated, consisting of nonaccrual loans, troubled debt restructurings and foreclosed and surplus real estate owned (ORE) and other foreclosed assets. Loans past due 90 days or more and still accruing are also disclosed.

	September 30,			December 31,
	2013			2012
	(In thousands)
Loans accounted for on a non-accrual basis:
Commercial non-real estate loans	$	12,775		$	21,511
Commercial non-real estate loans—restructured		4,727			1,756
Total commercial non-real estate loans		17,502			23,267
Construction and land development loans		13,577			29,623
Construction and land development loans—restructured		10,889			11,608
Total construction and land development loans		24,466			41,231
Commercial real estate loans		43,554			46,969
Commercial real estate loans—restructured		3,443			1,050
Total commercial real estate loans		46,997			48,019
Residential mortgage loans		23,754			17,285
Residential mortgage loans—restructured		—			1,364
Total residential mortgage loans		23,754			18,649
Consumer loans		6,989			6,449
Total non-accrual loans		119,708			137,615
Restructured loans:
Commercial non-real estate loans—non-accrual		4,727			1,756
Construction and land development loans—non-accrual		10,889			11,608
Commercial real estate loans—non-accrual		3,443			1,050
Residential mortgage loans—non-accrual		—			1,364
Consumer loans—non-accrual		—			—
Total restructured loans—non-accrual		19,059			15,778
Commercial non-real estate loans—still accruing		2,335			6,722
Construction and land development loans—still accruing		4,151			6,236
Commercial real estate loans—still accruing		3,658			2,930
Residential mortgage loans—still accruing		502			549
Consumer loans—still accruing		—			—
Total restructured loans—still accruing		10,646			16,437
Total restructured loans		29,705			32,215
ORE and foreclosed assets		85,560			102,072
Total non-performing assets*	$	215,914		$	256,124
Loans 90 days past due still accruing	$	15,620		$	13,243
Ratios:
Non-performing assets to loans plus
ORE and foreclosed assets		1.83	%		2.19	%
Allowance for loan losses to non-performing loans and accruing loans 90 days past due		94.69	%		81.40	%
Loans 90 days past due still accruing to loans		0.13	%		0.11	%

* Includes total non-accrual loans, total restructured loans—still accruing and ORE and foreclosed assets

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Non-performing assets (NPAs) totaled $216 million at September 30, 2013, down slightly from June 30, 2013. During the third quarter, total non-performing loans declined $14 million, while foreclosed and surplus real estate (ORE) and other foreclosed assets increased almost $14 million. Approximately $16 million was transferred into ORE when certain bank locations were closed on August 30, 2013 in connection with the Company’s efficiency initiative. Excluding the branch transfers, NPAs totaled $200 million at September 30, 2013, down $16 million from June 30, 2013. Non-performing assets as a percent of total loans, ORE and other foreclosed assets were 1.83% at September 30, 2013, compared to 1.84% at June 30, 2013.

Short-Term Investments

Short-term liquidity investments, including interest-bearing bank deposits and Federal funds sold, declined $1.0 billion from December 31, 2012 to a total of $462 million at September 30, 2013. Short-term investments were relatively stable for the third quarter of 2013. As discussed earlier in the section on “Securities,” during the latter part of the first quarter of 2013, management redeployed the excess short-term investments it had accumulated toward the end of 2012 in anticipation of possible increased demands on liquidity from the expiration of the TAG Program.

Deposits

Total deposits at September 30, 2013 were $15.1 billion, down $101 million, or less than 1%, from June 30, 2013, and down $689 million (4%) from December 31, 2012. Average deposits for the third quarter of 2013 were $15.0 billion, down $190 million (1%) from the second quarter of 2013.

Noninterest-bearing demand deposits (DDAs) totaled $5.5 billion at September 30, 2013, up $140 million (3%) compared to June 30, 2013 and down $144 million (3%) from year-end 2012. DDAs comprised 36% of total period-end deposits at September 30, 2013 compared to 35% at June 30, 2013 and 36% at year-end.

Interest-bearing public fund deposits totaled $1.2 billion at September 30, 2013, down $171 million (12%) from June 30, 2013 and $340 million (22%) from year-end 2012. Public fund entities typically carry higher balances at year end, with subsequent reduction until the last quarter of the following year.

Time deposits totaled $2.3 billion at September 30, 2013, down $175 million (7%) from December 31, 2012. Balances in sweep time deposit products increased $365 million from the end of 2012. Movement of excess funds from DDAs by some commercial customers, primarily during the second quarter of 2013, provided most of this increase. Certificates of deposits (CDs) were down $540 million (23%) compared to December 31, 2012, as low yields available to customers on maturing CDs continue to drive reductions in CD balances. Also, $200 million in brokered CDs matured. These CDs were issued as part of the precautionary accumulation of liquidity at the end of 2012 as discussed in the section on “Liquidity.”

Short-Term Borrowings

At September 30, 2013, short-term borrowings totaled $783 million, up $144 million (22%) from December 31, 2012. Securities sold under agreements to repurchase are the main source of short-term borrowings. These agreements are offered mainly to commercial customers to assist them with their cash management strategies or to provide a temporary investment vehicle for their excess liquidity pending redeployment for corporate or investment purposes. While customer repurchase agreements provide a recurring source of funds to the Banks, the amounts available over time can be volatile.

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OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS

Loan Commitments and Letters of Credit

In the normal course of business, the Banks enter into financial instruments, such as commitments to extend credit and letters of credit, to meet the financing needs of their customers. Such instruments are not reflected in the accompanying consolidated financial statements until they are funded, although they expose the Banks to varying degrees of credit risk and interest rate risk in much the same way as funded loans.

Commitments to extend credit include revolving commercial credit lines, nonrevolving loan commitments issued mainly to finance the acquisition and development or construction of real property or equipment, and credit card and personal credit lines. The availability of funds under commercial credit lines and loan commitments generally depends on whether the borrower continues to meet credit standards established in the underlying contract and has not violated other contractual conditions. Loan commitments generally have fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses and may require payment of a fee by the borrower. Credit card and personal credit lines are generally subject to cancellation if the borrower’s credit quality deteriorates. A number of commercial and personal credit lines are used only partially or, in some cases, not at all before they expire, and the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements of the Company.

A substantial majority of the letters of credit are standby agreements that obligate the Banks to fulfill a customer’s financial commitments to a third party if the customer is unable to perform. The Banks issue standby letters of credit primarily to provide credit enhancement to their customers’ other commercial or public financing arrangements and to help them demonstrate financial capacity to vendors of essential goods and services.

The contract amounts of these instruments reflect the Company’s exposure to credit risk. The Company undertakes the same credit evaluation in making loan commitments and assuming conditional obligations as it does for on-balance sheet instruments and may require collateral or other credit support.

The following table shows the commitments to extend credit and letters of credit at September 30, 2013 according to expiration date.

			Expiration Date
			Less than		1-3		3-5		More than
	Total		1 year		years		years		5 years
	(In thousands)
Commitments to extend credit	$	4,942,643	$	2,571,169	$	905,385	$	886,995	$	579,094
Letters of credit		418,979		262,639		67,690		85,257		3,393
Total	$	5,361,622	$	2,833,808	$	973,075	$	972,252	$	582,487

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES

The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and with those generally practiced within the banking industry which require management to make estimates and assumptions about future events. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, and the resulting estimates form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of certain assets and liabilities not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results could differ significantly from those estimates.

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During the second quarter of 2013, in order to better refine the process and reflect the activity in the Banks’ loan portfolios at a more granular level, management revised the estimation process for evaluating the adequacy of the general reserve component of the allowance for loan losses for the originated portfolio. The change in the methodology, which is described in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report, was implemented as of April 1, 2013 and resulted in no change in the total amount of allowance for loan losses.

NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

See Note 13 to our Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this report.

SEGMENT REPORTING

Note 12 to the consolidated financial statements provides information about the Company’s reportable operating segments and presents comparative financial information for these operating segments for the three month and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013 and September 30, 2012.

Net income in the third quarter of 2013 for the Hancock segment totaled $3.2 million, down $11.4 million from the same period in 2012. Net interest income (te) declined $6.0 million mainly due to reduced asset yields, including the impact of lower level of purchase-accounting loan accretion from the FDIC-covered portfolio. Noninterest expense increased $5.9 million between these periods, mainly attributable to costs associated with the Company’s current expense reduction and efficiency initiative discussed in the “Overview” section under “Highlights of Third Quarter 2013 Financial Results”.

Net income for the Whitney segment in the third quarter of 2013 totaled $29.8 million, down $1.7 million from the same period in 2012. Net interest income (te) was stable, as a year-over-year increase in earning assets and a higher level of purchase-accounting loan accretion from the portfolio acquired in the Whitney merger offset the impact of lower core loan yields and securities yields. Noninterest expense increased $6.1 million primarily related to costs associated with the efficiency initiative.

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Form 10-Q contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and we intend such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions therein and are including this statement for purposes of invoking these safe-harbor provisions. Forward-looking statements provide projections of results of operations or of financial condition or state other forward-looking information, such as expectations about future conditions and descriptions of plans and strategies for the future. Forward-looking statements that we may make include, but may not be limited to, comments with respect to future levels of economic activity in our markets, loan growth, deposit trends, credit quality trends, future sales of nonperforming assets, net interest margin trends, future expense levels and the ability to achieve reductions in non-interest expense or other cost savings, projected tax rates, future profitability, improvements in expense to revenue (efficiency) ratio, purchase accounting impacts such as accretion levels, the impact of the branch rationalization process, and the financial impact of regulatory requirements. Hancock’s ability to accurately project results or predict the effects of future plans or strategies is inherently limited. Although Hancock believes that the expectations reflected in its forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, actual results and performance could differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ from those expressed in Hancock’s forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those risk factors outlined in Hancock’s public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which are available at the SEC’s internet site (http://www.sec.gov). You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Hancock does not intend, and undertakes no obligation, to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of differences in actual results, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting such statements, except as required by law.

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Our net income is materially dependent on our net interest income. Hancock’s primary market risk is interest rate risk that stems from uncertainty with respect to absolute and relative levels of future market interest rates that affect our financial products and services. In an attempt to manage our exposure to interest rate risk, management measures the sensitivity of our net interest income and cash flows under various market interest rate scenarios, establishes interest rate risk management policies and implements asset/liability management strategies designed to produce a relatively stable net interest margin under varying rate environments.

Hancock measures its interest rate sensitivity primarily by running net interest income simulations. The model measures annual net interest income sensitivity relative to a base case scenario and incorporates assumptions regarding balance sheet growth and the mix of earning assets and funding sources as well as pricing, re-pricing and maturity characteristics of the existing and projected balance sheet. The table below presents the results of simulations run as of September 30, 2013, assuming the indicated instantaneous and sustained parallel shift in the yield curve at the measurement date. These results indicate that we are slightly asset sensitive as compared to the stable rate environment assumed for the base case.

Net Interest Income (te) at Risk
Change in interest rate (basis point)		Estimated increase (decrease) in net interest income
	Stable		0.00	%
	+100		1.27	%
	+200		3.56	%
	+300		6.12	%

Note: Decrease in interest rates discontinued in the current rate environment

The foregoing disclosures related to our market risk should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements, related notes and management’s discussion and analysis for the year ended December  31, 2012 included in our 2012 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

At the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of management, including the Chief Executive Officers and the Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15 (e) and 15d-15 (e) under the Exchange Act). Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officers and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective as of the end of the period covered by this report to timely alert them to material information relating to us (including our consolidated subsidiaries) required to be included in our Exchange Act filings.

Our management, including the Chief Executive Officers and Chief Financial Officer, identified no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the three month period ended September 30, 2013, that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal controls over financial reporting.

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

We and our subsidiaries are party to various legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business. We do not believe that loss contingencies, if any, arising from pending litigation and regulatory matters will have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position or liquidity.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

There have been no material changes from the risk factors previously disclosed in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012. The risks described may not be the only risks facing us. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that are currently considered to not be material also may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, and/or operating results.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

The following table provides information with respect to purchases made by the issuer or any affiliated purchaser of the issuer’s equity securities for the three months ended September 30, 2013.

	(a) Total number of shares or units purchased		(b) Average price paid per share		(c) Total number of shares purchased as a part of publicly announced plans or programs (1)		(d) Maximum number of shares that may yet be purchased under plans or programs
Jul. 1, 2013—Jul. 31, 2013		—	$	—		—		1,426,458
Aug. 1, 2013—Aug. 31, 2013		—		—		—		1,426,458
Sep. 1, 2013—Sep. 30, 2013		—		—		—		1,426,458
Total		—	$	—		—

(1) The Company publicly announced its stock buy-back program on April 30, 2013.

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Item 6. Exhibits.

(a) Exhibits:

Exhibit Number	Description
31.1	Certification of Chief Executive Officers pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2	Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1	Certification of Chief Executive Officers pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2	Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101	XBRL Interactive Data.

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 thereunto duly authorized.

Hancock Holding Company
By:	/s/ Carl J. Chaney
	Carl J. Chaney
	President & Chief Executive Officer
	/s/ John M. Hairston
	John M. Hairston
	Chief Executive Officer & Chief Operating Officer
	/s/ Michael M. Achary
	Michael M. Achary
	Chief Financial Officer
Date:	November 8, 2013

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Index to Exhibits

Exhibit Number	Description
31.1	Certification of Chief Executive Officers pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2	Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1	Certification of Chief Executive Officers pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2	Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101	XBRL Interactive Data.