# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000750577
**File Stem:** 0001193125-26-029295
**Filing Date:** 2026-1
**Character Count:** 6444
**Document Hash:** 6b8c03b49fda78a863193b6be4ec4cb7
**Contains OCR:** False
**Source Format:** 

## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-26-029295.hdr.sgml**: 20260129

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-26-029295

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 12

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260129

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Other Events

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260129

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260129

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** HANCOCK WHITNEY CORP
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000750577
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 02 Finance
- **EIN:** 640693170
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** MS
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-36872
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26577830

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** ONE HANCOCK WHITNEY PLAZA
- **STREET 2:** P O BOX 4019
- **CITY:** GULFPORT
- **STATE:** MS
- **ZIP:** 39501
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 5042995208

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** ONE HANCOCK WHITNEY PLAZA
- **STREET 2:** P O BOX 4019
- **CITY:** GULFPORT
- **STATE:** MS
- **ZIP:** 39501

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** HANCOCK HOLDING CO
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19920703

?xml version='1.0' encoding='ASCII'? 8-K

**UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549**

------

## FORM 8-K

------

**CURRENT REPORT**

**Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934**

**Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):** January 29, 2026<br>

------

Hancock Whitney Corporation

**(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)**

------

---

| | | |
|:---|:---|:---|
| Mississippi | 001-36872 | 64-0693170 |
| **(State or Other Jurisdiction<br>of Incorporation)** | **(Commission File Number)** | **(IRS Employer<br>Identification No.)** |
| Hancock Whitney Plaza<br>2510 14th Street |  |  |
| Gulfport**,** Mississippi |  | 39501 |
| **(Address of Principal Executive Offices)** |  | **(Zip Code)** |

---

**Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code:** (228) 868-4727<br>

**(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)**

------

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

**Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:**

---

| | | |
|:---|:---|:---|
| **<br>Title of each class** | **Trading<br>Symbol(s)** | **<br>Name of each exchange on which registered** |
| COMMON STOCK, $3.33 PAR VALUE | HWC | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
| 6.25% SUBORDINATED NOTES | HWCPZ | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |

---

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

------

## Item 8.01 Other Events.
On January 29, 2026, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Hancock Whitney Corporation (the "Company") declared an 11.1% increase in the regular first quarter 2026 cash dividend. The quarterly cash dividend of $0.50 per share is payable on March 16, 2026 to shareholders of record as of March 5, 2026. The Company has paid uninterrupted quarterly dividends to shareholders since 1967.

A copy of the press release is furnished with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.

## Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) Exhibits

---

| | |
|:---|:---|
| **Exhibit Number** | **Description**  |
| 99.1  | [<u>Press Release dated January 29, 2026</u>](hwc-ex99_1.htm) |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the inline XBRL document) |

---

------

**SIGNATURES**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

---

| | | | |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|
|  |  |  | HANCOCK WHITNEY CORPORATION |
| Date: | January 29, 2026 | By:  | /s/ Michael M. Achary |
|  |  |  | Michael M. Achary<br>Chief Financial Officer |

---

------

## Exhibit 99.1

Exhibit 99.1

![img88180657_0.jpg](img88180657_0.jpg)

**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**

January 29, 2026

**For more information**

Kathryn Shrout Mistich, VP, Investor Relations Manager

504.539.7836 or kathryn.mistich@hancockwhitney.com

------

**Hancock Whitney Increases Quarterly Dividend 11.1%** 

***Company Has Paid an Uninterrupted Quarterly Dividend Since 1967***

GULFPORT, Miss. (January 29, 2026) — Hancock Whitney Corporation (Nasdaq: HWC) today announced that at its January meeting, the company's board of directors approved a regular first quarter 2026 common stock cash dividend of $0.50 per common share, an increase of $0.05 per common share, or 11.1%.

The first quarter common stock cash dividend is payable March 16, 2026 to shareholders of record as of March 5, 2026.

**About Hancock Whitney** 

Since the late 1800s, Hancock Whitney has embodied core values of Honor & Integrity, Strength & Stability, Commitment to Service, Teamwork, and Personal Responsibility. Hancock Whitney offices and financial centers in Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Texas offer comprehensive financial products and services, including traditional and online banking; commercial and small business banking; private banking; trust and investment services; healthcare banking; and mortgage services. The company also operates combined loan and deposit production offices in the greater metropolitan areas of Nashville, Tennessee, and Atlanta, Georgia. More information is available at www.hancockwhitney.com.

- END-

------