# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000750577
**File Stem:** 0001193125-26-197105
**Filing Date:** 2026-4
**Character Count:** 6259
**Document Hash:** 0bbd08267f2cbbe4033384de15adc3fa
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-26-197105.hdr.sgml**: 20260430

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-26-197105

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 9

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260429

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260430

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260430

**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:** 26924766

**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

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

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## FORM 8-K

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**CURRENT REPORT**

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

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

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Hancock Whitney Corporation

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

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| 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)** |

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

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

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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:**

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| **<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 |

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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. ☐

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## Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Hancock Whitney Corporation (the "Company") held its 2026 annual meeting of shareholders (the "Annual Meeting") on April 29, 2026 in Gulfport, Mississippi. The Annual Meeting was held in a virtual-only format.

At the close of business on March 2, 2026, the record date for the Annual Meeting, the Company had 81,546,524 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote. Of that number, 74,452,585 shares of common stock were represented virtually or by proxy at the Annual Meeting. The Company's shareholders voted on the following three proposals at the Annual Meeting, casting their votes as described below.

*Proposal 1: Election of Directors*

Each of the individuals listed below was elected at the Annual Meeting to serve a three-year term on the Company's Board of Directors expiring in 2029, as indicated below.

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| **<u>Nominees for a Three-Year Term</u>** | **<u>Votes For</u>** | **<u>Votes Withheld</u>** | **<u>Broker Non-Votes</u>** |
| Frank E. Bertucci | 66519775 | 1762745 | 6170065 |
| Constantine S. Liollio | 66490890 | 1791630 | 6170065 |
| Thomas H. Olinde | 65316254 | 2966266 | 6170065 |
| Joan C. Teofilo | 67051852 | 1230668 | 6170065 |
| C. Richard Wilkins | 67057925 | 1224595 | 6170065 |

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## *Proposal 2: Advisory Vote on Compensation of Named Executive Officers* 

## Proposal 2 was an advisory vote on compensation of named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy materials for the Annual Meeting. This advisory vote was approved.

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| **<u>Votes For</u>** | **<u>Votes Against</u>** | **<u>Abstentions</u>** | **<u>Broker Non-Votes</u>** |
| 67,398,823 | 766,283 | 117,414 | 6,170,065 |

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## *Proposal 3: Ratification of Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm* 

## Proposal 3 was a proposal to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2026. This proposal was approved.

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| **<u>Votes For</u>** | **<u>Votes Against</u>** | **<u>Abstentions</u>** |
| 74,126,342 | 298,246 | 27,997 |

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**SIGNATURES**

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

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|  |  |  | **HANCOCK WHITNEY CORPORATION** |
| Date: | April 30, 2026 | By:  | /s/ Michael M. Achary |
|  |  |  | Michael M. Achary<br>Chief Financial Officer |

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