# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000750577
**File Stem:** 0001193125-25-313577
**Filing Date:** 2025-12
**Character Count:** 7620
**Document Hash:** 8ee4f75427f52b96cdeda46d73b34074
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-25-313577.hdr.sgml**: 20251210

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-25-313577

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 12

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20251209

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Other Events

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20251210

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20251210

**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:** 251560965

**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):** December 09, 2025<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 8.01 Other Events.

## On December 9, 2025, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Hancock Whitney Corporation (the "Company") authorized a stock buyback program (the "Stock Buyback Program") pursuant to which the Company may, from time to time, purchase up to 5% of the shares of Company common stock outstanding as of December 31, 2025. The shares may be repurchased in the open market, by block purchase, through accelerated share repurchase plans, in privately negotiated transactions or otherwise, in one or more transactions, from time to time, depending upon market conditions and other factors, and in accordance with applicable regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Stock Buyback Program is effective on January 1, 2026 and has an expiration date of December 31, 2026 and does not obligate the Company to purchase any shares. The Stock Buyback Program may be terminated or amended by the Board at any time prior to the expiration date.

## 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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) Exhibits

## <u>Exhibit Number Description</u> 
99.1 [<u>Press Release dated December 10, 2025</u>](hwc-ex99_1.htm)

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**SIGNATURES**

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

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|  |  |  | Hancock Whitney Corporation |
| Date: | December 10, 2025 | By:  | /s/ Michael M. Achary |
|  |  |  | Michael M. Achary<br>Chief Financial Officer |

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## Exhibit 99.1

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| ![img88180657_0.jpg](img88180657_0.jpg)<br>**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**<br>December 10, 2025<br>| EX-99.1  |

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**For more information**

Kathryn Shrout Mistich, VP, Investor Relations Manager

504.539.7836 or kathryn.mistich@hancockwhitney.com

**Hancock Whitney Renews Share Repurchase Authorization** 

GULFPORT, Miss. (December 10, 2025) — Hancock Whitney Corporation (Nasdaq: HWC) today announced that at its December meeting, the Company's Board of Directors ("the Board") authorized a stock buyback program (the "Stock Buyback Program") pursuant to which the Company may, from time to time, purchase up to 5% of the shares of the Company's common stock outstanding as of December 31, 2025, replacing the existing stock buyback program that expires on December 31, 2026, under which the 4.3 million shares available for purchase were fully exhausted during the fourth quarter of 2025.

The Stock Buyback Program is effective on January 1, 2026 and expires on December 31, 2026. The shares may be repurchased in the open market, by block purchase, through accelerated share repurchase plans, in privately negotiated transactions or otherwise, in one or more transactions, from time to time, depending upon market conditions and other factors, and in accordance with applicable regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Stock Buyback Program may be terminated or amended by the Board at any time prior to the expiration date.

**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.

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