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EX-4.2

 Exhibit 3.2 

Exhibit 4.2 
 RESTATED
BYLAWS 
 OF 

RENASANT CORPORATION 

effective as of January 1, 2013 

ARTICLE I 
 OFFICES

 Section 1. The principal office of the corporation shall be located at 209 Troy Street, City of Tupelo, County of Lee, State of
Mississippi. 
 Section 2. The Board of Directors shall have the power and authority to establish and maintain branch offices at the
locations as the business of the corporation may require. 
 ARTICLE II 

STOCKHOLDERS 

Section 1. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the corporation shall be held on the fourth Tuesday of April in each year for the
purpose of electing directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting. 
 Section 2.
Special meetings of the stockholders, for any purpose, may be called by written request of persons owning at least fifty percent of the outstanding capital stock of the corporation, or by authority of the board of directors in regular session or by
a request in writing of a majority of the board of directors. All such communications must be addressed to the president of the corporation. 

Section 3. The annual meetings of the stockholders of the corporation shall be held at the principal office of the corporation in Tupelo,
Mississippi, or at such other place in the area served by the corporation as may be fixed by the board of directors. All special meetings of the stockholders shall be held at the principal office of the corporation in Tupelo, Mississippi. 

Section 4. At least ten days written notice shall be given of any annual or special meeting of stockholders, either personally or by
mail, to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. Such notice shall be issued by the president or secretary of the corporation, which notice shall state the place, day and hour of the meeting and, in case of a special meeting,
the purposes for which the meeting is called. 
 Section 5. A majority of the outstanding shares of the corporation entitled to vote,
represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of stockholders. In the event of no quorum at the annual meeting, the holders of a majority of the stock present and represented at the meeting shall have power to adjourn the
meeting from day to day without further notice. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present or represented, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified. 

In special meetings, if a quorum is not present, there shall be no adjournment but the call of the meeting will be voided and a new call must
be issued for any special meeting. 

 Section 6. At all meetings of stockholders, a stockholder may vote by proxy executed in
writing by the stockholder or by his or her duly authorized attorney in fact. Such proxy shall be filed with the secretary of the corporation before or at the time of the meeting and shall not be valid after the date of the meeting at which it was
filed. 
 Section 7. No stockholder will be allowed to vote at any meeting, either in person or by proxy, unless he or she is a
stockholder of record. Every share of stock is entitled to one vote which may be voted as provided by the laws of the State of Mississippi. 

Section 8. The chairman of the board of directors shall act as chairman, and the secretary of the corporation shall act as secretary of
all meetings of the stockholders of the corporation. 
 ARTICLE III 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

Section 1. The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed and controlled by its board of directors. 

Section 2. The board of directors of the corporation shall consist of not less than seven (7) nor more than twenty
(20) stockholders, the number of each ensuing year to be determined by a majority of the entire board of directors of the corporation prior to the regular annual meeting. Each director shall: (a) own in his or her own right unencumbered stock
in the corporation in the amount of at least Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) par value at the time of his or her or her election to the board of directors and continue to own such par value amount notwithstanding that subpart (b) or
(c) hereof might permit a less par value amount to be owned, (b) own or have acquired in his or her own right not less than 1,000 shares of stock in the corporation no later than the first anniversary of his or her election and (to the
extent subpart (c) hereof is inapplicable) continue to own such number of shares during his or her entire term of office as a director, and (c) own or have acquired in his or her own right not less than 4,000 shares of stock in the
corporation no later than the fifth anniversary of his or her election (if he or she remains a director on such anniversary) and continue to own such number of shares during his or her entire term of office as a director. Each director shall satisfy
such other qualifications as may be prescribed for directors under the laws of the State of Mississippi. No stockholders shall be eligible for election as a member of the board of directors after attaining the age of seventy-two (72) years; in
addition, any director who attains the age of seventy-two (72) years during his or her elected term can serve only until the next regular meeting of stockholders. 

Section 3. The term of the office of the directors elected at the regular annual meeting of the stockholders shall be three years, and/or
until their successors shall have been elected and qualified, as provided in the corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, as amended. 

Section 4. If during the year a vacancy should occur in the offices of the directors, the remaining board of directors shall have the
right, by majority vote, to fill such vacancies as exist by electing to said vacancies qualified stockholders who shall serve as directors until the next annual meeting of stockholders, or until a meeting of the stockholders held for the purpose of
electing their successors. 

  
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 Section 5. The board of directors shall hold regular meetings on such dates and at such
times as determined by a majority of the board of directors without the necessity of further notice to the directors. All meetings of the board of directors shall be held in the board of directors room at the principal office of the corporation in
Tupelo, Mississippi, unless a different place is fixed by the board of directors. 
 Immediately following the annual stockholders’
meeting, on the same date and at the same place, all of the members of the board of directors, including those who shall have been elected at said meeting, shall meet and elect from among themselves a chairman, a vice chairman and a secretary, and
the members of the board of directors who are “independent directors,” as defined in Rule 5605(a)(2) of the Nasdaq Marketplace Rules, as amended from time to time (the “Nasdaq Rules”), shall meet and elect from among such
independent directors a lead director (the “lead director”) with the powers and duties set forth in Section 8 of this Article III, provided that if the chairman of the board of directors is not an officer or employee of the
corporation and is also an independent director as defined in the Nasdaq Rules, no lead director shall be elected and the chairman of the board, so long as he or she is an independent director as defined in the Nasdaq Rules, shall assume all of the
powers and responsibilities of the lead director set forth in Section 8 below. The chairman, the vice chairman, the secretary and the lead director shall serve at the pleasure of the board of directors, and until their successors have been
elected and qualified. 
 Section 6. Special meetings of the board of directors shall be held whenever called by the chairman or upon
written request of a majority of the members of the board of directors. 
 Section 7. A majority of the members of the board of
directors shall constitute a quorum of any meeting of said board of directors. Whenever there shall not be a quorum at a regular or special meeting, the members present may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum shall be obtained, and
any meeting may be adjourned from time to time by vote of a majority of the members present. 
 Section 8. The lead director shall generally
familiarize himself or herself with the corporation, its business and the competitive factors within its industry, as well as with the elements of effective corporate governance. In addition, the lead director shall have the following specific
powers and responsibilities: the lead director shall (i) in consultation with the chairman, approve the schedule of meetings of the board of directors and approve the agenda and the materials to be provided to each director prior to such meetings of
the board of directors; (ii) set the schedule for and the agenda of all executive sessions of the “independent directors” of the board of directors (as defined in the Nasdaq Rules), approve and distribute the materials, if any, to be
provided to each independent director prior to such executive sessions, and act as the chair of all such executive sessions; (iii) act as a liaison between the chairman and the other members of the board of directors as well as between management of
the corporation and the other members of the board of directors; (iv) in coordination with the members of the corporation’s compensation committee, undertake a performance evaluation of the chief executive officer of the corporation; (v) in
coordination with the members of the corporation’s governance and nominating committee, assess annually the overall committee structure of the board of directors and the organization and performance of each committee; and (vi) oversee the board
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meeting with stockholders wishing to communicate with the board of directors other than through the chairman. The lead director shall have such other powers and responsibilities as determined
from time to time by the board of directors. 
 Section 9. Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations. 

(a) Annual Meetings of Stockholders. 

(i) Nominations of persons for election to the board of directors of the corporation and the proposal of other business to be considered by
the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders (A) pursuant to the corporation’s notice of meeting delivered pursuant to Section 4 of Article II of these bylaws, (B) by or at the direction of the board of
directors or (C) by any stockholder of the corporation who (i) was a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in this Section 9(a) and at the time of the annual meeting, (ii) is entitled to vote at the
meeting and (iii) complies with the notice procedures set forth in clauses (ii) and (iii) of this Section 9(a) as to such business or nomination; clause (C) shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations
or submit other business (other than matters properly brought under Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and included in the corporation’s notice of meeting) before an annual meeting
of stockholders. 
 (ii) Without qualification, any nominations or any other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a
stockholder pursuant to clause (C) of paragraph (a)(i) of this bylaw, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the corporation and, in the case of business other than nominations, such other business
must otherwise be a proper matter for stockholder action. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation not less than ninety days nor more than one hundred twenty
days prior to the first anniversary of the immediately preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced by more than thirty days, or delayed by more than ninety days, from
such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred and twentieth day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the
ninetieth day prior to such annual meeting or if such public announcement of the date of such annual meeting is less than one hundred days prior to such annual meeting, the tenth day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such
meeting is first made. To be in proper form, a stockholder’s notice (whether given pursuant to this Section 9(a)(ii) or Section 9(b)) to the Secretary must: (A) set forth, as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial
owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made (i) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the corporation’s books, and of such beneficial owner, if any, (ii) (a) the class or series and
number of shares of the corporation which are, directly or indirectly, owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, (b) any option, warrant, convertible security, stock appreciation right, or similar right
with an exercise or conversion privilege or a settlement payment or mechanism at a price related to any class or series of shares of the corporation or with a value derived in whole or in part from the value of any class or series of shares of the
corporation, whether or not such instrument or right shall be subject to settlement in the underlying class or series of capital stock of the corporation or otherwise (a “Derivative 

  
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Instrument”) directly or indirectly owned beneficially by such stockholder and any other direct or indirect opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any increase or decrease
in the value of shares of the corporation, (c) any proxy, contract, arrangement, understanding, or relationship pursuant to which such stockholder has a right to vote any shares of any security of the Company, (d) any short interest in any
security of the Company (for purposes of this bylaw a person shall be deemed to have a short interest in a security if such person directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has the
opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any decrease in the value of the subject security), (e) any rights to dividends on the shares of the corporation owned beneficially by such stockholder that are separated or separable
from the underlying shares of the corporation, (f) any proportionate interest in shares of the corporation or Derivative Instruments held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership in which such stockholder is a general
partner or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in a general partner and (g) any performance-related fees (other than an asset-based fee) that such stockholder is entitled to based on any increase or decrease in the value of
shares of the corporation or Derivative Instruments, if any, as of the date of such notice, including without limitation any such interests held by members of such stockholder’s immediate family sharing the same household (which information
shall be supplemented by such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, not later than 10 days after the record date for the meeting to disclose such ownership as of the record date), and (iii) any other information relating to such stockholder
and beneficial owner, if any, that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for, as applicable, the proposal and/or for the election of directors in a
contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (B) if the notice relates to any business other than a nomination of a director or directors that the stockholder proposes
to bring before the meeting, set forth (i) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest of such stockholder and beneficial owner,
if any, in such business and (ii) a description of all agreements, arrangements and understandings between such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of
such business by such stockholder; (C) set forth, as to each person, if any, whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection to the board of directors (i) all information relating to such person that would be required
to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder (including such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected) and (ii) a description of all direct and indirect compensation and other material
monetary agreements, arrangements and understandings during the past three years, and any other material relationships, between or among such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, and their respective affiliates and associates, or others acting
in concert therewith, on the one hand, and each proposed nominee, and his or her respective affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert therewith, on the other hand, including, without limitation all information that would be required to
be disclosed pursuant to Rule 404 promulgated under Regulation S-K if the stockholder making the nomination and any beneficial owner on whose behalf the nomination is made, if any, or any affiliate or associate thereof or person acting in concert
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director or executive officer of such registrant; and (D) with respect to each nominee for election or reelection to the board of directors, include a completed and signed questionnaire,
representation and agreement required by Section 9(d) of this bylaw. The corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as may reasonably be required by the corporation to determine the eligibility of such
proposed nominee to serve as an independent director of the corporation or that could be material to a reasonable stockholder’s understanding of the independence, or lack thereof, of such nominee. 

(iii) Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of clause (ii) of this Section 9(a) to the contrary, in the event that the
number of directors to be elected to the board of directors of the corporation is increased and there is no public announcement naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased board of directors made by the
corporation at least one hundred days prior to the first anniversary of the immediately preceding year’s annual meeting, a stockholder’s notice required by this bylaw shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for
any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation not later than the close of business on the tenth day following the day on which such public announcement is
first made by the corporation. 
 (b) Special Meetings of Stockholders. Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of
stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the corporation’s notice of meeting pursuant to Section 4 of Article II of these bylaws. Nominations of persons for election to the board of directors may be made at a
special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected (A) pursuant to the corporation’s notice of meeting, (B) by or at the direction of the board of directors or (C) provided that the board of directors has
determined that directors shall be elected at such meeting, by any stockholder of the corporation who (i) was a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided in this bylaw and at the time of the special meeting,
(ii) entitled to vote at the meeting and (iii) complies with the notice procedures set forth in this bylaw as to such nomination. In the event the corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more
directors to the board of directors, any such stockholder may nominate a person or persons (as applicable) for election to such position(s) as are specified in the corporation’s Notice of Meeting, if the stockholder’s notice as required by
clause (ii) of Section 9(a) of these bylaws with respect to any nomination (including the completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement required by Section 9(d) of this bylaw) shall be delivered to the Secretary at
the principal executive offices of the corporation not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred and twentieth day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth day prior to such
special meeting or, if the first public announcement of the date of such special meeting is less than one hundred days prior to the date of such special meeting, the tenth day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date
of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the board of directors to be elected at such meeting. In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of a special meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving
of a stockholder’s notice as described above. 
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 (i) Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this bylaw
shall be eligible to be elected as directors at a meeting of stockholders and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this bylaw.
Except as otherwise provided by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these bylaws, the Chairman of the Board shall have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or
proposed, as applicable, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this bylaw and, if any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with this bylaw, to declare that (A) such defective proposal or nomination shall be disregarded
and (B) any votes cast in support of such defective proposal or nomination shall be given no effect except for the purpose of determining the presence of a quorum with respect to such matters. 

(ii) For purposes of this bylaw, “public announcement” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by a national news
service or in a document publicly filed by the corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. 

(iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this bylaw, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange
Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this bylaw; provided, however, that any references in these bylaws to the Exchange Act or the rules promulgated thereunder are not intended to and shall not limit
the requirements applicable to nominations or proposals as to any other business to be considered pursuant to Section 9(a)(ii), Section 9(a)(iii) and Section 9(b) of this bylaw. Nothing in this bylaws shall be deemed to affect any
rights (A) of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act or (B) of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock if and to the extent provided for
under law, the Articles of Incorporation or these bylaws. 
 (d) Submission of Questionnaire, Representation and Agreement. To be eligible
to be a nominee for election or reelection as a director of the corporation, a person must deliver (in accordance with the time periods prescribed for delivery of notice under this bylaw) to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the
corporation a written questionnaire with respect to the background and qualification of such person and the background of any other person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made (which questionnaire shall be provided by the Secretary
upon written request) and a written representation and agreement (in the form provided by the Secretary upon written request) that such person (A) is not and will not become a party to (i) any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has
not given any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such person, if elected as a director of the corporation, will act or vote on any issue or question (a “Voting Commitment”) that has not been disclosed to the
corporation or (ii) any Voting Commitment that could limit or interfere with such person’s ability to comply, if elected as a director of the corporation, with such person’s fiduciary duties under applicable law, (B) is not and will not
become a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the corporation with respect to any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification in connection with service or action as a
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person’s individual capacity and on behalf of any person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made, would be in compliance, if elected as a director of the corporation, and will
comply with all applicable publicly disclosed corporate governance, conflict of interest, confidentiality and stock ownership and trading policies and guidelines of the corporation. 

ARTICLE IV 
 OFFICERS

 Section 1. The officers of the corporation shall be president, vice president or vice presidents (the number thereof to be
determined by the board of directors), secretary and treasurer and/or chief financial officer, each of whom shall be elected by the board of directors. The office of secretary and treasurer may be held by the same person. The board of directors may
also elect such assistant officers as may be deemed necessary. 
 Section 2. The officers of the corporation to be elected by the board
of directors shall be elected annually at the first meeting of the board of directors held after each annual meeting of stockholders. Such officers so elected shall serve until the next meeting of the board of directors following the next annual
meeting of stockholders, and until their successors have been elected and qualified. 
 A vacancy in any office because of death,
resignation, removal, disqualification or otherwise may be filled by the board of directors for the unexpired portion of the term. 
 The
powers and duties of the several officers shall be as provided from time to time by resolution or other directive of the board of directors. In the absence of such provisions the respective officers shall have the powers and shall discharge the
duties customarily and usually held and performed by like officers of like or similar corporations. 
 Section 3. The compensation of
such officers shall be fixed from time to time by the board of directors. 
 ARTICLE V 

COMMITTEES 

Section 1. There shall be an executive committee and such other committees as the board of directors may from time to time constitute.
All of said committees shall be selected by the board of directors from their number, and their duties shall be as set forth hereinafter and as prescribed by the board of directors. 

Section 2. The executive committee shall consist of the chairman of the board of directors, the lead director, the chief executive officer of
the corporation and three other members to be selected by the board of directors each of whom shall be an independent director as defined in the Nasdaq Rules. In the event that the chairman of the board of directors and the chief executive officer
of the corporation are the same person, or if there is no lead director because the chairman of the board of directors has assumed the powers and responsibilities of the lead director as provided in Section 5 of Article III hereof, then one
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executive committee shall have charge over all matters under the direction and control of the board of directors which may require attention at any time between regular meetings of said board of
directors. 
 Section 3. Each committee shall have a chairman elected by the board of directors and a secretary elected from among
itself who shall keep a record of the proceedings of each committee and the action of said committee. In case a secretary be not elected, the chairman of the committee shall keep such record. Each committee shall meet on the call of the chairman.
The majority of the members of any of said committees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business by such committee, and in the event of the executive committee at least one of the members present at such meeting shall be a member of
the committee who has been elected to said committee by the board of directors and is not serving ex officio. 
 Section 4. The board
of directors may at any meeting adopt such resolutions restricting the power of committees as the board of directors may deem wise and prudent. 

ARTICLE VI 
 CAPITAL
STOCK 
 Section 1. Issuance of Shares. The shares of the capital stock of the corporation may be certificated or uncertificated.
If shares are certificated, or at the request of a holder of uncertificated shares, the corporation shall cause to be issued to the holder of such shares one or more certificates in such form, not inconsistent with that required by the laws of the
State of Mississippi and the corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, as shall be approved by the board of directors. Each such certificate shall be signed by the president or a vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary,
provided, however, that any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be facsimile. Each such certificate shall specify the number of shares represented by the certificate. If the stock of the corporation shall be divided into one or more
classes or series, then the class and series of such shares, and the powers, the designations, the preferences, and the relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class or series of such shares and the qualifications,
limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or summarized on the face or back of the certificate (if any) that the corporation may issue to represent such class or series of shares; provided, however,
that in lieu of the foregoing, there may be set forth on the face or back of such certificate (if any) that the corporation will furnish such information without charge to each stockholder who so requests. 

The stock record books and the blank stock certificate books shall be kept by the secretary or at the office of such transfer agent or agents
as the board of directors may from time to time determine. If any officer, transfer agent or registrar who shall have signed or whose facsimile signature or signatures shall have been placed upon any such certificate or certificates shall have
ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued by the corporation, such certificate may nevertheless be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent or
registrar on the date of issue. The stock certificates shall be consecutively numbered and shall be entered in the books of the corporation as they are issued and shall exhibit the holder’s name and number of shares. 

  
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 Section 2. Transfer of Shares. The shares of stock of the corporation shall be transferable
only on the books of the corporation by the holders thereof in person or by their duly authorized attorneys or legal representatives and, in the case of shares represented by certificates, upon surrender and cancellation of certificates for a like
number of shares. Upon surrender to the corporation or a transfer agent of the corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the
corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books. 

Section 3. Ownership of Shares. The corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares of capital stock
of the corporation as the holder in fact thereof for all proper corporate purposes, including the voting of the shares at a regular or special meeting of the stockholders and the issuance and payment of dividends on such shares. Accordingly, the
corporation shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of the
State of Mississippi. 
 Section 4. Lost or Stolen Certificates. The board of directors may determine the conditions upon which a new
certificate of stock or uncertificated shares may be issued in place of a certificate which is alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed. The board of directors may, in its discretion, require the owner of such certificate or such owner’s
legal representative to give bond, with sufficient surety, to indemnify the corporation and each transfer agent and registrar against any and all losses or claims which may arise by reason of the issue of a new certificate or uncertificated shares
in the place of the certificate so lost, stolen or destroyed. 
 Section 5. Regulations Regarding Shares. The board of directors shall
have the power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as it may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates and uncertificated shares and, in the case of shares represented by certificates, the
replacement of certificates. 
 ARTICLE VII 

DIVIDENDS 
 Section 1.
The board of directors may from time to time declare, and the corporation may pay, dividends on its outstanding shares in the manner and on the terms and conditions provided by law and by its Articles of Incorporation. 

ARTICLE VIII 
 SEAL

 The Board of Directors shall provide a corporate seal, which shall be circular in form and shall have inscribed thereon the name of
the corporation and the state of incorporation and the words “CORPORATE SEAL”. The impression of said seal is made a part of these bylaws. 

  
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 ARTICLE IX 

INDEMNIFICATION 

Section 1. Right of Indemnity. Whenever any director or officer of the corporation is made a party to any proceeding, including any
derivative action in the right of the corporation, the Indemnitee shall be indemnified against liability and reasonable expenses, including attorney’s fees, incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with such proceeding, if the Indemnitee meets
the requisite Standard of Conduct and such indemnification is not otherwise prohibited by the laws of the State of Mississippi or these Bylaws. For avoidance of doubt, an Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification from the corporation under
this Section 1 against any liability in a proceeding by the corporation (for purposes of this Section 1, a proceeding by the corporation shall not include derivative actions in the right of the corporation) against such Indemnitee. 

Section 2. Standard of Conduct. An Indemnitee meets the Standard of Conduct if the Indemnitee conducted himself or herself in good faith
and reasonably believed that (i) any conduct in the Indemnitee’s official capacity was in the best interests of the corporation, (ii) in all other cases, the Indemnitee’s conduct was at least not opposed to the best interests of
the corporation, or (iii) in any criminal proceeding, the Indemnitee had no reasonable cause to believe the Indemnitee’s conduct was unlawful. An Indemnitee’s conduct with respect to an employee benefit plan for a purpose the
Indemnitee reasonably believes to be in the best interest of the participants in and beneficiaries of the plan is conduct that satisfies the Standard of Conduct. 

The determination as to whether an Indemnitee has met the Standard of Conduct set forth herein shall be made as follows but is subject to
court review as provided in Section 4: 
  

	 	A.	if there are two or more disinterested directors, by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of all the disinterested directors (a majority of whom shall for such purpose constitute a quorum), or by a majority of the
members of a committee of two (2) or more disinterested directors appointed by such a vote; or 

  

	 	B.	by special legal counsel selected in the manner prescribed in Subsection A of this Section 2, or, if there are fewer than two (2) disinterested directors, selected by the Board of Directors (in which selection
directors who do not qualify as disinterested directors may participate); or 

  

	 	C.	by the shareholders, but shares owned by or voted under the control of a director who at the time does not qualify as a disinterested director may not be voted on the determination. 

Section 3. Prohibited Indemnification. Unless ordered by a court pursuant to Section 79-4-8.54(a)(3) of the Code, no indemnification
shall be made in respect to any liability in connection with: (i) a proceeding in the right of the corporation, except for reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding if it is determined that the Indemnitee has met the relevant
Standard of Conduct set out above; or (ii) any proceeding with respect to conduct for which the Indemnitee was adjudged liable on the basis that the Indemnitee received a financial benefit to which the Indemnitee was not entitled, whether or
not involving action in the Indemnitee’s official capacity. 

  
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 Section 4. Court Ordered Advance of Expenses and Indemnification. An Indemnitee who is a
party to a proceeding may apply to the court conducting the proceeding, or to another court of competent jurisdiction, for indemnification or an advance for expenses. After receipt of such an application, and after giving any notice it considers
necessary, the court shall: 
  

	 	A.	order indemnification if the court determines that the Indemnitee is entitled to mandatory indemnification under Section 79-4-8.52 of the Code; 

 

	 	B.	order indemnification or advance for expenses if the court determines that the Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification or advance for expenses pursuant to Section 1 of this Article IX; 

 

	 	C.	order indemnification or advance for expenses, if the court determines that, in view of all the relevant circumstances, it is fair and reasonable to indemnify such Indemnitee or to advance expenses to such Indemnitee,
even if such Indemnitee has not met the Standard of Conduct, failed to comply with Section 79-4-8.53 of the Code or was adjudged liable in a proceeding referred to in Subsection 79-4-8.51(d)(1) or (d)(2) of the Code, but if such Indemnitee was
adjudged so liable his or her indemnification shall be limited to reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding. 

If the court determines that the Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under Subsection A of this Section 4, or to indemnification or
advance for expenses under Subsection B of this Section 4, the court shall also order the corporation to pay the Indemnitee’s reasonable expenses incurred in connection with obtaining court-ordered indemnification or advance for expenses.
If the court determines that the Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification or advance for expenses under Subsection C of this Section 4, the court may also order the corporation to pay the Indemnitee’s reasonable expenses to obtain
court-ordered indemnification or advance for expenses. 
 Section 5. Mandatory Indemnification. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Article IX, the corporation shall indemnify an Indemnitee who was wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which the Indemnitee was a party because the Indemnitee was a director or officer
of the corporation against reasonable expenses incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with the proceeding. 
 Section 6. Advance for
Expenses. The corporation shall, before final disposition of a proceeding, advance funds to pay for or reimburse the reasonable expenses incurred by an Indemnitee who is a party to a proceeding (excluding a proceeding by the corporation. The
exclusion shall not include derivative actions in the right of the corporation against an Indemnitee) if (i) the Indemnitee furnishes the corporation a signed written affirmation of the Indemnitee’s good faith belief that the Indemnitee
has met the relevant Standard of Conduct for indemnification and (ii) the Indemnitee furnishes the corporation a signed written undertaking to repay any funds advanced if the Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under Section 5
above and it is ultimately determined that the Indemnitee has not met the relevant Standard of 

  
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Conduct. The written undertaking must be an unlimited general obligation of the Indemnitee but need not be secured and may be accepted without reference to the financial ability of the Indemnitee
to make repayment. 
 Authorization of an advance for expenses under this Section 6 shall be made as follows but is subject to court
review a provided in Section 4: 
  

	 	A.	if there are two or more disinterested directors, by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of all the disinterested directors (a majority of whom shall for such purpose constitute a quorum), or by a majority of the
members of a committee of two (2) or more disinterested directors appointed by such a vote; or 

  

	 	B.	if there are fewer than two (2) disinterested directors, by the vote necessary for action by the board in accordance with Section 79-4-8.24(c) of the Code, in which authorization directors who do not qualify
as disinterested directors may participate; or 

  

	 	C.	by the shareholders, but shares owned by or voted under the control of a director who at the time does not qualify as a disinterested director may not be voted on the authorization. 

For avoidance of doubt, an Indemnitee shall not be entitled to an advance of funds to pay for the reasonable expenses incurred by a Indemnitee in a proceeding
brought by the corporation against such Indemnitee. 
 Section 7. Right of Corporation to Insure. The corporation may purchase and
maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or who, while a director or officer of the corporation, serves or served at the corporation’s request as a director, officer, partner, trustee,
employee or agent of another domestic or foreign corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other entity, against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising
out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify or advance expenses to such person under the provisions of this Article or under the provisions of Mississippi law. 

Section 8. Limitations. All indemnification and insurance provisions contained in this Article IX are subject to the limitations and
prohibitions imposed by federal law including, without limitation, the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, as amended, and any implementing regulations concerning indemnification. 

Section 9. Provision for Payment. The corporation may create a trust fund, grant a security interest or use other means (including,
without limitation, a letter of credit) to insure the payment of such amounts as may be necessary to effect indemnification as provided in this Article IX. 

Section 10. Changes. No revocation of, change in, or adoption of any resolution or provision in the Articles of Incorporation or bylaws
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Article IX shall adversely affect the rights of any director or officer with respect to (i) any proceeding commenced or threatened prior to such revocation, change or adoption or
(ii) any proceeding arising out of any act or omission occurring prior to such revocation, change or adoption, in either case, without the written consent of such director or officer. 

Section 11. Severability. If any provision or provisions of this Article IX shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any
reason whatsoever: (i) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Article IX (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of this Article IX containing such provision held to be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and (ii) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Article IX (including, without limitation, each
such portion of any paragraph of this Article IX containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

 Section 12. Employees and Agents. The corporation may grant rights to indemnification, and rights to be paid by the corporation the
expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, to any present or former employee or agent of the corporation to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Article IX with respect to indemnification and
advancement of expenses of directors and officers of the corporation. 
 Section 13. Enforcement. The rights to indemnification and to
the advancement or reimbursement of expenses conferred in this Article IX, as limited by Section 8 hereof, shall be contract rights. If a claim for indemnification or advancement or reimbursement of expenses pursuant to this Article IX is not
paid in full by the corporation within 60 days after written demand has been received by the corporation, except in the case of a claim for advancement or reimbursement of expenses, in which case the applicable period shall be 20 days, the
Indemnitee may at any time thereafter bring suit against the corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim. If successful in whole or in part in any such suit, or in a suit brought by the corporation to recover an advancement of expenses
pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the Indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid also the expenses of prosecuting and defending such suit. In (i) any suit brought by the Indemnitee to enforce the right to indemnification hereunder (or a
suit brought by the Indemnitee to enforce a right to an advancement or reimbursement of expenses) it shall be a defense that, and (ii) any suit by the corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking,
the corporation shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final adjudication that, the Indemnitee has not met the relevant Standard of Conduct. Neither the failure of the corporation (including its board of directors or independent legal
counsel) to have made determination prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification of the Indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because the Indemnitee has met the relevant Standard of Conduct set forth herein, nor an actual
determination by the corporation (including its board of directors or independent legal counsel) that the Indemnitee has not met such Standard of Conduct, shall create a presumption that the Indemnitee has not met the relevant Standard of Conduct
or, in case of a suit brought by the Indemnitee, be a defense to such suit. In any suit brought by the Indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement or reimbursement of expenses hereunder, or by the corporation to recover an
advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement or reimbursement of expenses, under this Article IX or otherwise shall be on the
corporation. 

  
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 Section 14. Non-exclusive Remedy. The rights to indemnification and to advancement or
reimbursement of expenses conferred in this Article IX shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, the corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, bylaws, agreement, vote of
shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. 
 Section 15. Definition of Terms. Unless otherwise specifically provided: 

“Code” means the Mississippi Code of 1972, as amended. 

“Director” or “officer” means an individual who is or was a director or officer, respectively, of the corporation or who,
while a director or officer of the corporation, is or was serving at the corporation’s request as a director, officer, manager, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another domestic or foreign corporation, non-profit corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust, limited liability company, employee benefit plan or other entity. A director or officer is also considered to be serving an employee benefit plan at the corporation’s request if his or her duties to the corporation also
impose duties on, or otherwise involve services by, him or her to the plan or to participants in or beneficiaries of the plan. The term “director” shall also include emeritus directors and advisory directors of the corporation, any person
serving as a director, emeritus director or advisory director of Renasant Bank and any person serving as a member of a State board of Renasant Bank, including, without limitation, the Alabama State Board of Renasant Bank and the Tennessee State
Board of Renasant Bank. “Director” or “officer” includes, unless the context requires otherwise, the estate, heirs, legatees, devisees, executors, administrators and personal representatives of a director or officer.
“Directors” and “officers” are sometimes referred to herein individually as an “Indemnitee”. 

“Disinterested director” means a director who, at the time of a vote referred to in this Article IX or a vote or selection referred
to in this Article IX is not (i) a party to the proceeding or (ii) an individual having a familial, financial, professional or employment relationship with the director or officer whose indemnification or advance for expenses is the
subject of the decision being made, which relationship would, in the circumstances, reasonably be expected to exert an influence on the director’s judgment when voting on the decision being made. 

“Expenses” shall mean reasonable expenses of any kind that are incurred in connection with a proceeding, including, without
limitation, reasonable attorneys fees, court costs and investigative expenses. 
 “Liability” means the obligation to pay a
judgment, settlement, penalty, fine (including an excise tax assessed with respect to an employee benefit plan), interest, other monetary obligations or reasonable expenses (as defined herein) incurred with respect to a proceeding. 

“Official capacity” means: (i) when used with respect to a director, the office of director in the corporation and (ii) when
used with respect to an officer, the office in the corporation held by an officer. “Official capacity” does not include service for any other domestic or foreign corporation or any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan
or other entity. 

  
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 “Party” means an individual who was, is, or is threatened to be made a defendant or
responded in a proceeding. 
 “Proceeding” means any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative, arbitrative or investigative and whether formal or informal. 
 ARTICLE X 

AMENDMENTS 

Section 1. The bylaws may be altered, amended, or repealed by majority vote of the board of directors of the corporation. 

  
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 ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT 

TO 
 THE RESTATED BYLAWS

 OF 
 RENASANT
CORPORATION 
 Pursuant to the provisions of Section 79-4-10.20 of the Mississippi Business Corporation Act and in accordance with
the Restated Bylaws of Renasant Corporation (the “Bylaws”), the Board of Directors hereby adopts the following Articles of Amendment to the Restated Bylaws of Renasant Corporation: 

The Restated Bylaws of Renasant Corporation are amended in the following respects: 

(a) Article III, Section 2 is amended by inserting the following at the end of Section 2: 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the recommendation of the corporation’s nominating and corporate governance committee, the board of
directors may waive, on the terms and conditions set forth herein, (i) as to incumbent directors only, the prohibition on a director standing for election after attaining the age of seventy-two (72) years and (ii) the requirement that
a director who attains the age of seventy-two (72) years during his or her elected term resign from the board of directors at the next regular meeting of stockholders. To be effective, such waiver must be approved by the affirmative vote of at
least two-thirds of the directors then in office (excluding the vote of the director to whom the waiver vote applies). Any waiver approved by the board of directors, whether a waiver of the prohibition on a director standing for election after
attaining the age of seventy-two (72) years or the requirement that a director who attains the age of seventy-two (72) years during his or her elected term resign from the board of directors at the next regular meeting of stockholders,
shall be effective for one (1) year, and no director shall be entitled to receive more than three (3) such waivers. Accordingly, any director standing for election who is the age of seventy-two (72) years or more and has received a
waiver from the board of directors shall be elected (if at all) to a one-year term expiring at the next regular meeting of stockholders. Similarly, if the board has waived the requirement that a director who has attained or exceeds the age of
seventy-two (72) years during his or her elected term resign from the board of directors at the next regular meeting of stockholders, and even if at the time of the receipt of such waiver more than one year remained before the completion of
such director’s term, such waiver shall allow the director to continue to serve on the board of directors only until the next year’s regular meeting of stockholders (subject to the board’s right to waive the requirement that such
director resign in the following year). For the avoidance of doubt, if a director has attained the age of seventy-two (72) years during his or her elected term but the board has waived the requirement that he or she resign at the next regular
meeting of stockholders, such director shall also be eligible to receive a waiver of the prohibition on a director standing for election after attaining the age of seventy-two (72) years, on the terms provided above. The nominating and
corporate governance committee shall develop criteria and procedures for the review and determination of whether to recommend that the full board of directors approve any such waiver. 

(b) Article III, Section 3, is amended by inserting “Subject to Section 10 hereof,” at the beginning of such section; and

 (c) Article III is amended by inserting the following as a new Section 10, immediately following Section 9 of Article III: 

Section 10. Resignation Policy. 

 (a) In an uncontested election of directors, any nominee for director who
receives a greater number of “withhold” votes from his or her election than votes “for” his or her election shall tender his or her resignation as a director to the board of directors promptly after the secretary of the
corporation certifies the stockholder vote (a director’s tender of his or her resignation to the board shall be promptly disclosed in a Current Report on Form 8-K furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission). Such resignation shall be
effective only upon acceptance by the board of directors. For purposes of this Section 10, an “uncontested election” is one in which the number of nominees for the class of directors to be elected does not exceed the number of
directors in that class to be elected. A plurality vote standard shall be retained for a contested election (that is, an election in which the number of nominees for the class of directors to be elected exceeds the number of directors in that class
to be elected). 
 (b) The governance and nominating committee of the board of directors (the “Committee”) shall
promptly consider any resignation tendered pursuant to this Section 10 and recommend to the full board of directors whether to accept or reject such resignation. No later than 90 days following the secretary’s certification of the
stockholder vote, the board of directors shall act on the tendered resignation, taking into account the Committee’s recommendation. The Committee’s recommendation and the board of directors’ decision with respect to a tendered
resignation may include a range of alternatives, including acceptance of the resignation, rejection of the resignation or rejection of the resignation coupled with a commitment to seek to address and cure the reasons believed to underlie the
“withhold” votes. 
 (c) The Committee in making its recommendation, and the board of directors in making its
decision, whether to accept or reject such resignation may consider all factors deemed relevant to its consideration, including (without limitation) the reasons given by stockholders for their “withhold” votes, if known, the qualifications
of the nominee and his or her contributions to the board of directors and the corporation (including, for example, the impact the director’s resignation would have on the corporation’s compliance with the requirements of the Securities and
Exchange Commission and the NASDAQ Stock Market), and whether the director’s resignation is in the best interests of the corporation and its stockholders. Any director who tenders his or her resignation pursuant to this Section 10 shall
not participate in the Committee’s recommendation or board decision regarding whether to accept his or her individual offer to resign (and, if all of the directors serving on the Committee are required to submit their resignations, then the
full board of directors, excluding directors required to submit resignations, shall determine whether to accept or reject such resignations without a Committee recommendation). 

(d) Promptly following the board’s decision whether to accept or reject a resignation tendered pursuant to this
Section 10, the board shall promptly disclose its decision regarding whether to accept or reject such resignation in a Current Report on Form 8-K furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission. If the board of directors rejects the
tendered resignation, the board of directors’ disclosure shall include an explanation of the reasons for rejecting the tendered resignation. 

(e) The board of directors shall nominate for election or re-election as director only a candidate who agrees to tender his or
her resignation in accordance with this Section 10. 
 (d) Except as amended hereby, the Restated Bylaws shall remain in
full force and effect.EX-10.2

 Exhibit 10.2 

RENASANT BANK 
 EXECUTIVE
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT 
 THIS EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into by and between James F. Pope
(“Executive”) and Renasant Bank, a financial institution with its principal place of business in Tupelo, Mississippi (the “Bank”). 
  

	1.	Effectiveness; Prior Agreement: 

 1.1 Effective Time. This Agreement shall be
effective as of the “Effective Time,” as defined in that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among Renasant Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiary, the Bank, and KeyWorth Bank, dated as of October 20, 2015 (the
“Merger Agreement”); provided that if the Effective Time shall not occur as contemplated under the Merger Agreement, this Agreement shall be deemed void and of force and no effect. 

1.2 Prior Agreement. Executive agrees that the Employment Agreement by and among Executive and KeyWorth Bank dated as of
October 15, 2007, as the same has been renewed, from time to time (the “Prior Agreement”), shall be deemed terminated and cancelled as of the Effective Time, that any and all obligations of Renasant Corporation and the Bank, including
its predecessor, KeyWorth Bank, thereunder shall be deemed extinguished and satisfied in full, and that Executive shall be deemed to have received all amounts due thereunder. Executive further agrees that Section 5 of the Prior Agreement,
concerning the ownership and use of “Employer Information,” shall survive the termination of such agreement and remain in force and effect in accordance with its terms. 

 

	2.	Employment And Term: 

 2.1 Position and Duties. The Bank shall employ and retain
Executive as its “Chairman, Atlanta Metro Market.” Executive agrees to be so employed, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein. Executive’s duties and responsibilities shall be those assigned to him hereunder, from time
to time, by the Bank’s Georgia Regional President, to whom Executive shall report, which duties shall be reasonably consistent with those assigned to similarly situated executives of financial institutions of similar size. 

2.2 Full Time and Attention. During the Employment Term (defined below), Executive shall devote his full time, attention and energies
to the business of the Bank and will not, without the prior written consent of the Bank, be engaged (whether or not during normal business hours) in any other business or professional activity, whether or not such activities are pursued for gain,
profit or other pecuniary advantage. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Executive shall not be prevented from: (a) engaging in any civic or charitable activity for which Executive receives no compensation or other pecuniary advantage, including without
limitation serving as an officer and/or director of any community, civic, charitable, service or professional organization; (b) managing his personal affairs and investments in businesses that do not compete with the Bank, provided that
such activities do not interfere with the responsible performance of Executive’s duties hereunder; or (c) purchasing securities as a passive investor in any corporation or corporate entity, provided that such purchases will not
result in Executive owning beneficially at any time 5% or more of the equity securities of any corporation or similar entity engaged in a business competitive with that of the Bank. 

2.3 Term; Renewal. Executive’s employment hereunder shall commence as of the Effective Time and shall terminate as of the second
anniversary of such date (the “Initial Term”), unless otherwise extended or earlier terminated as provided herein. Upon the expiration of the Initial Term, this Agreement shall be automatically extended for successive one-year periods
(each such one-year period, a “Renewal Term”); provided, however, that either party may provide written notice to the other that the Initial Term or any Renewal Term shall not be further extended, such notice to be provided not
later than 60 days prior to the expiration of the Initial Term or the Renewal Term, as the case may be, to take effect as of the last day of the then current term (the Initial Term and any Renewal Term collectively referred to as Executive’s
“Employment Term”). 

	3.	Executive’s Compensation And Benefits: 

 3.1 Base Compensation. The Bank
shall pay to Executive an annual salary of $300,000, which amount shall be prorated and paid in equal installments in accordance with the Bank’s regular payroll practices and policies (Executive’s “Base Compensation”).
Executive’s Base Compensation shall be reviewed no less often than annually and may be increased or reduced by the Bank; provided, however, that Executive’s Base Compensation may not be reduced unless such reduction is part of a
reduction uniformly applicable to similarly situated officers of the Bank. 
 3.2 Annual Incentive Bonus. Executive shall be eligible
for participation in the Bank’s Performance Based Rewards Plan, as the same may be modified or replaced from time to time, with any award determined thereunder to be made at: (a) 12.5% of Base Compensation for threshold performance;
(b) 25% of Base Compensation for target performance; and (c) 50% of Base Compensation for superior performance (Executive’s “Incentive Bonus”). 

3.3 Long-Term Incentives. Executive shall be eligible to receive grants and awards under the Renasant Corporation 2011 Long-Term
Incentive Compensation Plan, as the same may be amended, modified or replaced from time to time. 
 3.4 Other Benefit Plans. During
the Employment Term, Executive shall participate in such plans, policies, and programs as may be maintained, from time to time, by the Bank or Renasant Corporation for the benefit of the Bank’s similarly situated executives and officers and
employees. Any such coverages and benefits shall be determined in accordance with the specific terms and conditions of the documents evidencing any such plans, policies, and programs. Nothing herein shall prevent the Bank or Renasant Corporation
from amending or modifying the terms and conditions of any benefit, contract or arrangement, replacing any such benefit, contract or arrangement or eliminating or terminating any such benefit, contract or arrangement, notwithstanding that such
amendment, modification, replacement or elimination may be adverse to Executive. 
 3.5 Reimbursement of Expenses. The Bank shall
reimburse Executive for such reasonable expenses as are directly incurred by Executive in carrying out his duties hereunder, consistent with the Bank’s standard policies and annual budget. The Bank’s obligation to reimburse Executive
hereunder shall be contingent upon the presentment by Executive of an itemized accounting of such expenditures in accordance with the Bank’s policies. 

3.6 Fringe Benefits. In addition to the foregoing, Executive shall be entitled to the following fringe benefits: 

a. A transportation benefit to be paid monthly in the amount of $800, which the parties agree shall be sufficient to compensate Executive for
his ownership or lease of a vehicle, including the cost of maintenance, insurance, repairs and fuel with respect thereto. 
 b.
Reimbursement or payment of expenses for dues and capital assessments for country club membership or for other civic club memberships; provided that if any bond or capital or similar payment made by the Bank is repaid to Executive, Executive
shall promptly remit to the Bank the amount thereof. 
 c. Not less than the number of weeks of paid annual leave customarily afforded to
similarly situated executives under the Bank’s standard policies and practices, with usage, forfeiture and accrual determined in accordance with such policies and practices. 

 

	4.	Executive’s Termination From Employment: 

 4.1 Definitions. As used herein:

  
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 a. “Cause” means that Executive: (i) is convicted of (from which no appeal may be
taken), or pleads guilty to, any act of fraud, misappropriation or embezzlement or any felony; (ii) is engaged in gross or willful misconduct materially damaging to the business of the Bank or its parent, Renasant Corporation, which, if capable
of being cured, is not cured by the Executive within 30 days following his receipt of written notice thereof (it being understood, however, that neither conduct pursuant to the Executive’s exercise of good faith business judgment, nor
unintentional physical damage to any property of the Bank or its parent by Executive shall be a ground for such a determination); (iii) has been removed and/or permanently prohibited from participating in the conduct of the Bank’s affairs
by an order issued under Section 8(e)(4) or (g)(1) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, 12 U.S.C. Section 1818(e)(4) and (g)(1); or (iv) failed, without reasonable cause, to follow reasonable written instructions of the Bank
consistent with Executive’s position, and within 10 days’ written notice from the Bank of such failure, Executive fails to cure such failure. 

b. “Constructive Termination” shall mean: (i) a material diminution of Executive’s duties and responsibilities from those
contemplated herein; or (ii) a material diminution of Executive’s Base Compensation that is not uniformly applicable to all similarly situated officers. No event or condition shall be deemed to give rise to a Constructive Termination
hereunder unless: (x) Executive promptly gives written notice of his objection to such event or condition, which notice shall be provided no later than 30 days after Executive first knows, or should first know, of its occurrence; (y) such event
or condition is not reasonably corrected by the Bank promptly after receipt of such notice, but in no event more than 10 days thereafter; and (z) Executive terminates his employment thereafter, not more than 30 days following the expiration of
the Bank’s correction period described in subsection (y) hereof. 
 c. “Disability” shall mean Executive is: (i) unable
to engage in any substantial gainful activity due to a medically-determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or to last for a continuous period of at least 12 months, as determined by a physician appointed by
the Bank, or reasonably satisfactory to the Bank; (ii) receiving benefits under the Bank’s separate long-term disability plan for a period of at least three months as a result of a medically-determinable physical or mental impairment; or
(iii) has been determined eligible to receive Social Security disability benefits. 
 d. The “Mandated Amounts” shall consist
of: (i) any Base Compensation accrued but unpaid as of Executive’s Termination Date; (ii) any amount that is accrued, vested and not otherwise subject to forfeiture under any separate employee or executive benefit plan, policy or program
in which Executive participated or under which Executive was covered as of his Termination Date; and (iii) any additional amounts or benefits required by law to be provided. Such amounts and benefits shall be paid or provided in the amounts and
at the time or times determined in accordance with their respective terms and conditions or applicable law. 
 e. “Termination
Date” shall mean the date on which Executive ceases to perform services for the Bank for any reason. 
 4.2 Waiver and Release.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary and except for the payment of the Mandated Amounts, as a condition of the receipt of any payment or the provision of any benefit described herein, Executive shall timely execute and
deliver to the Bank a waiver and release in form and substance satisfactory to the Bank (a “Wavier and Release”). 
 4.3
Executive’s Constructive Separation. Executive may terminate his employment hereunder on account of Constructive Termination. In such event, the Bank shall pay or provide to Executive: (a) the Mandated Amounts; (b) any Incentive Bonus
accrued for the Bank’s fiscal year preceding the year in which Executive’s Termination Date occurs, to the extent not then paid; and (c) a cash payment in an amount equal to Executive’s Base Compensation payable over the then
remaining Employment Term. Payment of any amount under subsection (b) hereof shall be made at the time such Incentive Bonus would ordinarily be payable in accordance with customary practice. Payment of any amount under subsection
(c) hereof shall be made no later than 60 days following Executive’s Termination Date, provided that: (a) he has then delivered a Wavier and Release to the Bank and it is 

  
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then irrevocable in accordance with its terms; (b) in the event any such payment may be made in one of two calendar years, it shall be made in the second such year; and (c) if Executive
fails to deliver a Wavier and Release within such 60-day period, any obligation of the Bank under subsection (c) hereof shall be deemed void and of no effect. 

4.4 Executive’s Involuntary Termination by the Bank, without Cause. The Bank may terminate Executive’s employment hereunder,
without Cause, with 60 days’ prior written notice to Executive, or such shorter period as may be agreed upon by the Bank and Executive. In such event, the Bank shall pay or provide those amounts and benefits described in Section 4.3
hereof, at the time or times and in the form prescribed thereunder. 
 4.5 Executive’s Involuntary Termination for Cause.
Executive’s employment hereunder may be terminated by the Bank at any time, acting in good faith, on account of Cause. In such event, the Bank shall provide written notice to Executive, including a description of the specific reasons for
the determination of Cause and any cure period that may be available. As of Executive’s Termination Date, which may be the date on which such notice is provided to Executive or the date on which the Bank reasonably determines that the event
giving rise to Cause has not been cured to its reasonable satisfaction (to the extent a cure period has been provided), the Bank shall pay or provide to Executive the Mandated Amounts and shall have no further obligation hereunder. 

4.6 Other Termination. In the event Executive terminates his employment for any reason, other than Constructive Termination, including
death or Disability, the Bank shall pay or provide to Executive (or to his estate or other beneficiary) the Mandated Amounts, and shall have no further obligation hereunder. 

5. Executive’s Protective Covenants: As of the date hereof, Executive shall execute and deliver to the Bank the “Protective Covenants”
in the form set forth on Exhibit 1 hereto, the terms of which are incorporated herein by this reference. 
  

	6.	General Provisions: 

 6.1 Enforcement of This Agreement. In addition to the
Bank’s equitable remedies provided under the Protective Covenants, which need not be exclusively resolved by arbitration, in the event that any legal dispute arises in connection with, relating to, or concerning this Agreement, or in the event
of any claim for breach or violation of any provision of this Agreement, Executive agrees that such dispute or claim will be resolved by arbitration. Any such arbitration proceeding shall be conducted in accordance with the rules of the American
Arbitration Association (“AAA”) applicable to employment disputes. Any such dispute or claim will be presented to a single arbitrator selected by mutual agreement of the Executive and the Bank (or the arbitrator will be selected in
accordance with the rules of the AAA). All determinations of the arbitrator will be final and binding upon the Executive and the Bank. Except as provided in Section 6.2 hereof, each party to the arbitration proceeding will bear its own costs in
connection with such arbitration proceedings. The venue for any arbitration proceeding and for any judicial proceeding related to this arbitration provision (including a judicial proceeding to enforce this provision) will be Fulton County, Georgia.

 6.2 Attorneys’ Fees. In the event any dispute in connection with this Agreement arises with respect to obligations of
Executive or the Bank, as the case may be, the successful or prevailing party shall be entitled to recover its reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs, and all expenses incurred in that action or proceeding. 

6.3 No Set-Off or Defense. There shall be no right of set-off or counterclaim in respect of any
claim, debt or obligation against any payment to Executive provided for in this Agreement. Executive’s claim that the Bank has breached this Agreement shall not constitute a justification or defense for Executive’s breach of any provision
hereof. 

  
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 6.4 Headings. Section and other headings contained in this Agreement are for reference
purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. 
 6.5 Entire Agreement. This
Agreement constitutes the final and complete understanding and agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, and there are no other agreements, understandings, restrictions, representations or warranties among the
parties, other than those set forth herein and in Exhibit 1 hereto. 
 6.6 Amendments. This Agreement may be amended or modified at
any time in any or all respects, but only by an instrument in writing executed by the parties hereto. 
 6.7 Choice of Law. The
validity of this Agreement, the construction of its terms, and the determination of the rights and duties of the parties hereto shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Mississippi applicable to
contracts made to be performed wholly within such state, without regard to the choice of law provisions thereof. 
 6.8 Notices. All
notices and other communications under this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given when (a) delivered by hand, (b) sent by electronic mail to the addresses described below, provided that a copy is
sent by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service (receipt requested), or (c) when received by the addressee, if sent by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service (receipt requested), in each case as follows: 

 

			
	If to Executive:	  	Most Recent Address on File with the Bank
		
	If to the Bank:	  	Renasant Bank
		  	209 Troy Street
		  	Tupelo, MS 38802
		  	Attn: General Counsel
		  	scorban@renasant.com

 or to such other addresses as a party may designate by notice to the other party. 

6.9 Successors; Assignment. This Agreement is personal to Executive and shall not be assigned by him without the prior written consent
of the Bank. 
 This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Bank, its successors and assigns, including, without
limitation, any person, partnership, company, corporation or other entity that may acquire substantially all of the Bank’s assets or business or with or into which the Bank may be liquidated, consolidated, merged or otherwise combined. This
Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon Executive, his heirs, estate, legatees and legal representatives. Any payment due to Executive hereunder shall be paid to his surviving spouse after his death, or if Executive is not
survived by a spouse, to his estate. 
 6.10 Severability. Each provision of this Agreement is intended to be severable. In the event
that any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the same shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement, but this
Agreement shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision was not contained herein. 
 6.11 Withholding. As
a condition of any payment or benefit hereunder, the Bank shall withhold any federal, state or local taxes or contributions required by law to be withheld. 

6.12 Expiration; Termination; Survival. This Agreement shall expire and be deemed terminated: (a) as of the expiration of the
Employment Term, after which Executive shall be deemed an “at will” employee of the Bank; or (b) as of Executive’s Termination Date, if earlier. Notwithstanding the expiration of this Agreement or the termination of Executive’s
employment hereunder: (w) Executive’s 

  
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Protective Covenants, set forth in Exhibit 1 hereto, shall survive and be and remain enforceable in accordance with their terms; (x) the Bank shall pay or provide any amount or benefit due
to Executive under Section 4 hereof; (y) the remedies and enforcement provisions contained herein shall remain operative and in full force and effect; and (z) the terms of Section 5 of the Prior Agreement shall remain enforceable
in accordance with their terms. 
 6.13 Waiver. The failure of either party to insist in any one or more instances upon performance
of any terms or conditions of this Agreement will not be construed as a waiver of future performance of any such term, covenant, or condition and the obligations of either party with respect to such term, covenant or condition will continue in full
force and effect. 
 6.14 Code Section 409A. The parties intend that this Agreement, to the extent it provides for the payment
of deferred compensation, shall be interpreted and construed in a manner consistent with the applicable provisions of Code Section 409A, including any regulations or other guidance promulgated thereunder. For purposes thereof: (a) each payment
under this Agreement shall be treated as a separate payment; (b) the exclusions for short-term deferrals and payments on account of involuntary termination of employment shall be applied to the fullest extent applicable; (c) payments to be
made upon a termination of employment that are deemed to constitute deferred compensation within the meaning of Code Section 409A shall be made upon Executive’s “separation from service” as determined thereunder; (d) any
reference herein to the termination of Executive’s employment or to Executive’s Termination Date or words of similar import shall mean and be deemed to refer to the date of his “separation from service” within the meaning of Code
Section 409A; and (e) if Executive is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Code Section 409A, payments that are deemed to constitute deferred compensation within the meaning of Code Section 409A and that are
payable on account of Executive’s separation from service, shall be delayed for six months as required under Code Section 409A, and shall be made when first permitted, without liability for interest or loss of investment opportunity
thereon. 
 6.15 No Presumption. The language in all parts of this Agreement shall be construed as a whole, according to their fair
meaning, and not strictly for or against any party. In drafting this Agreement, Executive has been fully represented by counsel of Executive’s choosing, or Executive has independently determined that such counsel is not required, and the terms
of this Agreement have been fully negotiated by the parties hereto. The parties agree that, in the event of any ambiguity, this Agreement should not be construed against the Bank as a result of being drafted by counsel for the Bank. 

6.16 Execution. This Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in any number of counterparts, each such executed counterpart
shall be deemed an original, and all such counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Facsimile and electronic PDF transmission of any signed original counterpart transmission shall be deemed the same as the delivery of an
original. 
 THIS EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT is executed as of the dates set forth below, to be effective as provided herein. 

 

			
	 RENASANT BANK
	  	JAMES F. POPE
		
	 By: /s/ E. Robinson McGraw
	  	/s/ James F. Pope
		
	 Date: January 21, 2016
	  	Date: January 19, 2016
		
	 Attachment: Exhibit 1
	  	

  
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 EXHIBIT 1 

RENASANT BANK 
 PROTECTIVE COVENANTS 

THESE PROTECTIVE COVENANTS (each a “Covenant,” collectively the “Covenants”) are made and delivered by James F. Pope
(“Executive”), as a condition of the execution and delivery of that certain Executive Employment Agreement by and between Renasant Bank (the “Bank”) and Executive entered into as of the date hereof (the “Employment
Agreement”). Capitalized terms, unless otherwise defined herein, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Employment Agreement. 
 1.
Effective Time: These Covenants shall be binding upon Executive as of the Effective Time. If and to the extent the Effective Time shall not occur, these Covenants shall be deemed void and of no force and effect. 

2. Consideration: Executive acknowledges and agrees that the execution and delivery by the Bank of the Employment Agreement shall constitute
consideration for these Covenants, the adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged by Executive. 
 3. Confidential Information: Executive recognizes
and acknowledges that on and after the Effective Time he will have access to confidential, proprietary, non-public information concerning the Bank and its predecessor, KeyWorth Bank, its parent, Renasant Corporation, and its affiliates
(collectively, the “Protected Group”), whether or not considered a trade secret under applicable law, which information may include, without limitation: (i) books, records and policies relating to operations, finance, accounting, personnel
and management of the Protected Group; (ii) information related to any business entered into by the Protected Group; (iii) credit policies and practices, databases, customer lists, information obtained on competitors, and tactics;
(iv) various other non-public trade or business information, including business opportunities and strategies, marketing, acquisition or business diversification plans, methods and processes and work product of the Protected Group; and
(v) selling and operating policies and practices, including without limitation, policies and practices concerning the identity, solicitation, acquisition, management, resale or cancellation of unsecured or secured credit card accounts,
deposits, loan or lease accounts or other accounts relating to consumer products and services of the Protected Group (collectively, the “Confidential Information”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no item of information shall be considered
Confidential Information hereunder if it is generally known to the public, except as a result of a breach of this Covenant by Executive. 
 Executive
agrees that he will not at any time, whether during the Employment Term or thereafter, make any independent use of, or disclose to any other person or organization, any Confidential Information, except: (i) as may be expressly authorized by
the Bank; (ii) to the extent necessary or appropriate in the ordinary course of Executive’s employment with the Bank; or (iii) as may be required by law or legal process, provided that Executive shall have furnish to the Bank a
copy of such legal process no later than five business days preceding the date on which disclosure is required thereunder (or such shorter period as may be required under the applicable facts and circumstances) and shall cooperate with and assist
the Bank in contesting such disclosure or placing such disclosure under seal. 
 Executive acknowledges that Confidential Information is and shall, at all
times, remain the property of the Bank. As of Executive’s Termination Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, he shall return all Confidential Information to the Bank, including any copy thereof, regardless of the form in which it is
maintained. 
 4. Non-Solicitation: Executive agrees that during the one-year period following his Termination Date, he shall not, directly or
indirectly, for his own benefit, or on behalf of another, or to the detriment of the Protected Group: 
  

	 	i.	Solicit, hire or offer to hire, or participate in the hiring of, any of the Protected Group’s officers, employees or agents; 

	 	ii.	Persuade, or attempt to persuade in any manner, any officer, employee or agent of the Protected Group to discontinue any relationship with any member of the Protected Group; or 

 

	 	iii.	Solicit or divert or attempt to solicit or divert: (y) any customer or depositor of the Protected Group that is located or doing business in the Bank’s Atlanta Metro Market as of Executive’s Termination Date
(as determined below), or was located or doing business in such market during the 24-month period preceding such date, including any such prospective customer or depositor; and (z) any other customer or depositor, or prospective customer or
depositor, of the Protected Group as of Executive’s Termination Date, regardless of where located or doing business, with whom Executive shall have had direct or indirect contact or about whom Executive possesses Confidential Information.
Executive agrees that a “prospective customer or depositor” shall be an individual or entity identified by the Protected Group and with respect to whom the Protected Group has taken substantial actions towards the solicitation of Banking
Business (as defined below). 

 5. Non-Competition: Executive agrees that during the one-year period following his Termination Date he
shall not, whether as an employee, officer, director, shareholder, owner, partner, joint venturer, independent contractor, consultant or in another managerial capacity, engage in the Banking Business in the Atlanta Metro Market. 

6. Business Reputation: Executive agrees that he shall, whether during the Employment Term or thereafter, refrain from performing any act, from
engaging in any conduct or course of action or making or from publishing an adverse, untrue or misleading statement which has, or may reasonably have the effect of, demeaning the name or business reputation of Protected Group or which adversely
affects, or may reasonably adversely affect, the best interests (economic or otherwise) of the Protected Group, except to the extent true and as may be required by law or legal process. 

7. Definitions: As used herein, the term “Banking Business” shall mean the management and/or operation of a retail bank or other financial
institution, securities brokerage or insurance agency or brokerage. The term “Atlanta Metro Market,” as used in these Covenants, shall mean the State of Georgia, counties of Cobb, Fulton, DeKalb, Gwinnett, and Forsyth, and any other county
located in the Atlanta Metropolitan Statistical Area (as determined by the U.S. Census Bureau) over which Executive shall have supervisory authority or for which Executive shall be responsible as of his Termination Date. 

8. Reformation: Executive understands and agrees that each of the Covenants set forth herein is intended to constitute a separate restriction.
Accordingly, should any such Covenant be declared invalid or unenforceable, such Covenant shall be deemed severable from and shall not affect the enforcement of the remainder thereof. 

Executive agrees that each of the Covenants contained herein is reasonable in both time and geographic scope. If and to the extent a court of competent
jurisdiction or an arbitrator, as the case may be, determines that any Covenant set forth herein is unreasonable, it is the intent of Executive that such Covenant shall be enforced to the fullest extent that such court or arbitrator deems reasonable
and that this Agreement shall be deemed reformed to the extent necessary to permit such enforcement. 
 9. Remedies: In the event of a breach or
threatened breach of any Covenant by Executive, Executive agrees that the Protected Group shall be entitled to obtain a temporary restraining order or a preliminary injunction, without the necessity of posting bond in connection therewith, which
order, in the discretion of the Protected Group, may be obtained by arbitration or by judicial means. Executive further agrees that upon the issuance of a temporary restraining order, the Bank may, in its discretion, suspend any additional payments
or benefits due to Executive under the Employment Agreement, other than the Mandated Amount; provided that such payments shall again be resumed when the Bank reasonably determines that such breach or threatened breach has been
corrected or cured (to the extent that such breach is susceptible of correction or cure). 

  
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 The Bank shall provide to Executive written notice of the events giving rise to Executive’s breach or
threatened breach of any Covenant hereunder, including a statement as to whether the Bank reasonably believes that such breach or threatened breach is susceptible of cure, at least two business days before seeking a temporary restraining order
hereunder. Thereafter, Executive may correct such breach or threatened breach to the reasonable satisfaction of the Bank; provided that if Executive fails to correct such breach or threatened breach within such two-day period, nothing
contained herein shall preclude or delay the ability of the Protected Group to seek a temporary restraining order hereunder. 
 Executive agrees that the
remedies set forth herein are in addition to those that may otherwise be available to the Protected Group, whether in law or equity, including but not limited to damages. 

10. General: The provisions of Section 6 of the Employment Agreement, entitled “General Provisions,” are hereby incorporated herein by
this reference, including the arbitration provisions thereof. 
 11. Survival: Executive agrees that the Covenants are intended to survive the
termination or expiration of his Employment Agreement, and that in such event they shall be and remain enforceable in accordance with their terms. 
  

			
		
	/s/ James F. Pope	  	DATE: January 19, 2016

  
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