BancorpSouth, Inc. Declares Quarterly Dividend
PR Newswire
TUPELO, Miss.

TUPELO, Miss., Oct. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- At its regular quarterly meeting today, the Board of Directors of BancorpSouth, Inc. (NYSE: BXS) declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.01 per common share.  The dividend is payable January 3, 2012 to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 15, 2011.

BancorpSouth earlier this week reported net income of $11.9 million or $0.14 per share for the third quarter of 2011.

BancorpSouth, Inc. is a financial holding company headquartered in Tupelo, Mississippi, with $13.2 billion in assets.  BancorpSouth Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BancorpSouth, Inc., operates approximately 290 commercial banking, mortgage, insurance, trust and broker/dealer locations in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee and Texas.  BancorpSouth Bank also operates an insurance location in Illinois.

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