BancorpSouth, Inc. Declares Quarterly Dividend
PRNewswire-FirstCall
TUPELO, Miss.

At their regular quarterly meeting on July 22, 2009, the Board of Directors of BancorpSouth, Inc. declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.22 per common share. The dividend is payable October 1, 2009 to shareholders of record at the close of business on September 15, 2009.

BancorpSouth previously reported net income of $33.9 million or $0.41 per diluted share for the second quarter of 2009. Net income for the six months ended June 30, 2009 was $63.3 million or $0.76 per diluted share.

BancorpSouth, Inc. is a financial holding company headquartered in Tupelo, Mississippi, with approximately $13.3 billion in assets. BancorpSouth Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BancorpSouth, Inc., operates approximately 318 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.

First Call Analyst:
FCMN Contact: ellen.wall@bxs.com

SOURCE: BancorpSouth, Inc.

CONTACT: Bill Prater, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer,
+1-662-680-2536, or Gary Bonds, Senior Vice President and Principal Accounting
Officer, +1-662-680-2332, both of BancorpSouth, Inc.