BancorpSouth, Inc. CEO To Present at Financial Conference

PRNewswire-FirstCall

TUPELO, Miss.

BancorpSouth, Inc. Chairman and CEO Aubrey Patterson will make a presentation to bank stock analysts at the Howe Barnes Bank Conference at the Ritz-Carlton Chicago Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. central time.

A live webcast of the presentation will be available at the company's internet site (www.bancorpsouth.com). This will be an interactive session between management and those attending the conference; others may listen to the live broadcast. The conference also will be available in archived format at the same address.

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: chuck.mcintosh@bxs.com

SOURCE: BancorpSouth, Inc.

CONTACT: Financial, Bill Prater, +1-662-680-2536, or Media, Randy
Burchfield, +1-662-620-4302, both of BancorpSouth, Inc.

Web Site: http://www.bancorpsouth.com/