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Bill Prater Will Fisackerly

Treasurer and Senior Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer Director of Corporate Finance

662-680-2536 662-680-2475


BancorpSouth, Inc. Declares Quarterly Dividend


TUPELO, MS - October 28, 2015 - At its regular quarterly meeting today, the Board of Directors of BancorpSouth, Inc. (NYSE: BXS) declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 per common share. The dividend is payable January 4, 2016 to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 15, 2015.

BancorpSouth earlier reported net income of $34.3 million or $0.36 per share for the third quarter of 2015.

BancorpSouth, Inc. is a financial holding company headquartered in Tupelo, Mississippi, with

$13.8 billion in assets. BancorpSouth Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of BancorpSouth, Inc., operates 286 commercial banking, mortgage, and insurance locations in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee and Texas, including an insurance location in Illinois. 'Like' us on Facebook; follow us on Twitter@MyBXS; or connect with us through LinkedIn.


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