TUPELO, Miss., Aug. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The board of directors of Renasant Corporation (NASDAQ: RNST) approved the payment of a quarterly cash dividend of seventeen cents ($0.17) per share to be paid October 3, 2011, to shareholders of record as of September 16, 2011.

ABOUT RENASANT CORPORATION:

Renasant Corporation, a 107-year-old financial services institution, is the parent of Renasant Bank and Renasant Insurance. Renasant has assets of approximately $4.3 billion and operates over 75 banking, mortgage, financial services and insurance offices in Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia. For more information please visit www.renasantbank.com or the Company's IR site at www.renasant.com.


    Contacts  For Media:             For Financials:
              John Oxford            Stuart Johnson
                                      Senior Executive Vice
              Vice President          President
               Director of            Chief Financial
               External Affairs       Officer
              (662) 680-1219         (662) 680-1472
               joxford@renasant.com  stuartj@renasant.com

SOURCE Renasant Corporation