TUPELO, Miss., July 27, 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 October 3, 2011 to
shareholders of record at the close of business on September 15, 2011.
BancorpSouth earlier this week reported net income of
$12.8 million or $0.15 per share for the second quarter of
2011.
BancorpSouth, Inc. is a financial holding company headquartered
in Tupelo, Mississippi, with
$13.4 billion in assets.
BancorpSouth Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BancorpSouth,
Inc., operates approximately 312 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.
SOURCE BancorpSouth, Inc.