TUPELO, Miss., Jan. 25, 2012 /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 April 2, 2012 to shareholders
of record at the close of business on March
15, 2012.
BancorpSouth earlier reported net income of $13.3 million or $0.16 per share for the fourth quarter of
2011.
BancorpSouth, Inc. is a financial holding company headquartered
in Tupelo, Mississippi, with
$13.0 billion in assets.
BancorpSouth Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BancorpSouth, Inc.,
operates approximately 286 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.