TUPELO, Miss., April 27, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- 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 July 1, 2016 to shareholders
of record at the close of business on June
15, 2016.
BancorpSouth earlier reported financial results for the first
quarter of 2016. Net income was $22.5
million, or $0.24 per diluted
share, and net operating income - excluding MSR was $36.9 million, or $0.39 per diluted share.
BancorpSouth, Inc. is a financial holding company headquartered
in Tupelo, Mississippi, with
$13.9 billion in assets.
BancorpSouth Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BancorpSouth, Inc.,
operates 239 full service branch locations as well as additional
mortgage, insurance, and loan production offices in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee and Texas, including an insurance location in
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