---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-001197"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HWC"
cik: "0000750577"
company_name: "HANCOCK WHITNEY CORP"
filed_at: "2023-01-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T08:47:43.363527+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hancock Whitney boosts quarterly dividend 11% to $0.30; authorizes buyback of up to 5% of shares

## Summary
- Dividend raised 11% to $0.30 per share quarterly ($1.20 annual); payable March 15, 2023 to holders of record March 6, 2023.
- Board authorized repurchase of up to 4,297,000 shares (≈5% of outstanding) through December 31, 2024, replacing expired program.
- Company has maintained uninterrupted quarterly dividends since 1967.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-001197
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HWC
- cik: 0000750577
- company_name: HANCOCK WHITNEY CORP
- filed_at: 2023-01-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/750577/000095017023001197/0000950170-23-001197-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/750577/000095017023001197/hwc-20230126.htm

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