---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-048689"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HWC"
cik: "0000750577"
company_name: "HANCOCK WHITNEY CORP"
filed_at: "2024-04-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T06:55:21.518540+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shareholders elect all four director nominees; say-on-pay and auditor ratified

## Summary
- John M. Hairston, Suzette K. Kent, Jerry L. Levens, and Christine L. Pickering elected to three-year terms.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 65.1M for, 2.9M against.
- Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers as 2024 auditor approved with 74.9M for, 0.8M withheld.
- Proxies represented 75.8M of 86.9M outstanding shares (87.2% turnout).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-048689
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HWC
- cik: 0000750577
- company_name: HANCOCK WHITNEY CORP
- filed_at: 2024-04-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/750577/000095017024048689/0000950170-24-048689-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/750577/000095017024048689/hwc-20240424.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-048689.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  HANCOCK WHITNEY CORP shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Compensation of Named Executive Officers at the 2024-04-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-24
  source text: Proposal 2 was an advisory vote on compensation of named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy materials for the Annual Meeting. This advisory vote was approved.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/750577/000095017024048689/0000950170-24-048689-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HANCOCK WHITNEY CORP shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-04-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-24
  source text: Each of the individuals listed below was elected at the Annual Meeting to serve a three-year term on the Company's Board of Directors expiring in 2027, as indicated below.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/750577/000095017024048689/0000950170-24-048689-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HANCOCK WHITNEY CORP shareholders approved Ratification of Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2024-04-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-24
  source text: Proposal 3 was a proposal to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2024. This proposal was approved.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/750577/000095017024048689/0000950170-24-048689-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.