---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-118208"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HWC"
cik: "0000750577"
company_name: "HANCOCK WHITNEY CORP"
filed_at: "2024-10-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T09:29:25.710251+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hancock Whitney appoints Moses Feagin to board of directors effective Nov 15

## Summary
- Board size increased from 14 to 15; Feagin fills new vacancy as independent director.
- Feagin, EVP/CFO of Alabama Power, brings 35 years of utility financial expertise.
- Will serve on Audit, Board Risk, and Credit Risk Management committees.
- Receives standard non-employee director compensation plus 100 restricted shares.
- Will stand for election at the 2025 annual shareholder meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-118208
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HWC
- cik: 0000750577
- company_name: HANCOCK WHITNEY CORP
- filed_at: 2024-10-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/750577/000095017024118208/0000950170-24-118208-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/750577/000095017024118208/hwc-20241029.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-118208.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Moses Feagin was appointed as Director at HANCOCK WHITNEY CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On October 24, 2024, the Boards of Directors (the “Boards”) of Hancock Whitney Corporation (the “Company”) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Hancock Whitney Bank, voted, effective November 15, 2024, to increase the size of each of the Boards from 14 to 15 directors and appoint Moses Feagin as a new director to fill the resulting vacancies.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/750577/000095017024118208/0000950170-24-118208-index.htm

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