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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-197105"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HWC"
cik: "0000750577"
company_name: "HANCOCK WHITNEY CORP"
filed_at: "2026-04-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T01:20:16.445549+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hancock Whitney Corp. announces results of 2026 annual shareholder meeting; all proposals pass.

## Summary
- Shareholders elected five directors for three-year terms; all received >65M votes for and <3M against.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 67.4M for, 0.8M against.
- Ratification of PwC as auditor for 2026 approved with 74.1M for, 0.3M against.
- Meeting held virtually; 74.5M shares represented of 81.5M outstanding.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-197105
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HWC
- cik: 0000750577
- company_name: HANCOCK WHITNEY CORP
- filed_at: 2026-04-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/750577/000119312526197105/0001193125-26-197105-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/750577/000119312526197105/hwc-20260429.htm

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