---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-225443"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HWC"
cik: "0000750577"
company_name: "HANCOCK WHITNEY CORP"
filed_at: "2026-05-15T12:34:10+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T12:35:14.981682+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hancock Whitney to acquire OFB Bancshares (One Florida Bank) for cash; $2.1B assets, Q3 close

## Summary
- All-cash acquisition of OFB Bancshares, parent of One Florida Bank, with $2.1B assets, $1.7B loans, $1.9B deposits.
- Adds six Florida financial centers; establishes meaningful Orlando market presence.
- Expected to close Q3 2026, subject to regulatory and One Florida shareholder approvals.
- Transaction expected to be immediately accretive to GAAP EPS excluding one-time costs; meets IRR/ROIC thresholds.
- Raymond James & Wachtell advising HWC; Piper Sandler & Smith Mackinnon advising One Florida.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-225443
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HWC
- cik: 0000750577
- company_name: HANCOCK WHITNEY CORP
- filed_at: 2026-05-15T12:34:10+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/750577/000119312526225443/0001193125-26-225443-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/750577/000119312526225443/hwc-20260515.htm

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