---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-308486"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HWC"
cik: "0000750577"
company_name: "HANCOCK WHITNEY CORP"
filed_at: "2026-07-20T13:17:22+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-20T13:18:05.465648+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hancock Whitney receives regulatory and shareholder approvals for OFB Bancshares acquisition

## Summary
- Received regulatory approval from Federal Reserve, FDIC, and Mississippi Banking Dept.
- OFB Bancshares shareholders approved the merger agreement at a special meeting.
- Acquisition announced May 15, 2026; expected to close on or about August 1, 2026.
- Closing remains subject to satisfaction of other customary conditions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-308486
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HWC
- cik: 0000750577
- company_name: HANCOCK WHITNEY CORP
- filed_at: 2026-07-20T13:17:22+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/750577/000119312526308486/0001193125-26-308486-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/750577/000119312526308486/d63138d8k.htm

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