---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-21-052634"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HWC"
cik: "0000750577"
company_name: "HANCOCK WHITNEY CORP"
filed_at: "2021-10-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T17:04:37.924884+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hancock Whitney expands board to 16, appoints AT&T exec Pérez and Canal Barge CEO Lane

## Summary
- Board increased from 14 to 16 directors; Pérez and Lane appointed effective Oct 28, 2021.
- Pérez is President Southeast States for AT&T; Lane is Chairman/President/CEO of Canal Barge Company.
- Both appointed to Board Risk Committee and Credit Risk Sub-Committee; independent directors.
- Each granted 100 shares of common stock, fully vested; will stand for election at 2022 annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-21-052634
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HWC
- cik: 0000750577
- company_name: HANCOCK WHITNEY CORP
- filed_at: 2021-10-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/750577/000156459021052634/0001564590-21-052634-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/750577/000156459021052634/hwc-8k_20211028.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-21-052634
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-21-052634.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-21-052634.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Sonia A. Pérez was appointed as Director at HANCOCK WHITNEY CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: appointed Sonia A. Pérez and H. Merritt Lane, III as new directors to fill the resulting vacancies.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/750577/000156459021052634/0001564590-21-052634-index.htm
- Executive change
  H. Merritt Lane, III was appointed as Director at HANCOCK WHITNEY CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: appointed Sonia A. Pérez and H. Merritt Lane, III as new directors to fill the resulting vacancies.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/750577/000156459021052634/0001564590-21-052634-index.htm

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