---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-22-002675"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HWC"
cik: "0000750577"
company_name: "HANCOCK WHITNEY CORP"
filed_at: "2022-01-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T15:11:02.880227+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Longtime director Robert Roseberry not seeking re-election; board seat eliminated

## Summary
- Robert W. Roseberry advised he will not stand for re-election to the board at the 2022 annual meeting, for personal reasons.
- Board voted to eliminate the seat, reducing board size effective after the 2022 annual meeting.
- Roseberry cites 50 years in banking; departure is not due to any disagreement with Hancock Whitney.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-22-002675
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HWC
- cik: 0000750577
- company_name: HANCOCK WHITNEY CORP
- filed_at: 2022-01-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/750577/000156459022002675/0001564590-22-002675-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/750577/000156459022002675/hwc-8k_20220127.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-22-002675
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-22-002675.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-22-002675.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Robert W. Roseberry departed as Director at HANCOCK WHITNEY CORP.
  - Action: not seeking re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: Robert W. Roseberry advised the Company’s Corporate Secretary that he would not seek re-election to the Board of Directors
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/750577/000156459022002675/0001564590-22-002675-index.htm

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