TUPELO, Miss., July 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- At their regular quarterly meeting on July 25, 2007, the Board of Directors of BancorpSouth, Inc. declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.21 per common share. The dividend is payable October 1, 2007 to shareholders of record at the close of business on September 14, 2007.
BancorpSouth previously reported net income of $35.5 million or $0.43 per diluted share for the second quarter of 2007. Net income for the six months ended June 30, 2007 was $69.5 million or $0.86 per diluted share.
BancorpSouth, Inc., with total assets of approximately $13.2 billion, operates banking, insurance and financial service offices in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas and Louisiana.