TUPELO, Miss., Oct. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Officials of BancorpSouth, Inc. (NYSE: BXS) said today that the company will release third quarter 2009 earnings on Thursday, October 22 after the close of the financial markets. It will also hold its regularly scheduled web cast Friday, October 23 beginning at 10:00 a.m. CDT.

The web cast is live coverage of management's conference call with analysts and can be found by going to the company's internet site (www.bancorpsouth.com) and selecting "Investor Relations". This will be an interactive session between management and analysts; others may listen to the live broadcast as it happens. The conference will also be available in archived format at the same address.

BancorpSouth, Inc. is a financial holding company headquartered in Tupelo, Mississippi, with approximately $13.3 billion in assets. BancorpSouth Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BancorpSouth, Inc., operates approximately 318 commercial banking, mortgage, insurance, trust and broker/dealer locations in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee and Texas. BancorpSouth Bank also operates an insurance location in Illinois.

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