UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO

SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 27, 2017

BANCORPSOUTH, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Mississippi

1-12991

64-0659571

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification

No.)

One Mississippi Plaza

201 South Spring Street

Tupelo, Mississippi

38804

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (662) 680-2000

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2). Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Section 7 – Regulation FD

Item 7.01.

Regulation FD Disclosure.

On October 27, 2017, BancorpSouth, Inc. (the “Company”) released a summary of its stress test results as required by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. A link to the summary is provided under the tab “Stress Test Results” located on the Company’s Investor Relations webpage which may be accessed at www.bancorpsouth.investorroom.com.

Information contained on the Company’s website is not incorporated by reference into this Current Report on Form 8-K. Also, the information in the preceding paragraph is being “furnished” and shall not be considered “filed” under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and shall not be incorporated by reference into any of the Company’s previous or future filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


BANCORPSOUTH, INC.

By:		/s/ Cathy S. Freeman
		Cathy S. Freeman
		Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer

Date: October 27, 2017

BANCORPSOUTH INC 8-K