Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
DJIA	15,475.70	+88.09	0.57%
S&P 500	1,677.28	+8.12	0.49%
Nasdaq	3,512.77	+10.65	0.30%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

DJIA

15,475.70

+88.09

0.57%

S&P 500

1,677.28

+8.12

0.49%

Nasdaq

3,512.77

+10.65

0.30%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
STOXX 50	2,835.01	+13.36	0.47%
FTSE 100	6,840.27	+36.40	0.53%
DAX	8,530.89	+58.69	0.69%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

STOXX 50

2,835.01

+13.36

0.47%

FTSE 100

6,840.27

+36.40

0.53%

DAX

8,530.89

+58.69

0.69%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
Nikkei	15,627.30	+246.24	1.60%
Hang Seng	23,261.10	-105.29	-0.45%
S&P/ASX 200	5,165.37	-14.69	-0.28%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

Nikkei

15,627.30

+246.24

1.60%

Hang Seng

23,261.10

-105.29

-0.45%

S&P/ASX 200

5,165.37

-14.69

-0.28%

Hancock’s Whitney Agreement Has $50 Million Fee If Deal Falters

By Noah Buhayar - 2010-12-23T22:06:00Z

Hancock Holding Co., which agreed yesterday to buy Whitney Holding Corp. for about $1.5 billion to expand banking operations in the U.S. South, may be entitled to a $50 million termination fee if the target backs out.

Hancock may have to pay the same amount if it withdraws from the agreement, the Gulfport, Mississippi-based lender said in a regulatory filing today.

To contact the reporter on this story: Noah Buhayar in New York at Nbuhayar@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Dan Kraut at dkraut2@bloomberg.net

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