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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;19, 2011</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 3pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>BANCORPSOUTH, INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Mississippi</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>64-0659571</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or Other Jurisdiction of <BR>
Incorporation or Organization)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>One Mississippi Plaza<BR>
201 South Spring Street<BR>
Tupelo, Mississippi 38804</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>BancorpSouth, Inc. Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Aubrey B. Patterson<BR>
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
BancorpSouth, Inc.<BR>
One Mississippi Plaza<BR>
201 South Spring Street<BR>
Tupelo, Mississippi 38804</B><BR>
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>(662)&nbsp;680-2000</B><BR>
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Copy to:<BR>
E. Marlee Mitchell, Esq.<BR>
Waller Lansden Dortch &#038; Davis, LLP<BR>
511 Union Street, Suite&nbsp;2700<BR>
Nashville, Tennessee 37219-1760<BR>
(615)&nbsp;244-6380
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the
Exchange Act.
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</FONT></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>aggregate offering</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of securities to be registered</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>registered</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>per share</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>price</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common stock, par value $2.50 per share</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">3,000,000 (1)(2)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$10.92 (3)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$32,760,000</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$3,803</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the Registrant&#146;s common stock that became
issuable under the BancorpSouth, Inc. Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the
&#147;Plan&#148;), by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar
transaction affected without the receipt of consideration that increases the number of the
Registrant&#146;s outstanding shares of common stock.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
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    <TD>The Plan authorizes the issuance of a maximum of 9,916,000 shares of common stock of the
Registrant, 916,000 of which were registered pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-8
(Registration No.&nbsp;033-60699), as adjusted for two two-for-one stock splits effected in the
form of a stock dividend on November&nbsp;20, 1995 and May&nbsp;15, 1998, 2,000,000 of which were
registered pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-84395) and
4,000,000 of which were registered pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-8
(Registration No.&nbsp;333-88226), for each of which the registration fee was previously paid in
full.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) solely for purposes of calculating the
amount of the registration fee, based upon the average of the high and low prices reported on
August&nbsp;17, 2011, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTES</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Registration of Additional Securities</I>. BancorpSouth, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) is filing this
Registration Statement on Form S-8 to register an additional 3,000,000 shares of the Company&#146;s
common stock, $2.50 par value (&#147;Common Stock&#148;), issuable pursuant to the BancorpSouth, Inc.
Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, previously known as the BancorpSouth, Inc. 1994 Stock
Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (the &#147;Plan&#148;).
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Incorporation by Reference of Earlier Registration Statements</I>. The contents of the Company&#146;s
Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Registration Nos. 033-60699, 333-84395 and 333-88226)
registering shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Plan and filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;29, 1995, August&nbsp;3, 1999 and May&nbsp;14, 2002, respectively, are hereby
incorporated by reference herein.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;4.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Specimen Common Stock Certificate (1)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;5.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>&#151;</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Riley, Caldwell, Cork &#038; Alvis, P.A.</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of KPMG LLP</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Riley, Caldwell, Cork &#038; Alvis, P.A. (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on page II-2)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>&#151;</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">BancorpSouth, Inc. Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan (2)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.2
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>&#151;</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment to the BancorpSouth, Inc. Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan (3)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed as an exhibit to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 1993 (file number 0-10826) and incorporated by reference thereto.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed as an exhibit to the Company&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A, filed on
March&nbsp;25, 2011 (file number 1-12991) and incorporated by reference thereto.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed as an exhibit to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on April&nbsp;8, 2011 (file
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Tupelo, State of Mississippi, on August&nbsp;19, 2011.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">BANCORPSOUTH, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Aubrey B. Patterson
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Aubrey B. Patterson&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chairman of the Board and<BR>
Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Aubrey B. Patterson and William L. Prater, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact, as agent and with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him and in
his name, place and stead, in any and all capacity, to sign any or all amendments to this
Registration Statement and any registration statement related to the same offering as this
Registration Statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the
Securities Act of 1933, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorney-in-fact and agents in full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and to all intents and
purposes as they might or be in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Name</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Aubrey B. Patterson
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Aubrey B. Patterson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Chairman of the Board, President,
Chief Executive Officer (principal
executive officer) and Director</div>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;19, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ William L. Prater
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;William L. Prater
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Treasurer and Chief Financial
Officer (principal financial officer)</div>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;19, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Gary C. Bonds
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Gary C. Bonds
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Senior Vice President and Principal
Accounting Officer</div>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;19, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James E. Campbell III
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;James E. Campbell III
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;19, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Hassell H. Franklin
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hassell H. Franklin
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;19, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ W.G. Holliman, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;W.G. Holliman, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;19, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James V. Kelley
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;James V. Kelley
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">President, Chief Operating Officer
and Director</div>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;19, 2011</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Name</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Larry G. Kirk
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Larry G. Kirk
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;19, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Turner O. Lashlee
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Turner O. Lashlee
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;19, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Guy W. Mitchell, III
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Guy W. Mitchell, III
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;19, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert C. Nolan
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Robert C. Nolan
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;19, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ W. Cal Partee, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;W. Cal Partee, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;19, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Alan W. Perry
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Alan W. Perry
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;19, 2011</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD width="85%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description of Exhibit</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Specimen Common Stock Certificate (1)</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>&#151;</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Riley, Caldwell, Cork &#038; Alvis, P.A.</TD>
</TR><TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of KPMG LLP</TD>
</TR><TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Riley, Caldwell, Cork &#038; Alvis, P.A. (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
</TR><TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on page II-2)</TD>
</TR><TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>&#151;</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">BancorpSouth, Inc. Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan (2)</TD>
</TR><TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>&#151;</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment to the BancorpSouth, Inc. Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan (3)</TD>
</TR>
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<TR>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="96%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed as an exhibit to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 1993 (file number 0-10826) and incorporated by reference thereto.</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed as an exhibit to the Company&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A, filed on
March&nbsp;25, 2011 (file number 1-12991) and incorporated by reference thereto.</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed as an exhibit to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on April&nbsp;8, 2011 (file
number 1-12991) and incorporated by reference thereto.</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 19, 2011
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
BANCORPSOUTH, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Mississippi
64-0659571
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
One Mississippi Plaza
201 South Spring Street
Tupelo, Mississippi 38804
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
BancorpSouth, Inc. Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Aubrey B. Patterson
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
BancorpSouth, Inc.
One Mississippi Plaza
201 South Spring Street
Tupelo, Mississippi 38804
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
(662) 680-2000
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
Copy to:
E. Marlee Mitchell, Esq.
Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP
511 Union Street, Suite 2700
Nashville, Tennessee 37219-1760
(615) 244-6380
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Amount to be
offering price
aggregate offering
Amount of
Title of securities to be registered
registered
per share
price
registration fee
Common stock, par value $2.50 per share
3,000,000 (1)(2)
$10.92 (3)
$32,760,000
$3,803
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the Registrant's common stock that became
issuable under the BancorpSouth, Inc. Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the
"Plan"), by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar
transaction affected without the receipt of consideration that increases the number of the
Registrant's outstanding shares of common stock.
(2)
The Plan authorizes the issuance of a maximum of 9,916,000 shares of common stock of the
Registrant, 916,000 of which were registered pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-8
(Registration No. 033-60699), as adjusted for two two-for-one stock splits effected in the
form of a stock dividend on November 20, 1995 and May 15, 1998, 2,000,000 of which were
registered pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-84395) and
4,000,000 of which were registered pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-8
(Registration No. 333-88226), for each of which the registration fee was previously paid in
full.
(3)
Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) solely for purposes of calculating the
amount of the registration fee, based upon the average of the high and low prices reported on
August 17, 2011, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Item 8. Exhibits
SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EX-5.1
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EXPLANATORY NOTES
Registration of Additional Securities
. BancorpSouth, Inc. (the "Company") is filing this
Registration Statement on Form S-8 to register an additional 3,000,000 shares of the Company's
common stock, $2.50 par value ("Common Stock"), issuable pursuant to the BancorpSouth, Inc.
Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, previously known as the BancorpSouth, Inc. 1994 Stock
Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (the "Plan").
Incorporation by Reference of Earlier Registration Statements
. The contents of the Company's
Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Registration Nos. 033-60699, 333-84395 and 333-88226)
registering shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Plan and filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on June 29, 1995, August 3, 1999 and May 14, 2002, respectively, are hereby
incorporated by reference herein.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibit
4.1
—
Specimen Common Stock Certificate (1)
5.1
—
Opinion of Riley, Caldwell, Cork & Alvis, P.A.
23.1
—
Consent of KPMG LLP
23.2
Consent of Riley, Caldwell, Cork & Alvis, P.A. (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
—
Power of Attorney (included on page II-2)
99.1
—
BancorpSouth, Inc. Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan (2)
99.2
—
Amendment to the BancorpSouth, Inc. Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan (3)
(1)
Filed as an exhibit to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 1993 (file number 0-10826) and incorporated by reference thereto.
(2)
Filed as an exhibit to the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed on
March 25, 2011 (file number 1-12991) and incorporated by reference thereto.
(3)
Filed as an exhibit to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on April 8, 2011 (file
number 1-12991) and incorporated by reference thereto.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Tupelo, State of Mississippi, on August 19, 2011.
BANCORPSOUTH, INC.
By:
/s/ Aubrey B. Patterson
Aubrey B. Patterson
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Aubrey B. Patterson and William L. Prater, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact, as agent and with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him and in
his name, place and stead, in any and all capacity, to sign any or all amendments to this
Registration Statement and any registration statement related to the same offering as this
Registration Statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the
Securities Act of 1933, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorney-in-fact and agents in full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and to all intents and
purposes as they might or be in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Name
Title
Date
/s/ Aubrey B. Patterson
Aubrey B. Patterson
Chairman of the Board, President,
Chief Executive Officer (principal
executive officer) and Director
August 19, 2011
/s/ William L. Prater
William L. Prater
Treasurer and Chief Financial
Officer (principal financial officer)
August 19, 2011
/s/ Gary C. Bonds
Gary C. Bonds
Senior Vice President and Principal
Accounting Officer
August 19, 2011
/s/ James E. Campbell III
James E. Campbell III
Director
August 19, 2011
/s/ Hassell H. Franklin
Hassell H. Franklin
Director
August 19, 2011
/s/ W.G. Holliman, Jr.
W.G. Holliman, Jr.
Director
August 19, 2011
/s/ James V. Kelley
James V. Kelley
President, Chief Operating Officer
and Director
August 19, 2011
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Name
Title
Date
/s/ Larry G. Kirk
Larry G. Kirk
Director
August 19, 2011
/s/ Turner O. Lashlee
Turner O. Lashlee
Director
August 19, 2011
/s/ Guy W. Mitchell, III
Guy W. Mitchell, III
Director
August 19, 2011
/s/ Robert C. Nolan
Robert C. Nolan
Director
August 19, 2011
/s/ W. Cal Partee, Jr.
W. Cal Partee, Jr.
Director
August 19, 2011
/s/ Alan W. Perry
Alan W. Perry
Director
August 19, 2011
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibit
4.1
—
Specimen Common Stock Certificate (1)
5.1
—
Opinion of Riley, Caldwell, Cork & Alvis, P.A.
23.1
—
Consent of KPMG LLP
23.2
Consent of Riley, Caldwell, Cork & Alvis, P.A. (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
—
Power of Attorney (included on page II-2)
99.1
—
BancorpSouth, Inc. Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan (2)
99.2
—
Amendment to the BancorpSouth, Inc. Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan (3)
(1)
Filed as an exhibit to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 1993 (file number 0-10826) and incorporated by reference thereto.
(2)
Filed as an exhibit to the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed on
March 25, 2011 (file number 1-12991) and incorporated by reference thereto.
(3)
Filed as an exhibit to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on April 8, 2011 (file
number 1-12991) and incorporated by reference thereto.
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