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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;1, 2010.
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">File No.&nbsp;333-<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
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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, DC 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<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>WHITNEY HOLDING CORPORATION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Louisiana</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>72-6017893</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>228 St. Charles Avenue</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>New Orleans, Louisiana</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>70130</B></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Whitney National Bank Savings Plus Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)</DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Joseph S. Schwertz, Jr., Esq.</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Copy to:</B></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Corporate Secretary</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>John B. Shannon</B></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Whitney Holding Corporation</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Alston &#038; Bird LLP</B></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>228 St. Charles Ave.</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>One Atlantic Center</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>New Orleans, LA 70130</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>1201 West Peachtree Street, NW</B></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(504)&nbsp;586-3596</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3424</B></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(404)&nbsp;881-7466</B></TD>
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align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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 &#148;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):</DIV>
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left>Large accelerated filer <FONT
      face=Wingdings>&#254;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center>Accelerated filer <FONT
      face=Wingdings>o</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD noWrap align=center>Non-accelerated filer &nbsp; <FONT
      face=Wingdings>o</FONT><BR>(Do not check if a smaller reporting
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center>Smaller reporting company <FONT
      face=Wingdings>o</FONT>&nbsp;</TD></TR></TABLE></DIV>



<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">maximum</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Title of securities</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Amount to</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">offering price</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">aggregate</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Amount of</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">to be registered</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">be registered</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">per share</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">offering price</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000" nowrap><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock,
no par value (1)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">900,000 </TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;(2)</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">13.04 </TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;(3)</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">11,736,000 </TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;(3)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">836.78</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(c), this registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of
interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the Whitney National Bank Savings Plus Plan (the
&#147;Plan&#148;).</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Amount to be registered consists of an aggregate of 900,000 shares to be issued under the
Plan, including any additional shares that may become issuable in accordance with the
adjustment and anti-dilution provisions of the Plan.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Determined in accordance with Rule&nbsp;457(h), the registration fee calculation for these shares
is based on the average of the high and low prices of the Company&#146;s common stock reported on
The Nasdaq Stock Market on February&nbsp;26, 2010.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE 10(a) PROSPECTUS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="g22324exv5w1.htm">EX-5.1</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The documents constituting Part&nbsp;I of this registration statement will be delivered to
participants in the Plan as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this
registration statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II of this form, taken together, constitute a
prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;Upon written or oral request, Whitney Holding Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) will provide,
without charge, the documents incorporated by reference in Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II of this registration
statement. The documents are incorporated by reference in the Section 10(a) prospectus. The
Company will also provide, without charge, upon written or oral request, other documents required
to be delivered to employees pursuant to Rule&nbsp;428(b). Requests for the above-mentioned information
should be directed to Mrs.&nbsp;Shirley N. Fremin, Manager, Shareholder Relations, Whitney Holding
Corporation, P.O. Box 61260, New Orleans, LA 70161-1260; telephone number (504)&nbsp;586-3627 or toll
free at (800)&nbsp;347-7272, ext. 3627, or by sending an email to investor.relations@whitneybank.com.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents, filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;Commission&#148;) pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), are
incorporated herein by reference and deemed to be a part hereof:
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2009;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Plan&#146;s Annual Report on Form 11-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2008;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>All reports filed by the Company or the Plan pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act since December&nbsp;31, 2009;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(d)</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Company&#146;s common stock, no par value, contained in the
Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;19, 1996; and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(e)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>All other documents subsequently filed by the Company or the Plan pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement that indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities that remain
unsold.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated herein by
reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purpose of this registration
statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document
which also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Joseph S. Schwertz, Jr., who is providing the legal opinion attached as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 hereto, is
employed by the Company as Corporate Secretary. Mr.&nbsp;Schwertz owns shares of the Company&#146;s common
stock, directly and as a participant in the Company&#146;s employee benefit plans.
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;83 of the Louisiana Business Corporation Law (the &#147;LBCL&#148;) provides in part that a
corporation may indemnify any director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation against
expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by him in connection with any action, suit or proceeding to which he is or was
a party or is threatened to be made a party (including any action by or in the right of the
corporation), if such action arises out of his acts on behalf of the corporation and he acted in
good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests
of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause
to believe his conduct was unlawful.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The indemnification provisions of the LBCL are not exclusive; however, no corporation may
indemnify any person for willful or intentional misconduct. A corporation has the power to obtain
and maintain insurance, or to create a form of self-insurance on behalf of any person who is or was
acting for the corporation, regardless of whether the corporation has the legal authority to
indemnify the insured person against such liability.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Composite Charter and Bylaws of the Company provide for indemnification for directors,
officers, employees and agents or former directors, officers, employees and agents of the Company
to the full extent permitted by Louisiana law.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company maintains an insurance policy covering the liability of its directors and officers
for actions taken in their official capacity.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted
to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provision
or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See the Exhibit&nbsp;Index, which is incorporated herein by reference.
</DIV>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
</DIV>


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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities
offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may
be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective
registration statement; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in
the registration statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if
the registration statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the Company pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each filing of the Company&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual
report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Company in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by
such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
the Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification
by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">(Signatures on following page)
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</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B><I>The Company</I></B>. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company 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 New Orleans, state of Louisiana, on this 1st day of
March, 2010.
</DIV>


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<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>WHITNEY HOLDING CORPORATION</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ John C. Hope, III
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">John C. Hope, III&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left" nowrap>Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<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;<B>KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, </B>that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints John C. Hope, III and Thomas L. Callicutt, Jr., and each or any one of them, as his or her
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and
all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority
to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all
intents and purposes as they might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue thereof.
</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 date indicated:
</DIV>
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    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&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">SIGNATURE</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">TITLE</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">DATE</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John C. Hope, III
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John C. Hope, III
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the
Board, Chief<br>
Executive Officer and
Director <br>(Principal
Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">January&nbsp;27, 2010</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Thomas L. Callicutt, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Thomas L. Callicutt, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice
President and Chief<br>
Financial Officer
(Principal<br> Financial
and Accounting
Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">January&nbsp;27, 2010</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John M. Turner, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John M. Turner, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President and Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">January&nbsp;27, 2010</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ A. R. Blossman
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
A. R. Blossman
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">January&nbsp;27, 2010</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&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">SIGNATURE</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">TITLE</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">DATE</TD>
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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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Angus R. Cooper II
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Angus R. Cooper II
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">January&nbsp;27, 2010</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Richard B. Crowell
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard B. Crowell
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">January&nbsp;27, 2010</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Terence E. Hall
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Terence E. Hall
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">January&nbsp;27, 2010</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ William A. Hines
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William A. Hines
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">January&nbsp;27, 2010</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Alfred S. Lippman
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Alfred S. Lippman
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">January&nbsp;27, 2010</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Michael L. Lomax
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael L. Lomax
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">January&nbsp;27, 2010</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ R. King Milling
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
R. King Milling
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">January&nbsp;27, 2010</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Eric J. Nickelsen
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Eric J. Nickelsen
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">January&nbsp;27, 2010</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Kathryn M. Sullivan
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Kathryn M. Sullivan
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">January&nbsp;27, 2010</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Dean E. Taylor
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Dean E. Taylor
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">January&nbsp;27, 2010</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>
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Thomas D. Westfeldt
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">January&nbsp;27, 2010</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B><I>The Plan. </I></B>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the administrator of
the Plan has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on the Plan&#146;s behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of New Orleans, state of Louisiana, on March&nbsp;1,
2010.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left" nowrap><B>WHITNEY NATIONAL BANK SAVINGS PLUS PLAN</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Paul D. Bergeron
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Paul D. Bergeron&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>Composite Charter (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the
Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December&nbsp;23, 2008)</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Bylaws Copy of the Company&#146;s Composite Charter (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the
Company&#146;s current report on Form 8-K filed on December&nbsp;23, 2008 (Commission
file number 0-1026) and incorporated by reference).</TD>
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    <TD>Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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    <TD>Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</TD>
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    <TD>Power of Attorney (included on signature page of this registration statement)</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In lieu of the opinion of counsel or determination letter contemplated by Item&nbsp;601(b)(5)(ii)
of Regulation&nbsp;S-K, the Company hereby undertakes that it has submitted the Whitney National Bank
Savings Plus Plan and any amendment thereto to the Internal Revenue Service (&#147;IRS&#148;) in a timely
manner and has made all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify the Plan under Section&nbsp;401
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 1, 2010.
File No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
WHITNEY HOLDING CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Louisiana
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
72-6017893
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
228 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, Louisiana
70130
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Whitney National Bank Savings Plus Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Joseph S. Schwertz, Jr., Esq.
Copy to:
Corporate Secretary
John B. Shannon
Whitney Holding Corporation
Alston & Bird LLP
228 St. Charles Ave.
One Atlantic Center
New Orleans, LA 70130
1201 West Peachtree Street, NW
(504) 586-3596
Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3424
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
(404) 881-7466
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 "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting
company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
maximum
maximum
Title of securities
Amount to
offering price
aggregate
Amount of
to be registered
be registered
per share
offering price
registration fee
Common Stock,
no par value (1)
900,000
(2)
$
13.04
(3)
$
11,736,000
(3)
$
836.78
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(c), this registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of
interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the Whitney National Bank Savings Plus Plan (the
"Plan").
(2)
Amount to be registered consists of an aggregate of 900,000 shares to be issued under the
Plan, including any additional shares that may become issuable in accordance with the
adjustment and anti-dilution provisions of the Plan.
(3)
Determined in accordance with Rule 457(h), the registration fee calculation for these shares
is based on the average of the high and low prices of the Company's common stock reported on
The Nasdaq Stock Market on February 26, 2010.
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PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE 10(a) PROSPECTUS
PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
EX-5.1
EX-23.2
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PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE 10(a) PROSPECTUS
(a) The documents constituting Part I of this registration statement will be delivered to
participants in the Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act"). These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this
registration statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this form, taken together, constitute a
prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
(b) Upon written or oral request, Whitney Holding Corporation (the "Company") will provide,
without charge, the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of this registration
statement. The documents are incorporated by reference in the Section 10(a) prospectus. The
Company will also provide, without charge, upon written or oral request, other documents required
to be delivered to employees pursuant to Rule 428(b). Requests for the above-mentioned information
should be directed to Mrs. Shirley N. Fremin, Manager, Shareholder Relations, Whitney Holding
Corporation, P.O. Box 61260, New Orleans, LA 70161-1260; telephone number (504) 586-3627 or toll
free at (800) 347-7272, ext. 3627, or by sending an email to investor.relations@whitneybank.com.
PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are
incorporated herein by reference and deemed to be a part hereof:
(a)
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009;
(b)
The Plan's Annual Report on Form 11-K for the year ended December 31, 2008;
(c)
All reports filed by the Company or the Plan pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act since December 31, 2009;
(d)
The description of the Company's common stock, no par value, contained in the
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 19, 1996; and
(e)
All other documents subsequently filed by the Company or the Plan pursuant to
Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement that indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities that remain
unsold.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated herein by
reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purpose of this registration
statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document
which also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
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Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Joseph S. Schwertz, Jr., who is providing the legal opinion attached as Exhibit 5.1 hereto, is
employed by the Company as Corporate Secretary. Mr. Schwertz owns shares of the Company's common
stock, directly and as a participant in the Company's employee benefit plans.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 83 of the Louisiana Business Corporation Law (the "LBCL") provides in part that a
corporation may indemnify any director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation against
expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by him in connection with any action, suit or proceeding to which he is or was
a party or is threatened to be made a party (including any action by or in the right of the
corporation), if such action arises out of his acts on behalf of the corporation and he acted in
good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests
of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause
to believe his conduct was unlawful.
The indemnification provisions of the LBCL are not exclusive; however, no corporation may
indemnify any person for willful or intentional misconduct. A corporation has the power to obtain
and maintain insurance, or to create a form of self-insurance on behalf of any person who is or was
acting for the corporation, regardless of whether the corporation has the legal authority to
indemnify the insured person against such liability.
The Composite Charter and Bylaws of the Company provide for indemnification for directors,
officers, employees and agents or former directors, officers, employees and agents of the Company
to the full extent permitted by Louisiana law.
The Company maintains an insurance policy covering the liability of its directors and officers
for actions taken in their official capacity.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted
to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provision
or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
See the Exhibit Index, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a)
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
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(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities
offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may
be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
registration statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in
the registration statement;
Provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if
the registration statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the Company pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement; and
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each filing of the Company's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual
report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Company in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by
such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
the Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification
by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
(Signatures on following page)
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SIGNATURES
The Company
. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company 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 New Orleans, state of Louisiana, on this 1st day of
March, 2010.
WHITNEY HOLDING CORPORATION
By:
/s/ John C. Hope, III
John C. Hope, III
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 John C. Hope, III and Thomas L. Callicutt, Jr., and each or any one of them, as his or her
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and
all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority
to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all
intents and purposes as they might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue thereof.
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 date indicated:
SIGNATURE
TITLE
DATE
/s/ John C. Hope, III
John C. Hope, III
Chairman of the
Board, Chief
Executive Officer and
Director
(Principal
Executive Officer)
January 27, 2010
/s/ Thomas L. Callicutt, Jr.
Thomas L. Callicutt, Jr.
Executive Vice
President and Chief
Financial Officer
(Principal
Financial
and Accounting
Officer)
January 27, 2010
/s/ John M. Turner, Jr.
John M. Turner, Jr.
President and Director
January 27, 2010
/s/ A. R. Blossman
A. R. Blossman
Director
January 27, 2010
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SIGNATURE
TITLE
DATE
/s/ Angus R. Cooper II
Angus R. Cooper II
Director
January 27, 2010
/s/ Richard B. Crowell
Richard B. Crowell
Director
January 27, 2010
/s/ Terence E. Hall
Terence E. Hall
Director
January 27, 2010
/s/ William A. Hines
William A. Hines
Director
January 27, 2010
/s/ Alfred S. Lippman
Alfred S. Lippman
Director
January 27, 2010
/s/ Michael L. Lomax
Michael L. Lomax
Director
January 27, 2010
/s/ R. King Milling
R. King Milling
Director
January 27, 2010
/s/ Eric J. Nickelsen
Eric J. Nickelsen
Director
January 27, 2010
/s/ Kathryn M. Sullivan
Kathryn M. Sullivan
Director
January 27, 2010
/s/ Dean E. Taylor
Dean E. Taylor
Director
January 27, 2010
/s/ Thomas D. Westfeldt
Thomas D. Westfeldt
Director
January 27, 2010
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The Plan.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the administrator of
the Plan has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on the Plan's behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of New Orleans, state of Louisiana, on March 1,
2010.
WHITNEY NATIONAL BANK SAVINGS PLUS PLAN
By:
/s/ Paul D. Bergeron
Paul D. Bergeron
Plan Administrator
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EXHIBIT INDEX
TO
FORM S-8
4.1
Composite Charter (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 23, 2008)
4.2
Bylaws Copy of the Company's Composite Charter (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the
Company's current report on Form 8-K filed on December 23, 2008 (Commission
file number 0-1026) and incorporated by reference).
5.1
Opinion of Counsel
23.1
Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page of this registration statement)
In lieu of the opinion of counsel or determination letter contemplated by Item 601(b)(5)(ii)
of Regulation S-K, the Company hereby undertakes that it has submitted the Whitney National Bank
Savings Plus Plan and any amendment thereto to the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") in a timely
manner and has made all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify the Plan under Section 401
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.