WTNY Whitney Holding Corp. (MM)

Whitney Holding Corporation (Nasdaq:WTNY) will announce fourth quarter 2010 financial results on January 27, 2011 before the market opens. 

Whitney Holding Corporation, through its banking subsidiary Whitney National Bank, serves the five-state Gulf Coast region stretching from Houston, Texas; across southern Louisiana and the coastal region of Mississippi; to central and south Alabama; the panhandle of Florida; and the Tampa Bay metropolitan area of Florida. [WTNY-G]

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CONTACT: Trisha Voltz Carlson
         SVP, Investor Relations Manager
         504/299-5208
         tcarlson@whitneybank.com