UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934
August
17, 2006
Date
of
Report (Date of earliest event reported)
TRUSTMARK
CORPORATION
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Mississippi
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0-3683
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64-0471500
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(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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248
East Capitol Street, Jackson, Mississippi
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39201
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code:
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(601)
208-5111
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Check
the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions:
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CFR
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Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
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Item
8.01 Other Events
Trustmark
Corporation announced that the shareholders of Republic Bancshares of
Texas, Inc., today approved the company’s proposed merger with Trustmark. The
transaction, which has been approved by all applicable regulatory authorities,
is expected to be completed at the close of business on August 25, 2006.
Republic
Bancshares of Texas, Inc. has six banking centers in Houston with $474 million
in loans and $543 million in deposits as of June 30, 2006.
Trustmark
is a financial services company providing banking and financial solutions
through over 145 offices and 2,600 associates in Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee
and Texas. For additional information, visit our website at www.trustmark.com.
FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS
Certain
statements contained in this document are not statements of historical fact
and
constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements
include, but are not limited to, statements relating to anticipated future
operating and financial performance measures, including net interest margin,
credit quality, business initiatives, growth opportunities and growth rates,
among other things and encompass any estimate, prediction, expectation,
projection, opinion, anticipation, outlook or statement of belief included
therein as well as the management assumptions underlying these forward-looking
statements. Should one or more of these risks materialize, or should any such
underlying assumptions prove to be significantly different, actual results
may
vary significantly from those anticipated, estimated, projected or expected.
These
risks could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations
of Management and include, but are not limited to, changes in the level of
nonperforming assets and charge-offs, local, state and national economic and
market conditions, material changes in market interest rates, the costs and
effects of litigation and of unexpected or adverse outcomes in such litigation,
competition in loan and deposit pricing, as well as the entry of new competitors
into our markets through de novo expansion and acquisitions, changes in existing
regulations or the adoption of new regulations, natural disasters, acts of
war
or terrorism, changes in consumer spending, borrowings and savings habits,
technological changes, changes in the financial performance or condition of
Trustmark's borrowers, the ability to control expenses, changes in Trustmark's
compensation and benefit plans, greater than expected costs or difficulties
related to the integration of, or a material delay in closing of, the Republic
Bancshares of Texas merger, greater than expected costs or difficulties related
to the integration of new products and lines of business and other risks
described in Trustmark Corporation's filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
Although
Management believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking
statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations
will
prove to be correct. Trustmark undertakes no obligation to update or revise
any
of this information, whether as the result of new information, future events
or
developments or otherwise.
Trustmark
Contacts:
| Investors: | Zach Wasson | Joseph Rein | ||
| Executive Vice President and CFO | First Vice President | |||
| 601-208-6816 | 601-208-6898 | |||
| Media: | Gray Wiggers | |||
| Senior Vice President | ||||
| 601-208-5942 |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
TRUSTMARK
CORPORATION
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BY:
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/s/
Zach L. Wasson
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Zach
L. Wasson
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Treasurer
& Chief Financial Officer
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DATE:
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August
17, 2006
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