8-K 1 whc8kremarksretire.htm WHITNEY HOLDING CORP. FORM 8-K whc8kremarksretire.htm

 
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


Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  December 17, 2007


WHITNEY HOLDING CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)



Louisiana
0-1026
    72-6017893    
(State or Other
(Commission
(IRS Employer
Jurisdiction of
File Number)
Identification No.)
Incorporation)
    


      228 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130   
(Addresses of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)

                (504) 586-7272               
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)

___________________________
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On December 17, 2007, Mr. William L. Marks, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Whitney Holding Corporation (the "Company"), notified the Company that the effective date of his previously-disclosed intent to retire as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board will be March 15, 2008.  Mr. Marks will also retire from the Company's Board of Directors at the same time.

 
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.


 
WHITNEY HOLDING CORPORATION
   
   
By:
/s/ Thomas L. Callicutt, Jr._______
 
Thomas L. Callicutt, Jr.
 
Executive Vice President
 
and Chief Financial Officer
 
Date: December 19, 2007



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