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): May 16, 2011

WHITNEY HOLDING CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Louisiana

0-1026

72-6017893

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

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)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 8.01.

Other Events.

Change in Transfer Agent

On May 16, 2011, Whitney Holding Corporation, a Louisiana corporation (the Company) notified its shareholders that, effective as of the close of business on May 20, 2011, Hancock Bank, a Mississippi banking corporation, will serve as registrar, transfer agent and paying agent for the Company, replacing American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC.

A copy of the letter to shareholders is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed herewith:


Exhibit No.		Description of Exhibit

99.1		Whitney Holding Corporation Letter to Shareholders, dated May 16, 2011.

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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.
		Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Date: May 16, 2011

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