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Item 8.01 Other Events.
On October 26, 2010, Whitney Holding Corporation (the "Company) issued a press release announcing that the Company has agreed to sell approximately $180 million of nonperforming loans and will reclassify up to an additional $100 million of nonperforming loans as held for sale.
Pursuant to General Instruction F to Current Report on Form 8-K, a copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated into this Item 8.01 by reference.
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.