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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSIONWashington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public UtilityHolding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*

(Last) (First) (Middle)

(Street)

(City) (State) (Zip)

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Table I — Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

(Over)SEC 1474 (11-11)

FORM 4Check this box if no longersubject to Section 16. Form 4 orForm 5 obligations may continue.See Instruction 1(b).

(Print or Type Responses)

4. If Amendment,Date OriginalFiled(Month/Day/Year)

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer(Check all applicable)

Director 10% OwnerOfficer (give Other (specifytitle below) below)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)__Form filed by One Reporting Person__Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

1. Title of Security(Instr. 3)

2. Trans-actionDate

(Month/ Day/ Year)

3. Trans-actionCode(Instr. 8)

Code V

4. Securities Acquired (A)or Disposed of (D)(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)

(A) or Amount (D) Price

6. Owner-shipForm:Direct(D) orIndirect(I)(Instr. 4)

7. Nature ofIndirectBeneficialOwner-ship

(Instr. 4)

5. Amount ofSecuritiesBeneficiallyOwnedFollowingReportedTransaction (s)(Instr. 3 and 4)

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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

3. Date of EarliestTransaction Requiredto be Reported (Month/Day/Year)

2A. DeemedExecutionDate, ifany(Month/Day/Year)

201 South Spring Street

(1)(1)

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Stanton Thomas R.

04/24/2019

October 31, 2021

Stanton Thomas R.

D5,464.0000A1,557.0000MCommon Stock

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04/24/2019Tupelo, MS 38804

One Mississippi Plaza

BancorpSouth Bank [BXS]

FORM 4 (continued) Table II — Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ( e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security(Instr. 3)

Page 2

2. Conver-sion orExercisePrice ofDeri-vativeSecurity

3. Trans-actionDate

(Month/Day/Year)

4. Trans-actionCode(Instr. 8)

Code V

6. Date Exer-cisable andExpirationDate(Month/Day/Year)

Date Expira-Exer- tioncisable Date

5. Number of Deriv-ative Securities Ac-quired (A) or Dis-posed of (D)(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

(A) (D)

11. NatureofIndirectBenefi-cialOwner-ship(Instr. 4)

10.Owner-shipForm ofDeriv-ativeSecurity:Direct(D) orIndirect(I)(Instr. 4)

9. Numberof deriv-ativeSecur-itiesBene-ficiallyOwnedfollow-ingRe-portedTransac-tion(s)(Instr.4)

8. PriceofDeriv-ativeSecur-ity(Instr.5)

7. Title and Amount ofUnderlying Securities(Instr. 3 and 4)

Amount or Title Number of

Shares

3A.Deemed Execution Date, if

any(Month/Day/Year)

Date

04/24/2019

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/s/ Thomas R. StantonExplanation of Responses:

Restricted Stock Units(1) (1)(1)

Stanton Thomas R.

(1) (1)

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D0.0000$0.00001,557.0000Common Stock1,557.0000M04/24/2019

Footnotes

(1) These shares were granted to the Reporting Person on May 1, 2018, as restricted stock units under the BancorpSouth 1995 Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan for Non-employee Directors. These shares will vest upon thedate of the first annual shareholders' meeting of the Company, on or around April 24, 2019, that follows the date this Award is granted.

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