MidSouth Bancorp Inc. to Present at 13th Annual BURKENROAD REPORTS Investment Conference

LAFAYETTE, La., April 23  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MidSouth Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE Amex: MSL) today announced that C. R. "Rusty" Cloutier, President and Chief Executive Officer, will present at the 13th Annual BURKENROAD REPORTS Investment Conference hosted by Tulane University's Freeman School of Business.  The event will be held on Friday, April 24, 2009 at the Chateau Bourbon Hotel at 800 Iberville Street in New Orleans.

The event is free and open to the public.  To see the conference agenda and register please go to http://www.burkenroad.org/.  The conference coincides with the first weekend of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and is a very popular annual event for both individual and institutional investors.  This is a busy time in New Orleans and attendees are urged to book their lodging early.

About MidSouth Bancorp, Inc.

MidSouth Bancorp, Inc. is a bank holding company headquartered in Lafayette, La., with total assets of $936.8 million as of Dec. 31, 2008. Through its wholly-owned bank subsidiary, MidSouth Bank, N.A., the Company offers complete banking services to commercial and retail customers in south Louisiana and southeast Texas. It has 34 locations in Louisiana and Texas and more than 170 ATMs. The group is community oriented and focuses primarily on offering commercial and consumer loan and deposit services to individuals, and small and middle market businesses.

Established in 1985, MidSouth Bank has 27 offices extending along the Interstate 10 corridor in south Louisiana located in Lafayette (9), Baton Rouge (3), New Iberia (3), Lake Charles (2), Sulphur, Jeanerette, Jennings, Thibodaux, Larose, Opelousas, Breaux Bridge, Cecilia, Morgan City and Houma. Additionally, the Company has seven full-service offices in the southeast region of Texas, including Houston, Beaumont (3), Vidor, College Station and Conroe. It also has a mortgage loan center in Conroe.

MidSouth Bancorp's common stock is traded on the NYSE Amex under the symbol MSL. 

DATASOURCE: MidSouth Bancorp, Inc.



CONTACT:  Rusty Cloutier, President and Chief Executive Officer of

MidSouth Bancorp, Inc., [phone]



Web Site:  http://www.burkenroad.org/ 

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