MidSouth Bank's Cloutier Appearing on CNBC's Squawk Box

LAFAYETTE, La., June 18  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MidSouth Bank, N.A. subsidiary of MidSouth Bancorp Inc. (NYSE Amex: MSL) will be back in the national business news spotlight Friday morning.

Between 6 a.m.-7 a.m. Friday, MidSouth Bank President and CEO Rusty Cloutier will appear on the popular CNBC morning business news program "Squawk Box," which brings together some of the biggest names in business and politics with the day's most important stories. A live feed will be sent to the studio at CNBC's headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., via LPB in Baton Rouge.

The most visible voice of community bankers across the country, the MidSouth Bank president will discuss the latest issues affecting the banking industry, including President Barack Obama's call for sweeping reforms aimed at preventing a repeat of the worst economic crisis in decades.

In addition to numerous national media appearances in recent months, Cloutier also testified about banking issues on Capitol Hill twice this year.

About MidSouth Bancorp, Inc.

MidSouth Bancorp, Inc. is a bank holding company headquartered in Lafayette, La., with total assets of $923.1 million as of March 31, 2009. 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 Bank, N.A.



CONTACT:  Rusty Cloutier, MidSouth Bank President and CEO,

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