MidSouth Bancorp, Inc. Declares Regular Dividend

LAFAYETTE, La., Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Board of MidSouth
Bancorp, Inc. ("MidSouth") (NYSE Amex: MSL) announced a cash dividend was
declared in the amount of seven cents ($.07) per share to be paid on its
common stock on January 4, 2010 to shareholders of record on December 16,
2009.

About MidSouth Bancorp, Inc.
MidSouth Bancorp, Inc. is a bank holding company headquartered in Lafayette,
La., with total assets of $947.8 million as of September 30, 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 35 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, the Company has 28 offices extending along the Interstate
10 corridor in south Louisiana located in Lafayette (9), Baton Rouge (3), New
Iberia (3), Lake Charles (2), Houma (2), Sulphur, Jeanerette, Jennings,
Thibodaux, Larose, Opelousas, Breaux Bridge, Cecilia, and Morgan City.
Additionally, the Company has seven full-service offices in the southeast
region of Texas, including Beaumont (3), Conroe, Houston, Vidor, and College
Station. It also has a mortgage loan center in Conroe.

MidSouth Bancorp's common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange AMEX
(NYSE Amex) under the symbol MSL.

SOURCE MidSouth Bancorp, Inc.

James R. McLemore, CFO of MidSouth Bancorp, Inc., +1-337-237-8343