EX-32.A 5 ex32_a.htm EXHIBIT 32-A

Exhibit 32-a
TRUSTMARK CORPORATION
CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report of Trustmark Corporation (Trustmark) on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2012, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the Report), I, Gerard R. Host, President and Chief Executive Officer of Trustmark, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

| 1) | The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

| 2) | The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Trustmark.

BY: | /s/ Gerard R. Host

Gerard R. Host
President and Chief Executive Officer

DATE: | November 7, 2012