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                                 UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 11-K


(Mark One)
     [X]  ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE
          SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

          For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996

     [ ]  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE
          SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 

          For the transition period from _________ to _________

Commission File Number 0-3683

Full title of the Plan and the address of the Plan,  if  different  from that of
the issuer named below:

                   Trustmark National Bank Profit Sharing Plan
                            (Full Title of the Plan)


Name of issuer of the  securities  held  pursuant to the Plan and the address of
its principal executive office:

                              Trustmark Corporation
                              248 E. Capitol Street
                           Jackson, Mississippi 39201
    (Name of Issuer of Securities and address of Principal Executive Office)



                       





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                              ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP






TRUSTMARK NATIONAL BANK PROFIT SHARING PLAN

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1996 AND 1995
TOGETHER WITH AUDITORS' REPORT












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                              ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP




                    REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS




To the Plan Administrator of
   Trustmark National Bank
   Profit Sharing Plan:

We have audited the  accompanying  statements  of net assets  available for plan
benefits of the Trustmark  National Bank Profit  Sharing Plan as of December 31,
1996 and 1995 and the related  statement of changes in net assets  available for
plan benefits for the year ended December 31, 1996.  These financial  statements
and the supplemental  schedules  referred to below are the responsibility of the
Plan's  management.  Our  responsibility  is to  express  an  opinion  on  these
financial statements and schedules based on our audits.

We  conducted  our  audits  in  accordance  with  generally   accepted  auditing
standards.  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement.  An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.  An audit also includes
assessing the  accounting  principles  used and  significant  estimates  made by
management,  as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion,  the financial  statements  referred to above present fairly, in
all material respects, the net assets available for plan benefits of the Plan as
of December 31, 1996 and 1995, and the changes in net assets  available for plan
benefits for the year ended  December 31, 1996,  in  conformity  with  generally
accepted accounting principles.

Our audits  were  performed  for the  purpose of forming an opinion on the basic
financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental  schedules listed in the
accompanying index are presented for the purpose of additional  analysis and are
not a required  part of the basic  financial  statements  but are  supplementary
information  required by the  Department  of Labor's Rules and  Regulations  for
Reporting and Disclosure  under the Employee  Retirement  Income Security Act of
1974. The Fund  Information  in the statements of net assets  available for plan
benefits and the statement of changes in net assets  available for plan benefits
is presented for purposes of additional  analysis rather than to present the net
assets  available for plan benefits and changes in net assets available for plan
benefits of each fund. The supplemental schedules and Fund Information have been
subjected  to the  auditing  procedures  applied  in  the  audits  of the  basic
financial  statements  and, in our  opinion,  are fairly  stated in all material
respects in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.

/s/ ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP

Jackson, Mississippi,
    May  9, 1997.



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                                     TRUSTMARK NATIONAL BANK PROFIT SHARING PLAN
                                     INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SCHEDULES
                                              DECEMBER 31, 1996 AND 1995



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>


FINANCIAL STATEMENTS                                                                                              Page
                                                                                                                  ----

<S>                                                                                                               <C>
Statement of Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits with Fund Information as of December 31, 1996                   1

Statement of Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits with Fund Information as of December 31, 1995                   2

Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits with Fund Information for the Year
    Ended December 31, 1996                                                                                         3

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS                                                                                      4-8

SCHEDULES SUPPORTING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Item 27a -- Schedule of Assets Held for Investment Purposes as of December 31, 1996                                 9

Item 27d -- Schedule of Reportable Transactions for the Year Ended December 31, 1996                               10

Schedule of Party-In-Interest Transactions for the Year Ended December 31, 1996                                   11-12

Signatures                                                                                                         13

Exhibit Index                                                                                                      14

</TABLE>



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                   TRUSTMARK NATIONAL BANK PROFIT SHARING PLAN
    STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR PLAN BENEFITS WITH FUND INFORMATION
                                DECEMBER 31, 1996

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                                                             Sponsor
                                                                Participant Directed                        Directed
                                            ------------------------------------------------------------   -----------
                                               Stable    Income &     Balanced     Maximum     Trustmark      Profit
                                               Value      Growth       Growth       Growth       Stock       Sharing
                                               Fund        Fund         Fund         Fund        Fund         Trust         Total
                                            ----------  ----------   ----------   ----------  ----------   -----------   -----------
<S>                                         <C>         <C>          <C>          <C>         <C>          <C>           <C>
ASSETS:
 Receivables:
  Interest and dividends                    $   11,289  $    4,399   $    4,848   $    3,176  $      100   $     9,234   $    33,046
  Sponsor contributions                          3,788       4,331        8,467        5,974       1,973             -        24,533
  Participant contributions                         59           -           52            -          68             -           179
  Other                                              -           -          131            -       1,469             -         1,600
                                            ----------  ----------   ----------   ----------  ----------   -----------   -----------
   Total receivables                            15,136       8,730       13,498        9,150       3,610         9,234        59,358
 Investments, at fair value:
  Money market account                          19,072      71,342      119,963       41,188      40,956     3,537,232     3,829,753
  Fixed income mutual funds                          -     766,569      630,077            -           -             -     1,396,646
  Pooled funds                               2,225,042           -            -            -           -             -     2,225,042
  Common stock of Trustmark Corporation              -           -            -            -   2,342,609    43,368,130    45,710,739
  Equity mutual funds                                -     465,571    1,425,269    3,427,426           -             -     5,318,266
                                            ----------  ----------   ----------   ----------  ----------   -----------   -----------
   Total investments                         2,244,114   1,303,482    2,175,309    3,468,614   2,383,565    46,905,362    58,480,446
 Accrued transfers between funds                11,546    (125,609)     (51,478)     270,921    (104,845)         (535)            -
                                            ----------  ----------   ----------   ----------  ----------   -----------   -----------
   Total Assets                              2,270,796   1,186,603    2,137,329    3,748,685   2,282,330    46,914,061    58,539,804
LIABILITIES:
 Other                                               -           -            -          135          21             -           156
                                            ----------  ----------   ----------   ----------  ----------   -----------   -----------
NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR PLAN BENEFITS:     $2,270,796  $1,186,603   $2,137,329   $3,748,550  $2,282,309   $46,914,061   $58,539,648
                                            ==========  ==========   ==========   ==========  ==========   ===========   ===========

</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of this statement.

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                  TRUSTMARK NATIONAL BANK PROFIT SHARING PLAN
   STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR PLAN BENEFITS WITH FUND INFORMATION
                               DECEMBER 31, 1995

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                             Sponsor
                                                                  Participant Directed                       Directed
                                          --------------------------------------------------------------   -----------
                                             Stable     Income &    Balanced      Maximum      Trustmark      Profit
                                             Value       Growth      Growth        Growth        Stock       Sharing
                                             Fund         Fund         Fund         Fund         Fund         Trust         Total
                                          ----------   ----------   ----------   ----------   ----------   -----------   -----------
<S>                                       <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>           <C>
ASSETS:
 Receivables:
  Interest and dividends                  $   13,887   $    3,190   $    3,231   $    1,647   $       70   $       941   $    22,966
  Sponsor contributions                        6,888        5,110        7,438        4,135        2,407     1,825,000     1,850,978
  Participant contributions                        -           35           59            -            -             -            94
  Other                                            9            -          931            -        1,469             -         2,409
                                          ----------   ----------   ----------   ----------   ----------   -----------   -----------
   Total receivables                          20,784        8,335       11,659        5,782        3,946     1,825,941     1,876,447
 Investments, at fair value:
  Money market account                        14,292      256,362       96,176       16,928       13,470       290,163       687,391
  Fixed income mutual funds                        -      390,646      454,497            -            -             -       845,143
  Pooled funds                             2,717,338            -            -            -            -             -     2,717,338
  Common stock of Trustmark Corporation            -            -            -            -    1,752,046    38,534,109    40,286,155
  Equity mutual funds                              -      343,972      989,009    1,788,739            -             -     3,121,720
                                          ----------   ----------   ----------   ----------   ----------   -----------   -----------
   Total investments                       2,731,630      990,980    1,539,682    1,805,667    1,765,516    38,824,272    47,657,747
 Accrued transfers between funds            (317,945)      42,034      150,534      109,675       17,527        (1,825)            -
                                          ----------   ----------   ----------   ----------   ----------   -----------   -----------
   Total Assets                            2,434,469    1,041,349    1,701,875    1,921,124    1,786,989    40,648,388    49,534,194
LIABILITIES:
 Other                                            57            -           30           32          135             -           254
                                          ----------   ----------   ----------   ----------   ----------   -----------   -----------
NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR PLAN BENEFITS:   $2,434,412   $1,041,349   $1,701,845   $1,921,092   $1,786,854   $40,648,388   $49,533,940
                                          ==========   ==========   ==========   ==========   ==========   ===========   ===========
</TABLE>

The  accompanying  notes  are an  integral part of this statement.

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                   TRUSTMARK NATIONAL BANK PROFIT SHARING PLAN
                STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR
                       PLAN BENEFITS WITH FUND INFORMATION
                          YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                              Sponsor
                                                                       Participant Directed                  Directed
                                                ----------------------------------------------------------  -----------
                                                  Stable     Income &    Balanced    Maximum    Trustmark     Profit
                                                   Value      Growth      Growth      Growth      Stock       Sharing
                                                   Fund        Fund        Fund        Fund        Fund        Trust        Total
                                                ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  -----------  -----------
<S>                                             <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>          <C>
ADDITIONS TO PLAN NET ASSETS ATTRIBUTED TO:
 Contributions:
  Sponsor                                       $    7,686  $    9,678  $   16,748  $   10,708  $    3,875  $ 2,200,000  $ 2,248,695
  Participant                                      209,219     153,924     293,240     602,730     327,031            -    1,586,144
                                                ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  -----------  -----------
   Total contributions                             216,905     163,602     309,988     613,438     330,906    2,200,000    3,834,839
 Investment income:
  Net appreciation in fair value of investments         77      79,050     251,125     584,343     251,584    4,613,769    5,779,948
  Interest                                         138,109      12,648      37,703       2,992       1,150       78,844      271,446
  Dividends - Trustmark Corporation common stock         -           -           -           -      42,712      854,774      897,486
  Dividends - Other                                      -      34,009      16,014      29,660           -            -       79,683
                                                ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  -----------  -----------
   Net investment income                           138,186     125,707     304,842     616,995     295,446    5,547,387    7,028,563

 Transfers between funds                          (353,085)   (125,647)    (84,051)    646,351     (83,033)        (535)           -
                                                ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  -----------  -----------
   Total additions                                   2,006     163,662     530,779   1,876,784     543,319    7,746,852   10,863,402
DEDUCTIONS FROM PLAN NET
 ASSETS ATTRIBUTED TO:
 Benefits paid to participants                     165,622      18,408      95,295      49,326      47,864    1,481,179    1,857,694
                                                ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  -----------  -----------
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN ASSETS
 AVAILABLE FOR PLAN BENEFITS                      (163,616)    145,254     435,484   1,827,458     495,455    6,265,673    9,005,708

NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR PLAN BENEFITS:
 Beginning of year                               2,434,412   1,041,349   1,701,845   1,921,092   1,786,854   40,648,388   49,533,940
                                                ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  -----------  -----------
 End of year                                    $2,270,796  $1,186,603  $2,137,329  $3,748,550  $2,282,309  $46,914,061  $58,539,648
                                                ==========  ==========  ==========  ==========  ==========  ===========  ===========
</TABLE>
The  accompanying  notes  are an  integral part of this statement.

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                   TRUSTMARK NATIONAL BANK PROFIT SHARING PLAN
                          NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                           DECEMBER 31, 1996 AND 1995



1.  PLAN DESCRIPTION

The following  description  of the Trustmark  National Bank Profit  Sharing Plan
(the Plan) is  provided  for general  information  purposes  only.  Participants
should refer to the Plan agreement for a more complete description of the Plan's
provisions.

GENERAL

The Plan is a defined  contribution  profit  sharing  plan  established  for the
employees of Trustmark  National  Bank (the  Company).  Employees who are active
participants  in  the  Canton  Exchange  Bank  Employee's  Retirement  Plan  are
ineligible  to  participate  in the  Plan.  The Plan  provides  eligibility  for
participation  on the next  semiannual  entry  date  (January  1st or July  1st)
following  the  completion  of at  least  1,000  hours  of  service  during  the
twelve-month   period  ending  on  the  anniversary  of  a  person's  employment
commencement date.

PLAN ADMINISTRATION

Under a trust agreement,  Trustmark  National Bank was appointed trustee for the
Plan. The Plan Administrator is Trustmark National Bank.

EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS

The Plan  allows  participants  to make  voluntary  before-tax  salary  deferral
contributions,  through  payroll  deductions,  to separately  invested  funds in
accordance  with  Section  401(k)  of the  Internal  Revenue  Code.  If  certain
requirements  of  Internal  Revenue  Code  Section  401(k)  are  not met in Plan
operation,   the  salary  deferral   agreements  of   participants   may,  on  a
nondiscriminatory  and  uniform  basis,  be amended or revoked to  preserve  the
qualified status of the Plan. Voluntary after-tax  contributions by participants
are  not  allowed.   Participants  may  direct  investment  of  their  voluntary
contributions among several investment options.

Employees  can elect to  contribute  up to 15% of their pay each  period  not to
exceed $5,000 of their annual  earnings before taxes.  Any excess  contributions
must be returned to the applicable  participant by April 15 of the calendar year
following the year of excess contributions.  In general,  employee contributions
are not matched by the  employer;  however,  former  participants  of the Rankin
County Bank 401(k) Plan are eligible for a 100% match of their  contributions on
up to 3% of  their  annual  compensation.  The  Plan  does  not  allow  rollover
contributions from individual retirement accounts or other qualified plans.

EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS

The employer's basic contributions to the Plan are made at the discretion of the
Company's  Board of  Directors.  The basic  contributions  are not to exceed the
maximum amount  deductible  under Section 404 of the Internal  Revenue Code. The
employer  may also make  additional  contributions  to the Plan to preserve  the
Plan's qualified status if certain requirements of Internal Revenue Code Section
401(k) are not met in Plan operation. These additional

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contributions   are   nonforfeitable   and  are  not   available  for  inservice
withdrawals.   Employer   contributions  are  primarily  invested  in  Trustmark
Corporation common stock.

ALLOCATIONS

Basic employer  contributions  and  forfeitures of terminated  participants  are
allocated to each  participant  in the  proportion of each  participant's  total
units  as of  the  allocation  date  to  the  total  number  of  units  for  all
participants  as of that date.  Former  participants  of the Rankin  County Bank
401(k) Plan who receive an employer matching  contribution do not participate in
the  allocation  of  the  basic  employer   contribution   or   forfeitures.   A
participant's units, with respect to any year, are computed as follows:

     a.   One unit is  allocated  for each  year in which  the  participant  has
          completed at least 1,000 hours of service.

     b.   One unit is allocated for each full $100 of  compensation  received by
          the participant during the year.

     c.   Compensation  is  consideration  for services  performed  and actually
          paid,  including salary deferral  contributions made under Section 125
          and Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Additional employer  contributions,  if any, are allocated to each participant's
account in the proportion of his salary deferral contributions for the Plan year
to total salary deferral contributions made by all participants.

Investment  earnings of the Plan's  trust  funds are  allocated  separately  for
401(k) and profit  sharing  accounts.  Allocations  are based on the  investment
earnings base multiplied by the calculated rate of return for the separate trust
accounts.  The  investment  earnings base is calculated as beginning of the year
account balance plus one half of the current year salary deferral  contributions
less withdrawals, forfeitures and transfers out.

VESTING

On the first day of the month  coincident with or next following a participant's
sixty-fifth birthday, such participant is entitled to retire from active service
with the employer and 100% of the value of the  participant's  share of the Plan
becomes fully vested. A participant also vests 100% upon death or termination of
employment due to permanent disability.

A participant  whose  employment  terminates for reasons other than  retirement,
death  or  disability  is  entitled  to  the  nonforfeitable  percentage  of the
participant's profit sharing account and 100% of his 401(k)  contributions.  The
nonforfeitable percentage is determined from the following schedule:

              Years of
           Vesting Service        Nonforfeitable Percentage
           ---------------        -------------------------
             Less than 5                    0%
             5 or more                     100%

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In addition,  the  nonforfeitable  percentage  is 100% on and after the earliest
date on which a participant could retire.

In case of termination of the Plan, the value of each participant's share of the
Plan shall become fully vested as of the date of such termination.

PAYMENTS OF BENEFITS

On retirement,  death, disability,  or termination of service, a participant may
elect to receive a  lump-sum  distribution  equal to his or her  vested  account
balance or a life annuity. In addition,  hardship distributions are permitted if
certain criteria are met.

PLAN TERMINATION

The Company  anticipates  that the Plan will continue  without  interruption but
reserves the right to discontinue the Plan at its discretion.  The net assets of
the Plan  will be  distributed  by the  trustee  in  accordance  with the  trust
agreement in a uniform and nondiscriminatory manner.

2.  SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The  Plan's  financial  statements  are  prepared  using  the  accrual  basis of
accounting,  with the exception of the payment of benefits, which are recognized
as a  reduction  in the  net  assets  of the  Plan  as  they  are  disbursed  to
participants.

USE OF ESTIMATES

The preparation of financial  statements in conformity  with generally  accepted
accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that
affect  the  reported  amounts  of assets  and  liabilities  and  disclosure  of
contingent  assets and  liabilities at the date of the financial  statements and
the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.
Actual results could differ from those estimates.

VALUATION OF INVESTMENTS

Cash equivalents are stated at cost which approximates market value.  Marketable
securities are stated at fair value.  Securities traded on a national securities
exchange are valued at the last reported sales price on the last business day of
the year.  The Stable Value Fund  invests a portion of its assets in  Guaranteed
Investment Contracts (GICs) which are fully  benefit-responsive and are recorded
at cost which approximates fair market value.

NET APPRECIATION IN FAIR VALUE OF INVESTMENTS

Net  appreciation in fair value of investments,  as recorded in the accompanying
statement of changes in net assets available for plan benefits, includes changes
in fair value of investments acquired, sold or held during the year.

ADMINISTRATIVE FEES

Professional fees incurred by the Plan are paid by the Company.

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3.  INVESTMENTS

The Plan's investments are held by a bank-administered trust fund. The following
table presents the fair value of those investments. Investments that represent 5
percent or more of the Plan's net assets are separately identified.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                          December 31,
                                                                        1996        1995
                                                                    -----------  -----------
<S>                                                                 <C>          <C>
Investments at fair value as determined by quoted market price:
 Trustmark Corporation Common Stock                                 $45,710,739  $40,286,155
  Performance Funds Trust Mutual Funds -
   Short Term Fixed Income Fund                                         890,539      470,055
   Intermediate Term Fixed Income Fund                                  506,107      375,088
   Equity Fund                                                        2,893,868    1,660,323
   Mid-Cap Growth Fund                                                2,424,398    1,461,397
Investments at estimated fair value:
 Trustmark National Bank Employee Benefit Stable Value Fund           2,225,042    2,717,338
  Performance Funds Trust Money Market A                              3,829,753      687,391
                                                                    -----------  -----------
   Total investments                                                $58,480,446  $47,657,747
                                                                    ===========  ===========
</TABLE>

During 1996, the Plan's investments  (including  investments bought and sold, as
well as held during the year)  appreciated  (depreciated) in value by $5,779,948
as follows:
                                                 
 Investments at fair value as determined by quoted market price:
  Trustmark Corporation Common Stock                                 $4,865,353
  Performance Funds Trust Mutual Funds -
   Short Term Fixed Income Fund                                          (6,802)
   Intermediate Term Fixed Income Fund                                  (15,578)
   Equity Fund                                                          450,603
   Mid-Cap Growth Fund                                                  486,372
                                                                     ----------
    Net appreciation in fair value of investments                    $5,779,948
                                                                     ==========

4.  INCOME TAX STATUS

     The Internal  Revenue  Service has determined and informed the Company by a
letter  dated June 16,  1988,  that the Plan and related  trust are  designed in
accordance with applicable sections of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC). The Plan
has been amended since receiving the  determination  letter.  However,  the Plan

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administrator  and the Plan's tax counsel  believe that the Plan is designed and
is currently  being operated in compliance  with the applicable  requirements of
the IRC.

5.  PLAN AMENDMENTS

In 1996, a plan amendment was adopted that,  effective January 1, 1997,  renames
the  Plan as the  "Trustmark  National  Bank  401(k)  Plan".  Additionally,  the
amendment  calls for the spinoff of 100% of the employer  profit sharing account
balance for each  participant in order to establish an employee stock  ownership
plan.  The new plan will be named the  "Trustmark  National Bank Employee  Stock
Ownership  Plan".  The renamed Plan will  continue to operate under the existing
trust agreement as modified by this amendment.  The amendment will also increase
the maximum  allowable  salary  deferral  contribution  from a previous limit of
$5,000 to a new limit of $7,000 annually.

Effective,  July 1, 1995 the Plan was  amended to allow the Rankin  County  Bank
401(k) Plan to merge with the Plan. See Note 7.

6.  RELATED PARTIES

Plan assets include investments held with the Company.  These investments do not
constitute prohibited transactions as defined in ERISA Section 406(a). Trustmark
National Bank serves as the investment  advisor for the Performance  Funds Trust
Mutual Funds.

7.  MERGER

As of July 1, 1995,  the Rankin  County  Bank  401(k)  Plan was merged  into the
Trustmark  National  Bank Profit  Sharing  Plan.  Rankin County Bank plan assets
totaling  $1,823,201  were  transferred to the Plan. The Rankin County Bank Plan
had been  maintained as a separate  plan for the former  employees of the Rankin
County Bank since its acquisition by the Company in a merger effective September
7, 1987.

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                            TRUSTMARK NATIONAL BANK PROFIT SHARING PLAN
                                          (EIN 64-0180810)
                    ITEM 27a -- SCHEDULE OF ASSETS HELD FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES
                                        DECEMBER 31, 1996

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>



                                                                                         Current
    Identity Of Issuer                      Description                    Cost           Value
- ----------------------------    ------------------------------------    -----------    -----------
<S>                              <C>                                    <C>            <C>
   MONEY MARKET ACCOUNT
*  Performance Funds Trust       Money Market A                         $ 3,829,753    $ 3,829,753

   FIXED INCOME MUTUAL FUNDS
*  Performance Funds Trust       Short Term Fixed Income Fund               890,181        890,539

*  Performance Funds Trust       Intermediate Term Fixed Income Fund        501,913        506,107

   POOLED FUND
*  Trustmark National Bank       Employee Benefit Stable Value
                                  Fund                                    2,225,042      2,225,042

   COMMON STOCK
*  Trustmark Corporation         Common stock - 1,792,578 shares         10,108,132     45,710,739


   EQUITY MUTUAL FUNDS
*  Performance Funds Trust       Equity Fund                              2,361,076      2,893,868

*  Performance Funds Trust       Mid-Cap Growth Fund                      1,924,186      2,424,398

                                                                        -----------    -----------
   Total Assets Held for
    Investment Purposes                                                 $21,840,283    $58,480,446
                                                                        ===========    ===========

</TABLE>


*    Denotes  related  party  based on the  following  relationships:  
     Trustmark  National Bank serves as investment  advisor for the  Performance
     Funds  Trusts;  Trustmark  Corporation  is the parent  company of Trustmark
     National Bank.


The accompanying notes are an integral part of this schedule.

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                                   TRUSTMARK NATIONAL BANK PROFIT SHARING PLAN
                                                  (EIN 64-0180810)
                                 ITEM 27d -- SCHEDULE OF REPORTABLE TRANSACTIONS
                                        FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                    Total          Total
                                  Number of      Number of     Purchase      Selling        Cost of    Net Gain/
      Description Of Asset       Purchases(1)     Sales(1)      Price         Price          Asset       (Loss)
- -----------------------------    ------------    ---------    ----------    ----------    ----------   ---------
<S>                                  <C>          <C>       <C>           <C>           <C>          <C>
*   Performance Funds Trust -        247            232       $7,768,712    $4,626,350    $4,626,350   $       -
        Money Market A

</TABLE>



(1)  No expenses were incurred by the Plan relative to these transactions.

*    Denotes  related  party  based on the  following  relationships:  
     Trustmark  National Bank serves as investment  advisor for the  Performance
     Funds  Trusts;  Trustmark  Corporation  is the parent  company of Trustmark
     National Bank.



The  accompanying  notes  are an  integral  part  of  this schedule.

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<PAGE>

                     TRUSTMARK NATIONAL BANK PROFIT SHARING PLAN
                      SCHEDULE OF PARTY-IN-INTEREST TRANSACTIONS
                             YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>



                                    Purchase      Selling      Cost      Net Gain (Loss)
Description of Transaction  (1)       Price        Price     of Asset    on Transaction
- -------------------------------    -----------    -------    --------    ---------------
<S>                                <C>            <C>        <C>         <C>
*247 Purchases of units in
     Performance Funds Trust-
     Money Market A                $ 7,768,712    $     -    $      -    $             -

* 18 Purchases of shares in
     Trustmark Employee
     Benefit Stable Value Fund         210,599          -           -                  -

* 46 Purchases of shares in
     Performance Funds Trust-
     Short Term Fixed Income
     Fund                              442,612          -           -                  -

* 44 Purchases of shares in
     Performance Funds Trust-
     Intermediate Term Fixed
     Income Fund                       278,934          -           -                  -

*113 Purchases of shares in
     Performance Funds Trust-
     Equity Fund                     1,908,340          -           -                  -

* 42 Purchases of shares in
     Performance Funds Trust-
     Mid-Cap Growth Fund               119,670          -           -                  -

*    Purchase of 47,071 shares of
     Trustmark Corporation
     (parent company of
     Trustmark National Bank,
     the Employer) common stock      1,094,818          -           -                  -

</TABLE>

The accompanying notes are an integral part of this schedule.

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                   TRUSTMARK NATIONAL BANK PROFIT SHARING PLAN
                   SCHEDULE OF PARTY-IN-INTEREST TRANSACTIONS
                          YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996
                                   (CONTINUED)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>



                                         Purchase      Selling        Cost      Net Gain (Loss)
    Description of Transaction (1)        Price         Price       of Asset    on Transaction
- -------------------------------------    --------    ----------    ----------   ---------------
<S>                                      <C>         <C>           <C>         <C>
*232 Sales of shares in Performance
     Fund Trust - Money Market A         $      -    $4,626,350    $4,626,350   $             -

*  5 Sales of shares in
     Trustmark Employee
     Benefit Stable Value Fund                  -       702,896       702,896                 -

*  3 Sales of shares in
     Performance Funds Trust-
     Short Term Fixed Income
     Fund                                       -        15,326        15,350               (24)

*  5 Sales of shares in
     Performance Funds Trust-
     Intermediate Term Fixed
     Income Fund                                -       132,260       131,457               803

* 16 Sales of shares in
     Performance Funds Trust -
     Equity Fund                                -       347,904       260,612            87,292

* 14 Sales of shares in
     Performance Funds Trust-
     Mid-Cap Growth Fund                        -       328,818       217,010           111,808

*    Capital gains distributions
     received from Performance
     Funds Trusts                               -             -             -            91,716


</TABLE>


(1)  No expenses were incurred by the Plan relative to these transactions.


*    Denotes  related  party  based on the  following  relationships:  
     Trustmark  National Bank serves as investment advisor for Performance Funds
     Trusts;  Trustmark  Corporation is the parent company of Trustmark National
     Bank.  These  transactions  are not prohibited  transactions  as defined by
     ERISA Section 406(a).





The accompanying notes are an integral part of this schedule.

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                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant  to  the   requirements  of  the  Securities  Act  of  1934,  the  Plan
Administrator  has duly caused this Annual  Report to be signed on its behalf by
the  undersigned  thereunto  duly  authorized.

                                     Trustmark National Bank Profit Sharing Plan
                                     Trustmark National Bank, Plan Administrator

                                     By:  /s/Robert G. Spring
                                           ---------------------------

                                             Robert G. Spring
                                             Senior Vice President

                                     Date:   June 25, 1997

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                       EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number                               Description
- --------------                 -----------------------------------------
     10                        Amendment Number 4 to the Trustmark National Bank
                               Profit Sharing Plan
     
     23                        Consent of Independent Public Accountants



                                       14


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                                AMENDMENT NUMBER 4

                                     TO THE

                   TRUSTMARK NATIONAL BANK PROFIT SHARING PLAN


The Trustmark  National Bank Profit  Sharing Plan is hereby  amended,  effective
January 1, 1997, as follows:

1.  The name of the Plan is changed to  "Trustmark  National  Bank 401(k)  Plan"
    and,  accordingly,  any  references  in the Plan to Trustmark  National Bank
    Profit Sharing Plan are changed to Trustmark  National Bank 401(k) Plan, and
    Section 1.32 of the Plan is amended to read as follows:

     1.32 "Plan" shall mean this Plan,  entitled the  "Trustmark  National  Bank
          401(k) Plan," as it may be amended from time to time, and as in effect
          on the relevant date to be interpreted hereunder.

2.  Subsection (a) of Section 3.01 is amended to read as follows:

     (a)  Employer  Basic  Contribution.  The  Employer  shall  not  make  basic
          contributions on behalf of Participants.

3.  The third sentence of Section 3.02(a) is amended to read as follows:

          Salary deferral  contributions  for any Plan Year may not exceed seven
          thousand dollars ($7,000).

4.  Subsection (a) of Section 4.01 is amended to read as follows:

     (a)  Employer  Basic  Contributions.  The  Employer  shall  not make  basic
          contributions on behalf of  Participants.  

5. Section 4.05 is  amended to read as follows:

     4.05 Separation of Forfeitures and Accounts by Employer.

          All  Employers  which  are  members  of a  Controller  Group  shall be
          considered  a  single  Employer  for  purposes  of  allocating  and/or
          crediting   Employer    contributions   and   Forfeitures.    Employer
          contributions  and  Forfeitures for Employers which are not members of
          the Controlled Group shall be administered separately.

          Provided,  however,  that a  single  Trust  Fund  may be used  for the
          investment of the funds of the Plan.




<PAGE>



6.  Section 4.08 is amended to read as follows:

     4.08 Election of Investment Fund.

          The Plan  Administrator  may direct the Trustee to establish,  and the
          Trustee at such  direction  shall  establish,  any number of  separate
          investment funds. If such separate investment funds are created,  then
          each  Participant  may  direct  the  investment  of the  funds in such
          Participant's   Account  among  the  available  investment  funds,  in
          accordance  with rules  established by the Committee.  Such investment
          funds shall remain a part of the Trust Fund,  but shall be  separately
          invested,  with all investment income on such investments  credited to
          the investment  funds and all  disbursements  to, or on behalf of, the
          Participant  charged  thereto.  The  Plan  Administrator  may,  at its
          election,  designate one of the investment funds as the Employer Stock
          Fund. Such investment  fund, if established,  shall be for the purpose
          of investing primarily in the common stock of the Employer.

          Each Participant shall elect to have his Participant contributions and
          Employer  contributions  invested in the available investment funds in
          any combination of whole  percentages  that totals one hundred percent
          (100%).

          All  elections  hereunder  shall be effective for the entire amount of
          both his Participant  contributions  and Employer  contributions.  The
          form  and  manner  of  all  elections  under  this  section  shall  be
          prescribed by the Committee.

          A Participant may make,  revise or revoke such election for the future
          investment  of  contributions  made under this Plan provided for under
          this Section 4.08 as of the next Allocation Date,  provided sufficient
          notice is provided to allow the modification to be made. Such election
          shall remain effective for all subsequent  contributions  allocated on
          behalf of the  Participant to the investment  funds until the election
          is effectively modified or revoked.

          The  transfer of existing  balances  in the  Accounts of  Participants
          between  investment  funds  shall be  permitted  once each  allocation
          period on the Allocation Date,  provided sufficient notice is provided
          to allow the  modification  to be made. Such election shall be made on
          forms provided by the Committee and shall be in accordance  with rules
          and procedures established by the Committee; all other elections shall
          be void.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the election by a participant
          to transfer between the investment funds shall be subject to the rules
          and  procedures  established  by the  Committee  and to any  limits or
          restrictions imposed by mutual fund or other companies responsible for
          the respective investment funds.




<PAGE>



7.  Subsection (a) of Section 6.01 is amended to read as follows:

     (1)  In  General.  The normal  form of payment  shall be a single lump sum,
          except that payment of a benefit  attributable to a transfer of assets
          from an  Annuity  Transfer  Plan  shall  be made in  conformance  with
          Section 6.01(b). In lieu of this normal form of payment, a Participant
          may elect to have his benefit paid in  accordance  with one or more of
          the following optional forms of payment, subject to Section 6.01(b) or
          (c), if applicable:

          (1)  Paid in a single sum; or

          (2)  Paid in installments as nearly equal as practicable for a  period
               not  to  exceed  the  Participant's  life  expectancy or the life
               expectancy of  the  Participant  and  his  Beneficiary.  Not more
               frequently than once per Plan Year, the Retired  Participant  may
               elect to change  the amount  of  the  installment  payments.  The
               Retired Participant or, if the  Retired  Participant is deceased,
               the Beneficiary  may nevertheless, as  of  any  subsequent  date,
               elect to have the balance then  remaining paid in  a single  sum;

          (3)  Applied  to  the purchase  of  a  nontransferable, immediate life
               annuity contract.  Such annuity may  not be in any form that will
               provide  for payments over a period extending  beyond  the period
               described in Section  6.03(c) hereof. This  optional  form number
               (3) shall be available only for the  value of Account balances in
               the Plan as of December 31, 1996; or

          (4)  Paid or applied as a combination of single sums, on the dates and
               in the amounts selected by the Retired Participant,  subject to a
               minimum for any  single  distribution  of  five  hundred  dollars
               ($500).  Not more than one (1) such  distribution  may be elected
               in any single Plan Year.

          Such election must be in writing,  in such form as the Committee shall
          uniformly and nondiscriminatorily require, and may be submitted at any
          time during the ninety (90) day period  preceding the first day of the
          first  period for which an amount is paid as a benefit  and  following
          the date which the Participant is provided with information concerning
          the optional forms of benefit and the Participant's  right, if any, to
          defer  payment of his benefit.  Such notice shall be provided at least
          thirty  (30) and no more than ninety (90) days before the first day of
          the period described in the preceding  sentence.  If a distribution is
          one to which  sections  401(a)(11)  and 417 of the Code do not  apply,
          such  distribution  may commence  less than thirty (30) days after the
          notice  required  under  section  1.411(a)-11(c)  of  the  Income  Tax
          Regulations is given, provided that:




<PAGE>



               (i)  the Plan Administrator clearly informs the Participant  that
                    the Participant  has a right to a period of at least  thirty
                    (30)  days  after  receiving  the  notice  to  consider  the
                    decision of whether or not to elect a distribution (and,  if
                    applicable, a particular distribution option), and

               (ii) the Participant, after receiving  the  notice, affirmatively
                    elects a distribution.

          If the Retired  Participant  does not elect an option,  such  benefits
          shall be paid or applied in  accordance  with the option  described in
          (a) above.

8.  Section 6.05 is amended to read as follows:

     6.05 Single Sum Distribution of Small Benefits.

          In the event that a Retired  Participant or  Beneficiary  shall become
          entitled to receive any benefit  under the Plan,  and the value of the
          nonforfeitable  benefit  is not  greater  than  (or at the time of any
          prior  distribution  was not greater than) three thousand five hundred
          dollars ($3,500), the benefit shall be paid to such person in a single
          sum  before the end of the second  Plan Year  following  the Plan Year
          during  which  the  Participant  ceases  to  participate  in the Plan.
          Provided,  however,  that  the  foregoing  shall  be  subject  to  the
          provisions  of  Section  6.06  hereof  regarding  direct  rollover  of
          eligible rollover distributions as provided therein.

          Payment  under  this  section  shall be in lieu of the form of benefit
          otherwise payable under any provision of this Plan.

9.  The second paragraph of Section 8.02 is amended to read as follows:

          For purposes of this  Section,  if the value of an  Employee's  vested
          account  balance is zero,  the former  Participant  shall be deemed to
          have received a distribution  of such vested  account  balance and the
          Employer  Account  shall be treated as a Forfeiture as of the last day
          of the Plan Year in which such Employee terminates Service.

10. The last paragraph of Section 8.02 is amended to read as follows:

          Any  Forfeitures  remaining after the  reinstatements  described above
          shall  be  applied  to  reduce  future   Employer   contributions   or
          administrative expenses of the Plan.

11. The second sentence of Section 8.03 is amended to read as follows:

          Notwithstanding  the  above,  such  former  Participant  may  elect an
          earlier commencement date.



<PAGE>



12. Subsection (f) of Section 10.02 is amended to read as follows:

     (f)  The Trustee may invest up to one hundred  percent  (100%) of the Trust
          Fund in  Qualifying  Employer  Securities.  Furthermore,  the  Trustee
          shall, at the direction of the Chief Executive Officer of the Sponsor,
          invest up to one  hundred  percent  (100%) of the portion of the Trust
          Fund which is not directed by  Participants  pursuant to Section 4.08,
          and  which  is not  attributable  to  salary  deferral  contributions,
          voluntary  Participant   contributions,   rollover  contributions  and
          trustee-to-trustee  transfers in Qualifying Employer  Securities.  The
          Chief  Executive  Officer is authorized to issue such direction at his
          discretion. For purposes of this section, the term Qualifying Employer
          Securities  shall mean Employer  securities (or securities of a member
          of the Controlled Group of the Employer) which are stock or marketable
          obligations,  such as bonds,  debentures,  notes or  certificates,  or
          other  evidence of  indebtedness,  as defined in Section  401(d)(5) of
          ERISA.

13. Subsection (k) of Section 10.02 is amended to read as follows:

     (k)  Except as otherwise provided herein, the Trustee may, through any duly
          authorized officer or proxy, vote any share of stock which the Trustee
          may own from time to time.  On any  matter  which  involves  a sale of
          substantially  all of the  assets or the stock of  Trustmark  National
          Bank ("the  Bank") or a transfer of a majority or more of the stock of
          the Bank through merger, consolidation or other means in which control
          of the Bank is  transferred  to another  party,  each  Participant  or
          Beneficiary  shall be entitled to direct the Trustee to vote a certain
          number of shares of stock of the Bank  determined  under the following
          formula:  multiply the total number of Bank shares held by the Trustee
          by a fraction the numerator of which is the Employer  Account  balance
          of such  Participant  or  Beneficiary  invested  in the  fund or funds
          holding Bank stock and the  denominator of which is the total Employer
          Account balances of all Participants and Beneficiaries invested in the
          fund or funds holding bank stock.

14. Section 14.14 is amended to read as follows:

     14.14 Entire Plan.

          This Plan  constitutes the entire qualified 401(k) savings plan of the
          Sponsor,  and no  modifications  or  alterations to this Plan shall be
          enforceable unless properly and validly made pursuant to the amendment
          provisions of Article 11 hereof.




<PAGE>


IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  this  Amendment  Number 4 to the  Trustmark  National Bank
Profit Sharing Plan, herein renamed the Trustmark  National Bank 401(k) Plan, is
hereby executed by its duly authorized officer this 11th day of December, 1996.



                                               TRUSTMARK NATIONAL BANK

                                               By: /s/ Robert G. Spring
                                                   ------------------------

                                                       Robert G. Spring





<PAGE>


                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation of our
report  included in Trustmark  National Bank Profit Sharing Plan's Form 11-K for
the  year  ended  December  31,  1996,  into  the  Company's   previously  filed
Registration Statement File No. 333-7141 on Form S-8.


/s/ ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP

Jackson, Mississippi,
  June 23, 1997.




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