Company: HBAN
Filing Date: 2025-12-29
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001140361-25-046771
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Company: HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC /MD/
Filing Date: 2025-12-29
Form: 425
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20549 FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): December 29, 2025 __________________ Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

| Maryland                                       | 001-34073               | 31-0724920                          |
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | -Commission File Number | -I.R.S. Employer Identification No. |

41 South High Street, Columbus, Ohio 43287 (Address of Principal Executive Offices, and Zip Code) (614) 480-2265 Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code Not Applicable (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions ( seeGeneral Instruction A.2. below):

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| ☐ | Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

| Title of each class                                                                                                              |     | Trading   
 Symbol(s) |     | Name of each exchange 
 on which registered   |
| Depositary Shares (each representing a 1/40th interest in a share of 4.500% Series H Non-Cumulative, perpetual preferred stock)  |     | HBANP     |     | NASDAQ                |
| Depositary Shares (each representing a 1/1000th interest in a share of 5.70% Series I Non-Cumulative, perpetual preferred stock) |     | HBANM     |     | NASDAQ                |
| Depositary Shares (each representing a 1/40th interest in a share of 6.875% Series J Non