Company: HBAN
Filing Date: 2025-08-08
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001140361-25-029894
Chunk: 279

Company: HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC /MD/
Filing Date: 2025-08-08
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 279
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 law. This Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented in any manner, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, except by an instrument in writing signed on behalf of each of the parties.

9.3 Extension; Waiver . At any time prior to the Effective Time, the parties hereto may, to the extent legally allowed, extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other party hereto, waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties of the other party contained herein or in any document delivered by the other party pursuant hereto, and waive compliance with any of the agreements or satisfaction of any conditions for its benefit contained herein; provided , however , that after the receipt of the Requisite Veritex Vote there may not be, without further approval of such shareholders of Veritex or Huntington, as applicable, any extension or waiver of this Agreement or any portion thereof that requires such further approval under applicable law. Any agreement on the part of a party hereto to any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in a written instrument signed on behalf of such party, but such extension or waiver or failure to insist on strict compliance with an obligation, covenant, agreement or condition shall not operate as a waiver of, or estoppel with respect to, any subsequent or other failure.

9.4 Expenses . Except (i) with respect to costs and expenses of printing and mailing the Proxy Statement and all filing and other fees paid to the SEC and any other Governmental Entity in connection with the Merger, the Bank Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby, which shall be borne equally by Huntington and Veritex, and (ii) as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, including in Section 8.2 , all fees and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be paid by the party incurring such fees or expenses, whether or not the Merger is consummated.

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9.5 Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given (a) when delivered by hand (with written confirmation of receipt), (b) when received by the addressee if sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier (receipt requested), (c) on the date sent by e-mail if sent during normal business hours of the recipient, and on the next business day if sent after normal business hours of