Company: HBAN
Filing Date: 2025-11-13
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001140361-25-041757
Chunk: 346

Company: HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC /MD/
Filing Date: 2025-11-13
Form: S-4
Chunk 346
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 proposal or otherwise) and is reasonably likely to receive all required governmental approvals and financing on a timely basis and is otherwise reasonably capable of being completed on the terms proposed; provided , in each case, that for purposes of the definition of “Superior Proposal”, the references to “25%” in the definition of Cadence Acquisition Proposal or Huntington Acquisition Proposal shall instead refer to “50%”.

(d) For purposes of this Agreement, “ Intervening Event ” means any material effect, change, circumstance, event or occurrence that (i) was not known to or reasonably foreseeable by the Board of Directors of Cadence or Huntington, as the case may be, on the date hereof (or if known, the material consequences of which were not known to or reasonably foreseeable by the Board of Directors of Cadence or Huntington, as the case may be, as of the date hereof), and (ii) that does not relate to or involve (A) any Cadence Acquisition Proposal or Huntington Acquisition Proposal, (B) any effect, change, circumstance, event or occurrence relating to the other party or any of its Subsidiaries unless it would reasonably be likely to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on such other party, or (C) the mere fact, in and of itself, of Cadence or Huntington meeting, exceeding or failing to meet earnings projections or internal financial forecasts or changes after the date hereof in the market price or trading volume of the common stock or credit rating of Cadence or Huntington (it being understood that the underlying cause of any of the foregoing in this clause (C) may be considered and taken into account to the extent otherwise permitted by this definition).

6.4 Huntington Shareholder Approval .

(a) Huntington shall take, in accordance with applicable law and the Huntington Articles and Huntington Bylaws, all actions necessary to convene a meeting of its shareholders (the “ Huntington Meeting ”) to be held as soon as reasonably practicable after the S-4 is declared effective for the purpose of obtaining the Requisite Huntington Vote required in connection with this Agreement and the Merger and, if so desired and mutually agreed by the parties, other matters of the type customarily brought before an annual or special meeting of shareholders to adopt a merger agreement. The Board of Directors of Huntington shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain from the shareholders of Huntington the Requisite Huntington Vote, including (except in the case of a Huntington Adverse Recommendation Change) by communicating to its