Company: HBAN
Filing Date: 2025-08-15
Form Type: 424B3
Source: 0001140361-25-031511
Chunk: 260

Company: HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC /MD/
Filing Date: 2025-08-15
Form: 424B3
Chunk 260
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such fiscal year to other similarly situated employees thereof, but in no event later than March 15 immediately after the end of such fiscal year, a cash bonus for such fiscal year (the “ Annual Bonus ”) that is equal to the Annual Bonus that such Continuing Employee is entitled to receive under the applicable Veritex Incentive Plan based on actual level of achievement of the applicable performance criteria for such fiscal year (as determined after giving appropriate effect to the transactions contemplated hereby, including any costs, fees and expenses associated with the transactions contemplated hereby or any nonrecurring charges that would not reasonably be expected to have been incurred by Veritex or its Subsidiaries had the transactions contemplated hereby not arisen or occurred) and, with respect to cash bonuses under a Veritex Incentive Plan that provides for discretionary annual cash bonuses, the aggregate amount of the Annual Bonuses paid under each such plan shall generally be the same as the aggregate amount of the discretionary annual cash bonuses paid under such Veritex Incentive Plan with respect to the prior fiscal year (taking into account any necessary adjustments for changes in the number of eligible participants under any such plan), with the individual allocations of the awards under such plans to Continuing Employees to be consistent with past practice.

(g) Nothing in this Agreement shall confer upon any employee, officer, director or consultant of Veritex or any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates any right to continue in the employ or service of the Surviving Corporation, Veritex, Huntington, or any Subsidiary or affiliate thereof, or shall interfere with or restrict in any way the rights of the Surviving Corporation, Veritex, Huntington or any Subsidiary or affiliate thereof to discharge or terminate the services of any employee, officer, director or consultant of Veritex or any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates at any time for any reason whatsoever, with or without cause. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to (i) establish, amend, or modify any Veritex Benefit Plan, New Plan or any other benefit or employment plan, program, agreement or arrangement, or (ii) alter or limit the ability of the Huntington or any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates to amend, modify or terminate any particular Veritex Benefit Plan, New Plan or any other benefit or employment plan, program, agreement or arrangement after the Effective Time. Without limiting the generality of Section 9.12 , nothing in this Agreement