Company: HBAN
Filing Date: 2025-12-29
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001140361-25-046771
Chunk: 2

Company: HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC /MD/
Filing Date: 2025-12-29
Form: 425
Chunk 2
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 in the joint proxy statement/prospectus. Litigation Related to the Merger Following the announcement of the Merger Agreement, as of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K, two lawsuits challenging the Merger have been filed (each, a “Lawsuit” and, collectively, the “Lawsuits”). The first Lawsuit, captioned Jones v. Cadence Bank et al. (No. 656371/2025), was filed in New York Supreme Court, New York County on December 10, 2025. The second Lawsuit, Parshall v. Cadence Bank et al. (No. 656404/2025), was filed in New York Supreme Court, New York County on December 11, 2025. In addition, Cadence has received demand letters from counsel representing purported shareholders of Cadence (the “Demand Letters” and, together with the Lawsuits, the “Matters”). The Matters each allege that, among other things, the joint proxy statement/prospectus contains certain disclosure deficiencies and/or incomplete information regarding the Merger. Huntington and Cadence believe that the claims asserted in the Matters are without merit and that supplemental disclosures are not required or necessary under applicable laws. However, in order to avoid the risk that the Matters delay or otherwise adversely affect the Merger, and to minimize the costs, risks and uncertainties inherent in litigation, and without admitting any liability or wrongdoing, and reserving all rights to contest the substantive allegations in the Matters, and the jurisdiction of courts in which the Complaints were filed, Huntington and Cadence are supplementing the joint proxy statement/prospectus as described in this Current Report on Form 8-K. Nothing in this Current Report on Form 8-K shall be deemed an admission of the legal necessity or materiality under applicable laws of any of the disclosures set forth herein. To the contrary, Huntington and Cadence specifically deny all allegations in the Matters and that any additional disclosure was or is required in the joint proxy statement/prospectus. Supplemental Disclosures to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus The additional disclosures (the “supplemental disclosures”) in this Current Report on Form 8-K supplement the disclosures contained in the joint proxy statement/prospectus and should be read in conjunction with the disclosures contained in the joint proxy statement/prospectus, which should be read in its entirety. To the extent that information set forth in the supplemental disclosures differs from or updates information contained in the joint proxy statement/prospectus, the