Company: HBAN
Filing Date: 2025-08-15
Form Type: 424B3
Source: 0001140361-25-031511
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Company: HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC /MD/
Filing Date: 2025-08-15
Form: 424B3
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classify any capital stock of Huntington or make, declare or pay any extraordinary dividend on any capital stock of Huntington;

(c) make any material investment whether by purchase of stock or securities, contributions to capital, property transfers, merger or consolidation or formation of a joint venture or otherwise, in or of any property or assets of any other individual, corporation or other entity, other than a wholly owned Subsidiary of Huntington, except for transactions in the ordinary course of business or in a transaction that, together with such other transactions, is not reasonably likely to prevent or materially delay the receipt of the Requisite Regulatory Approvals or the Closing;

(d) merge or consolidate itself or The Huntington National Bank with any other person (i) where it or The Huntington National Bank is not the surviving person or (ii) if the merger or consolidation is reasonably likely to prevent, materially delay or materially impair the receipt of the Requisite Regulatory Approvals or the Closing;

(e) take any action or knowingly fail to take any action where such action or failure to act could reasonably be expected to prevent the Merger from qualifying as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code;

(f) knowingly take any action that is intended to or would reasonably be likely to adversely affect or materially delay the ability of Huntington or its Subsidiaries to obtain any necessary approvals of any Governmental Entity required for the transactions contemplated hereby or by the Bank Merger Agreement or to perform its covenants and agreements under this Agreement or the Bank Merger Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby; or

(g) agree to take, make any commitment to take, or adopt any resolutions of its Board of Directors or similar governing body in support of, any of the actions prohibited by this Section 5.2 .

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## ARTICLE VI

### ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
6.1 Regulatory Matters .

(a) Huntington and Veritex shall promptly prepare and file with the SEC the Proxy Statement and Huntington shall promptly prepare and file with the SEC the S-4, in which the Proxy Statement will be included as a prospectus. Huntington and Veritex, as applicable, shall use reasonable best efforts to make such filings within thirty (30) days of the date of this Agreement. Each of Huntington and Veritex shall use their reasonable best efforts to have the S-4 declared