Company: HBAN
Filing Date: 2025-11-13
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001140361-25-041757
Chunk: 83

Company: HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC /MD/
Filing Date: 2025-11-13
Form: S-4
Chunk 83
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 employees for solicitation.

Other Matters to Come Before the Cadence Special Meeting

Cadence management knows of no other business to be presented at the Cadence special meeting, but if any other matters are properly presented to the meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof, the persons named in the proxies will vote upon them in accordance with the Cadence board of directors’ recommendations.**

#### Assistance
If you need assistance in completing your proxy card, have questions regarding Cadence’s special meeting or would like additional copies of this joint proxy statement/prospectus, please contact Cadence’s Investor Relations at (800) 698-7878 or Cadence’s proxy solicitor, Okapi Partners LLC, by calling toll-free at (888) 785-6707, or for banks and brokers, collect at (212) 297-0720, or via email to info@okapipartners.com.

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#### TABLE OF CONTENTS

### CADENCE PROPOSALS

#### Proposal 1: Cadence Merger Proposal
Cadence is asking holders of Cadence common stock to approve the merger agreement and approve the transactions contemplated thereby, including the merger. Holders of Cadence common stock should read this joint proxy statement/prospectus carefully and in its entirety, including the annexes, for more detailed information concerning the merger agreement and the merger. A copy of the merger agreement is attached to this joint proxy statement/prospectus as

#### Annex A
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After careful consideration, the Cadence board of directors unanimously determined that the merger, the merger agreement and the arrangements contemplated by the merger agreement are advisable and fair to and in the best interests of Cadence and its shareholders and unanimously adopted the merger agreement and authorized and approved the merger and the other arrangements contemplated by the merger agreement. See the section entitled “The Merger—Cadence’s Reasons for the Merger; Recommendation of Cadence’s Board of Directors” beginning on page 61 for a more detailed discussion of the Cadence board of directors’ recommendation.

The Cadence board of directors unanimously recommends a vote “FOR” the Cadence merger proposal.**

#### Proposal 2: Cadence Compensation Proposal
**Pursuant to Section 14A of the Exchange Act and Rule 14a-21(c) thereunder, as administered and enforced by the Federal Reserve, Cadence is seeking a non-binding, advisory shareholder approval of the compensation of Cadence’s named executive officers that is based on or otherwise relates