Company: HBAN
Filing Date: 2025-08-15
Form Type: 424B3
Source: 0001140361-25-031511
Chunk: 267

Company: HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC /MD/
Filing Date: 2025-08-15
Form: 424B3
Chunk 267
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 or (iii) be reasonably likely to cause the Closing to be materially delayed or the receipt of the Requisite Regulatory Approvals to be prevented or materially delayed.

6.15 Restructuring Efforts . If Veritex shall have failed to obtain the Requisite Veritex Vote at the duly convened Veritex Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, the parties shall in good faith use its reasonable best efforts to negotiate a restructuring of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement ( provided , however , that no party shall have any obligation to agree to (i) alter or change any material term of this Agreement, including the amount or kind of the Merger Consideration, in a manner adverse to such party or its shareholders or (ii) adversely affect the Tax treatment of the Merger with respect to such party or its shareholders) and/or resubmit this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (or as restructured pursuant to this Section 6.15 ) to its shareholders for approval.

6.16 Takeover Restrictions . Veritex shall not take any action that would cause any Takeover Restriction to become applicable to this Agreement, the Merger, or any of the other transactions contemplated hereby, and Veritex shall take all necessary steps to exempt (or ensure the continued exemption of) the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby from any applicable Takeover Restriction now or hereafter in effect. If any Takeover Restriction may become, or may purport to be, applicable to the transactions contemplated hereby, Veritex will grant such approvals and take such actions as are necessary so that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated hereby and otherwise act to eliminate or minimize the effects of any Takeover Restriction on any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, if necessary, challenging the validity or applicability of any such Takeover Restriction.

6.17 Exemption from Liability Under Section 16(b) . Veritex and Huntington agree that, in order to most effectively compensate and retain those officers and directors of Veritex subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act (the “ Veritex Insiders ”), both prior to and after the Effective Time, it is desirable that Veritex Insiders not be subject to a risk of liability under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law in connection with the conversion of shares of Veritex Common Stock and Ver