Company: HBAN
Filing Date: 2025-08-15
Form Type: 424B3
Source: 0001140361-25-031511
Chunk: 195

Company: HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC /MD/
Filing Date: 2025-08-15
Form: 424B3
Chunk 195
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 and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the Merger have been duly and validly approved by the Board of Directors of Veritex. The Board of Directors of Veritex has determined that the Merger, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, is advisable and in the best interests of Veritex and has directed that this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby be submitted to Veritex’s shareholders for approval at a duly held meeting of such shareholders and has adopted a resolution to the foregoing effect. Except for the approval of this Agreement by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Veritex Common Stock entitled to vote on this Agreement (the “ Requisite Veritex Vote ”), and the adoption and approval of the Bank Merger Agreement by the board of directors of Veritex Community Bank and Veritex as its sole shareholder, no other corporate proceedings on the part of Veritex are necessary to approve this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by Veritex and (assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by Huntington) constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Veritex, enforceable against Veritex in accordance with its terms (except in all cases as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, moratorium, reorganization or similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting insured depository institutions or their parent companies or the rights of creditors generally and subject to general principles of equity (the “ Enforceability Exceptions ”)).

(b) Subject to the receipt of the Requisite Veritex Vote, neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Veritex nor the consummation by Veritex of the transactions contemplated hereby, nor compliance by Veritex with any of the terms or provisions hereof, will (i) violate any provision of the Veritex Articles or the Veritex Bylaws or comparable governing documents of any Veritex Subsidiary or (ii) assuming that the consents, approvals and filings referred to in Section 3.4 are duly obtained and/or made, (x) violate any law, statute, code, ordinance, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ, decree or injunction applicable to Veritex or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets