Company: HBAN
Filing Date: 2025-12-01
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001140361-25-043815
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Company: HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC /MD/
Filing Date: 2025-12-01
Form: S-4/A
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 of such inquiry or Cadence acquisition proposal. Cadence will use its reasonable best efforts, subject to applicable law and the fiduciary duties of the board of directors of Cadence, to enforce any existing confidentiality or standstill agreements to which it or any of its subsidiaries is a party in accordance with the terms thereof. Nothing contained in the merger agreement will prevent either party or its board of directors from complying with Rule 14d-9 and Rule 14e-2 under the Exchange Act with respect to an acquisition proposal or from making any legally required disclosure to such party’s shareholders; provided that such rules and disclosures will in no way eliminate or modify the effect that any action pursuant to such rules or any such disclosures would otherwise have under the merger agreement. Conditions to Completion of the Merger Huntington’s, Huntington National Bank’s and Cadence’s respective obligations to complete the merger are subject to the satisfaction or waiver, at or prior to the effective time, of the following conditions:

| • | approval of the issuance of Huntington common stock in connection with the merger by the shareholders of Huntington by the requisite Huntington vote and approval of the merger agreement by the shareholders of Cadence by the requisite Cadence vote; |

| • | the shares of Huntington common stock and depositary shares in respect of new Huntington preferred stock issuable pursuant to the merger agreement having been authorized for listing on the NASDAQ, in each case subject to official notice of issuance; |

| • | the effectiveness under the Securities Act of the registration statement on Form S-4 of which this joint proxy statement/prospectus forms a part, and the absence of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the registration statement or proceedings for that purpose initiated or threatened by the SEC and not withdrawn; |

| • | no order, injunction or decree issued by any court or governmental entity of competent jurisdiction or other legal restraint or prohibition preventing the consummation of the merger being in effect, and no law, statute, rule, regulation, order, injunction or decree having been enacted, entered, promulgated or enforced by any governmental entity which prohibits or makes illegal consummation of the merger; |

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| • | all requisite regulatory approvals having been obtained and remaining in full force and effect and all statutory waiting periods in respect thereof having expired, and no such requisite regulatory approval having resulted in the imposition of any materially burdensome regulatory condition (as defined in the section entitled “The Merger—Regulatory Approvals”); |

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