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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#### 401(k) Voting
**If you are an employee of Huntington or its affiliated entities and are receiving this joint proxy statement/prospectus as a result of your participation in the Huntington 401(k) plan, you must provide voting instructions to the plan trustee. A proxy and instruction card has been provided so that you may instruct the trustee how to vote your shares held under this plan.

Other Matters to Come Before the Huntington Special Meeting

Pursuant to the MGCL and Huntington’s bylaws, only the matters set forth in the Notice of Special Meeting of Shareholders may be brought before the Huntington special meeting.**

#### Assistance
If you need assistance in completing your proxy card, have questions regarding Huntington’s special meeting or would like additional copies of this joint proxy statement/prospectus, please contact Huntington Investor Relations at (800) 576-5007 or Huntington’s proxy solicitor, Sodali & Co., by calling (203) 658-9400 or toll-free at (800) 662-5200, or via email to HBAN.info@investor.sodali.com.

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### HUNTINGTON PROPOSALS

#### Proposal 1: Huntington Share Issuance Proposal
Huntington is asking holders of Huntington common stock to approve the issuance of Huntington common stock pursuant to the merger agreement. Holders of Huntington 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 Huntington board of directors unanimously determined that the merger, the merger agreement and the other arrangements contemplated by the merger agreement are advisable and fair to and in the best interests of Huntington and its shareholders and declared it advisable to enter into the merger agreement, and unanimously adopted and approved the merger agreement, the merger and the other arrangements contemplated by the merger agreement. See the section entitled “The Merger—Huntington’s Reasons for the Merger; Recommendation of Huntington’s Board of Directors” beginning on page 59 for a more detailed discussion of the Huntington board of directors’ recommendation.

The Huntington board of directors unanimously recommends a vote “FOR” the Huntington share issuance proposal.**

#### Proposal 2: Huntington Adjournment Proposal
**The Huntington