Company: HBAN
Filing Date: 2025-12-01
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001140361-25-043815
Chunk: 362

Company: HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC /MD/
Filing Date: 2025-12-01
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 362
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 deliver any officer’s certificates or other documents, and to provide any opinions of counsel to the trustee thereof, in each case, required to make such assumption effective as of the Effective Time or the effective time of the Merger, as applicable.

## ARTICLE VII
<div align='center'>CONDITIONS PRECEDENT</div>

7.1 Conditions to Each Party’s Obligation to Effect the Merger . The respective obligations of the parties to effect the Merger shall be subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Effective Time of the following conditions:

(a) Shareholder Approval . (i) This Agreement shall have been approved by the shareholders of Cadence by the Requisite Cadence Vote and (ii) the issuance of Huntington Common Stock in connection with the Merger shall have been approved by the shareholders of Huntington by the Requisite Huntington Vote.

(b) Stock Exchange Listing . The shares of Huntington Common Stock and New Huntington Preferred Stock (or depositary shares in respect thereof) that shall be issuable pursuant to this Agreement shall have been authorized for listing on the NASDAQ, in each case subject to official notice of issuance.

(c) S-4 . The S-4 shall have become effective under the Securities Act and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the S-4 shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the SEC and not withdrawn.

(d) No Injunctions or Restraints; Illegality . No order, injunction or decree issued by any court or Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction or other legal restraint or prohibition preventing the

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consummation of the Merger shall be in effect. No law, statute, rule, regulation, order, injunction or decree shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or enforced by any Governmental Entity which prohibits or makes illegal consummation of the Merger.

(e) Regulatory Approvals . (i) All regulatory authorizations, consents, orders or approvals (x) from the OCC and (y) set forth in Sections 3.4 and 4.4 which are necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Merger or those the failure of which to be obtained would reasonably be likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on Huntington or the Surviving Bank, shall have been obtained and shall remain in full force and effect and all statutory waiting periods in respect thereof shall have expired