Company: HBAN
Filing Date: 2025-08-15
Form Type: 424B3
Source: 0001140361-25-031511
Chunk: 74

Company: HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC /MD/
Filing Date: 2025-08-15
Form: 424B3
Chunk 74
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 volume at which Huntington common stock would trade following the consummation of the merger; |

| • | any advice or opinions provided by any other advisor to any of the parties to the merger or any other transaction contemplated by the merger agreement; or |

| • | any legal, regulatory, accounting, tax or similar matters relating to Veritex, Huntington, their respective shareholders or stockholders, or relating to or arising out of or as a consequence of the merger or any related transaction, including whether or not the merger would qualify as a tax-free reorganization for U.S. federal income tax purposes. |

In performing its analyses, KBW made numerous assumptions with respect to industry performance, general business, economic, market and financial conditions and other matters, which are beyond the control of KBW, Veritex and Huntington. Any estimates contained in the analyses performed by KBW are not necessarily indicative of actual values or future results, which may be significantly more or less favorable than suggested by these analyses. Additionally, estimates of the value of businesses or securities do not purport to be appraisals or to reflect the prices at which such businesses or securities might actually be sold. Accordingly, these analyses and estimates are inherently subject to substantial uncertainty. In addition, KBW’s opinion was among several

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factors taken into consideration by the Veritex board of directors in making its determination to approve the merger agreement and the merger. Consequently, the analyses described below should not be viewed as determinative of the decision of the Veritex board of directors with respect to the fairness of the exchange ratio. The type and amount of consideration payable in the merger were determined through negotiation between Veritex and Huntington and the decision of Veritex to enter into the merger agreement was solely that of the Veritex board of directors. The following is a summary of the material financial analyses presented by KBW to the Veritex board of directors in connection with its opinion. The summary is not a complete description of the financial analyses underlying the opinion or the presentation made by KBW to the Veritex board of directors, but summarizes the material analyses performed and presented in connection with such opinion. The financial analyses summarized below include information presented in tabular format. The tables alone do not constitute a complete description of the financial analyses. The preparation of a fairness opinion is a complex analytic process involving various determinations as to appropriate and relevant methods of financial analysis and the application of those methods to the particular circumstances. Therefore, a fairness opinion is