Company: HBAN
Filing Date: 2025-08-08
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001140361-25-029894
Chunk: 287

Company: HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC /MD/
Filing Date: 2025-08-08
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 287
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 of the United States as a national banking association. The Surviving Bank shall be responsible for all of the liabilities

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of every kind and description, including liabilities arising from the operation of any trust department, of each of the merging banks existing as of the Effective Time. Immediately following the Effective Time, the Surviving Bank shall continue to operate the main office and each of the branches of Veritex Community Bank existing as of the Effective Time as branches of the Surviving Bank at the officially designated address of each such office or branch and shall continue to operate each of the branches of the Surviving Bank existing at the Effective Time, in each case without limiting the authority under applicable law of The Huntington National Bank or of the Surviving Bank (as applicable) to close, relocate or otherwise make any change regarding any such branch.

Section 1.02 Closing . The closing of the Bank Merger will take place immediately following the Merger, but in no case prior to the date on which all of the conditions precedent to the consummation of the Bank Merger specified in this Agreement shall have been satisfied or duly waived by the party or parties entitled to satisfaction thereof, at such place as is agreed by the parties hereto.

Section 1.03 Effective Time . On the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement and subject to applicable law, the Bank Merger shall become effective as set forth in the certification of merger issued by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“ OCC ”) (the date and time of such effectiveness being herein referred to as the “ Effective Time ”).

Section 1.04 Articles of Association and By-laws . The national bank charter, articles of association and bylaws of The Huntington National Bank in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the national bank charter, articles of association and the bylaws of the Surviving Bank, in each case until amended in accordance with applicable law and the terms thereof.

Section 1.05 Name and Main Office . The name of the Surviving Bank shall be “The Huntington National Bank” and the main office of the Surviving Bank shall be at 17 South High Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215.

Section 1.06 Tax Treatment . It is the intention of the parties that the Bank Merger be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a “tax free reorganization” pursuant to Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code