Company: HBAN
Filing Date: 2025-08-15
Form Type: 424B3
Source: 0001140361-25-031511
Chunk: 254

Company: HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC /MD/
Filing Date: 2025-08-15
Form: 424B3
Chunk 254
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 Huntington and Veritex shall hold all information furnished by or on behalf of the other party or any of such party’s Subsidiaries or representatives pursuant to Section 6.2(a) in confidence to the extent required by, and in accordance with, the provisions of the confidentiality agreement, dated June 14, 2025, between Huntington and Veritex (the “ Confidentiality Agreement ”).

(c) No investigation by either of the parties or their respective representatives shall affect or be deemed to modify or waive the representations and warranties of the other set forth herein. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall give either party, directly or indirectly, the right to control or direct the operations of the other party prior to the Effective Time. Prior to the Effective Time, each party shall exercise, consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, complete control and supervision over its and its Subsidiaries’ respective operations.

6.3 Veritex Shareholder Approval .

(a) Veritex shall take, in accordance with applicable law and the Veritex Articles and Veritex Bylaws, all actions necessary to convene a meeting of its shareholders (the “ Veritex Meeting ”) to be held as soon as reasonably practicable after the S-4 is declared effective for the purpose of obtaining the Requisite Veritex Vote required in connection with this Agreement and the Merger. Except in the case of a Veritex Adverse Recommendation Change, the Board of Directors of Veritex shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain from the shareholders of Veritex the Requisite Veritex Vote, including by communicating to its shareholders its recommendation (and including such recommendation in the Proxy Statement) that they approve this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (the “ Veritex Board Recommendation ”) and shall not make a Veritex Adverse Recommendation Change except in accordance with this Section 6.3 . Veritex shall engage a proxy solicitor reasonably acceptable to Huntington to assist in the solicitation of proxies from shareholders relating to the Requisite Veritex Vote. However, subject to Section 8.1 and Section 8.2 , if the Board of Directors of Veritex, after receiving the advice of its outside counsel and, with respect to financial matters, its financial advisors, determines in good faith that it would more likely than not result in a violation of its fiduciary duties under applicable law to continue to recommend this Agreement and the Merger, then, prior to the receipt of the