Company: HBAN
Filing Date: 2025-10-20
Form Type: S-8 POS
Source: 0001140361-25-038636
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Company: HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC /MD/
Filing Date: 2025-10-20
Form: S-8 POS
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 EXPLANATORY NOTE Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (“Huntington” or the “Registrant”), hereby amends its registration statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-288793) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on July 21, 2025, as amended by the pre-effective Amendment No. 1 thereto filed with the Commission on August 8, 2025 (the “Form S-4”), which the Commission declared effective at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on August 12, 2025, by filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on Form S-8 (this “Post-Effective Amendment” and together with the Form S-4, this “Registration Statement”). Huntington filed the Form S-4 in connection with the merger (the “Merger”) contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger by and between Huntington and Veritex Holdings, Inc., a Texas corporation (“Veritex”), dated July 13, 2025 (the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which, effective as of October 20, 2025, Veritex merged with and into Huntington, with Huntington as the surviving corporation in the Merger. As a result of the Merger, each issued and outstanding share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Veritex was converted automatically into 1.95 shares (the “Exchange Ratio”) of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Huntington (“Huntington common stock”). Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, certain outstanding Veritex equity awards, other than Veritex stock options and vested or unvested Veritex restricted stock awards held by non-employee directors,in each case granted or outstanding under the Veritex Holdings, Inc. First Amended 2010 Stock Option and Equity Incentive Plan, the 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan for Veritex Holdings, Inc., the 2019 Amended and Restated Omnibus Incentive Plan for Veritex Holdings, Inc., the 2022 Amended and Restated Omnibus Incentive Plan for Veritex Holdings, Inc. and the 2025 Amended and Restated Omnibus Incentive Plan for Veritex Holdings, Inc. (collectively, the “Veritex Equity Plans”) were converted into a corresponding award in respect of Huntington common stock (the “Huntington