Company: HBAN
Filing Date: 2025-07-21
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001140361-25-026508
Chunk: 193

Company: HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC /MD/
Filing Date: 2025-07-21
Form: S-4
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) the filing of any required applications, filings or notices listed on Section 3.4 of the Veritex Disclosure Schedule or Section 4.4 of the Huntington Disclosure Schedule and approval or non-objection, as applicable, of such applications, filings and notices, (e) the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) of a proxy statement in definitive form relating to the meetings of Veritex’s shareholders to be held in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including any amendments or supplements thereto, the “ Proxy Statement ”), and of the registration statement on Form S-4 in which the Proxy Statement will be included as a prospectus, to be filed with the SEC by Huntington in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “ S-4 ”) and declaration of effectiveness of the S-4, (f) the filing of the Certificate of Merger with the Texas Secretary pursuant to the TBOC, the filing of the Articles of Merger with the Maryland Department pursuant to the MGCL and the filing of the Bank Merger Certificates with the applicable Governmental Entities as required by applicable law, and (g) such filings and approvals as are required to be made or obtained under the securities or

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“Blue Sky” laws of various states in connection with the issuance of the shares of Huntington Common Stock pursuant to this Agreement and the approval of the listing of such Huntington Common Stock on the NASDAQ, no consents or approvals of or filings or registrations with any court or administrative agency or commission or other governmental authority or instrumentality or SRO (each a “ Governmental Entity ”) are necessary in connection with (i) the execution and delivery by Veritex of this Agreement or (ii) the consummation by Veritex of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby (including the Bank Merger). As used in this Agreement, “ SRO ” means (A) any “self-regulatory organization” as defined in Section 3(a)(26) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”) and (B) any other United States or foreign securities exchange, futures exchange, commodities exchange or contract market. As of the date hereof, Veritex is not aware of any reason why the necessary regulatory approvals and consents will not be received in order to permit consummation of the Merger and Bank