Company: HBAN
Filing Date: 2025-12-01
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001140361-25-043815
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Company: HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC /MD/
Filing Date: 2025-12-01
Form: S-4/A
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 as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 and for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2024, and the effectiveness of Cadence Bank’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2024 have been audited by Forvis Mazars, LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in their reports thereon, included in Cadence Bank’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, which has been furnished to the SEC as Exhibit 99.1 to Huntington's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 1, 2025 and is incorporated herein by reference. Such consolidated financial statements and management’s assessment of internal control (which is included in Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting) have been incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such reports pertaining to such financial statements and the effectiveness of Cadence Bank’s internal control over financial reporting given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

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### DEADLINES FOR SUBMITTING SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS

### HUNTINGTON
If a Huntington shareholder wishes to submit a shareholder proposal pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act for inclusion in Huntington’s proxy statement for its 2026 annual meeting of shareholders, Huntington must have received such proposal and supporting statements, if any, at its principal executive office on or before the close of business on November 6, 2025.

In addition, Huntington’s current bylaws establish advance notice procedures as to (1) business to be brought before an annual meeting of shareholders other than by or at the direction of the Huntington board of directors and (2) the nomination, other than by or at the direction of the Huntington board of directors, of candidates for election as directors. Any shareholder of Huntington who wishes to submit a proposal to be acted upon at next year’s annual meeting or who wishes to nominate a candidate for election as a director should request a copy of these bylaw provisions by sending a written request addressed to the Secretary, Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, Huntington Center, 41 South High Street, Columbus, Ohio 43287. To be timely, such advance notice must set forth all information required under Huntington’s bylaws and must be delivered to the Secretary of Huntington at this address not earlier than the one hundred fiftieth (150th) day