Company: HBAN
Filing Date: 2025-12-01
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001140361-25-043815
Chunk: 246

Company: HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC /MD/
Filing Date: 2025-12-01
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 246
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 designations and voting powers, preferences and relative participating, optional or other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of the shares of each class or series and the variations in the relative powers, rights, preferences and limitations as between or among classes or series, and to increase and to decrease the number of shares constituting each class or series. Cadence’s articles of incorporation further authorize the board of directors, with respect to any class or series, to fix and determine the rights of the preferred stock including the rate(s) at which dividends will be paid and whether dividends shall be cumulative, whether the shares shall be redeemable and the terms and conditions of such redemption, the amount payable on the shares in the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of Cadence Bank, voting rights, conversion privileges, whether or not a sinking fund or purchase fund shall be provided for the redemption or purchase of such shares, and any other powers, preferences and relative participating, optional or other special rights, qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof as shall not be inconsistent with Cadence’s articles of incorporation or limitations provided by applicable law. |
| Voting Rights:   |     | Under Huntington’s charter and bylaws, each share of Huntington common stock is entitled to one (1) vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of shareholders.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |     | Holders of Cadence common stock are entitled to one (1) vote per share on each matter requiring a vote of the shareholders.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
 Holders of Cadence preferred stock do not have any voting rights, except in limited circumstances concerning late dividend payments as set forth in Cadence’s articles of incorporation or as otherwise required by applicable Mississippi law.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
 Except as otherwise required by applicable Mississippi law, Cadence’s articles of                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |

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|                             |     | Huntington                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |     | Cadence                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|                             |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |     | incorporation or bylaws, approval for any matter brought before Cadence’s shareholders at any meeting of the shareholders where a quorum is present, other than the election of directors, requires that the votes cast in favor of the action exceed the votes cast opposing the action.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Size of Board of Directors: |     | Huntington’s charter provides that