Company: HBAN
Filing Date: 2025-12-01
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001140361-25-043815
Chunk: 281

Company: HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC /MD/
Filing Date: 2025-12-01
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 281
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 of this Agreement, there are no outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, puts, calls, rights, exchangeable or convertible securities or other commitments or agreements obligating Cadence to issue, transfer, sell, purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any such securities.

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(b) There are no voting trusts, shareholder agreements, proxies or other agreements in effect pursuant to which Cadence or any of the Cadence Subsidiaries has a contractual or other obligation with respect to the voting or transfer of Cadence Common Stock or other equity interests of Cadence. Other than the Cadence Equity Awards, no equity-based awards (including any cash awards where the amount of payment is determined in whole or in part based on the price of any capital stock of Cadence or any of its Subsidiaries) are outstanding. Cadence has paid or made due provision for the payment of all dividends payable on the outstanding shares of Cadence Preferred Stock through the most recent scheduled dividend payment date therefor, and has complied in all material respects with terms and conditions thereof.

(c) Cadence owns, directly or indirectly, all issued and outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity ownership interests of each of the Cadence Subsidiaries, free and clear of any liens, pledges, charges, encumbrances and security interests whatsoever (“ Liens ”), and all such shares or equity ownership interests are duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid, nonassessable and free of preemptive rights, with no personal liability attaching to the ownership thereof. No Cadence Subsidiary has or is bound by any outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, rights, commitments or agreements of any character calling for the purchase or issuance of any shares of capital stock or any other equity security of such Subsidiary or any securities representing the right to purchase or otherwise receive any shares of capital stock or any other equity security of such Subsidiary.

3.3 Authority; No Violation .

(a) Cadence has full corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and, subject to the shareholder action described below, to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the Merger have been duly and validly approved by the Board of Directors of Cadence. The Board of Directors of Cadence has determined that the Merger, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement