Company: HBAN
Filing Date: 2025-08-08
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001140361-25-029894
Chunk: 27

Company: HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC /MD/
Filing Date: 2025-08-08
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 27
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 effect, and no law, statute, rule, regulation, order, injunction or decree having been enacted, entered, promulgated or enforced by any governmental entity which prohibits or makes illegal consummation of the merger, the bank merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by the merger agreement; |

| • | all requisite regulatory approvals having been obtained and remaining in full force and effect and all statutory waiting periods in respect thereof having expired, and no such requisite regulatory approval having resulted in the imposition of any materially burdensome regulatory condition (as defined in “The Merger—Regulatory Approvals”); |

| • | the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the other party contained in the merger agreement, generally as of the date on which the merger agreement was entered into and as of the closing date, subject to the materiality standards provided in the merger agreement, and the receipt by each party of a certificate signed on behalf of the other party by the chief executive officer or the chief financial officer to the foregoing effect; |

| • | the performance by the other party in all material respects of the obligations, covenants and agreements required to be performed by it under the merger agreement at or prior to the closing date, and the receipt by each party of a certificate signed on behalf of the other party by the chief executive officer or the chief financial officer to such effect; and |

| • | receipt by such party of an opinion of legal counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such party, dated as of the closing date, to the effect that, on the basis of facts, representations and assumptions set forth or referred to in such opinion, the merger will qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”); in rendering such opinion, counsel may require and rely upon representations contained in certificates of officers of Huntington and Veritex reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to such counsel. |

Termination of the Merger Agreement (page 74) The merger agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the completion of the merger, whether before or after the receipt of the requisite Veritex vote, in the following circumstances:

| • | by mutual consent of Huntington and Veritex in a written instrument; |

| • | by either Huntington or Veritex if any governmental entity that must grant a requisite regulatory approval has denied approval of the merger or the bank merger and such denial has become final and nonappealable or any governmental