Company: HBAN
Filing Date: 2025-12-01
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001140361-25-043815
Chunk: 358

Company: HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC /MD/
Filing Date: 2025-12-01
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 358
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 law and the fiduciary duties of the Board of Directors of Cadence, to enforce any existing confidentiality or standstill agreements to which it or any of its Subsidiaries is a party in accordance with the terms thereof. During the term of this Agreement, Cadence shall not, and shall cause its Subsidiaries and its and their Representatives not to on its behalf, enter into any letter of intent, memorandum of understanding, agreement in principle, acquisition agreement, merger agreement or other similar agreement (other than a confidentiality agreement referred to and entered into in accordance with this Section 6.14(a)) relating to any Cadence Acquisition Proposal. As used in this Agreement, “ Cadence Acquisition Proposal ” shall mean, other than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, any offer, inquiry or proposal relating to, or any third party indication of interest in, (i) any acquisition or purchase, direct or indirect, of twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the consolidated assets of Cadence and its Subsidiaries or twenty-five percent (25%) or more of any class of equity or voting securities of Cadence or its Subsidiaries whose assets, individually or in the aggregate, constitute twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the consolidated assets of Cadence, (ii) any tender offer or exchange offer that, if consummated, would result in such third party beneficially owning twenty-five percent (25%) or more of any class of equity or voting securities of Cadence or its Subsidiaries whose assets, individually or in the aggregate, constitute

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twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the consolidated assets of Cadence, or (iii) a merger, consolidation, share exchange or other business combination, reorganization or similar transaction involving Cadence or its Subsidiaries whose assets, individually or in the aggregate, constitute twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the consolidated assets of Cadence.

(b) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prevent either party or its Board of Directors from complying with Rule 14d-9 and Rule 14e-2 under the Exchange Act with respect to a Cadence Acquisition Proposal or Huntington Acquisition Proposal or from making any legally required disclosure to such party’s shareholders; provided , that such Rules and disclosures will in no way eliminate or modify the effect that any action pursuant to such Rules or any such disclosures would otherwise have under this Agreement.

6.15 Public Announcements