Company: HBAN
Filing Date: 2025-08-15
Form Type: 424B3
Source: 0001140361-25-031511
Chunk: 117

Company: HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC /MD/
Filing Date: 2025-08-15
Form: 424B3
Chunk 117
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| • | make, change or revoke any material tax election, change an annual tax accounting period, adopt or change any material tax accounting method, file any amended material tax return, enter into any closing agreement with respect to taxes, or settle any material tax claim, audit, assessment or dispute or surrender any right to claim a refund of a material amount of taxes; |

| • | (i) make any application for the opening or relocation of, or open or relocate, any branch office, loan production office or other significant office or operations facility of Veritex or its subsidiaries, (ii) other than in consultation with Huntington, make any application for the closing of or close any branch or (iii) other than in consultation with Huntington, purchase any new real property (other than other real estate owned (OREO) properties in the ordinary course) in an amount in excess of $250,000 for any individual property or enter into, amend or renew any material lease with respect to real property requiring aggregate payments under any individual lease in excess of $100,000; |

| • | knowingly take any action that is intended to or would reasonably be likely to adversely affect or materially delay the ability of Veritex or its subsidiaries to obtain any necessary approvals of any governmental entity required for the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement or by the bank merger agreement or the requisite Veritex vote or to perform its covenants and agreements under the merger agreement or the bank merger agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby; or |

| • | agree to take, make any commitment to take, or adopt any resolutions of its board of directors or similar governing body in support of, any of the foregoing. |

In addition, prior to the effective time or earlier termination of the merger agreement, subject to specified exceptions, Huntington will not, and will not permit any of its subsidiaries to, without the prior written consent of Veritex (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed):

| • | amend the Huntington charter or the Huntington bylaws in a manner that would materially and adversely affect the holders of Veritex common stock in manner that adversely affect the holders of Veritex common stock relative to other holders of Huntington common stock; |

| • | adjust, split, combine or reclassify any capital stock of Huntington or make, declare or pay any extraordinary dividend on any capital stock of Huntington; |

| • | make any material investment whether by purchase of stock or securities, contributions to capital, property transfers, merger