Company: HBAN
Filing Date: 2025-08-15
Form Type: 424B3
Source: 0001140361-25-031511
Chunk: 273

Company: HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC /MD/
Filing Date: 2025-08-15
Form: 424B3
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 signed on behalf of Huntington by the Chief Executive Officer or the Chief Financial Officer of Huntington to the foregoing effect.

(b) Performance of Obligations of Huntington . Huntington shall have performed in all material respects the obligations, covenants and agreements required to be performed by it under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing Date, and Veritex shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of Huntington by the Chief Executive Officer or the Chief Financial Officer of Huntington to such effect.

(c) Federal Tax Opinion . Veritex shall have received the opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (or other nationally recognized tax counsel), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Veritex, 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 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.

## ARTICLE VIII

### TERMINATION AND AMENDMENT
8.1 Termination . This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Effective Time, whether before or after receipt of the Requisite Veritex Vote:

(a) by mutual consent of Huntington and Veritex in a written instrument;

(b) 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 Entity of competent jurisdiction shall have issued a final nonappealable order, injunction or decree permanently enjoining or otherwise prohibiting or making illegal the consummation of the Merger or the Bank Merger, unless the failure to obtain a Requisite Regulatory Approval shall be due to the failure of the party seeking to terminate this Agreement to perform or observe the obligations, covenants and agreements of such party set forth herein;

(c) by either Huntington or Veritex if the Merger shall not have been consummated on or before the first anniversary of the date of this Agreement (the “ Termination Date ”), unless the failure of the Closing to occur by such date shall be due to the failure of the party seeking to terminate this Agreement to perform or observe the obligations, covenants and agreements of such party set forth herein;

(d)