Company: HBAN
Filing Date: 2025-07-21
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001140361-25-026508
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Company: HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC /MD/
Filing Date: 2025-07-21
Form: S-4
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 interest of Veritex and its shareholders. The Veritex board of directors unanimously recommends that Veritex shareholders vote “FOR” the Veritex merger proposal, “FOR” the Veritex compensation proposal and “FOR” the Veritex adjournment proposal. See “The Merger—Veritex’s Reasons for the Merger, Recommendation of the Veritex Board of Directors” beginning on page 36for a more detailed discussion of the Veritex board of directors’ recommendation. Completion of the merger is conditioned upon the approval of the Veritex merger proposal, but is not conditioned upon the approval of the Veritex compensation proposal or the Veritex adjournment proposal. Record Date and Quorum The Veritex board of directors has fixed the close of business on [ ] as the record date (the “Veritex record date”) for determination of the holders of Veritex common stock entitled to notice of and to vote at the Veritex special meeting. Only Veritex shareholders at the close of business on the Veritex record date will be entitled to vote at the Veritex special meeting. As of the Veritex record date, there were [ ] shares of Veritex common stock outstanding and entitled to be voted at the Veritex special meeting. The presence at the Veritex special meeting, either via the Veritex special meeting website or proxy, of at least a majority of the shares of Veritex common stock outstanding and entitled to vote on the Veritex record date will constitute a quorum for the purposes of the Veritex special meeting. All shares of Veritex common stock represented by means of remote communication or represented by proxy, including abstentions, if any, will be treated as present for purposes of determining the presence or absence of a quorum for all matters voted on at the Veritex special meeting.

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Under Veritex’s bylaws, if a quorum is not present at the Veritex special meeting, it will be postponed until the holders of the number of shares of Veritex common stock required to constitute a quorum attend. If additional votes must be solicited in order for Veritex shareholders to approve the Veritex merger proposal, and the Veritex adjournment proposal is approved, the Veritex special meeting will be adjourned to solicit additional proxies. At the Veritex special meeting, each share of Veritex common stock is