Company: HBAN
Filing Date: 2025-11-13
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001140361-25-041757
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Company: HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC /MD/
Filing Date: 2025-11-13
Form: S-4
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### LEGAL MATTERS
The validity of the shares of Huntington common stock and new Huntington preferred stock to be issued by Huntington in connection with the merger will be passed upon by Venable LLP, Baltimore, Maryland.

Certain federal income tax consequences of the merger will be passed upon for Huntington by Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, New York, counsel for Huntington, and for Cadence by Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, New York, counsel for Cadence.

### EXPERTS
The financial statements of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated and management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting (which is included in the Report of Management’s Assessment of Internal Control over Financial Reporting) incorporated in this joint proxy statement/prospectus by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

The consolidated financial statements of Cadence Bank as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 and for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2024, and the effectiveness of Cadence Bank’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2024 have been audited by Forvis Mazars, LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in their reports thereon, included in Cadence Bank’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, and incorporated herein by reference. Such consolidated financial statements and management’s assessment of internal control (which is included in Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting) have been incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such reports pertaining to such financial statements and the effectiveness of Cadence Bank’s internal control over financial reporting given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

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### DEADLINES FOR SUBMITTING SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS

### HUNTINGTON
If a Huntington shareholder wishes to submit a shareholder proposal pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act for inclusion in Huntington’s proxy statement for its 2026 annual meeting of shareholders, Huntington must have received such proposal and supporting statements, if any, at its principal executive office on or before the close of business on November 6,