Company: HBAN
Filing Date: 2025-10-03
Form Type: 8-K
Source: 0001140361-25-037252
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Company: HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC /MD/
Filing Date: 2025-10-03
Form: 8-K
Item: Item 8.01
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Item 8.01.      Other Events.  

On October 3, 2025, Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (“ Huntington”) and Veritex Holdings, Inc. (“ Veritex”) issued a joint press release
announcing that Huntington received regulatory approval from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency with respect to the previously announced merger of Veritex with and into Huntington,
with Huntington continuing as the surviving corporation, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “ Merger Agreement”), dated as of July 13, 2025, by and between Huntington and Veritex, and the merger of Veritex’s wholly owned banking
subsidiary, Veritex Community Bank, with and into Huntington’s wholly owned banking subsidiary, The Huntington National Bank (the “ Bank Merger,” and together with the Merger, the “ Mergers”).

All required regulatory approvals to complete the Mergers have now been received. The closing of the Mergers is expected to occur on
October 20, 2025, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the remaining customary closing conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement. Veritex shareholder approval was received at the Veritex special meeting of shareholders on September 22, 2025.

A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

CAUTION REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This communication may contain certain forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, certain plans, expectations, goals, projections, and statements about the
benefits of the proposed transaction, the plans, objectives, expectations and intentions of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (“ Huntington”) and Veritex Holdings, Inc. (“ Veritex”), the expected timing of completion of the transaction, and other
statements that are not historical facts and are subject to numerous assumptions, risks, and uncertainties that are beyond the control of Huntington and Veritex. Such statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks, estimates, uncertainties and
other important factors that change over time and could cause actual results to differ materially from any results, performance, or events expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, including as a result of the factors referenced below.
Statements that do not describe historical or current facts, including statements about beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements may be identified by words such as expect, anticipate