Company: HBAN
Filing Date: 2025-08-08
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001140361-25-029894
Chunk: 255

Company: HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC /MD/
Filing Date: 2025-08-08
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 255
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 rights of Huntington’s or Veritex’s, as the case may be, customers, jeopardize the attorney-client privilege of the institution in possession or control of such information (after giving due consideration to the existence of any common interest, joint defense or similar agreement between the parties) or contravene any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, decree, fiduciary duty or binding agreement entered into prior to the date of this Agreement. The parties hereto will make appropriate substitute disclosure arrangements under circumstances in which the restrictions of the preceding sentence apply.

(b) Each of Huntington and Veritex shall hold all information furnished by or on behalf of the other party or any of such party’s Subsidiaries or representatives pursuant to Section 6.2(a) in confidence to the extent required by, and in accordance with, the provisions of the confidentiality agreement, dated June 14, 2025, between Huntington and Veritex (the “ Confidentiality Agreement ”).

(c) No investigation by either of the parties or their respective representatives shall affect or be deemed to modify or waive the representations and warranties of the other set forth herein. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall give either party, directly or indirectly, the right to control or direct the operations of the other party prior to the Effective Time. Prior to the Effective Time, each party shall exercise, consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, complete control and supervision over its and its Subsidiaries’ respective operations.

6.3 Veritex Shareholder Approval .

(a) Veritex shall take, in accordance with applicable law and the Veritex Articles and Veritex Bylaws, all actions necessary to convene a meeting of its shareholders (the “ Veritex Meeting ”) to be held as soon as reasonably practicable after the S-4 is declared effective for the purpose of obtaining the Requisite Veritex Vote required in connection with this Agreement and the Merger. Except in the case of a Veritex Adverse Recommendation Change, the Board of Directors of Veritex shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain from the shareholders of Veritex the Requisite Veritex Vote, including by communicating to its shareholders its recommendation (and including such recommendation in the Proxy Statement) that they approve this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (the “ Veritex Board Recommendation ”) and shall not make a Veritex Adverse Recommendation Change except in accordance with this Section 6.3 . Veritex shall