Company: HBAN
Filing Date: 2025-12-01
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001140361-25-043815
Chunk: 344

Company: HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC /MD/
Filing Date: 2025-12-01
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 344
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 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 August 12, 2025, between Huntington and Cadence (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.

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6.3 Cadence Shareholder Approval .

(a) Cadence shall take, in accordance with applicable law and the Cadence Articles and Cadence Bylaws, all actions necessary to convene a meeting of its shareholders (the “ Cadence Meeting ”) to be held as soon as reasonably practicable after the S-4 is declared effective for the purpose of obtaining the Requisite Cadence Vote required in connection with this Agreement and the Merger and, if so desired and mutually agreed by the parties, other matters of the type customarily brought before an annual or special meeting of shareholders to adopt a merger agreement. The Board of Directors of Cadence shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain from the shareholders of Cadence the Requisite Cadence Vote, including (except in the case of a Cadence Adverse Recommendation Change) by communicating to its shareholders its recommendation (and including such recommendation in the Joint Proxy Statement) that they approve this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (the “ Cadence Board Recommendation ”) and shall not make a Cadence Adverse Recommendation Change except in accordance with this Section 6.3. Cadence shall engage a proxy solicitor reasonably acceptable to the Huntington Parties to assist in the solicitation of proxies from shareholders relating to the Requisite Cadence Vote. However, subject to Section 8.1 and Section 8.2, if the Board of Directors of Cadence, after receiving the advice of its outside counsel and, with respect to financial matters, its financial advisors, determines in good faith (x) that a Cadence Acquisition Proposal constitutes a Superior Proposal and that it would more likely than