# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000049196
**File Stem:** 0001193125-23-061522
**Filing Date:** 2023-3
**Character Count:** 8422
**Document Hash:** e2f5775d00dff7bb80ef276f3664dc98
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-23-061522.hdr.sgml**: 20230306

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-23-061522

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-A12B

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 2

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230306

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230306

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC /MD/
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000049196
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 310724920
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** MD
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-A12B
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-34073
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23709660

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** HUNTINGTON CTR
- **STREET 2:** 41 S HIGH ST HC0917
- **CITY:** COLUMBUS
- **STATE:** OH
- **ZIP:** 43287
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 6144802265

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** HUNTINGTON CENTER
- **STREET 2:** 41 S HIGH ST HC0917
- **CITY:** COLUMBUS
- **STATE:** OH
- **ZIP:** 43287

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC/MD
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19920703

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**UNITED STATES** 

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION** 

**Washington, D.C. 20549** 

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**FORM 8-A** 

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**FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES** 

**PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF** 

**THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934** 

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![LOGO](g478449g0304075823378.jpg)

**HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INCORPORATED** 

**(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)** 

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|  | **Commission file number: 1-34073** |  |
| **Maryland** |  | **31-0724920** |
| **(State of incorporation or organization)** |  | **(IRS Employer Identification No.)** |
| **Huntington Center**<br> **41 South High Street**<br> **Columbus, Ohio**<br> **(Address of Principal Executive Offices)** |  | **43287**<br> **(Zip Code)** |

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**Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:** 

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| **Title of Each Class**<br> **<u>to be so Registered</u>** | **Name of Each Exchange on Which**<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**<u>Each Class is to be Registered</u>**  |
| **Depositary Shares Each Representing 1/40th Interest**<br> **in a Share of 6.875% Series J Non-Cumulative**<br> **Perpetual Preferred Stock** | **The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC** |

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If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), check the following box. ☒

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), check the following box. ☐

**Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: 333-263546** 

**Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None** 

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**INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT** 

**Item 1.** **Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered.** <br>

The securities to be registered hereby are depositary shares (the "Depositary Shares") of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, a Maryland corporation (the "Company"), each representing a 1/40th interest in a share of the Company's 6.875% Series J Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, with a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share (equivalent to $25 per Depositary Share). The descriptions set forth under the captions "Description of the Preferred Stock" and "Description of the Depositary Shares" in the prospectus supplement dated February 27, 2023 relating to the Depositary Shares, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 1, 2023 pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to the prospectus in the Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR (File No. 333-263546) of the Registrant, dated March 14, 2022, are each incorporated herein by reference.

**Item 2.** **Exhibits.** <br>

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| **Number** | **<u>Description</u>** |
| 3.1 | [Articles Supplementary of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Huntington Bancshares Incorporated's Form 8-K filed on January 22, 2019).](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49196/000004919619000005/hban-2019x01x16x8kxex31.htm) |
| 3.2 | [Articles of Restatement of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Huntington Bancshares Incorporated's Form 8-K filed on January 22, 2019).](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49196/000004919619000005/hban-2019x01x16x8kxex32.htm) |
| 3.3 | [Articles Supplementary of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Huntington Bancshares Incorporated's Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 3, 2020).](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49196/000119312520159678/d937169dex31.htm) |
| 3.4 | [Articles Supplementary of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Huntington Bancshares Incorporated's Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 10, 2020).](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49196/000119312520215014/d79165dex31.htm) |
| 3.5 | [Articles Supplementary of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Huntington Bancshares Incorporated's Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 9, 2021).](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49196/000119312521034332/d62360dex31.htm) |
| 3.6 | [Articles Supplementary of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Huntington Bancshares Incorporated's Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 9, 2021).](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49196/000114036121020258/nt10025590x4_ex3-1.htm) |
| 3.7 | [Articles Supplementary of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, as of March 3, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Huntington Bancshares Incorporated's Form 8-K filed on March 6, 2023)](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49196/000119312523061394/d412387dex31.htm). |
| 3.8 | [Articles of Amendment of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated to Articles of Restatement of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Huntington Bancshares Incorporated's Form 8-K filed on June 9, 2021).](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49196/000114036121020258/nt10025590x4_ex3-2.htm) |
| 3.9 | [Amended and Restated Bylaws of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, as of January 16, 2019 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to Huntington Bancshares Incorporated's Form 8-K filed on January 22, 2019).](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49196/000004919619000005/hban-2019x01x16x8kxex33.htm) |
| 4.1 | Instruments defining the Rights of Security Holders — reference is made to Articles Fifth, Eighth, and Tenth of Articles of Restatement of Charter, as amended and supplemented. Instruments defining the rights of holders of long-term debt will be furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request. |
| 4.2 | [Deposit Agreement, dated March 6, 2023, among Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, Computershare Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., and the holders from time to time of the depositary receipts described therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Huntington Bancshares Incorporated's Form 8-K filed on March 6, 2023).](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49196/000119312523061394/d412387dex42.htm) |
| 4.3 | [Form of Depositary Receipt (included as part of Exhibit 4.2).](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49196/000119312523061394/d412387dex42.htm) |
| 4.4 | [Form of Certificate Representing the 6.875% Series J Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Huntington Bancshares Incorporated's Form 8-K filed on March 6, 2023).](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49196/000119312523061394/d412387dex41.htm) |

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**SIGNATURE** 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

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| Date: March 6, 2023 | HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INCORPORATED | HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INCORPORATED |
|  | By: | /s/ Jana J. Litsey |
|  | Name: | Jana J. Litsey |
|  | Title: | General Counsel |

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