---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000049196-26-000081"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HBAN"
cik: "0000049196"
company_name: "HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC /MD/"
filed_at: "2026-09-24T20:05:22+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-24T20:07:19.833880+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Huntington Bancshares EVP Helga S. Houston to retire Dec 31, 2026

## Summary
- Helga S. Houston, Senior Executive Vice President, notified company of retirement effective December 31, 2026.
- Notice given on September 18, 2026; no successor named in filing.
- Houston is a senior executive, but not CEO/CFO; retirement appears planned and orderly.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000049196-26-000081
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HBAN
- cik: 0000049196
- company_name: HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC /MD/
- filed_at: 2026-09-24T20:05:22+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49196/000004919626000081/0000049196-26-000081-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49196/000004919626000081/hban-20260918.htm

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