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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-25-037252"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HBAN"
cik: "0000049196"
company_name: "HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC /MD/"
filed_at: "2025-10-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T04:52:13.970127+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Huntington receives all regulatory approvals for Veritex merger; closing Oct 20, 2025

## Summary
- Federal Reserve and OCC approved the merger of Veritex into Huntington; all regulatory approvals now received.
- Veritex Community Bank will merge into The Huntington National Bank as part of the transaction.
- Veritex shareholder approval obtained at special meeting on September 22, 2025.
- Closing expected on October 20, 2025, subject to remaining customary closing conditions.
- Merger originally announced July 13, 2025; Huntington is the surviving corporation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-25-037252
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HBAN
- cik: 0000049196
- company_name: HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC /MD/
- filed_at: 2025-10-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49196/000114036125037252/0001140361-25-037252-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49196/000114036125037252/ef20055353_8k.htm

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