---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-25-046428"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HBAN"
cik: "0000049196"
company_name: "HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC /MD/"
filed_at: "2025-12-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T12:22:04.378528+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Huntington and Cadence receive all regulatory approvals for merger; close expected Feb 1, 2026

## Summary
- OCC approved merger of Cadence Bank into Huntington National Bank.
- All required regulatory approvals for the transaction have now been obtained.
- Closing expected on or about February 1, 2026, subject to remaining conditions.
- Conditions include shareholder approvals from both Huntington and Cadence.
- Merger was announced on October 26, 2025, under an Agreement and Plan of Merger.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-25-046428
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HBAN
- cik: 0000049196
- company_name: HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC /MD/
- filed_at: 2025-12-23T23:59:59+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/49196/000114036125046428/0001140361-25-046428-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49196/000114036125046428/ef20061795_8k.htm

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