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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-25-038636
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8 POS
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		5
FILED AS OF DATE:		20251020
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20251020
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20251020

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC /MD/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000049196
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	02 Finance
		EIN:				310724920
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8 POS
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-288793
		FILM NUMBER:		251403387

	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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    <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 20, 2025</div>
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      <div style="text-align: right; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Registration No. 333-288793</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-size: 14pt;">UNITED STATES</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-size: 14pt;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; font-size: 12pt;">Washington, D.C. 20549</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; font-size: 18pt;">POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT ON FORM S-8</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">under</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-size: 24pt;">Huntington Bancshares Incorporated</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Veritex Holdings, Inc. First Amended 2010 Stock Option and Equity Incentive Plan</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan for Veritex Holdings, Inc.</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">2019 Amended and Restated Omnibus Incentive Plan for Veritex Holdings, Inc.</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">2022 Amended and Restated Omnibus Incentive Plan for Veritex Holdings, Inc.</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">2025 Amended and Restated Omnibus Incentive Plan for Veritex Holdings, Inc.</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">(Full title of the Plans)</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Marcy C. Hingst</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Senior Executive Vice President, General Counsel</div>
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    <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#8220;large
      accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;smaller reporting company&#8221; and &#8220;emerging growth company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act.</div>
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    <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">EXPLANATORY NOTE</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (&#8220;Huntington&#8221; or the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;), hereby amends its registration statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-288793) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
      (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) on July 21, 2025, as amended by the pre-effective Amendment No. 1 thereto filed with the Commission on August 8, 2025 (the &#8220;Form S-4&#8221;), which the Commission declared effective at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on August 12, 2025, by filing
      this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on Form S-8 (this &#8220;Post-Effective Amendment&#8221; and together with the Form S-4, this &#8220;Registration Statement&#8221;).</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">Huntington filed the Form S-4 in connection with the merger (the &#8220;Merger&#8221;) contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger by and between Huntington and Veritex Holdings, Inc., a Texas corporation
      (&#8220;Veritex&#8221;), dated July 13, 2025 (the &#8220;Merger Agreement&#8221;), pursuant to which, effective as of October 20, 2025, Veritex merged with and into Huntington, with Huntington as the surviving corporation in the Merger.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">As a result of the Merger, each issued and outstanding share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Veritex was converted automatically into 1.95 shares (the &#8220;Exchange Ratio&#8221;) of common
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, certain outstanding Veritex equity awards,<font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> other than Veritex stock options and vested or unvested Veritex restricted
        stock awards held by non-employee directors,</font> in each case granted or outstanding under the Veritex Holdings, Inc. First Amended 2010 Stock Option and Equity Incentive Plan, the 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan for Veritex Holdings, Inc., the 2019
      Amended and Restated Omnibus Incentive Plan for Veritex Holdings, Inc., the 2022 Amended and Restated Omnibus Incentive Plan for Veritex Holdings, Inc. and the 2025 Amended and Restated Omnibus Incentive Plan for Veritex Holdings, Inc. (collectively,
      the &#8220;Veritex Equity Plans&#8221;) were converted into a corresponding award in respect of Huntington common stock (the &#8220;Huntington Awards&#8221;), with appropriate adjustments to reflect the application of the Exchange Ratio and pursuant to the terms and
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">The Registrant hereby amends the Form S-4 by filing this Post-Effective Amendment relating to 4,946,495 shares of Huntington common stock issuable upon the exercise or settlement, as applicable, of
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">PART I</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">The information to be specified in Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I of this Registration Statement is omitted from this filing in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the Securities Act and
      the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information to be specified in Part I will be delivered to the holders as required by Rule 428(b)(1).</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">PART II</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">The following documents filed with the Commission by the Registrant are hereby incorporated into this Registration Statement by reference (other than information in such filings deemed, under
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            <div>the Registrant&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the Commission on <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49196/000004919625000020/hban-20241231.htm">February 14, 2025</a> (the &#8220;Annual
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            <div>the Registrant&#8217;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49196/000004919625000026/hban-20250331.htm">March 31, 2025</a>, <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49196/000004919625000032/hban-20250417.htm">April 17, 2025</a>, <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49196/000004919625000050/hban-20250627.htm">June 27, 2025</a>, <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49196/000114036125026238/ef20052023_8k.htm">July 17, 2025</a>, <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49196/000004919625000059/hban-20250718.htm">July 18, 2025</a>, <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49196/000119312525201383/d947096d8k.htm">September 11, 2025</a>, <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49196/000004919625000073/hban-20250912.htm">September 12, 2025</a>, <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49196/000114036125037252/ef20055353_8k.htm">October 3, 2025</a> and <a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/49196/000114036125038574/ef20057398_8k.htm">October 20, 2025</a>
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            <div>the Registrant&#8217;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2025, (filed with the Commission on <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49196/000004919625000038/hban-20250331.htm">April 29, 2025</a>)
              and June 30, 2025 (filed with the Commission on <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49196/000004919625000063/hban-20250630.htm">July 29, 2025</a>);</div>
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          <td style="width: 25.75pt; vertical-align: top;">4.</td>
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            <div>all other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;) since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual Report; and</div>
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          <td style="width: 25.75pt; vertical-align: top;">5.</td>
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            <div>the description of the Registrant&#8217;s common stock contained in the Form S-4 and any amendments or reports filed for the purposes of updating such description.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">In addition, all documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement (other than information
      in such filings deemed, under Commission rules or otherwise, not to have been filed with the Commission), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or
      that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">Any statement contained in this Registration Statement or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
      Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained or incorporated by reference herein or in any subsequently filed document that is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.&#160; Any such statement
      so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</div>
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          <td style="width: 36pt; vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold;">Item 4.</td>
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            <div style="font-weight: bold;">Description of Securities.</div>
          </td>
        </tr>

    </table>
    <div>&#160;</div>
    <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">Not applicable.</div>
    <div>&#160;</div>
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          <td style="width: 36pt; vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold;">Item 5.</td>
          <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="font-weight: bold;">Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</div>
          </td>
        </tr>

    </table>
    <div>&#160;</div>
    <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">Not applicable.</div>
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          <td style="width: 36pt; vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold;">Item 6.</td>
          <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="font-weight: bold;">Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</div>
          </td>
        </tr>

    </table>
    <div>&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 20pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Maryland General Corporation Law (the &#8220;MGCL&#8221;) permits a Maryland corporation to include in its charter a provision limiting the liability of its directors and officers to
        the corporation and its shareholders for money damages except for liability resulting from (a) actual receipt of an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services or (b) active and deliberate dishonesty established by a final judgment as
        being material to the cause of action.&#160; Huntington&#8217;s charter provides that to the fullest extent permitted by Maryland statutory or decision law, as amended or interpreted, its directors and officers are not personally liable to Huntington or its
        shareholders for money damages.</div>
      <div><br>
      </div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 20pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Huntington&#8217;s charter provides that it will indemnify its directors to the fullest extent under the general laws of the State of Maryland now or thereafter in force, including
        the advance of expenses to directors subject to procedures provided by such laws, its officers to the same extent it will indemnify its directors, and its officers who are not directors to such further extent as will be authorized by the Huntington
        board of directors and be consistent with Maryland law.&#160; Huntington&#8217;s bylaws provide that to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law in effect from time to time, Huntington will indemnify and, without requiring a preliminary determination of
        the ultimate entitlement to indemnification, will pay or reimburse reasonable expenses in advance of final disposition of a proceeding to (a) any individual who is a present or former director of Huntington and who is made or threatened to be made
        a party or a witness to the proceeding by reason of his or her service in that capacity, (b) any individual who is a present or former officer of Huntington and who is made or threatened to be made a party to the proceeding by reason of his or her
        service in that capacity or (c) any individual who, while a director or officer of Huntington and at the request of Huntington, serves or has served as a director, officer, partner, trustee, member or manager of another corporation, real estate
        investment trust, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise and who is made or threatened to be made a party to, or witness in, the proceeding by reason of his or her service in that
        capacity.&#160; The rights to indemnification and advance of expenses provided by the Huntington charter and Huntington bylaws vest immediately upon election of a director or officer. Huntington may, with the approval of the Huntington board of
        directors, provide such indemnification and advance for expenses to (i) an individual who served a predecessor of Huntington in any of the capacities described in clauses (a), (b) or (c) above, (ii) any individual who is a present or former officer
        of Huntington and who is made or threatened to be made a witness to the proceeding by reason of his or her service in that capacity and (iii) any employee or agent of Huntington or a predecessor of Huntington.</div>
      <div><br>
      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 20pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Section 2-418 of the MGCL provides that a Maryland corporation may indemnify any present or former director or officer or any individual who, while a director or officer of the
        corporation and at the request of the corporation, has served another enterprise as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent who is made a party to any proceeding by reason of service in that capacity against judgments, penalties,
        fines, settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred by the director or officer in connection with the proceeding, unless it is proved that (a) the act or omission of the director or officer was material to the matter giving rise to the
        proceeding and (i) was committed in bad faith or (ii) was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty&#894; (b) the director or officer actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property, or services&#894; or (c) in the case of any criminal
        proceeding, the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful. Notwithstanding the above, a director or officer may not be indemnified in respect of any proceeding, by or in the right of the corporation,
        in which such director or officer will have been adjudged liable to the corporation or in respect of any proceeding charging improper receipt of a personal benefit (except as described below).&#160; In addition, a corporation may not indemnify a
        director or officer or advance expenses for a proceeding brought by that director or officer against the corporation, except for a proceeding brought to enforce indemnification, or unless the charter, bylaws, resolution of the board of directors,
        or an agreement approved by the board of directors expressly provides otherwise.&#160; Termination of any proceeding by judgment, order or settlement does not create a presumption that the director or officer did not meet the requisite standard of
        conduct.&#160; Termination of any proceeding by conviction, plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, or entry of an order of probation prior to judgment, creates a rebuttable presumption that the director or officer did not meet the requisite standard
        of conduct.&#160; Indemnification is not permitted unless authorized for a specific proceeding, after a determination that indemnification is permissible because the requisite standard of conduct has been met (1) by a majority vote of a quorum
        consisting of directors not, at the time, parties to the proceeding (or a majority of a committee of one or more such directors designated by the full board)&#894; (2) by special legal counsel selected by the board of directors by vote as described in
        clause (1) of this paragraph (or a committee thereof)&#894; or (3) by the shareholders (other than shareholders who are also directors or officers who are parties to the proceeding).</div>
      <div><br>
      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 20pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Section 2-418 of the MGCL provides that a present or former director or officer who has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding will be
        indemnified against reasonable expenses incurred by the director or officer in connection with the proceeding.&#160; A court of appropriate jurisdiction upon application of a director or officer and such notice as the court will require may order
        indemnification in the following circumstances: (1) if it determines a director or officer is entitled to reimbursement pursuant to a director&#8217;s or officer&#8217;s success, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding, the court will
        order indemnification, in which case the director or officer will be entitled to recover the expenses of securing such reimbursement&#894; or (2) if it determines that a director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification in view of
        all the relevant circumstances, the court may order such indemnification as the court deems proper.&#160; However, indemnification with respect to any proceeding by or in the right of the corporation or in which liability has been adjudged in the case
        of a proceeding charging improper personal benefit to the director or officer, will be limited to expenses.</div>
      <div><br>
      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 20pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The reasonable expenses incurred by a director or officer who is a party to a proceeding may be paid or reimbursed by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of the
        proceeding upon receipt by the corporation of both a written affirmation by the director or officer of his or her good faith belief that the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by the corporation has been met, and a written
        undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined that the standard of conduct has not been met.</div>
      <div><br>
      </div>
    </div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 20pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided or authorized by Section 2-418 of the MGCL are not exclusive of any other rights to which a director or officer may be
        entitled both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office.</div>
      <div><br>
      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 20pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Pursuant to Section 2-418 of the MGCL, a corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
        corporation, or who, while serving in such capacity, is or was at the request of the corporation serving as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another corporation or legal entity or of an employee benefit plan, against any
        liability asserted against and incurred by such person in any such capacity or arising out of such person&#8217;s position, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify against liability under Section 2-418.&#160; A corporation may provide
        similar protection, including a trust fund, letter of credit or surety bond, which is not inconsistent with Section 2-418.&#160; A subsidiary or an affiliate of the corporation may provide the insurance or similar protection.</div>
      <div><br>
      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 20pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Subject to certain exceptions, the directors and officers of Huntington and its affiliates are insured (subject to certain maximum amounts and deductibles) in each policy year
        because of any claim or claims made against them by reason of their wrongful acts while acting in their capacities as such directors or officers or while acting in their capacities as fiduciaries in the administration of certain of Huntington&#8217;s
        employee benefit programs.&#160; Huntington is insured, subject to certain retentions and exceptions, to the extent it indemnifies the directors and officers for such loss.</div>
    </div>
    <div><br>
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          <td style="width: 36pt; vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold;">Item 7.</td>
          <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="font-weight: bold;">Exemption from Registration Claimed.</div>
          </td>
        </tr>

    </table>
    <div>&#160;</div>
    <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">Not applicable.</div>
    <div>&#160;</div>
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          <td style="width: 36pt; vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold;">Item 8.</td>
          <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="font-weight: bold;">Exhibits.</div>
          </td>
        </tr>

    </table>
    <div>&#160;</div>
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          <td style="width: 7%; vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
            <div>
              <div style="font-weight: bold;">Exhibit</div>
              <div style="font-weight: bold;">Number</div>
            </div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 2px;" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 91%; vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
            <div>
              <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Description</div>
            </div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 7%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
            <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49196/000004919619000005/hban-2019x01x16x8kxex31.htm">4.1</a></div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 91%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
            <div style="text-align: justify;">Articles Supplementary of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Huntington Bancshares Incorporated&#8217;s Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 22, 2019).</div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 7%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49196/000004919619000005/hban-2019x01x16x8kxex32.htm">4.2</a></div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: top;" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 91%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="text-align: justify;">Articles of Restatement of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Huntington Bancshares Incorporated&#8217;s Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 22, 2019).</div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 7%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
            <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49196/000119312520159678/d937169dex31.htm">4.3</a></div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 91%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
            <div style="text-align: justify;">Articles Supplementary of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Huntington Bancshares Incorporated&#8217;s Form 8-K filed with the Commission on June 3, 2020).</div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 7%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49196/000119312520215014/d79165dex31.htm">4.4</a></div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: top;" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 91%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="text-align: justify;">Articles Supplementary of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Huntington Bancshares Incorporated&#8217;s Form 8-K filed with the Commission on August 10, 2020).</div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 7%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
            <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49196/000119312521034332/d62360dex31.htm">4.5</a></div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 91%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
            <div style="text-align: justify;">Articles Supplementary of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Huntington Bancshares Incorporated&#8217;s Form 8-K filed with the Commission on February 9, 2021).</div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 7%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49196/000114036121020258/nt10025590x4_ex3-1.htm">4.6</a></div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: top;" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 91%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="text-align: justify;">Articles Supplementary of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Huntington Bancshares Incorporated&#8217;s Form 8-K filed with the Commission on June 9, 2021).</div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 7%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
            <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49196/000114036121020258/nt10025590x4_ex3-2.htm">4.7</a></div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 91%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
            <div style="text-align: justify;">Articles of Amendment to Articles of Restatement of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Huntington Bancshares Incorporated&#8217;s Form 8-K filed with the Commission on
              June 9, 2021).</div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 7%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49196/000119312523061394/d412387dex31.htm">4.8</a></div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: top;" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 91%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="text-align: justify;">Articles Supplementary of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Huntington Bancshares Incorporated&#8217;s Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 6, 2023).</div>
          </td>
        </tr>

    </table>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div class="BRPFPageBreakArea" style="clear: both; margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;">
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          <td style="width: 7%; vertical-align: top; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
            <div>
              <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Exhibit</div>
            </div>
            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Number</div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; padding-bottom: 2px;" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 91%; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
            <div style="font-weight: bold;">Description</div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 7%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
            <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49196/000119312525201383/d947096dex31.htm">4.9</a></div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 91%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
            <div style="text-align: justify;">Articles Supplementary of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Huntington Bancshares Incorporated&#8217;s Form 8-K filed with the Commission on September 11, 2025).</div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 7%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49196/000004919623000076/huntingtonbancsharesincorp.htm">4.10</a></div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: top;" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 91%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="text-align: justify;">Amended and Restated Bylaws of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Huntington Bancshares Incorporated&#8217;s Form 8-K filed with the Commission on July 21, 2023).</div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 7%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
            <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49196/000004919624000072/hbibylawsdtd07172024_ex31.htm">4.11</a></div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 91%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
            <div style="text-align: justify;">Amended and Restated Bylaws of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Huntington Bancshares Incorporated&#8217;s Form 8-K filed with the Commission on July 19, 2024).</div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 7%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1501570/000104746914007278/a2221250zex-10_3.htm">4.12</a></div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: top;" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 91%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="text-align: justify;">Veritex Holdings, Inc. First Amended 2010 Stock Option and Equity Incentive Plan (including form of stock option agreement and stock award agreement) (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Veritex
              Holdings, Inc.&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-198484) filed August 29, 2014).</div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 7%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
            <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1501570/000104746914007782/a2221492zex-10_4.htm">4.13</a></div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 91%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
            <div style="text-align: justify;">2014 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to Amendment No. 1 to Veritex Holdings, Inc.&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-198484) filed with
              the Commission on September 22, 2014).</div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 7%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1501570/000150157019000121/ex101veritexholdingsinc201.htm">4.14</a></div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: top;" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 91%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="text-align: justify;">2019 Amended and Restated Omnibus Incentive Plan for Veritex Holdings, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Veritex Holdings, Inc.&#8217;s Form 8-K filed with the Commission on May 23, 2019).</div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 7%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
            <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1501570/000150157025000112/exhibit991-2022amendedandr.htm">4.15</a></div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 91%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
            <div style="text-align: justify;">2022 Amended and Restated Omnibus Incentive Plan for Veritex Holdings, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to Veritex Holdings, Inc.&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No.
              333-288460) filed with the Commission on July 1, 2025).</div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 7%; vertical-align: top;">
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            <div>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
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              <div>&#160;
                <div style="text-align: right; color: rgb(6, 30, 60); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">750 E. PRATT STREET&#160; SUITE 900&#160; BALTIMORE, MD 21202</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center;">October 20, 2025</div>
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    <div>Huntington Bancshares Incorporated</div>
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              <div>Post-Effective Amendment on Form S-8</div>
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    <div>Ladies and Gentlemen:</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 72pt;">We have served as Maryland counsel to Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, a Maryland corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), in connection with certain matters of Maryland law relating to the registration by
      the Company of up to 4,946,495 shares (the &#8220;Shares&#8221;) of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#8220;Common Stock&#8221;), of the Company issuable or to be offered or sold <font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">pursuant to one or more of the equity
        compensation or incentive plans listed on Schedule I hereto </font>(each, a &#8220;Plan&#8221; and collectively, the &#8220;Plans&#8221;) covered by the Post-Effective Amendment on Form S-8 to Registration Statement on Form S-4, and all amendments thereto (the
      &#8220;Registration Statement&#8221;), filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) by the Company on or about the date hereof under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;1933 Act&#8221;).</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 72pt;">In connection with our representation of the Company, and as a basis for the opinion hereinafter set forth, we have examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the following
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    <div style="text-indent: 72pt;">1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The Registration Statement in the form in which it was transmitted to the Commission under the 1933 Act;</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 72pt;">2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The charter of the Company (the &#8220;Charter&#8221;), certified by the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland (the &#8220;SDAT&#8221;);</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 72pt;">3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, certified as of the date hereof by an officer of the Company;</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 72pt;">4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Resolutions (the &#8220;Resolutions&#8221;) adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company relating to, among other matters, the issuance of the Shares, certified as of the date hereof by an officer of the Company;</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 72pt;">5.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 13, 2025 (the &#8220;Merger Agreement&#8221;), by and between the Company and Veritex Holdings, Inc., a Texas corporation;</div>
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      <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Huntington Bancshares Incorporated</div>
      <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">October 20, 2025</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 72pt;">6.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;A certificate of the SDAT as to the good standing of the Company, dated as of a recent date;</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 72pt;">7.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;A certificate executed by an officer of the Company, dated as of the date hereof; and</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 72pt;">8.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Such other documents and matters as we have deemed necessary or appropriate to express the opinion set forth herein, subject to the assumptions, limitations and qualifications stated herein.</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 72pt;">In expressing the opinion set forth below, we have assumed the following:</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 72pt;">1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Each individual executing any of the Documents, whether on behalf of such individual or another person, is legally competent to do so.</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 72pt;">2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Each individual executing any of the Documents on behalf of a party (other than the Company) is duly authorized to do so.</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 72pt;">3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Each of the parties (other than the Company) executing any of the Documents has duly and validly executed and delivered each of the Documents to which such party is a signatory, and the obligations of such
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    <div style="text-indent: 72pt;">4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;All Documents submitted to us as originals are authentic.&#160; The form and content of all Documents submitted to us as unexecuted drafts do not differ in any respect relevant to this opinion from the form and
      content of such Documents as executed and delivered.&#160; All Documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies conform to the original documents.&#160; All signatures on all Documents are genuine.&#160; All public records reviewed or relied upon by us
      or on our behalf are true and complete.&#160; All representations, warranties, statements and information contained in the Documents are true and complete.&#160; There has been no oral or written modification of or amendment to any of the Documents, and there
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    <div style="text-indent: 72pt;">5.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Upon issuance of any of the Shares, the total number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding will not exceed the total number of shares of Common Stock that the Company is then authorized to issue
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    <div style="text-indent: 72pt;">6.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Each option, stock award, restricted stock unit, right or other security granted, issued or purchased under any of the Plans pursuant to which Shares may be issued upon exercise, exchange or settlement, or
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      <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">October 20, 2025</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 72pt;">Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions, limitations and qualifications stated herein, it is our opinion that:</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 72pt;">2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The issuance of the Shares has been duly authorized <font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">and, when and if issued, offered or sold and delivered in accordance with </font>the Resolutions and any other
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    <div style="text-indent: 72pt;">The foregoing opinion is limited to the laws of the State of Maryland and we do not express any opinion herein concerning federal law or any other state law.&#160; We express no opinion as to the applicability or effect of
      any federal or state securities laws, including the securities laws of the State of Maryland, or as to federal or state laws regarding fraudulent transfers.&#160; To the extent that any matter as to which our opinion is expressed herein would be governed
      by the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Maryland, we do not express any opinion on such matter.&#160; The opinion expressed herein is subject to the effect of any judicial decision which may permit the introduction of parol evidence to
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    <div style="text-indent: 72pt;">The opinion expressed herein is limited to the matters specifically set forth herein and no other opinion shall be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated.&#160; We assume no obligation to supplement this opinion if any
      applicable law changes after the date hereof or if we become aware of any fact that might change the opinion expressed herein after the date hereof.</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 72pt;">This opinion is being furnished to you for submission to the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.&#160; We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the
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