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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September __, 2009
Registration No. 333 - _________________
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INCORPORATED
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Maryland
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization) 		  31-0724920
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
Huntington Center
41 South High Street
Columbus, Ohio 43287
(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)
 
Huntington Bancshares Incorporated Deferred Compensation Plan and Trust for Huntington Bancshares
Incorporated Directors
(Full title of the Plan)
 
Richard A. Cheap, Esq.
General Counsel and Secretary
Huntington Bancshares Incorporated
Huntington Center
41 South High Street
Columbus, Ohio 43287
614/480-8300
(Name, address, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
 
Copies of Correspondence to:
Mary Beth M. Clary, Esq.
Erin F. Siegfried, Esq.
Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur LLP
41 South High Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer þ Accelerated filer o  Non-accelerated filer o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)		 Smaller reporting company o
 

Calculation of Registration Fee
                                             
 
                  Proposed Maximum     Proposed Maximum        
        Amount to be     Offering Price Per     Aggregate Offering     Amount of  
  Title of Securities to be registered     Registered (1)     Share (2)     Price (2)     Registration Fee  
 
Common Stock, $0.01 par value, to be issued under the Huntington Bancshares Incorporated Deferred Compensation Plan and Trust for Huntington Bancshares Incorporated Directors
       800,000       $ 4.04       $ 3,232,000       $ 180.35    
 
 
(1)   Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement shall be deemed to cover an indeterminate number of additional shares of Common Stock that become issuable under the Huntington Bancshares Incorporated Deferred Compensation Plan and Trust for Huntington Bancshares Incorporated Directors by reason of any future stock dividends, stock splits or similar transactions.
 
(2)   Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act, based upon the average of the high and low sales prices of our Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market as of September 2, 2009.
 
 

 

 

INTRODUCTION
     A total of 290,647 shares of our common stock, as adjusted for stock dividends and stock splits, were registered in connection with the Huntington Bancshares Incorporated Deferred Compensation Plan and Trust for Huntington Bancshares Incorporated Directors by Form S-8 Registration Statement, Registration No. 33-41774 (the “1991 Form S-8”). The Huntington Bancshares Incorporated Deferred Compensation Plan and Trust for Huntington Bancshares Incorporated Directors was amended by a First Amendment dated May 17, 2000. We are registering additional shares of common stock for issuance under the Huntington Bancshares Incorporated Deferred Compensation Plan and Trust for Huntington Bancshares Incorporated Directors, as amended. The contents of the 1991 Form S-8 relating to the Huntington Bancshares Incorporated Deferred Compensation Plan and Trust for Huntington Bancshares Incorporated Directors are incorporated herein by reference.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
     The document(s) containing the information concerning the Plan specified in Part I will be sent or given to Plan participants as specified by Rule 428(b)(1). Such documents are not filed as part of this Registration Statement in accordance with the Note to Part I of the Form S-8 Registration Statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents By Reference.
     The following documents previously filed by us with the SEC are incorporated by reference:
  1.   Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008;
 
  2.   Proxy Statement dated March 10, 2009, in connection with our 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders;
 
  3.   Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2009 and June 30, 2009;
 
  4.   Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January 16, 2009, January 22, 2009, January 23, 2009, February 4, 2009, February 18, 2009, March 24, 2009 and March 25, 2009, March 30, 2009, April 6, 2009, April 24, 2009, May 8, 2009, May 21, 2009 (except for the furnished portions), June 5, 2009, June 9, 2009, June 11, 2009, June 12, 2009 (as amended) and September 3, 2009, to report annual and/or quarterly earnings and certain other developments disclosed therein; and
 
  5.   The description of our common stock, which is registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act, in our Form 8-A filed with the SEC on April 28, 1967, including any subsequently filed amendments and reports updating such description.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, we are not incorporating any document or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with SEC rules.

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We also incorporate by reference any future filings we make with the Securities and Exchange Commission under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, until we file a post-effective amendment which indicates that all of the securities offered by the prospectus have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement modifies or supersedes the statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

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Item 8. Exhibits.
     Reference is made to the information contained in the Exhibit Index filed as part of this Registration Statement.
Signatures
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Huntington Bancshares Incorporated certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Columbus, State of Ohio, on September 4, 2009.
         
  HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INCORPORATED
 		  
  By:  /s/ Richard A. Cheap    
    Richard A. Cheap, Secretary and General Counsel   
       
 
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
                 
Signature   Title     Date
 
                
/s/ Stephen D. Steinour*
 
Stephen D. Steinour
  Chairman, Chief Executive Officer,
President, and Director
(Principal Executive Officer) 		    )
)
)		      
 
                
/s/ Donald R. Kimble*
 
Donald R. Kimble
  Chief Financial Officer, Senior Executive Vice President, and Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer) 		    )
)
)
)		      
 
                
/s/ Thomas P. Reed*
 
Thomas P. Reed
  Senior Vice President and Controller 
(Principal Accounting Officer) 		    )
)		      

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Signature   Title     Date
 
                
/s/ Don M. Casto, III*
 
Don M. Casto, III
  Director      )
)		     September 4, 2009
 
                
/s/ Michael J. Endres*
 
Michael J. Endres
  Director      )
)		      
 
                
/s/ Marylouise Fennell
 
Marylouise Fennell
  Director      )
)		      
 
                
/s/ John B. Gerlach, Jr.*
 
John B. Gerlach, Jr.
  Director      )
)		      
 
                
/s/ D. James Hilliker
 
D. James Hilliker
  Director      )
)		      
 
                
/s/ David P. Lauer*
 
David P. Lauer
  Director      )
)		      
 
                
/s/ Jonathan A. Levy*
 
Jonathan A. Levy
  Director      )
)		      
 
                
/s/ Wm. J. Lhota*
 
Wm. J. Lhota
  Director      )
)		      
 
                
 
Gene E. Little
  Director      )
)		      
 
                
/s/ Gerard P. Mastroianni*
 
Gerard P. Mastroianni
  Director      )
)		      
 
                
/s/ David L. Porteous*
 
David L. Porteous
  Director      )
)		      
 
                
/s/ Kathleen H. Ransier*
 
Kathleen H. Ransier
  Director      )
)
)		      
         
*By:   /s/ Richard A. Cheap      
  Richard A. Cheap, attorney-in-fact     
  for each of the persons indicated     
 

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Registration No. 333-_______
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Huntington Bancshares Incorporated
EXHIBITS

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Exhibit   Exhibit
Number   Description
 
    
4(a)
  Huntington Bancshares Incorporated Deferred Compensation Plan and Trust for Huntington Bancshares Incorporated Directors, previously filed as Exhibit 4(a) to Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on July 19, 1991.
 
    
4(b)
  First Amendment to Huntington Bancshares Incorporated Deferred Compensation Plan and Trust for Huntington Bancshares Incorporated Directors, previously filed as Exhibit 10(q) to Quarterly Report 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2001.
 
    
4(c)
  Articles V, VIII and X of Articles of Restatement of Charter, as amended and supplemented, previously filed as Exhibit 3(i) to Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1993 and Exhibit 3(i)(c) to Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 1998, and incorporated herein by reference. Instruments defining the rights of holders of long-term debt will be furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.
 
    
5*
  Opinion of Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur LLP regarding the legality of the common stock being registered pursuant hereto.
 
    
23(a)*
  Consent of Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur LLP (included in Exhibit 5 filed herewith).
 
    
23(b)*
  Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
 
    
24*
  Power of Attorney.
 
*   Filed herewith.