Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (Form: 8-K)  

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

     
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):   April 19, 2012

Huntington Bancshares Incorporated
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     
Maryland 1-34073 31-0724920
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(State or other jurisdiction 		_____________
(Commission 		______________
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
      
41 South High Street, Columbus, Ohio   43287
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(Address of principal executive offices) 		  ___________
(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   614-480-8300

Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report

 

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On April 19, 2012, at the 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (Huntington), Huntington’s shareholders approved the 2012 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “2012 Plan”). The 2012 Plan provides for grants of stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights, deferred stock, long-term performance awards and other stock-based awards. The board of directors approved the 2012 Plan subject to shareholder approval. Shareholder approval was obtained in order to comply with the applicable requirements of The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. and to qualify certain awards made to certain officers as deductible for federal income tax purposes under Internal Revenue Code Section 162(m). Shareholder approval is also necessary under the federal income tax rules with respect to the qualification of incentive stock options. Additional details about the 2012 Plan are set forth in Huntington’s definitive Proxy Statement dated on March 5, 2012.

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On April 19, 2012, the following matters were voted upon and approved by the shareholders of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (Huntington) at its 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders:

                                         
                                    Broker
                    Against/        
            For   Withheld   Abstentions   Non-Votes
  1.    
Election of eleven directors to serve a one-year term expiring at the 2013 annual meeting:
                                
       
Don M. Casto III
     596,153,207       42,243,478       41,839       119,604,745  
       
Ann (“Tanny”) B. Crane
     630,734,124       7,662,560       41,839       119,604,745  
       
Steven G. Elliott
     630,411,216       7,985,468       41,839       119,604,745  
       
Michael J. Endres
     626,338,805       12,057,879       41,839       119,604,745  
       
John B. Gerlach, Jr.
     596,443,372       41,953,313       41,839       119,604,745  
       
David P. Lauer
     630,694,139       7,702,545       41,839       119,604,745  
       
Jonathan A. Levy
     630,399,784       7,996,900       41,839       119,604,745  
       
Richard W. Neu
     622,041,454       16,355,231       41,839       119,604,745  
       
David L. Porteous
     599,361,366       39,035,319       41,839       119,604,745  
       
Kathleen H. Ransier
     598,757,229       39,639,456       41,839       119,604,745  
       
Stephen D. Steinour
     619,827,486       18,569,199       41,839       119,604,745  
  2.    
Approval of the 2012 Long-Term Incentive Plan.
     604,652,390       30,169,150       3,616,984       119,604,745  
  3.    
Ratification of appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for the year 2012.
     748,959,501       7,072,775       2,010,993          
  4.    
Non-binding advisory vote upon a resolution to approve the compensation of executives as disclosed in Huntington’s Proxy Statement dated March 5, 2012.
     386,410,367       246,568,875       5,459,282       119,604,745  

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

         
    Huntington Bancshares Incorporated
          
April 24, 2012   By:   Richard A. Cheap
       
        Name: Richard A. Cheap
        Title: Executive Vice President and Secretary