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MERGER PROPOSED—YOUR VOTE IS VERY IMPORTANT

Merger Proposed • February 24th, 2012

• Contract Type
  Merger Proposed
• Filed
  February 24th, 2012

On January 25, 2016, Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, or Huntington, and FirstMerit Corporation, or FirstMerit, entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (which we refer to as the “merger agreement”) that provides for the combination of the two companies. Under the merger agreement, a wholly owned subsidiary of Huntington will merge with and into FirstMerit, with FirstMerit remaining as the surviving entity and becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Huntington (which we refer to as the “merger”). Such surviving entity will, as soon as reasonably practicable following the merger and as part of a single integrated transaction, merge with and into Huntington (which we refer to as the “second step merger” and, together with the merger, as the “mergers”).