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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;2, 2011
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333 &#151; _________________
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Form&nbsp;S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 22pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INCORPORATED</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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(State or other jurisdiction <BR>
of incorporation or organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">31-0724920<BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">Huntington Center<BR>
41 South High Street<BR>
Columbus, Ohio 43287<BR>
(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Huntington Supplemental Stock Purchase and Tax Savings Plan and Trust</B><BR>
(Full title of the Plan)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">Richard A. Cheap, Esq.<BR>
General Counsel and Secretary<BR>
Huntington Bancshares Incorporated<BR>
Huntington Center<BR>
41 South High Street<BR>
Columbus, Ohio 43287<BR>
614/480-8300<BR>
(Name, address, and telephone number,<BR>
including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">Copies of Correspondence to:<BR>
Mary Beth M. Clary, Esq.<BR>
Erin F. Siegfried, Esq.<BR>
Porter, Wright, Morris &#038; Arthur LLP<BR>
41 South High Street<BR>
Columbus, Ohio 43215</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">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 &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, $0.01 par value, to
be issued under the Huntington
Supplemental Stock Purchase and Tax
Savings Plan and Trust</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">500,000</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">6.705</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">3,352,500</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">390</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to cover an indeterminate number of additional shares
of Common Stock that become issuable under the Huntington Supplemental Stock Purchase and Tax
Savings Plan and Trust by reason of any future stock dividends, stock splits or similar
transactions. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c)
under the Securities Act, this registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of
interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">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 April&nbsp;27, 2011.</DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">INTRODUCTION
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">A total of 386,052 shares of our common stock were registered in connection with the
Huntington Supplemental Stock Purchase and Tax Savings Plan and Trust by Form S-8 Registration
Statement, Registration No.&nbsp;33-44208 (the &#147;1991 Form S-8&#148;). The Huntington Supplemental Stock
Purchase and Tax Savings Plan and Trust was amended and restated on October&nbsp;22, 2007, effective
January&nbsp;1, 2005, and amended by a First Amendment to the Huntington Supplemental Stock Purchase and
Tax Savings Plan and Trust effective March&nbsp;6, 2009. A total of 500,000 additional shares of our
common stock were registered for issuance under the Huntington Supplemental Stock Purchase and Tax
Savings Plan and Trust as amended by Form S-8 Registration Statement, Registration No.&nbsp;333-158335
(the &#147;2009 Form S-8&#148;). The Huntington Supplemental Stock Purchase and Tax Savings Plan and Trust
was further amended effective May&nbsp;1, 2010. We are registering additional shares of common stock
for issuance under the Huntington Supplemental Stock Purchase and Tax Savings Plan and Trust, as
amended. The contents of the 1991 Form S-8 and the 2009 Form S-8 are incorporated herein by
reference.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>PART I</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">The document(s) containing the information concerning the Plan specified in Part&nbsp;I will be
sent or given to Plan participants as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1). Such documents are not filed as
part of this Registration Statement in accordance with the Note to Part&nbsp;I of the Form S-8
Registration Statement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>PART II</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents By Reference.</B>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-left: 4%">The following documents previously filed by us with the SEC are incorporated by reference:
</DIV>

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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2010;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">Proxy Statement filed on March&nbsp;9, 2011, in connection with our 2011
Annual Meeting of Shareholders;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2011;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January&nbsp;12, 2011 and April&nbsp;27,
2011; and</DIV></TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">5.</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">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.</DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">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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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">We also incorporate by reference any future filings we make with the Securities and Exchange
Commission under Sections&nbsp;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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Reference is made to the information contained in the Exhibit&nbsp;Index filed as part of this
Registration Statement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Signatures</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">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 May&nbsp;2, 2011.
</DIV>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Richard A. Cheap
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard A. Cheap, Secretary and General Counsel
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the trustee of the Huntington
Supplemental Stock Purchase and Tax Savings Plan and Trust has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on behalf of the Plan by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
City of Columbus, State of Ohio, on May&nbsp;2, 2011.
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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Kathleen A. Chapin
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Kathleen A. Chapin, Vice President
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">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.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="45%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="25%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Stephen D. Steinour*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Stephen D. Steinour
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman, Chief Executive Officer,&nbsp;<BR>
President,
and Director (Principal
<BR>
Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">)<BR>
)<BR>
)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Donald R. Kimble*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Donald R. Kimble
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer, Senior&nbsp;<BR>
Executive
Vice President, and
<BR>
Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">)<BR>
)<BR>
)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ David S. Anderson*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
David S. Anderson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice President and&nbsp;<BR>
Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">)<BR>
)</TD>
</TR>
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</DIV>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><!-- Folio -->II-2<!-- /Folio -->
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<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; margin-left: .25in; width: 7.50in">
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<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="45%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="25%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Don M. Casto, III*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Don M. Casto, III
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;May 2, 2011<br>
)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Ann B. Crane*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Ann B. Crane
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">)<BR>
)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Steven G. Elliott*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Steven G. Elliott
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">)<BR>
)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Michael J. Endres*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael J. Endres
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">)<BR>
)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John B. Gerlach, Jr.*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John B. Gerlach, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">)<BR>
)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ D. James Hilliker
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
D. James Hilliker
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">)<BR>
)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ David P. Lauer*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
David P. Lauer
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">)<BR>
)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jonathan A. Levy*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jonathan A. Levy
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">)<BR>
)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Gerard P. Mastroianni*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Gerard P. Mastroianni
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">)<BR>
)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Richard W. Neu*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard W. Neu
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">)<BR>
)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ David L. Porteous*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
David L. Porteous
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">)<BR>
)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Kathleen H. Ransier*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Kathleen H. Ransier
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">)<BR>
)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ William R. Robertson*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William R. Robertson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">)<BR>
)</TD>
</TR>
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</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="45%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*By:
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Richard A. Cheap
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard A. Cheap, attorney-in-fact
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">for each of the persons indicated</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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</DIV>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><!-- Folio -->II-3<!-- /Folio -->
</DIV>

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<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; margin-left: .25in; width: 7.50in">



<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-_______
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Under</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Huntington Bancshares Incorporated</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>EXHIBITS</B>
</DIV>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><!-- Folio -->&nbsp;<!-- /Folio -->
</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>
</DIV>

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<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="86%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Exhibit</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">Exhibit</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Number</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description</TD>
</TR>


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    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4(a)</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top"></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Huntington Supplemental Stock Purchase and Tax Savings Plan and Trust, Amended and Restated
Effective January&nbsp;1, 2005 and as Amended Effective March&nbsp;15, 2009 and May&nbsp;1, 2010, previously
filed as Appendix&nbsp;A to Huntington&#146;s Proxy Statement dated March&nbsp;7, 2011 for its 2011 Annual
Meeting of Shareholders.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4(b)</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top"></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Articles V, VIII and X of Articles of Restatement of Charter, as amended and supplemented -
previously filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3(i) to Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31,
1993 and Exhibit&nbsp;3(i)(c) to Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;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.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">5</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Porter, Wright, Morris &#038; Arthur LLP regarding the legality of the Common Stock
being registered pursuant hereto.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top" nowrap>23(a)</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Porter, Wright, Morris &#038; Arthur LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5 filed herewith).</DIV></TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 2, 2011
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 Supplemental Stock Purchase and Tax Savings Plan and Trust
(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
Proposed
Maximum
Maximum
Amount to be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Amount of
Title of Securities to be registered
Registered (1)(2)
Per Share (3)
Offering Price (3)
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $0.01 par value, to
be issued under the Huntington
Supplemental Stock Purchase and Tax
Savings Plan and Trust
500,000
$
6.705
$
3,352,500
$
390
(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 Supplemental Stock Purchase and Tax
Savings Plan and Trust by reason of any future stock dividends, stock splits or similar
transactions. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c)
under the Securities Act, this registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of
interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein.
(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 April 27, 2011.
INTRODUCTION
A total of 386,052 shares of our common stock were registered in connection with the
Huntington Supplemental Stock Purchase and Tax Savings Plan and Trust by Form S-8 Registration
Statement, Registration No. 33-44208 (the "1991 Form S-8"). The Huntington Supplemental Stock
Purchase and Tax Savings Plan and Trust was amended and restated on October 22, 2007, effective
January 1, 2005, and amended by a First Amendment to the Huntington Supplemental Stock Purchase and
Tax Savings Plan and Trust effective March 6, 2009. A total of 500,000 additional shares of our
common stock were registered for issuance under the Huntington Supplemental Stock Purchase and Tax
Savings Plan and Trust as amended by Form S-8 Registration Statement, Registration No. 333-158335
(the "2009 Form S-8"). The Huntington Supplemental Stock Purchase and Tax Savings Plan and Trust
was further amended effective May 1, 2010. We are registering additional shares of common stock
for issuance under the Huntington Supplemental Stock Purchase and Tax Savings Plan and Trust, as
amended. The contents of the 1991 Form S-8 and the 2009 Form S-8 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, 2010;
2.
Proxy Statement filed on March 9, 2011, in connection with our 2011
Annual Meeting of Shareholders;
3.
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2011;
4.
Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January 12, 2011 and April 27,
2011; 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.
II-1
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.
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 May 2, 2011.
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, the trustee of the Huntington
Supplemental Stock Purchase and Tax Savings Plan and Trust has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on behalf of the Plan by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
City of Columbus, State of Ohio, on May 2, 2011.
THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK
By
/s/ Kathleen A. Chapin
Kathleen A. Chapin, Vice President
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/ David S. Anderson*
David S. Anderson
Executive Vice President and
Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
)
)
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Don M. Casto, III*
Don M. Casto, III
Director
)          May 2, 2011
)
/s/ Ann B. Crane*
Ann B. Crane
Director
)
)
/s/ Steven G. Elliott*
Steven G. Elliott
Director
)
)
/s/ Michael J. Endres*
Michael J. Endres
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/ Gerard P. Mastroianni*
Gerard P. Mastroianni
Director
)
)
/s/ Richard W. Neu*
Richard W. Neu
Director
)
)
/s/ David L. Porteous*
David L. Porteous
Director
)
)
/s/ Kathleen H. Ransier*
Kathleen H. Ransier
Director
)
)
/s/ William R. Robertson*
William R. Robertson
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 Supplemental Stock Purchase and Tax Savings Plan and Trust, Amended and Restated
Effective January 1, 2005 and as Amended Effective March 15, 2009 and May 1, 2010, previously
filed as Appendix A to Huntington's Proxy Statement dated March 7, 2011 for its 2011 Annual
Meeting of Shareholders.
4(b)
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.