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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September __, 2009
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333 &#151; <U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><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: 12pt"><B>Form&nbsp;S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><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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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">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: 12pt"><B>Inducement Grants</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">(Full title of the Plan)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">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: 12pt">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="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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. (Check one):
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" nowrap>Large accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Calculation of Registration Fee
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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 four inducement
grants</DIV></TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1,147,553</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$4.04</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$4,636,114.12</TD>
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    <TD>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 Inducement Grants by reason of any future stock dividends, stock
splits or similar transactions.</TD>
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    <TD>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&nbsp;2, 2009.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">INTRODUCTION
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Between January&nbsp;14, 2009 and July&nbsp;8, 2009, Huntington issued equity compensation inducement
grants to each of Stephen D. Steinour, Randall G. Stickler, Mark E. Thompson and Kevin M. Blakely,
outside of the Huntington&#146;s shareholder approved 2007 Stock and Long-Term Incentive Plan and
shareholder approved Amended and Restated 2007 Stock and Long-Term Incentive Plan.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents previously filed by us with the SEC are incorporated by reference:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">1.</TD>
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    <TD>Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2008;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">2.</TD>
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    <TD>Proxy Statement dated March&nbsp;10, 2009, in connection with our 2009
Annual Meeting of Shareholders;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">3.</TD>
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    <TD>Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March&nbsp;31, 2009
and June&nbsp;30, 2009;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.</TD>
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    <TD>Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January&nbsp;16, 2009, January&nbsp;22,
2009, January&nbsp;23, 2009, February&nbsp;4, 2009, February&nbsp;18, 2009, March&nbsp;24, 2009 and
March&nbsp;25, 2009, March&nbsp;30, 2009, April&nbsp;6, 2009, April&nbsp;24, 2009, May&nbsp;8, 2009, May
21, 2009 (except for the furnished portions), June&nbsp;5, 2009, June&nbsp;9, 2009, June
11, 2009, June&nbsp;12, 2009 (as amended) and September&nbsp;3, 2009, to report annual
and/or quarterly earnings and certain other developments disclosed therein; and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">5.</TD>
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    <TD>The description of our common stock, which is registered under Section
12 of the Securities Exchange Act, in our Form&nbsp;8-A filed with the SEC on
April&nbsp;28, 1967, including any subsequently filed amendments and reports
updating such description.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The charter of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated provides that it shall indemnify its
directors to the full extent of the general laws of the State of Maryland now or hereafter in
force, including the advance of expenses to directors subject to procedures provided by such laws;
its officers to the same extent it shall indemnify its directors; and its officers who are not
directors to such further extent as shall be authorized by the Board of Directors and be consistent
with Maryland law.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;2-418 of the Maryland General Corporation law provides, in substance, that a
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, or threatened
to be 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)&nbsp;the act or omission of the director
or officer was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and (i)&nbsp;was committed in bad
faith or (ii)&nbsp;was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty; (b)&nbsp;the director or officer
actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property, or services; or, (c)&nbsp;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
shall have been adjudged liable to the corporation or in respect of any proceeding charging
improper receipt of a personal benefit unless in either case a court orders indemnification and
then only for expenses.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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. Termination of any
proceeding by conviction, plea of <I>nolo contendere </I>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. The corporation may not choose to indemnify the director or
officer unless the indemnification is authorized for a specific proceeding, after a determination
that indemnification is permissible because the requisite standard of conduct has been met (1)&nbsp;by a
majority of a quorum of directors not, at the time, parties to the proceeding (or if such a quorum
cannot be obtained, then by a majority of a committee of one or more such directors designated by a
majority of the full board); (2)&nbsp;by special legal counsel selected by the board of directors; or
(3)&nbsp;by the stockholders (other than stockholders who are also directors or officers who are parties
to the proceeding).
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;2-418 provides that, unless otherwise limited by charter, a present or former director
or officer who has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to
which he is made party by reason of his service as a director or officer shall be indemnified
against reasonable expenses incurred by the director or officer in connection with the proceeding.
Additionally, the statute provides that a court of appropriate jurisdiction, upon application of a
director or officer and such notice as the court shall require, may order indemnification in the
following circumstances: (1)&nbsp;if it determines a director or officer is entitled to reimbursement
pursuant to a director&#146;s or officer&#146;s success, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any
proceeding he is made a party by reason of his service as a director or officer, the court shall
order indemnification, in which case the director or officer shall be entitled to recover the
expenses of securing such reimbursement; or (2)&nbsp;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 shall deem proper. However, indemnification with
respect to any proceeding by or in the right of the corporation or in which liability shall have
been adjudged in the case of a proceeding charging improper personal benefit to the director or
officer, shall be limited to expenses.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 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
shall be ultimately determined that the standard of conduct has not been met.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided or authorized by Section&nbsp;2-418 are
not exclusive of any other rights to which a director or officer may be entitled both as to action
in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to Section&nbsp;2-418, 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 liability asserted against and incurred by such person in any such
capacity or arising out of such person&#146;s position, whether or not the corporation would have the
power to indemnify against liability under Section&nbsp;2-418. A corporation may provide similar
protection, including a trust fund, letter of credit, or surety bond, which is not inconsistent
with Section&nbsp;2-418. A subsidiary or an affiliate of the corporation may provide the insurance or
similar protection.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>The foregoing is only a general summary of certain aspects of Maryland law dealing with
indemnification of directors and officers and does not purport to be complete. It is qualified in
its entirety by reference to the relevant statutes, which contain detailed specific provisions
regarding the circumstances under which and the persons for whose benefit indemnification shall or
may be made.</I>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subject to certain exceptions, the directors and officers of Huntington Bancshares
Incorporated 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 Bancshares Incorporated&#146;s employee
benefit programs. Huntington Bancshares Incorporated is insured, subject to certain retentions and
exceptions, to the extent it shall have indemnified the directors and officers for such loss.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Reference is made to the information contained in the Exhibit&nbsp;Index filed as part of this
Registration Statement.
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We hereby undertake:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement: (i)&nbsp;to include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; (ii)&nbsp;to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the Registration Statement.&nbsp;&nbsp;Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase
or
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered
would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent
no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of
Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective Registration Statement; and (iii)&nbsp;to include any material
information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration
Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement.&nbsp;&nbsp;Provided,
however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the Registration Statement is on Form
S-8, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs
is contained in periodic reports filed by us pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, 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 securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4)&nbsp;That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
filing of Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual
report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5)&nbsp;That, insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933
may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of Registrant pursuant to
Registrant&#146;s indemnification provisions, or otherwise, Registrant has been advised that in the
opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in such Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than payment by Registrant of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of
any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, we will, unless in the opinion of our counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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&nbsp;4,
2009.
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<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INCORPORATED<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Richard A. Cheap
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left" nowrap>Richard A. Cheap, Secretary and General Counsel&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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="0%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="0%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" 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>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" 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,
President, and Director (Principal
Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">)<br>
)<br>
)</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" 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 nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" 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
Executive Vice President, and
Treasurer (Principal Financial
Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">)<br>
)<br>
)<br>
)</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Thomas P. Reed*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Thomas P. Reed
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">)<br>
)</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" 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>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" 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 nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">)<br>
)</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;4, 2009</TD>
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    <TD align="center" 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 nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" 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 nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">)<br>
)</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" 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 nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Marylouise Fennell
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Marylouise Fennell
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">)<br>
)</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" 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 nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" 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 nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">)<br>
)</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" 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 nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" 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 nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">)<br>
)</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" 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 nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" 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 nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">)<br>
)</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" 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 nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" 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 nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">)<br>
)</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
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Wm. J. Lhota
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Gene E. Little
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Gerard P. Mastroianni
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Kathleen H. Ransier
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Richard A. Cheap, attorney-in-fact
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Huntington Bancshares Incorporated</B>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">2009 Stock Option Grant Notice to Stephen D. Steinour
previously filed as Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2009.</TD>
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Mark E. Thompson.</TD>
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Randall G. Stickler.</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restricted Stock Award Grant Agreement between Huntington and
Kevin M. Blakely.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4(e)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">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&nbsp;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.</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Porter, Wright, Morris &#038; Arthur LLP regarding the
legality of the common stock being registered pursuant hereto.</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Porter, Wright, Morris &#038; Arthur LLP (included in
Exhibit&nbsp;5 filed herewith).</TD>
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FORM S-8
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
31-0724920
(State or other jurisdiction
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
Huntington Center
41 South High Street
Columbus, Ohio 43287
(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)
Inducement Grants
(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. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Calculation of Registration Fee
Proposed
Proposed
Maximum
Maximum
Aggregate
Amount of
Amount to be
Offering Price
Offering Price
Registration
Title of Securities to be registered
Registered (1)
Per Share (2)
(2)
Fee
Common Stock, $0.01 par value, to
be issued under four inducement
grants
1,147,553
$4.04
$4,636,114.12
$258.70
(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 Inducement Grants 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
Between January 14, 2009 and July 8, 2009, Huntington issued equity compensation inducement
grants to each of Stephen D. Steinour, Randall G. Stickler, Mark E. Thompson and Kevin M. Blakely,
outside of the Huntington's shareholder approved 2007 Stock and Long-Term Incentive Plan and
shareholder approved Amended and Restated 2007 Stock and Long-Term Incentive Plan.
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.
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.
II-2
Item 4. Description of Securities
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The charter of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated provides that it shall indemnify its
directors to the full extent of the general laws of the State of Maryland now or hereafter in
force, including the advance of expenses to directors subject to procedures provided by such laws;
its officers to the same extent it shall indemnify its directors; and its officers who are not
directors to such further extent as shall be authorized by the Board of Directors and be consistent
with Maryland law.
Section 2-418 of the Maryland General Corporation law provides, in substance, that a
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, or threatened
to be 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; (b) the director or officer
actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property, or services; 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
shall have been adjudged liable to the corporation or in respect of any proceeding charging
improper receipt of a personal benefit unless in either case a court orders indemnification and
then only for expenses.
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. 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. The corporation may not choose to indemnify the director or
officer unless the indemnification is 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 of a quorum of directors not, at the time, parties to the proceeding (or if such a quorum
cannot be obtained, then by a majority of a committee of one or more such directors designated by a
majority of the full board); (2) by special legal counsel selected by the board of directors; or
(3) by the stockholders (other than stockholders who are also directors or officers who are parties
to the proceeding).
Section 2-418 provides that, unless otherwise limited by charter, a present or former director
or officer who has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to
which he is made party by reason of his service as a director or officer shall be indemnified
against reasonable expenses incurred by the director or officer in connection with the proceeding.
Additionally, the statute provides that a court of appropriate jurisdiction, upon application of a
director or officer and such notice as the court shall require, may order indemnification in the
following circumstances: (1) if it determines a director or officer is entitled to reimbursement
pursuant to a director's or officer's success, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any
proceeding he is made a party by reason of his service as a director or officer, the court shall
order indemnification, in which case the director or officer shall be entitled to recover the
expenses of securing such reimbursement; 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 shall deem proper. However, indemnification with
respect to any proceeding by or in the right of the corporation or in which liability shall have
been adjudged in the case of a proceeding charging improper personal benefit to the director or
officer, shall be limited to expenses.
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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 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
shall be ultimately determined that the standard of conduct has not been met.
The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided or authorized by Section 2-418 are
not exclusive of any other rights to which a director or officer may be entitled both as to action
in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office.
Pursuant to Section 2-418, 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 liability asserted against and incurred by such person in any such
capacity or arising out of such person's position, whether or not the corporation would have the
power to indemnify against liability under Section 2-418. A corporation may provide similar
protection, including a trust fund, letter of credit, or surety bond, which is not inconsistent
with Section 2-418. A subsidiary or an affiliate of the corporation may provide the insurance or
similar protection.
The foregoing is only a general summary of certain aspects of Maryland law dealing with
indemnification of directors and officers and does not purport to be complete. It is qualified in
its entirety by reference to the relevant statutes, which contain detailed specific provisions
regarding the circumstances under which and the persons for whose benefit indemnification shall or
may be made.
Subject to certain exceptions, the directors and officers of Huntington Bancshares
Incorporated 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 Bancshares Incorporated's employee
benefit programs. Huntington Bancshares Incorporated is insured, subject to certain retentions and
exceptions, to the extent it shall have indemnified the directors and officers for such loss.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Reference is made to the information contained in the Exhibit Index filed as part of this
Registration Statement.
Item 9. Undertakings.
We hereby undertake:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement: (i) to include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the Registration Statement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase
or
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decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered
would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent
no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement; and (iii) to include any material
information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration
Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement.  Provided,
however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the Registration Statement is on Form
S-8, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs
is contained in periodic reports filed by us pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, 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 securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(4) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
filing of Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual
report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(5) That, insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933
may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of Registrant pursuant to
Registrant's indemnification provisions, or otherwise, Registrant has been advised that in the
opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in such Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than payment by Registrant of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of
any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, we will, unless in the opinion of our counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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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)
2009 Stock Option Grant Notice to Stephen D. Steinour
previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2009.
4(b)*
Restricted Stock Award Grant Agreement between Huntington and
Mark E. Thompson.
4(c)*
Restricted Stock Award Grant Agreement between Huntington and
Randall G. Stickler.
4(d)*
Restricted Stock Award Grant Agreement between Huntington and
Kevin M. Blakely.
4(e)
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.