HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC /MD/

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2025 Form 10-K 97

REPORT OF MANAGEMENT’S EVALUATION OF DISCLOSURE CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

The Management of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (Huntington or the Company) is responsible for the financial information and representations contained in the Consolidated Financial Statements and other sections of this report. The Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. In all material respects, they reflect the substance of transactions that should be included based on informed judgments, estimates, and currently available information. Management maintains a system of internal accounting controls that includes the careful selection and training of qualified personnel, appropriate segregation of responsibilities, communication of written policies and procedures, and a broad program of internal audits. The costs of the controls are balanced against the expected benefits. During 2025, the audit committee of the board of directors met regularly with Management, Huntington’s internal auditors, and the independent registered public accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, to review the scope of their audits and to discuss the evaluation of internal accounting controls and financial reporting matters. The independent registered public accounting firm and the internal auditors have free access to, and meet confidentially with, the audit committee to discuss appropriate matters. Also, Huntington maintains a disclosure review committee. This committee’s purpose is to design and maintain disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating to the financial and operating condition of Huntington is properly reported to its chief executive officer, chief financial officer, chief auditor, and the audit committee of the board of directors in connection with the preparation and filing of periodic reports and the certification of those reports by the chief executive officer and the chief financial officer.

REPORT OF MANAGEMENT’S ASSESSMENT OF INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING

Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Huntington’s Management assessed the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2025. In making this assessment, Management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control—Integrated Framework (2013). Based on that assessment, Management concluded that, as of December 31, 2025, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting is effective based on those criteria. As permitted by guidance issued by the Office of the Chief Accountant of the SEC, companies may exclude controls of an acquired business from their assessment of internal control over financial reporting for a period not to extend more than one year beyond the date of the acquisition. Management’s assessment of the effectiveness of Huntington’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2025 did not include the internal controls of Veritex Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries (“Veritex”), which Huntington acquired on October 20, 2025. The financial results of Veritex are included in Huntington’s consolidated financial statements since the date of acquisition. As of and for the year ended December 31, 2025, Veritex's assets and revenues represented approximately 5% and 1% of Huntington’s consolidated assets and revenues, respectively. See "Note 3. Business Combinations" for further discussion of the Veritex acquisition and its impact on Huntington’s consolidated financial statements. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2025 has been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report appearing on the next page.

February 13, 2026

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