As previously announced, on December 13, 2020, Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (“Huntington”) and TCF Financial Corporation (“TCF”) issued a joint press release announcing the execution of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 13, 2020, by and between Huntington and TCF pursuant to which, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, TCF will merge with and into Huntington, with Huntington continuing as the surviving entity (the “Merger”).
Huntington is filing: (i) as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, TCF’s audited consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 and for each of the fiscal years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017; (ii) as Exhibit 99.2, TCF’s interim unaudited consolidated financial statements as of September 30, 2020 and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019; (iii) as Exhibit 99.3, the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements of Huntington and TCF, including (a) the unaudited pro forma condensed combined consolidated statement of income of Huntington and TCF for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, giving effect to the Merger as if it had occurred on January 1, 2019, and the unaudited pro forma condensed combined consolidated balance sheet of Huntington and TCF as of September 30, 2020, giving effect to the Merger as if it had occurred on September 30, 2020, and (b) for the year ended December 31, 2019, the unaudited pro forma condensed combined consolidated statement of income of Huntington and TCF for the year ended December 31, 2019, giving effect to the Merger as if it had occurred on January 1, 2019; and (iv) as Exhibit 23.1, the consent of KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm of TCF.
This Current Report on Form 8-K does not modify or update the consolidated financial statements of Huntington included in Huntington’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, nor does it reflect any subsequent information or events. The information referenced in items (i)–(ii) above was previously disclosed by TCF in its reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2020.
CAUTION REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This communication may contain certain forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, certain plans, expectations, goals, projections, and statements about the benefits of the proposed transaction, the plans, objectives, expectations and intentions of Huntington and TCF, the expected timing of completion of the transaction, and other statements that are not historical facts. Such statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks, and uncertainties. Statements that do not describe historical or current facts, including statements about beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements may be identified by words such as expect, anticipate, believe, intend, estimate, plan, target, goal, or similar expressions, or future or conditional verbs such as will, may, might, should, would, could, or similar variations. The forward-looking statements are intended to be subject to the safe harbor provided by Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
While there is no assurance that any list of risks and uncertainties or risk factors is complete, below are certain factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained or implied in the forward-looking statements: changes in general economic, political, or industry conditions; the magnitude and duration of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the global economy and financial market conditions and our business, results of operations, and financial condition; uncertainty in U.S. fiscal and monetary policy, including the interest rate policies of the Federal Reserve Board; volatility and disruptions in global capital and credit markets; movements in interest rates; reform of LIBOR; competitive pressures on product pricing and services; success, impact, and timing of our business strategies, including market acceptance of any new products or services including those implementing our “Fair Play” banking philosophy; the nature, extent, timing, and results of governmental actions, examinations, reviews, reforms, regulations, and interpretations, including those related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the Basel III regulatory capital reforms, as well as those involving the OCC, Federal Reserve, FDIC, and CFPB; the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the right of one or both of the parties to terminate the merger agreement between Huntington and TCF; the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against Huntington or TCF; delays in completing the transaction; the failure to obtain necessary regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected