Note 2. Business Combinations
Proposed Merger with Huntington Bancshares Incorporated
On December 13, 2020, TCF and Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (“Huntington”) jointly announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement (the “TCF/Huntington Merger Agreement”). Under the terms of the agreement, the combined company will have dual headquarters for banking operations in Detroit, Michigan and Columbus, Ohio. Huntington is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio with reported assets of $125.8 billion as of March 31, 2021. Under the terms of the TCF/Huntington Merger Agreement, TCF shareholders will receive 3.0028 shares of Huntington common stock for each share of TCF common stock. Holders of TCF common stock will receive cash in lieu of fractional shares. Each outstanding share of 5.70% Series C Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock of TCF will be converted into the right to receive one share of a newly created series of preferred stock of Huntington and Huntington will assume the obligations of TCF under the applicable deposit agreement related to the depositary shares. On March 25, 2021, shareholders of both TCF and Huntington have approved the merger. Subject to receipt of regulatory approvals and satisfaction of other customary closing conditions, the transaction is anticipated to close in the second quarter of 2021.
Note 3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Accounting policies in effect at December 31, 2020, as previously disclosed in “Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” in the Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K at and for the year ended December 31, 2020, remain significantly unchanged and have been followed similarly as in previous periods.
Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
Effective January 1, 2021, the Corporation adopted Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2020-10, Codification Improvements, which is intended to clarify or correct the unintended application of the Codification of accounting guidance for a wide variety of topics. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.
Effective January 1, 2021, the Corporation adopted ASU No. 2020-08, Codification Improvements to Subtopic 310-20, Receivables - Nonrefundable Fees and Other Costs, which clarifies the intent of certain updates that were included in ASU No. 2017-08, Receivables - Nonrefundable Fees and Other Costs (Subtopic 310-20): Premium Amortization on Purchased Callable Debt Securities. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.
Effective January 1, 2021, the Corporation adopted ASU No. 2020-01, Investments-Equity Securities (Topic 321), Investments-Equity Method and Joint Ventures (Topic 323), and Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815)-Clarifying the Interactions between Topic 321, Topic 323, and Topic 815 (a consensus of the Emerging Issues Task Force), which clarifies the interactions between Topic 321, Topic 323 and Topic 815, including accounting for the transition into and out of the equity method and measuring certain purchased options and forward contracts to acquire investments. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.
Effective January 1, 2021, the Corporation adopted ASU No. 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes, which is intended to simplify the accounting for income taxes by removing certain exceptions to the general rules found in Topic 740 - Income Taxes. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.
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