Huntington Extends Early Exchange Deadline to Dec. 27, 2011 for Offer to Exchange Depositary Shares Representing Preferred Stock

Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (NASDAQ: HBAN) announced that it has extended the Early Exchange Deadline with respect to its previously announced offer to exchange up to $300 million in liquidation preference of depositary shares representing a proportional interest in its Floating Rate Series B Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock with a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share and, in certain cases, an additional amount of cash consideration, for up to $300 million in liquidation preference of the issued and outstanding Trust Preferred Securities referred to below