As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 20, 2025
Registration Nos. 333-207934
333-207932
333-222165
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to:
Form S-3 Registration Statement No. 333-207934
Form S-3 Registration Statement No. 333-207932
Form S-3 Registration Statement No. 333-222165
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
VERITEX HOLDINGS, INC.
(HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INCORPORATED, AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO VERITEX HOLDINGS, INC.)
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Texas | 20-0973566 | |
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
c/o Huntington Bancshares Incorporated
as successor by merger to Veritex Holdings, Inc.
41 South High Street
Columbus, Ohio 43287
(614) 480-2265
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Marcy C. Hingst
General Counsel
Huntington Bancshares Incorporated
as successor by merger to Veritex Holdings, Inc.
41 South High Street
Columbus, Ohio 43287
(Name and address of agent for service)
(614) 480-2265
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable. Removal from registration of securities that were not sold pursuant to the above referenced registration statement.
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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
Veritex Holdings, Inc., a Texas corporation (the “Company”), is filing this post-effective amendment no. 1 (this “Post-Effective Amendment”) to each of the following Registration Statements on Form S-3 (collectively, the “Registration Statements”), which were previously filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), to deregister any and all securities registered but unsold under such Registration Statements as of the date hereof:
| · | Registration Statement No. 333-207934, initially filed with the SEC on November 10, 2015, pertaining to the registration of $150,000,000 of debt securities, common stock, par value $0.01 per share, preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share, warrants, and units of the Company. |
| · | Registration Statement No. 333-207932, filed with the SEC on November 10, 2015, pertaining to the registration of 1,572,370 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, and 8,000 shares of Senior Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series C. |
| · | Registration Statement No. 333-222165, filed with the SEC on December 19, 2017, pertaining to the registration of $250,000,000 of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share, warrants, subscription rights, debt securities, depositary shares, purchase contracts, purchase units, and units of the Company. |
On July 13, 2025, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (as amended from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”) with Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, a Maryland corporation (“Huntington”), pursuant to which, on October 20, 2025, the Company merged with and into Huntington, with Huntington continuing as the surviving corporation (the “Merger”).
As a result of the Merger, the Company has terminated all offerings of the Company’s securities registered pursuant to its existing registration statements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including the Registration Statement. The Company, by filing this Post-Effective Amendment, hereby terminates the effectiveness of the Registration Statements and removes from registration any and all securities registered for issuance under the Registration Statements that remain unsold as of the date hereof. This filing is made in accordance with an undertaking made by the Company in the Registration Statements to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any securities that had been registered for issuance that remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statements on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Columbus, State of Ohio on October 20, 2025.
| HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INCORPORATED (as successor by merger to Veritex Holdings, Inc.) |
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| By: | /s/ Marcy C. Hingst | |
| Name: Marcy C. Hingst | ||
| Title: General Counsel | ||
No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.