Huntington Bancshares Incorporated Implements New SEC Rule for Internet Posting of Proxy Materials

COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (Nasdaq: HBAN) (www.huntington.com) today announced the Internet availability of proxy materials for its 2008 Annual Meeting of Shareholders under the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) Notice and Access rule.

The Notice and Access rule allows companies to furnish proxy materials to shareholders via the Internet as an alternative to the traditional approach of delivering a printed set to each shareholder. The proxy statement for the 2008 annual meeting and the 2007 Annual Report to Shareholders on Form 10-K have been filed with the SEC and are available at http://www.edocumentview.com/HBAN . Huntington shareholders also may obtain hard copies of the company's proxy materials for the 2008 annual meeting - and may elect to receive hard copies for all future meetings - free of charge by following the instructions provided in the "Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials" that was mailed to registered shareholders on or about March 12, 2008.

The 2008 annual meeting of shareholders will be held on Wednesday, April 23, 2008, at 11 a.m., EDT, at the Riffe Center Capitol Theatre, 77 South High Street, Columbus, Ohio. The record date for the annual meeting was February 20, 2008.

About Huntington

Huntington Bancshares Incorporated is a $55 billion regional bank holding company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Huntington has more than 142 years of serving the financial needs of its customers. Huntington's banking subsidiary, The Huntington National Bank, provides innovative retail and commercial financial products and services through over 600 regional banking offices in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Huntington also offers retail and commercial financial services online at huntington.com; through its technologically advanced, 24-hour telephone bank; and through its network of almost 1,400 ATMs. Selected financial service activities are also conducted in other states including: Dealer Sales offices in Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee; Private Financial and Capital Markets Group offices in Florida; and Mortgage Banking offices in Maryland and New Jersey. Sky Insurance offers retail and commercial insurance agency services in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Indiana, and West Virginia. International banking services are made available through the headquarters office in Columbus, a limited purpose office located in the Cayman Islands, and another located in Hong Kong.

SOURCE Huntington Bancshares Incorporated

Released March 13, 2008