8-K: Current report filing
Published on April 18, 2007
SECURITIES
      AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
    WASHINGTON,
      D.C. 20549
    FORM
      8-K
    CURRENT
      REPORT 
    Pursuant
      to
      Section 13 or 15(d) of the
    Securities
      Exchange Act of 1934
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               Date
                of report
                (Date of earliest event reported): April 18, 2007 
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               Huntington
                Bancshares Incorporated 
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               (Exact
                Name of
                Registrant 
              as
                Specified
                in Charter) 
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               Maryland 
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               (State
                or
                Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) 
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               0-2525 
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               31-0724920 
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               (Commission
                File Number) 
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               (IRS
                Employer
                Identification No.) 
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               Huntington
                Center 
              41
                South High Street 
              Columbus,
                Ohio  
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               43287 
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               (Address
                of
                Principal Executive Offices) 
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               (Zip
                Code) 
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               Registrant’s
                telephone number, including area code: (614) 480-8300 
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               (Former
                Name
                or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) 
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Item
      5.03
      Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws. 
    
On
      and effective April 18, 2007, the Board of Directors of Huntington Bancshares
      Incorporated (“Huntington”)
      amended Section
      1.01 of Huntington's Bylaws to provide that the 2007 annual meeting of
      stockholders may be held at such time and on such date during the thirty-one
      day
      period beginning May 29, 2007 and ending June 28, 2007 as the Board of Directors
      shall determine. The Bylaws, as amended and restated, are filed as Exhibit
      3(ii).1 hereto.
    Item
      9.01
      Financial Statements and Exhibits.
    (d)
      The following exhibit is filed with this Form 8-K:
    | Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 3(ii).1 | Bylaws of Huntington, as amended and restated, as of April 18, 2007 | 
SIGNATURES
    Pursuant
      to the
      requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
      caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly
      authorized.
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               HUNTINGTON
                BANCSHARES INCORPORATED 
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               Date: 
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               April
                18,
                2007 
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               By: 
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               /s/
                Richard A.
                Cheap 
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               Name: 
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               Richard
                A.
                Cheap 
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               Title: 
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               General
                Counsel and Secretary 
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INDEX
      TO
      EXHIBITS 
    | Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 3(ii).1 | Bylaws of Huntington, as amended and restated, as of April 18, 2007 |