EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
(Re: Universal Shelf Offering)
Each of the undersigned officers and directors of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (the
“Corporation”) hereby appoints Richard A. Cheap, Donald R. Kimble, and Mahesh Sankaran, as his or
her attorneys, and any of them, with power to act without the others, as his or her attorney for so
long as such individual remains an officer of the Corporation, to sign, in the name and on behalf
of the undersigned, and in any and all capacities stated below, and to cause to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), (1) the Corporation’s Registration Statement
on the appropriate form (the “Registration Statement”) for the purpose of registering under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), such indeterminate number of shares of
the Corporation’s Common Stock, without par value, and Serial Preferred Stock, without par value,
and such indeterminate principal amount of Debt Securities of the Corporation as shall have an
aggregate initial offering price not to exceed $750 million (or such greater amount as shall result
in aggregate proceeds of $750 million if any Debt Securities are issued at an original issue
discount), to be issued and sold from time to time and, in the case of the Serial Preferred Stock
and Debt Securities, in one or more series, (2) any registration statement for the same offering
covered by this Registration Statement which is filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the
Securities Act, and (3) any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, thereto,
hereby granting to such attorneys, and to each of them, individually, full power and authority to
do and perform in the name and on behalf of each of the undersigned, and in any and all such
capacities, every act and thing whatsoever necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully
as any of the undersigned could or might do in person, hereby granting to each such
attorney-in-fact full power of substitution and revocation and hereby ratifying all that any such
attorney-in-fact or his substitute may do by virtue hereof.
In Witness Whereof, the undersigned have signed these presents as of the dates
indicated next to their respective signatures below.
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/s/ Thomas E. Hoaglin
Thomas E. Hoaglin
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Chairman, Chief Executive
Officer, President, and Director
(principal executive officer)
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July 19, 2005 |
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/s/ Donald R. Kimble
Donald R. Kimble
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Executive Vice President, Chief
Financial Officer, and
Controller
(principal financial officer and
principal accounting officer)
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July 19, 2005 |
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